painted the pans with Raptor Bedliner Spray.  They came out great.  I also moved the Ebrake lines as recommended.

Spent today re-routing wires, soldering ring and spade ends, shrinking heat-shrink tubing, looking for more wire. I think I have the fan all squared up now. But not so sure.

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Maybe some of these bulbs http://www.ebay.ca/itm/380797165478?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649Along with these pigtails http://www.ebay.ca/itm/151269242509?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649And make my own lights?

Mine has two bulb sockets exposed in the inside fender. ( separate bulb of the signal light and the combination tail/stop light.  The above unit doesn’t have the separate signal light so requires a “converter” to make it work. 

Thanks, Steve. Exactly how I meant to say it.

The only thing protruding into the wheel well on mine is the socket base for the light bulb. You can use a spark plug wire boot ( distributor end) to seal that. These LED’s are cool…there’s a thread on them somewhere in here…unfortunately , I’m not running that style lamp.

Here you go:

edsnova2014-06-28 19:03:54

IT’S. ALIVE !!!(I’d post the link to the scene in the Frankenstein movie if I knew how)

The Laffer is a coveted car. Well-made (usually at the factory in brazil), roll-up windows; just different enough from a TD replica to be something different. They have their own club. Or, at least, they used to.

Took a few days off from the car and everything else. Finished the air intake and then got the engine running and idling today. 

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Gee I wish I had friends like that.  For a free-be I’d have to make room too, and suffer the rath of the wife later.  But honey it followed me home!   

BDriver mentioned an Auburn Speedster.  There were 2 of them in the Great Race.  And a whole bunch of Ford Speedsters.   

Holy WOW.

 Plus one for BDriver and Royal. They gave the correct information to set the brake adjustment.

mustang_evets2014-06-26 18:57:31

Greg, VW installed 2 nuts on each of the adjusters rather than lockwashers.  The reason for this is that if you have the adjusters tight enough for a lockwasher to work – it is too tight and your rear brakes are dragging.  Not good!  

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The adjusters had a lot of slack and the nuts had no lock washers so it appears to me they just loosened up with vibration   

Greg,

So, do you guys think this car is beautiful??   I’m apparently too much of a Philistine to appreciate beauty.  To me it looks like a caricature of a car.  I will say that it is huge….as in really huge.  Looks like what once may have been a beautiful car with a butt job, a nose job, boob job, botox and lots of big hair.      

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