Almost made the mistake of giving up on my 40 and letting it go. After posting it on here for trade and while putting an ad on craigslist for the small mountain of parts I have assembled to rebuild it I came to the realization that I was about to life long regrettable decision.
While I will not be able to build the rig to the standards I originally planned, given the stage of life my family is in, I would still rather drive my 40 with no doors and the bikini top through the middle of winter than anything else with wheels.
So the plan is now to reassemble this mess as quickly and affordably as possible, spray bomb it and get this thing inspected and on the road again. Drove down to MD this morning and pulled a running F engine with Rkymtnflyfisher to slap in place instead of the one I was rebuilding.
If anyone in the club has a part listed below please let me know as they're all I really know I will need, I'll also add a list of extra parts I won't need in case trading is possible...
Needed:
- 60/40 bench seat (don't care about condition as long as it passes PA inspection it's good enough)
- Seat belts all around (short 74' jump seats not the OEM for the '69)
- Windshield mounted mirrors
Extra parts I can trade:
- '70 F Engine Block (everything from the oil pan up to the pistons plasti-gauged, cleaned, and painted) the engine stand and new gasket kit can go with it too.
- Audi heated leather bucket seats grey.
- Spare F crankshaft
- 3spd Transfer Case and Transmission (transmission needs rebuilt but transfer case is good)
- '69 Windshield very solid but has dented section along the top of the frame
- Many more small items from a '70 just ask if you have something you need
While I will not be able to build the rig to the standards I originally planned, given the stage of life my family is in, I would still rather drive my 40 with no doors and the bikini top through the middle of winter than anything else with wheels.
So the plan is now to reassemble this mess as quickly and affordably as possible, spray bomb it and get this thing inspected and on the road again. Drove down to MD this morning and pulled a running F engine with Rkymtnflyfisher to slap in place instead of the one I was rebuilding.
If anyone in the club has a part listed below please let me know as they're all I really know I will need, I'll also add a list of extra parts I won't need in case trading is possible...
Needed:
- 60/40 bench seat (don't care about condition as long as it passes PA inspection it's good enough)
- Seat belts all around (short 74' jump seats not the OEM for the '69)
- Windshield mounted mirrors
Extra parts I can trade:
- '70 F Engine Block (everything from the oil pan up to the pistons plasti-gauged, cleaned, and painted) the engine stand and new gasket kit can go with it too.
- Audi heated leather bucket seats grey.
- Spare F crankshaft
- 3spd Transfer Case and Transmission (transmission needs rebuilt but transfer case is good)
- '69 Windshield very solid but has dented section along the top of the frame
- Many more small items from a '70 just ask if you have something you need
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