Sideview

Love those lines

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Wrap it up

On the old exhaust the section over the rear axle was wrapped with heat shield. Primary to protect the fuel pump and the fuel tank. 

Probably a good idea so after my re routing of the exhaust I gave it a wrap again. 

My re routing seams successful, the clearance to my old shock, mocked up with duct tape to the same diameter as the new thicker Hi-jackers looks enough. 

Re routing

Had many different noises from the rear axle area last season. 

Didn't take long to figure out that it was suspension related so when I got the car on jackstands it soon became clear that one of the big things was the left damper rubbing the exhaust just by the over axle bend. 

Couldn't move it in any direction so the answer was to extend the bend instead. 

Some universal bends, and some VERY crappy welding later I think I'm fine. 

This problem would have been worse this year because I will go to Hi-jackers and they are almost 1" bigger in diameter than my old worn out dampers. 

So this was unavoidable. 

The before and after routing.

The X is where I had the rub. 

314

Even with NO activity in the shop something is going on.

Bought an engine to the rally Zündapp back in October 2019.

Of course the cheapest one and of course in parts.

Have wrenched a fair bit of Zündapp engines over the years, but this engine type I bought this time is the newer 314 type that I haven't ever wrenched.

No worries, have friends who can wrench them so with warm hand I gave this job to my mate Lars in my Zündapp team.

The seller said "it only missed one of two parts otherwise it's great".

Yeah right !!

Didn't take Lars many minutes to see it was far from complete.

Part for this engine are available but just NOS parts and they ain't cheap.

Lars helped me to keep an eye on eBay and parts came up, I bought them and now the renovation will continue.

How did it turn out??

Time will tell...

Going Pro?

After a whole life as a real petrolhead I have gone through about all styles of vehicles as my favorite.

But over the years they fade but when it comes to cars two of them still shines brighter than all the others, Kustom and Pro Touring.

And as we can see, in the end Kustom came out with the victory in Bombus Speedshop.

But still I can't let the idea go with Pro Touring…

These styles are not exactly close to each other….but.

What is Pro Touring???

Old car with lots of go, turns great and capable of high speed as well.

Hmmm, where did such cars exist in the early fifties?

The answer: Carerra Panamerica.

Pro Kustom? Is that even a style?

Doesn't matter, now it is.

Should I go full Carerra Panamerica with the lettering, flags, numbers…?

Nope, exterior I think just a couple of tweaks will be enough.

16"-17" steelies (Nascar?) with medium sidewall, 4" Le Mans fuelcap, side exaust and leather hoodstraps.

Might be more, might be less, but those touches I really like.

And the rest?

Of course powertrain and handling will have some attention...later on.

Imagine old school cruising, curvy backroads and modern highway speeds mile after mile all together still with that classic Kustom look.

That's my optimal goal from now on.

Some nice touches

November in May

This wrenchin´season have been way way off to say the least.

Have lost all form of spark and happiness the last year.

But this spring I learned that I have Diabetes and after taking care of all things regarding that suddenly the spark slowly came creeping back.

So now in May I have started with all those things I was supposed to start back in November.

But, better now than not at all.

Started with many projects at once and it looks like there will be a season with the Chevy after all.

Also of course the Corona situation makes 2020 weirdest year ever anyway so a late start is just a breeze in comparison.