agent orange and the red rooster

 both of these needs some action. the red one needs the front brake, assembled at the garage, and then back to the cottage. to put it in its place. i don't like the cold weather and working outside. but got to do that, then its done. and as i drive a audi quattro, i can even come back from the cottage, the down hill to the cottage is a bit icy and slippery. and good news with the orange bug, as the transmission is good and ready,  so it might be best to get the bug from cottage to more suitable place to change the gearbox. more of that later. have to go to garage now. ciao!

Jimi is concentrating in the stoplights

waitng for a sunny day to assemble the brake parts.

steps back... huh

 Well, i went to pick up the violet wbx bug, but the battery was totally dead. so no improvement for that, i took the battery with me, but the defa charger was so clever that it didn't want to charge the battery... Daaaaamn! ok, have to get a old style charger to charge it, hope to get one. and it needs cooling fluid also, wbx marks it spot... sadly. and it should be inspected too, next month.

ok, the panel van was waiting for better times... maybe it will get some movement next time, at least have to start it up and let it run ...have to think when to get it inspected too...

and the dodge needs some new/rebuildt brake calipers. i think it has e-body brakes. pretty heavy after all the brembo brakes... :-) but endless work with these...

its getting colder...

the dodge disc brakes are still having bugs. 

so i took one off and try to get that working today.

this bug has also some problems, 

with the front brakes, but i will fix them too but later on.

Dodge D100 "ex-town panel"

 

i wanted to go to the Lahnajärvi cruising with the dodge, 

so i would see what needs to be taken care of, to get this pickup to the inspection.

the carburetor is fine now, and the engine runs smoothly.

when i started the trip from somero to saukkola...

the brake pedal went down. there's some brake power but not much.

have to check for leaks, and take care of bleeding as well.

the engine temp meter didn't work... and the engine started to make noises...

well i got safely to our cottage, but there's something to work out.

2020 - The year of the corona - and some changes too

 This bad year has made me do some changes, like the two cabriolet ghias went to to a happy new owner, and this is mainly because i didn't have the money to make them any better, and to be honest, it didn't feel right anymore. so it got a Plymouth Duster instead. Similar that my dad used to own, a 1970 model, slant six, 3-speed column shifter... what a beauty. Heck i do own only two VW`s now. the panel van and the turbo ghia. two mopars, and two porsches. (one audi and one chopper harley.) maybe I'm getting mentally better?

this year has been a rough one as i broke my back too, so lots of painkillers, and nothing i can do. but I'm getting better and hopefully make some updates or video clips - who knows.

back to the basics.

Due to the fact that the "17 inch wheels" needs a lower suspension, we will go NOW with the 15" wheels. its old school and maybe goes more straight. there might be a inspection try-out this week, and hopefully a permission to drive this thing after 15 years hibernation... it looks 80´s style. its not my cup of tea, but i can live with that. ...more to come.

and i thought only old v-dubs are bad... ;-)

well i still wouldn´t change my panelvan to a ferrari 360 ;-)

...my panel wants to make curves in a straight highway...