photo tour of my Sunday in the garage

[Redtail]

nothing super exciting, but a good way to spend Easter for me.

Task #1 - electric to manual choke conversion. It sorta works, but not really. I'm going to have to fiddle with it some more this week.

Task #2 - replace rear shocks.

I think they were original Boge shocks on there. Totally blown.

Made in Western Germany - these must be freaking old. Is there any way to tell if they were original?

I don't think they're supposed to do that:

Task #3 - trunk floor

I cut a 1/2" ply floor for the trunk and covered it with automotive carpet. Not really very hard, but it took a while to get the cuts right. It fits super tight - I couldn't even get a piece of paper between the seams!

before:

After:

Task #4 - install 6x9 speakers in the parcel shelf

No radio in the car, but i'll put a deck in soon. I used the same carpet to finish off the shelf, and cut the holes with a dremel. It was loud.

before:

after:

Next up is front shocks, and a complete re-bush of the whole front end. then an alignment and radio install.

that is all.

[BLUNT]

trunk looks awesome. i will do the same but ill have to cut out for the brace im bolting to the floor. looks really nice

[Mike_D]

Looks good man! How much of the parcel shelf did you need to cut to fit the 6x9s?

[Redtail]

Not much - you can see the two holes in the second pic from the bottom.

There was no carpet on the shelf before, so holes with carpet + speakers = net improvement.

I'm sure as hell not going to cut my door panels though, I've learned that much at least!

[mikem]

Is that a homebrew design?

I had the Weber manual conversion kit on my 38DGES.

Nice trunk board, but isn't 1/2" plywood rather heavy? Stock stuff is about 1/8" sheet.

Make sure it's not so tight that it pinches or kinks the hoses or wires.

Is it one, two, or several pieces?

[Redtail]

yeah it's a bit heavy, probably about 30 or 40 pounds for the whole deal. This is my rainy day car so i'm much more concerned about comfort than weight. I never liked the stock boards, too flimsy for me. It's three pieces - one for the front part of the trunk and two in the back. You can see the seams if you look hard.

And don't worry about it pinching any wires, I spent a long time on the cuts so everything would fit up as it should.

The choke conversion was a HELP! one from Kragen (or Big Wheel Rossi to those in the midwest.) It was $10 compared to the weber conversion at about $50 so I figured it was worth a try. Fits pretty well actually but I still need to tweak it a bit. The carb is used too, so there might be some issue with the jets as well...

[skipsfcr]

I love the "budget" approach to the choke conversion...Nothin' like saving $40 and getting pretty much the same thing!

The choke conversion was a HELP! one from Kragen (or Big Wheel Rossi to those in the midwest.) It was $10 compared to the weber conversion at about $50 so I figured it was worth a try. Fits pretty well actually but I still need to tweak it a bit. The carb is used too, so there might be some issue with the jets as well...

[Mike Self]

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[Redtail]

I thought that was OEM.

Seems crazy to me that they were left on there for 33 years. They must have been worthless for the last 20 at least!

[Mike Self]

Bilstein to produce gas shocks) that have been on my '69 since 1974 (160=k miles...they've worn out the lower mounting rubber but are still in fine shape--as good as the Bilsteins on my '73 with only 120k or so on 'em...

mike