

| Subject: | More '56 Proress |
| Date: | Sat, 9 Sep 1995 22:57:26 -0700 (PDT) |
Busy weekend so far: Made new kick panels, using some out of a '64 that were lent to me. His didn't fit at all, so I made a copy and then edited the copy (and the checked it back into SCCS :) Installed a brand new 009 distributor ($60 - OUCH! - I remember when they were $30, and sometimes on sale for $20!) The bus runs much smoother and cooler now. I have a 050 disttributor for sale. Good to use if you have dual/big carbs and hot cam. My bone stock 1600 don't do it justice... Installed the new headlights I got last week. I'd taken them apart, hot tanked them, and painted them. I went with a gray color instead of white like everyone does. I did the last ones white, and after about 6 months they looked kinda dowdy. I think the head of the bulb does it. At least I can adjust them now! One bummer, however - when I was picking the "perfect lights" out of the pile the guy had for sale, I inadvertantly got 2 RIGHT ones! I need to get a left one now to really do this right (no pun intended) anyone got a left (even a set is fine) they wanna get rid of? In preparation for a surf trip tomorrow, I put some new rubber aorund the front doors - just some stuff I had laying around. My driver'd door doesn't align very well, and this stuff goes a long way to taking up the slack. Bummer #2 - My surfboard (9' 4" Pearson) _barely_ fits in the bus. So much for going to a bigger board :( Tomorrow will be another big test - first big trip since Bodega, and that was a near disaster! I'm gonna be surfing at Pedro Point, in Pacifica, if anyone wants to join me for dawn patrol... Thom -- > Brown and black on a lawyer? Think Doberman. Thom Fitzpatrick tfab@netcom.com ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tf/tfab/home.html '56 VW Sunroof Kombi '72 Porsche 911T Targa (For Sale? Make offer!) '78 BMW 530i Desperately seeking '51-'55 Barndoor Deluxe Project
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