What did you do to your 2002 today !

[zinz]

35 minutes ago, BarneyT said:

five cars completed in six years…

Six cars... because Barney was right there every step of the way with mine. 
 

 

Ed Z

[Greg R aka Big_Lebowski]

14 minutes ago, zinz said:

Six cars... because Barney was right there every step of the way with mine. 
 

 

Ed Z

Plus Barney was instrumental in the rust repair on Stella and Mike’s Touring!

 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2022 by Greg R aka Big_Lebowski

[JohnS]

Took the Thrasher out for a little sunset surf check.  I could see that the predicted new south swell is starting to trickle in at our local beach (Manresa).  On the way back home I ran into an unexpected thing and had to pull over.  A 1914 Ford.  Wooden wheels.  4 banger.  The distributor cap looked a lot like our cars.  The owner came out and told me all about it.  He knew about 2002's too.  Was very cool.  Sorry, I know it's off topic...

 

[stapler123]

 

So, is that a conversion from magneto or something?

 

 

Seat doesn't lock in place for tall people. I don't know for sure if it's ignorance or malice, but I think the previous owner was short and wanted the tall to suffer. It's also possible  90's tucson repair shops that don't specialize in german cars just didn't care. The car has a stack of receipts, but it's all the wrong places. 

 

Also it matches the part on the passenger side, so they aren't just flipped, 

And this is also the first time I looked up the price of the horse hair batting. Must be fancy stuff. 

 

['76mintgrün'02]

1 hour ago, JohnS said:

The distributor cap looked a lot like our cars. 

 

I zoomed in on your nice large photo and it is a Beru cap on a Bosch distributor.  It looks like it might be a VW 009 (mechanical-advance only) unit.  The arm clamped to the neck of the distributor has a rod attached.  I'll bet that is so the driver can add advance as needed.  At least that's what I am guessing a 1914 car would have.  My buddy inherited a 1937 Rolls Royce and it has an advance lever on the steering column.  It doesn't have a Bosch distributor though.

 

5 minutes ago, stapler123 said:

And this is also the first time I looked up the price of the horse hair batting. Must be fancy stuff. 

 

The pads for the back of the seat got expensive first.  I regret not buying two bottom pads while they were still $80 each.  It was already too late to get "affordable" backs at that time.  That was maybe ten years ago. 

 

I found another little BB under the seat the other day.  They're supposed to stay in the seat sliders.

 

Tom

[kbmb02]

16 hours ago, BarneyT said:

Today, Greg Resa helped me and we loaded the 72 Ceylon tii up and transported it to the upholstery shop to have the headliner professionally installed…

 

Glad to read of another who sends that job out to a professional / upholstery shop...

 

Q: Did you buy the headliner, or is the upholstery shop making it? -KB

['76mintgrün'02]

Last night I hung a Subaru jack in place of the original.  

 

 

 

 

That little pin keys it into the preexisting hole.

 

 

It is about 3/8" from touching the quarter panel at the closest point and surprisingly secure.

 

 

I really like the way the original jack fits in there, but there's no point in carrying two, if I am not going to use it.  Hopefully I won't be using this one either.  The (old) spare tire still had 22 lbs. of pressure after not checking it for a year or two.  Filling it to 35 psi  makes it too tall for the trunk floor to snap into place, so I'll let a little air out.

 

Tom

['76mintgrün'02]

Well, I had some more fun in the trunk today.  It was fun to see how light the car felt with all of the 'extra' stuff stripped out, but I sort of prefer the way it rides when it has a little more weight in it.  So, the spare went back in and one of the jacks, as well as the racks.  I also secured the First Aid kit and a neat little gas can I recently drug home.

 

 

 

The can holds less than a gallon, so it may have been for a motorcycle. (?)

 

 

 

I wasn't sure whether to add the can to the trunk, until I figured out how to do it and then I couldn't resist.

 

 

 

I made that little round top dimpler because Subaru lug nuts were too soft.  Duh.

 

 

I got to use my new pencil again, to mark the existing hole on the back side of the plate.  It's held in place with a single 1/4 - 20 screw/washer/nut and sitting down on the trunk board's ledge.

 

 

 

 

 

                     

 

I just used an innertube as a big rubber band to keep the First Aid kit in place.  There's a gap between welds just wide enough to feed the tube in and I hammered a little plastic wedge in behind it.  (thank you again @Kuntacharlie for the big bag of innertubes)

 

 

I robbed a couple of fittings off of a luggage strap and used a stapler to put it together.

 

 

That end simply clips onto the sheet metal behind the bulkhead.

 

 

 

I should really be repainting the passenger side footwell, but this stuff is more fun.

Tom

[7502]

Tom, saw that pencil on an earlier post. Made me chuckle. Hope you are well.

 

 

[its55]

Schmidt made his debut appearance at the local cars n coffee on Saturday.  He certainly got a lot of attention.  Following the show he returned home for a photo op w/ Oberst.

 

 

[spuriouspseudo]

On 6/17/2022 at 8:52 PM, manimal said:

Cut my car in half with a computer



edit, wow I need to update my sig...

 

Whoah, where'd you get that scan / can I get a copy of that?  

[stapler123]

You know how... a little kid will walk up to you and say they have a present with their hand outstretched and when you hold your hand out they release a pile of dirt. 

 

My car is kind of like that. I knew I had the mirror, so I figured I just needed the plastic frame, but...

Packing peanuts in place of the spring?! Why! 

 

 

Also there was a plastic frame all along, just behind the mirror with silicone holding it in place. Whatever. Polished it up, cleaned the fasteners, fixed some dents, and made a random hardware store spring work. 

 

I did put a plastic panel in between the mirror and spring to try to keep from scratching the mirror coating. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also put on a 5er mirror I found for a good price,  Mine disintegrated (completely dust when it hit the dash). After some reading on here it seemed it would work. People weren't sure if they sun visors would overlap, they do.  I actually like the light color with the light headliner. 

 

 

 

Hasn't bothered me in use yet. 

 

Now I don't know what is more nerve racking. Being surprised by a gigantic truck coming up behind me, or seeing them coming. 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2022 by stapler123

[JohnS]

The VIN on the side of the Thrasher's engine bay was so rusty you could hardly read it.  So I went to town with my handy dandy Harbor Freight tool with a little stainless wire wheel.  Then I hit it with some self etching primer.  Now I can read it.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2022 by JohnS

[Stevenc22]

Repaired the cracks in my dash. Epoxy, super glue, some sanding and then some wiped on satin paint

[stapler123]

3 hours ago, Stevenc22 said:

Repaired the cracks in my dash. Epoxy, super glue, some sanding and then some wiped on satin paint

 

 

Was this with the window and dash in? I can tell it was repaired, but it looks pretty dang good. Any elaboration on the wiped on paint and which epoxy would be great!

 

 

I spent the evening getting my door to line up a little better. 

When I got it the door was kind of doing it's own thing. Pretty sure it was actually from another car and replaced when the car was painted. 

 

 

 

I took the door panel off and adjusted the striker and got the rear lines lined up, but it still was way off at the hood. Finally decided to look at the hood, which you can see in the picture above, doesn't really line up with the front fender. 

 

Found the hood adjustment was just barely hanging on. I sanded down what I wish was all the galvanized steel (I never get it all), tigged it up (with a weld I'll never show), and put a coat of paint on it...