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Normal garage sale day, People coming looking over the stuff we had packed into the garage. I had to pull my Mark I out in the driveway as currently my shop is home to a 1970 VW getting a body off rebuild (another story) . A mom, her mother, and a 13 year old boy, drive up and as the boy gets out of their car he’s pointing to my Mark I asking if it is a C***a. So I say yes, a replica of a 1965, designed by Factory Five Racing. His mother says he has never seen one BUT he ...
I'd like to take the time to thank a few people that made the transaxle acquisition painless, and flawless. Driving from Toronto to meet a delivery in Buffalo isn't the easiest task to co-ordinate. Dan at Con-Way Freight, and his driver were able to contact me, and arrange the exchange within the hour. They are able to track, and contact their drivers unlike some companies I've dealt with. Their services are highly recommended. My buddy Johnny Misso ...
Updated 08-31-2012 at 03:01 PM by Hankl (Posted in wrong area)
Finally I was able to start my engine. It sounds really good, much better than on the camera...I love it. I have little coolant leak by the thermostat housing, which I will fix today...other than that everything looks good:D [video=youtube_share;YXWDdI-K9yg]http://youtu.be/YXWDdI-K9yg[/video]
Working on the 1st mod today. Cleaning and boxing up the Transmission from the donor car. Sending it to Modern Driveline to retrofit the T5 tail housing with an S10 . This will allow the shifter to move forward on the transmission tunnel
Delivery went well. Bob, from Stewart Transport was very helpful and we had no problem wheeling the body and chassis up into my rental garage. I pretty much immediately went to work on the inventory. The girlfriend stopped by and assumed the role of box checker while I created a pile of crate paper the size of Jabba the Hut. The backorder list wasn't too bad. The main items missing were the radiator, IRS upper and lower control arms, gas cap, rear springs (which actually arrived the day before ...