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Saturday adventure and new signature
Well, since Gordy already mentioned it, it's John Deere green.
It's actually not too far from the Bali green, we both thought it looked
pretty cool.
On 4/2/07, Nate Mellom <doubt@inwave.com> wrote:
>
> Bad light, but I'm guessing Viper Green?
>
>
> Sean Whalen wrote:
> > It's a ' 77. It was originally Bali Green, but it's been resprayed.
> > I'll give you 3 guesses on the color.
> >
> > On 4/1/07, *Nate Mellom* < doubt@inwave.com <mailto:doubt@inwave.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Nice find! I still like the Starsky and Hutch stripes on your white
> > one. The 13"/16" combo looks WAAAAAAAY redneck and wrong. I love
> it!
> >
> > What year is Sean's Rabbit? Looks way early, is it a Swallowtail?
> >
> > Nate
> > '81
> > '88
> >
> > Gordy Stedman wrote:
> > > So I was up till 1:30am this morning working on my G60 wiring
> > disaster with
> > > a friend of mine who is a Freightliner technitian and ended up
> > going 2
> > > steps
> > > backwards. This is almost getting more frustrating than our
> > previous 16V
> > > CIS-E conversion.
> > >
> > > I have seen and posted before about an add for a 81 primered
> black
> > > scirocco for $250 off Craig's List, I think the post is still up:
> > > < http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/car/299733797.html>
> > > So Sean and I go to take a look since the add said "Requires
> > attention from
> > > a DRIVER..or an ENTHUSIAST with mechanical skills" and that
> > describes both
> > > of usto a tee. So it is suppose to turn over but not get fuel
> > but new pump
> > > was installed. We gather up essential parts like tool box,
> > electronic
> > > distributor with brain and wires, battery, charger, timing light,
> > cap,
> > > wires, compression tester, fuel pump bridge and head off to the
> > OC (Oregon
> > > City that is). Get there and the car was originally Indiana Rot
> > but PO
> > > badly applied coat of rattle can primer that looks like ass. It
> > previously
> > > had AC but was in the process of being deleted and they did not
> > have any
> > > heater core in it. Missing front carpet, seats are ok but faded
> > and dirty,
> > > no rear tray (imagine that), cracked windshield and no front
> > bumper. Rust
> > > was found in usual places but not too extreme. Body in rough
> > condition
> > > with
> > > slightly bowed out hood, dents in rear corners near tail lights
> and
> > > improper
> > > jacking bulges in floor pans. The good points were a set of 16"
> > unknown
> > > rims with bald tires, spare grill in trunk and a clean
> > title. Sean and I
> > > talk about it and think we could get it running easily. I tell
> > the guy I
> > > might give him $200 for it but that I can't do it for the
> > condition it is
> > > in. He says will you give me $150 for it and I cave. Bad thing
> > is I did
> > > not check but assumed it had a 5 speed and the seller even said
> > it did but
> > > it turned out to be a 4 speed with a EC engine. Oh well.
> > >
> > > So Sean and I ask if we can work on it to see if we could get it
> > running
> > > and
> > > he say OK. Timing was off due to loose tensioner which we
> > thought had a
> > > stripped nut since it would not tighten. Fuel pump was not
> > turning on
> > > so we
> > > jumpered across it and it started humming. Throw in the
> electronic
> > > distributor and realized we forgot to grab the coil for it,
> > damn. Vaccum
> > > line off of head was not plugged and the CSV plug was cut off and
> > the wires
> > > were hanging already stripped. Also was missing a hose clamp on
> > the upper
> > > water hose line at the head side. So it is back to my house to
> > get more
> > > parts and my offspring.
> > >
> > > The 3 of us return and it just starts pouring rain and thankfully
> > we were
> > > able to push the beast under the car port. So we replace the
> coil,
> > > crimp on
> > > connectors since there were none for the coil wires, ran a new
> > wire to the
> > > coil to delete the white and violet resistor wire, butt on a new
> > plug for
> > > the cold start, installed hose clam and Sean replaced and
> > reconnected some
> > > wires on the fuse block. The belt tensoner stud was coming loose
> > becuse
> > > the
> > > threads were stripped out in the head, crap. So I reversed the
> > stud and
> > > put
> > > the end with the most threads in hoping it would go in further to
> > some
> > > remaining threads. I was able to get it in further and it
> > tightened up but
> > > this left the tensioner further out from the head and the belt
> > was just at
> > > the edge of the pullies. Turned it over and it fired up. A
> little
> > > twist of
> > > the distributor had it purring like a 26 year old kitten. Not
> > bad for
> > > about
> > > 3 hours of work. So Sean got the job of limping her home and I
> > followed in
> > > my 79. Was fun driving the 25 miles back with expired tags and
> > out of
> > > state
> > > plates with multiple cop cars passing and even a SWAT van that
> > were off to
> > > some big emergency. The 16x7 rims were on the rear only and they
> > have
> > > 215-55-16 tires on them so they were rubbing badly on the rear
> > springs.
> > > There were multiple times where I could smell the rubber burning
> > of of them
> > > :) But all light and signals worked and even both wipers started
> > working.
> > >
> > > So here is some photos of the new addition to the brood: <
> > > http://picasaweb.google.com/ydrogs/81SciroccoBlack>
> > > Looks like it might already have a home with Sean's girlfriends
> > daughter
> > > who
> > > is looking for her first car. This world needs more female
> scirocco
> > > owners.
> > >
> > > And here are some photos of all 5 and Sean's green rabbit hidden
> > in the
> > > middle of them: *<*
> http://picasaweb.google.com/ydrogs/SciroccoFleet>
> > > Hard to see the red 80s behind the cherry picker which is the
> > next rebuild
> > > after the silver G60. Have a great rest of the weekend all.
> >
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> >
> > --
> > Sean
> > A-1 x 2
> >
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Sean
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