Disclaimer: Not really a restoration itself, but more like a journal where I can post the changes I do to the car and not having pictures everywhere and never being able to find them. Of course it would be very nice to get feedback from people,
My 1967
I bought that car around 7 years ago on one of those online consignment companies, and went through all the process to get it imported to Switzerland. It took around 3 months until I had the car here, and another 1.5 years until I finally registered it in here and got to drive it.
The registration process was very painful, that would be a massive post by itself.
funny fact, at least once a year a get an youtube recommendation from the video that was made for the selling page for this car:
this picture is 5 years old, I have just gotten the number plates.
Currently...
The car has not been driven for pretty much 2 years, I was going for a drive and the car didn't start after diagnostic I realized my orange box was dead, I had a FBO box with a coil on my shelve and went to change it, during that time it started to get dark and I was sure I drop a nut, but the nut went under the intake manifold. After starting the car I went for a drive and just a few meter down the road I hear a big bang coming from under the car, I got crazy and started to think that the nut went inside the intake, so from that point on I was sure that was the problem. I brought the car back home and went to sleep.
Next day I had to bring my daughter to an event, and since I had no other car I said "screw it" and went with it. That let to this post: Engine noise and eventually to this post: a833 removal
The real problem was the clutch, but I had that nut stuck in my head, and couldn´t think about anything else. I wouldn´t need to pull the engine and would save myself some time.
My 1967
I bought that car around 7 years ago on one of those online consignment companies, and went through all the process to get it imported to Switzerland. It took around 3 months until I had the car here, and another 1.5 years until I finally registered it in here and got to drive it.
The registration process was very painful, that would be a massive post by itself.
funny fact, at least once a year a get an youtube recommendation from the video that was made for the selling page for this car:
this picture is 5 years old, I have just gotten the number plates.
Currently...
The car has not been driven for pretty much 2 years, I was going for a drive and the car didn't start after diagnostic I realized my orange box was dead, I had a FBO box with a coil on my shelve and went to change it, during that time it started to get dark and I was sure I drop a nut, but the nut went under the intake manifold. After starting the car I went for a drive and just a few meter down the road I hear a big bang coming from under the car, I got crazy and started to think that the nut went inside the intake, so from that point on I was sure that was the problem. I brought the car back home and went to sleep.
Next day I had to bring my daughter to an event, and since I had no other car I said "screw it" and went with it. That let to this post: Engine noise and eventually to this post: a833 removal
The real problem was the clutch, but I had that nut stuck in my head, and couldn´t think about anything else. I wouldn´t need to pull the engine and would save myself some time.
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