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Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:51 am
by Fred Otjen
Ryan keep going on it. Here's my '65 C when I found it and later when I got to where I could drive and enjoy. Mostly orig everything.

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:25 pm
by ryan base
fred a beauty. thats my color too. i promise, i won't give up. thank you for the pics

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:44 pm
by ryan base
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Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 2:13 pm
by ryan base
ok folks, here's my report. in my last fiasco I spun the fly wheel bearing and boogered the dowl pin hole. I took it to brothers machine in Ontario and learned it is now junk so, I took my 75 super to them to; take apart, check, rebuild, and run in. I learned a lot playing with the as41 but now its on the back self. I stopped at the machine shop Tuesday and it seems the crank is ok , the cam is being rebuilt and they think they can start putting it back together soon. fingers crossed.

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 1:57 pm
by ryan base
crank bearings, ha ha ha ha ……..

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:53 pm
by M Penta
Oh, so you are installing the Porsche engine now? It'll be a great car when done, looking forward to you finally getting this on the road!

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 12:59 pm
by ryan base
hi mark yes reassembling now, thanks to stoddard's for bearings, and brothers machine. i'm on pins and needles.

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:11 pm
by ryan base
so I got the engine back from brothers machine in Ontario, thank you so much. we used mostly the same parts but spent time and money on the heads. the results on the dino were 103 hp and 125 torque. I was happy for the 1600 super. these last few weeks fiddle and fumble the engine in and so yesterday teddy helped finished wire connections to go from 12volt alternator(super bug) to 12 generator and fresh gas. oh man it sounds so good. the fuel line still needs work and I hope the clear that up and drive it off the rack. i'll send a pic

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:59 pm
by ryan base
failing to add photos but will try later

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:55 pm
by Sebastian Gaeta
Great news Ryan, keep on keepin' the faith!!!!

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:16 pm
by ryan base
thank you SG yes exciting times. this project is so procedural. fix one thing and come face to face with some fresh trouble. now the trans is out, apart, being cleaned, painted, checked, inspected and saturated with the best parts available. oh yes friends don't forget the most essential components, thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars. ha

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 2:08 pm
by ryan base
and then I think that lots of you folks have 10's and 10's and 10's of k's and some have 100's and 100's and 100's of k's and even there must be just a couple of people with millions in their car. so I guess money invested in 356's is well placed

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 2:38 am
by ryan base
trans is back. it is so beautiful. it's underneath the car now but it will take me a while longer to get it locked in. i'm pretty excited.

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:55 pm
by ryan base
Ok trans is buttoned up , the engine is back in. Yestrrday i fired it up, so im really close. This is also my first post from my phone so maybe i can add a pic

Re: last 500 here's my c

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:09 am
by ryan base
yesterday i drove it. about 3 miles down to the beach to take a picture. the weather is hot, about 110 , and once we turned around, it didn't want to run up hill, then died and i had to call my friend to drive my truck down to pull us back with tow strap. today i fiddled with it, checked spark, reset the timing, saw that it wasn't showing a strong flow from fuel pump. i dumped a little fuel in carbs and it finally started. tonight i ordered kit for fuel pump so no more trips till that fp is convinced to work better. last week i sent for kit to rebuild master cylinder but it still is not happy after rebuild and has to be pumped to give any friction, no real pedal. tomorrow monkey with bleeding brakes again. so i'm pretty happy with how it is coming along. i spent alot of time working on paint in the last month, a couple of small cans of bondo and a gallon of rustoleum rolled on. much better but no skim coat of glazing so still pretty earthy. i hope i can get it to run better. the thing is, it's getting to be a lot better candidate to restore. yeah i'm happy