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Post by Brenticon on Mar 21, 2015 12:29:15 GMT -8
"Looking forward to an update"
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Post by CrazyBrit on Mar 21, 2015 18:20:16 GMT -8
The thin whitewalls would look nice for the "original" look. One could argue that the Sprintstars are original - they were a dealer accessory were they not?
I happened to see a clean looking late sixties Fasty parked up at Bavarian as I drove home from work today. It looked good from the highway. Any pictures without the moss and associated greenery?
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Post by alltypes on Mar 21, 2015 21:07:57 GMT -8
today
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Post by PICTUP on Mar 22, 2015 6:49:18 GMT -8
That was mighty fine timing Reagh!! Many thanks to Terry Denomme for a trip over the Malahat. It made the whole experience enjoyable. It was even a bonding trip for Victor and Russ. Awwwwwww We will have to get a pic of the front trunk(that's boot to you, Mark ). You out there in vintage VW land will not believe what it looked like and the fun finds….but it will have to wait, another VW calls….(the last one I promise!!("Sure", says Russ…. ). More later in the week...
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Post by Volktales on Mar 23, 2015 18:42:19 GMT -8
Ok it was a bit of a busy weekend... Saturday started off with a trip down Island to Victoria to pick up the latest VW rescue. Don and myself went with my hot rod friend Terry, and I also managed to drag my kid, Victor, along as well which required bribes of junk food... Eventually we arrived at the location on the Sooke highway. Given how busy it was here and how difficult it would have been to back the trailer in, we ended up parking some distance down the road.
After sitting for eight years, you would expect the brake pedal to drop to the floor and everything seize up. Or not. It rolled easily down the road and the brake pressure felt decent, and the park brake worked just fine! Victor was not really impressed however...
Ready for some winch action. Terry was amused with the Type III as well.
That's Terry wearing the Ford jacket, and driving the Dodge Truck. And he once owned a '62 Bubble top Bel-air that he still misses today... Terry produces Canadian Hot Rods magazine and is recommended if you like that sort of thing...
Loaded up and ready to roll. That is me promising former owner Scott that it will be restored properly. And it WILL be too.
Get me out of here!
A little bit of greenery growing happily. After making a few non-VW related stops it was time for a pressure washing. Reagh caught up with us and helped scrub it and recorded a "clean" shot, shown earlier. Don somehow managed to "accidentally" cover me with dirt and slime during the washing procedure. The car came with much paperwork which made for interesting reading. More on this later... What we have proven is, that the recorded mileage of 34,000 is absolutely genuine!
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Post by CrazyBrit on Mar 23, 2015 20:42:16 GMT -8
So if the '58 was christened Pootina, what has Rebecca named this one? It looks great after it's wash.
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Post by vwkarl on Mar 23, 2015 22:42:39 GMT -8
Another good deal. Nice score. Wow 34000 original miles. I guess the new car smell is long gone
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Post by Volktales on Mar 26, 2015 20:43:32 GMT -8
Spent a little time on the Fastback today at lunch. Determined that the engine turns freely, which is good. Otherwise read the documents that came with it tonight. The original owner was a Ms. May Kennedy who purchased it from Harrison Motors in Nanaimo on April 30th, 1969. She used the car immediately to tour the Western United States and Canada, as her logbook shows wherever she bought gas. It was used a lot in the first few years of its life, and then very little after that. May kept the car until her death when it was passed on to a presumed family member in 1993. The next owner kept it for 12 years before selling it on. The last owner had it for ten years, and now Don and I have our grubby mitts on it. Throughout the car's life it has resided in Nanaimo, Golden, and Victoria, including the Oak Bay Area. With the documents came some pictures taken when the previous owner first got it...
All these pictures were taken in 2001. The rust holes in the fenders are bigger, but otherwise the car was much the same...
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Post by Brenticon on Mar 27, 2015 19:32:35 GMT -8
I luv that car !!!!!!!!
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Post by Volktales on Apr 3, 2015 22:10:53 GMT -8
Time for a new large batch-O-pictures...
At the shop, finally brought it in on my day off to look at it more closely...
Already have a replacement dash pad (thanks Reagh), and Don has some good bezels in his stash.
Door panels are really nice. Seats are not.
Head liner is near perfect.
Under the front trunk were 1971 Nanaimo newspapers. The washer fluid bottle was genuine VW parts. The other object is a small tube of grease.
Esso brand grease, never used.
Was mailed to the original owner. A free promotion perhaps???
Was minty under the hood.
Even the windshield is original.
How can you tell it is an original Canadian car? The bag of tire chains under the hood.
Original Diamond Blue paint sticker still there.
This doomahickey is a dense foam pad that goes in front of the spare tire. I assume for impact purposes.
Was very clean under the hood. We pulled out fuel sender to have a peek at the tank inside. Was clean and dry.
Bit of a nest of hoses under the axle for the fuel pump. All will be replaced.
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Post by Volktales on Apr 3, 2015 22:21:40 GMT -8
Rear valance is nice and strait.
Original gas heater is mounted above transmission.
Original gas heater tail pipe is still intact too.
Would you believe that Midas did a $1200 brake job in 2002 !
Did find some rust in the reinforcement panels in the inner fender panels. I guess I should not be that surprised...
And here is the mighty engine. Previous owner left a fuel pressure gauge attached. I wonder why?
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Post by vwkarl on Apr 3, 2015 22:26:39 GMT -8
Very nice Russ! Basically some new fenders and some cosmetics.
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Post by Volktales on Apr 3, 2015 22:34:19 GMT -8
So Don and I did some work to the car today. We started off by servicing the brakes which were not worn at all. We flushed out the brake fluid and some gunge came out with it. After the flush was complete, the brakes felt decent. I wonder why Midas did not replace the flex hoses which would have been 33 years old at the time. We will do this before the car hits the road again. Then it was on to the engine...
We started by cleaning the fuzzy points, disabling the fuel pump, spraying some gas in the intake, and cranking it over. It started instantly and sounded fine. We later changed a couple of crappy fuel lines (all will be changed before road use), and added some fresh fuel. The fuse box was cleaned, the fuel pump fuse reinstated, and a good pressure gauge connected to the fuel rail. This gauge has a purge valve which we used to evacuate the old remaining fuel. Then the valve was closed, the pressure allowed to build to 28 psi and then attempted a start. It ran! Well at first when cold, but too lean when warm. This will require further investigation as we ran out of time...
The car came with a rather lot of spare parts... How about eleven spare pressure sensors???
And finally Don says this picture reminds him of an old VW advertisement. If that was true the shop would have to be scrubbed clean and I would have to put on a smock!!!
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Post by busaddict on Apr 4, 2015 0:42:07 GMT -8
I love the thrill of discovery with cars like that, secrets revealed by the old VW. Thanks for sharing Russ and Don. As for a smock, I was reminded of this Calvin and Hobbs comic strip:
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Post by Volktales on Apr 4, 2015 6:54:19 GMT -8
Sure miss Calvin and Hobbes. One of the best comic strips ever...
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