Yes for sure
Well it can flip up on its side with no engine tranny 
You da man, Alan. Talk about taking it easy in 'retirement'.
Luv it.
I should offer to transport all of Alan's out of state purchases and sales.
Get to see the country (a lot of it) and OD on Lovey's and T/A Truckstop food (not to mention "Slim Jims" and "Fronions").
Borrow the Five Cent Racing hauler, get me a decent pickup with dual 30 gallon saddle tanks like my F250 had, and maybe another dog (like "Fred" in Smokey and the Bandit) and be on my way, delivering happiness all over North 'Murica.
In the meantime, I wonder if Kevin is delivering anything to the Greater West Virginia area and could slip in onto his hauler? He could even get to see the National Headquarters of the Merklin Magic and Itty-Bitty Pickup Shop.
I listed the VW chassis move on U Ship, quoted ran from $1,320 to $550. I found a driver that claims to be able to pick it up tomorrow AM and have it here 12 hours later tomorrow night...Lombard, Illinois ( west of Chicago) to Elkins, West Virginia I wonder just how late me and the neighbors will be kept awake until …...
I should offer to transport all of Alan's out of state purchases and sales.
Between he and Rich D - you'd see a lot of the country!
Places I have been dragging projects home ... N,J NY, NYC, PA, CT, MASS, VT, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, KS, TN, WI, IN, KY, KS, GA, OH, IL,MI, AL …. I thankfully have forgotten the rest.
I’ve been everywhere man.... repeat
You never know what you get anymore
I lived up north where GM has a cold weather testing center and one week it was the official public health week so the newspaper published a large announcement but the copy editor did not pay attention and the notice read
PUBIC HEALTH WEEK
knowing the editor he had a hard time living it down
Just heard from the transport driver, the chassis etc will be here 730 AM....so he say's :~)
The trucker did show up at 8:30 AM with my chassis, motor, trans combo. Out of the truck comes this moose of a dog takes pee on the evergreen then promptly shyts on the next one...all in 30 seconds, nice way to start the day. The driver glances at me and just shrugs his shoulders. I then notice that both front wheels of the chassis are turned inward to the steering stops , the right tie rod is ...gone ! I am on the back end of the trailer so that the driver can screw with both front wheels as we roll the chassis off the trailer , I stuff a floor jack under the front beam and whip it into the garage. The bill is $550 COD, I count out fives big ones and tell him I charge $50 for the asteroid size lump of shyt he felt was no big deal and I have to clean up. The chassis had minor rust issue where the '67 Beetle battery went so I wire brushed that only to discover it's sorta thin in a 5" area but the rest of the pans are perfect. Being curious I looked over the rebuilt 1835 and things do look fresh as well as the trans and I can see a new clutch in the starter opening that I had just removed. It's a new Bosch starter it would spin but the Bendix drive would not engage the flywheel. Off to Auto Zone I go to get a Beetle starter that always have in stock, come back home and bench tested it's a ^$#@!! dud. Back I go only to be told they don't have another it and it might here Saturday or Monday. It took 15 minutes for Auto Zone to process a cash sale refund. Then I called the good guys at NAPA , the parts guy say's it will be there 8AM tomorrow ...yippee-ki-yeah! Back in the garage ( it's now 88 degrees with the sun baking the garage.) Checked over everything else on the chassis and all looks great what a bargain that was! So tomorrow I'll crank NAPA starter and check out the motor and trans op. Then I have to decide will it be another Speedster Project 49 ( It the guy that has a new body will accept my offer) or do a Dune Buggy before the SMYTY Beetle truck kit gets here late this month.
If I start doing a dune buggy, if there is interest.. I'll start another thread.
BTW if I go with the dune buggy , I'll have a set of like new polished aluminum Fuch's look a likes with new Continental 195 65 15's available.
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The VW seats sure look pristine!
WOLFGANG posted:The VW seats sure look pristine!
The '67 seats are perfect and appear to have all the original horsehair padding too. I need to find out what they are worth. The polished 15" Fuchs and four new 195 65 15 ( 26" tall) Continental tires will be sold too
Just a head's up-- those are not Fuchs. They're EMPI 5-Spoke Torque Thrust replicas. They're one of my favorite wheels.
Stan Galat posted:Just a head's up-- those are not Fuchs. They're EMPI 5-Spoke Torque Thrust replicas. They're one of my favorite wheels.
" Old Timers" moment ….. tnx for the heads up !
Alan:
And here you thought you were going to spend your days in West Virginieioio drinkin' coffee all day and lookin' at the mountains (and maybe learnin' to play the banjo?).
Good for you.
Bob: IM S6 posted:Alan:
And here you thought you were going to spend your days in West Virginieioio drinkin' coffee all day and lookin' at the mountains (and maybe learnin' to play the banjo?).
Good for you.
The trout here are plentiful so Connie and I are finally going to get our Free Senior's Fishing License in the next week
I see them listed as EMPI Polished Vintage VW GT-5 rims. Assume with that size tire they are 5.5" (vs 4.5"). Specs: Offset: 20 mm/Backspace: 4" (CIP1 site says 3 3/4" but there are multiple manufacturers of wheel)/Manufacturer Part Number: 00-9687-0/Weight: 15#/Bolt pattern 5 x 205mm. Nice looking wide 5 tires!
Thanks for the specs Greg,
Dune Buggy builds gets a new Topic thread ~