Something strange in every stash

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#106 Post by Thomas Sottile »

It looks like it had something mounted on the top of the air cleaner maybe a forced air device??

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#107 Post by Geoff Fleming »

Owners do the darndest things. When I bought my former '63 B coupe, it had been retro fitted from the original annular ring disc brakes, to drums. The lunatic who did the work replaced the backing plates but instead of fitting the left side to the left axle and the right to the right, he chiseled out the areas below the centers to accommodate the king pin carriers, which belly out a bit. All he had to do was swap sides and the factory indentations on the plates would have been fine. This same genius installed A drums at the rear, which allowed copious amounts of oil to seep onto the linings. Oh well, brakes are over-rated anyway. Who needs them?

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#108 Post by Adam Wright »

Latest stash had some weird stuff, we should all remember to smile, right?
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#109 Post by GregVandenbussche »

the fan behind the speedo!
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GregVandenbussche wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:09 am the fan behind the speedo!
That's going in the 550 build.
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#111 Post by Adam Wright »

This latest one is pretty funny considering how many bent and kinked hoods we've all seen.
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#112 Post by Martin Benade »

That’s pretty good. And from a period-correct Dymo Labelmaker too.
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#113 Post by Adam Wright »

This one is unique. The parts receipt for a 20 count of horn grills, alas, I didn't get all 20.
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#114 Post by Joris Koning »

A, I have seen some more of those. Peter H. Had a similar box a couple of years back selling the grills at a fair price at the lit show.
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#115 Post by Mike Wilson »

Great find, Adam. Better than the repros with those big rivets!

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#116 Post by Martin Benade »

Are you talking about my grills?
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#117 Post by Adam Wright »

Ok, someone with a good eye can tell me what's wrong with these gearboxes. I know what was done to them, just curious if anyone can pick it out and guess.
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#118 Post by Joris Koning »

That's an interesting front cover..
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#119 Post by Tony Proasi »

Some kind of VW conversion I’m guessing a dune buggy.

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#120 Post by Adam Wright »

Tony Proasi wrote: Mon Oct 25, 2021 4:06 pm Some kind of VW conversion I’m guessing a dune buggy.
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