Shaving the regulator an option?
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That is a bummer. Guess that explains why they are still available and so cheap. I both a set probably thirty years ago. Paid $25 a piece. But I had to take the whole doors with them.
With $200 top and Ambulance doors still under $2,500 invested in the whole vehicle. I miss the days when this was a cheap hobby.
With $200 top and Ambulance doors still under $2,500 invested in the whole vehicle. I miss the days when this was a cheap hobby.
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Fun fact: 3M weather strip adhesive reacts with Krylon paint and won't adhere without reacting to the paint.......
So back to the drawing board for my left slider frame. I should have powder coated it like I did with the two useless Paki ones, but i didn't feel like throwing another $200 at it. It's in, so i think I'll mask it, sand it and paint it maybe satin black instead of the factory dark pewter.
So ist das leben mit dem Dritte Welt Cruiser.
So back to the drawing board for my left slider frame. I should have powder coated it like I did with the two useless Paki ones, but i didn't feel like throwing another $200 at it. It's in, so i think I'll mask it, sand it and paint it maybe satin black instead of the factory dark pewter.
So ist das leben mit dem Dritte Welt Cruiser.
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Oh, and small concession to my OCD: windscreen pads now body color. Whew. Also installed the hood hinge pads from City Racer and stainless 6x1.0 bolts with 10mm heads.
Found a Third World body alignment trick..... or maybe they simply forgot it there. The pads they used were the same styrofoam packing material they used to make the kick vent weatherstripping.
When one buys a third world Cruiser, I've found that one must celebrate the small victories.......
Found a Third World body alignment trick..... or maybe they simply forgot it there. The pads they used were the same styrofoam packing material they used to make the kick vent weatherstripping.
When one buys a third world Cruiser, I've found that one must celebrate the small victories.......
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Man… if some told me there was a spell cast on you for do-overs…I’d have to believe it
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The Paki Pig is all buttoned up and ready for her trip to @cruisermatt 's Cruiser Spa on 18 May. Thank you @Living in the Past for finding the part number for the right 'sash', part number 62705-90300 at Amayama. $500 later I have a new one coming (I hope). My mate Brian has been looking for one in Adelaide but he's telling me that 40s have gotten so valuable that most wreckers won't part rigs out anymore: only selling whole rigs or whole tops.
So until then, I've installed the 'restored' Pakistani one with the new felt to keep some weather out at Matt's in case she has to camp out a few nights. When/if the new one rocks up I'll move the felt to the new sash and glue the weather stripping on. I also have a new forward slider glass I just had tinted which I'll use. This one was chipped when it was (I assume from the damage) broken in to by one of the more upstanding locals in Pakistan.
My son is super excited to drive her home from Matt's Spa...... eventually. Getting closer.
So until then, I've installed the 'restored' Pakistani one with the new felt to keep some weather out at Matt's in case she has to camp out a few nights. When/if the new one rocks up I'll move the felt to the new sash and glue the weather stripping on. I also have a new forward slider glass I just had tinted which I'll use. This one was chipped when it was (I assume from the damage) broken in to by one of the more upstanding locals in Pakistan.
My son is super excited to drive her home from Matt's Spa...... eventually. Getting closer.
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I'll have a good RHD factory power steering box and an H55F/split case (shifts very nicely, runs quietly but leaks like a sieve) for sale shortly. $1000 for the complete H55F/transfer, $500 (buyer pays for shipping for either) for the RHD steering box if anyone is keen. I'll post them in the for sale section soon.
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@Chamba Did you do any paint work on this? It looks really nice
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The right one I had powder coated, but the left one I painted with rattle can.
But the right one is the one I'm replacing because it's pretty buggered up.
But the right one is the one I'm replacing because it's pretty buggered up.
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Just planted new shrubs in this swamp-like heat. But at least i can enjoy my Cruiser now......
Meanwhile, back home there's proof that God loves us.......
Meanwhile, back home there's proof that God loves us.......
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Where are you calling back home? New Mexico? Been cool in the desert last few days, highs around 80°. But no worries around 110 in a week. I'll still take the dry 110° with a portable evap cooler.
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Sorry, I grew up in
That's a picture from this morning of the backyard in Boulder where I grew up.
I mostly grew up in Boulder. I moved to New Mexico when I graduated from college in '93. Other than living in Panama for a couple years and Australia for 9, Santa Fe was really my adopted home until I moved here in '17.
That's a picture from this morning of the backyard in Boulder where I grew up.
I was out in Santa Fe for a wedding about 6 months ago, now I have another reason to go back!
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Bugger.
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Can't say I'm surprised. Happens more times than not on every where else shows it as NLA part. But have gotten lucky a few times. I've have always been refunded. They have gotten better at removing part once it's been ordered and not available. I see it's now showing discontinued. But the LH side shows still available. Guess they don't have it either.
Our AZ lottery has ads saying you can't win if you don't play. At least here you get a refund when you lose.
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I just checked a part I ordered a year or two ago that can back unavailable. Still has a price. Guess I need to check that out again
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If I can't find one in Australia in July then I'm just going to have a '72-'76 piece of glass cut and buy that weather strip. I'll miss having the slider, but I'll still have it on the passenger side.
That violation to the laws of bi-lateral symmetry would drive me crazy a little each day
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Agreed. But I'll have little choice.
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She's goes to @cruisermatt Monday. I pulled her out to make sure she hasn't developed agoraphobia......
