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HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 1 month ago
…the April showers are not as bad as the Jan/Feb cold and ice. My blood must have really thinned out since I moved to NC 30 ears ago. I prefer to leave that cold weather driving to folks in higher latitudes, like Ed and Bill and Paul….and that Michigan, Minnesota, Montana etc. crowd.
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HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 1 month ago
I guess the easiest solution would be a Vicenc-style plan modified for the South — park it in January and take it out again when rains end in March…:-)
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HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 1 month ago
Hey Ed,
I am truly surprised you have not come up with a way to put rigid side curtains on your BCW…Please figure it out and post the instructions for the rest of us…..!!!!…If you can re-engine your German-chassid, British bodied BCW kit car car with a Japanese engine, you can surely come up with some “original looking and working” side… -
HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 1 month ago
Hey Vicenç
You are going to have to translate the name of the badge and tell me a little bit about yours — I got mine from a friend who is now in his 80’s — he got it years ago when he was working as a chauffeur in New York City. His boss, who wound up going to Spain on an extended trip, had my friend travel ahead, arrange a car and drive him… -
HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 1 month ago
Well we are still playing with fuel pumps, fuel level-in-the-carb-bowl, and mixture screw settings on the Bug Spray…we will get’er right soon — I hope — or I’ll do as Shu suggests and find a nice set of Kadrons and manifolds for Emma (Found a rebuilt set online already set up for Vac Advance distributor….).
In the mean time, I’m finding t… -
HappyJack replied to the topic $100 "Ols School or $1,000 Dual 40 Webers? in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
…and from what I remember you car scoots right along like a scalded cat…..a good incentive for me trying to find and install a set of Kadrons as another option (but they are getting real hard to find….)
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HappyJack replied to the topic $100 "Ols School or $1,000 Dual 40 Webers? in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
Hmm — I like the idea of trying 1.25 rocker arms — but sometime WAY down the road, so to speak…
I need to get the engine work done and the fiberglass rear deck back on the car. It looks like a RAT ROD right now — and the only ones that appreciate that look are the neighborhood teenagers who wave and cheer when I drive through the n… -
HappyJack replied to the topic $100 "Ols School or $1,000 Dual 40 Webers? in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
Hey Kent,
You had asked about the cam in the 1641 —I installed a SCAT cam kit that included the cam, cam followers, and valve springs:C15-20050 – SCAT BRAND – COMPLETE PERFORMANCE CAM KIT – ALL 1600CC BEETLE STYLE ENGINES – .320 INCH LIFT AT LOBE / 277 DEGREE C20 CAM & GEAR / SINGLE HD VALVE SPRINGS / SCAT LIFTERS / HD RETAINERS & KEEPERSSo on top… -
HappyJack replied to the topic $100 "Ols School or $1,000 Dual 40 Webers? in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
I keep having to remind myself of how much “fun” I’m having trying to get this 1641 to accept its “new” old carb setup…
Life with Emma was sure easier with the stock Solex. But once touched with the seat-of-the-pants feel of being able to goose the throttle and actually be pushed back in the seat, its hard to go back to stock…But we keep… -
HappyJack replied to the topic $100 "Ols School or $1,000 Dual 40 Webers? in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
Hey Kent,
What carbs are you running on your Tdr? Are you pleased with how they perform?Anyone else have a non-stock carb success story? -
HappyJack replied to the topic $100 "Ols School or $1,000 Dual 40 Webers? in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
Hey Ed,
I’ll PM you about that intake manifold — thanks….Good point on the PVC in the engine compartment. No issues so far, but I don’t have the engine cover and side fiberglass panels on the car yet.The PVC pipe that is probably the most vulnerable is the “drain” fitting coming off of the passenger side heater box. The air itself is not tha… -
HappyJack replied to the topic $100 "Ols School or $1,000 Dual 40 Webers? in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
GROAN —
Thanks Allen — I guess it is Holley Jolly new year — and if it turns out to be less jolly with the Holley, I can always go back to a stock carburetor — or save my pennies and then splurge on those extra fine Weber dual Carbs…. -
HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
Hey Ed,
Just got the car running well again (messed with jetting, had water in the gas, had plugged fuel filters, had bad distributor and fouled spark plugs — I think that’s about all you can have wrong at one time when you are trying to figure out what was wrong with the #$%&^* engine………:?The final answer is 3100 RPM — at 60… -
HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
Hi Ed — I did keep the transmission. According to the build sheet from the PO, it is a “TRANSWEST VW TYPE 1” which tells me absolutely nothing about the transmission —
So I’m not sure about the transmission. But the engine (and transmission I think) were built for and installed in a Mud Rail prior to the owner getting sick of riding in the… -
HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
Hey Kentt,
I can’t take credit for the rear tin design — it came with the car and the 2332cc engine — sold the engine — kept the tin.But all that said, we did pay good attention to installing all the tin, including the thermostat and the flappers in the fan shroud as well as the Hoover Bit around the oil cooler tin. Hope it makes a di… -
HappyJack replied to the topic Re-Engine Emma — Winter Project in the forum My Project 10 years, 2 months ago
….I forgot to mention that we had some help in the form of a “Bug Me Video Vol 3 How To” DVD that Roy had purchased when he reworked his engine a few years ago.
I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about a rebuild — very well done video showing step-by-step tear down and build up ~$30.00 and available from Mid America Motors and other… -
HappyJack replied to the topic 2016 Calendar in the forum General Discussion 10 years, 3 months ago
Yea, me too — I REALLY like April, especially all the red cars.
And if you look real close at my right front hub cap you can see the professional photographer who took that great shot.This is a really top quality calendar — crystal clear and on heavy stock. Thanks again Ed for your four hour upload vigils.Happy Jack -
HappyJack replied to the topic 2016 Calendar in the forum General Discussion 10 years, 3 months ago
Thanks for all your hard work Ed — GREAT calendar !!!!
I did have a devil of a time getting through the site to place my order — turned out that their web server crashed due to high Cyber Monday volume — but time and patience solved the dilemma and my calendar is on the way, but with a 25% discount vice the 40% one offered on Monday before the… -
HappyJack replied to the topic Spare for FiberFab (under hood, that is) in the forum VW Based Kits 10 years, 4 months ago
I forgot how many ways there really are to mount a spare — as well as the engine cover…
My FiberFab assembly manual showed the style of bottom-hinge engine cover and hinged spare as “optional — extra cost item”I guess my car’s builder did not take the “optional” route and went for the Fix-A-Flat instead…..I wonder how many of our VW-based c… -
HappyJack replied to the topic Spare for FiberFab (under hood, that is) in the forum VW Based Kits 10 years, 4 months ago
Yes there are many ways??????MG Magic offers a bracket to replace the “fake” spare tire fiberglass insert on the engine cover of a FiberFab kit if you want to mount the spare on the rear of the car. I opted to go the “under the hood” route so that I would not have to lift the weight of the spare along with the engine cover when working on the…[Read more]
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