moosens

Line is from Second City TV , back when tv had cool moments to it. OK here's the story. Again , yeah I know.... Meet up with a Ferrari a couple of Lotus cars , and my friend and his dad in his dad's '53 MGTD restored - perfect car - but with the old fellow driving it was undoubtedly the slowest car in the group. My '78 Subaru was a rat box but I was going anyway. Destination was Caffeine and Carbs in New Canaan CT. See my post about the end of the year meet and see exotica on the streets. Anyhow , we take off from our meeting spot and head south on the Merrit Parkway. Going up the big hill into "no man's land" its a 3rd gear run and I was hammering it. First victim was the MG , next some family cars. Felt great , although my head was a bit in the fog from lack of coffee and my continued poor sleep. So I got to the top of the hill where it levels off and the engine is still singing. Suddenly I head engine noise , stuff going looesy goosey , clickatyclackety .... and at that time I look down and see I'm still in 3rd gear. Not even attempting to catch fourth quickly could save the beast. Threw the clutch in and rode it off onto the grass. There goes the MG , quickly wave them onward as they pass. Now its time to do the engine swap since the engine would not budge either direction. "Subafreak" - comes through with HUGE help. Here's what we found. Caused by and this .... Number one , your DONE !!!! Couple of shots of my hero. Su Ba Freak !!!!

Have to generally agree but offer a different opinion on top speed. Mine is a '78 4WD wagon with all the A/C stuff still in place. Wife calls on the cell phone from her Legacy on the way back from Carlisle - Import Kit/Replicar Show and says "I'm doing 90 and I'm loosing you". I'd say they top off around 92-4 MPH with the proper tune up , tire pressure , and driver.

Look at my last post again. :-p The clutch return helper spring - which is quite long - extends from that hole on the clutch fork to a raised tab on the far left side end of the intake manifold. The spring on the cable insulation patch hangs somewhere I can't recall right now. But its function is to keep the cable from rubbing on the steering column.

Meant to assist that rubber patch from rubbing the cable on the steering column. Have to check where my spring was. I have everything undone and ready to do and engine and tranny swap. I'll check my car later or Friday. You also have a clutch return assisting spring too , right? That one is about 8 inches long and goes from the intake ,far end holder tab to the clutch fork.

Looks like its not a seperate part from the manual. Buried away I've got some arms ,etc. , so probably another member here has them too but accessible.

Making out his list for Santa ???? 1915 Harley that just last year rode across the country in the Cannonball.

http://www.caffeineandcarburetors.com/ Update to photos coming in a bit. Today there was an estimated $500 million in cars and motorcycles on the streets of New Canaan CT. Maybe a little high but certainly a couple hundred million worth for sure. Forget the old pics on the website , check back when today's pics are uploaded. Or check the NewCanaan Patch http://newcanaan.patch.com/ - also waiting to update pics/story as of right now. That's the Ferrari tranposter for "Corse Clienti" in the background. They brought some serious weaponry. If you see this now , check those links later. You're going to be amazed.

OK , now this is getting a little silly. Can you make your own post ?

Nice Job on the pics and NICE SCORE !!! Feels good, I know...... Enjoy !!!

Tommy , no sweat , you don't have to apologize , I'm just breakin balls. Go aheds and take care of the guy 'cause I can't seem to get to my storage to save my life.

OK you do that and when Tommy the hijacker is done taking care of you contact me. just breaking yur balls , Tommy. Go ahead and take care of this guy because I don't have handy any of that stuff you do. bob - I do have at least one new bumper and probably one good used. But its way in the back of my cramped storage unit. I'll do my best but its getting cold here already.

I'll check. Was a set on eBay , might still be there.

It's what I live for , Tommy. :-p Sure thing. Hang tight everybody. Big day of repair up at the storage unit this coming weekend. If I find time during the week I'll get what I can going. Cheers!

Fenders I've got but large items will certainly take me some time to get to. The valance - oh yeah , you betcha I know what that is.Infact I just scored one from eBay for my '4WD wagon. I think "drivesubies" has one or more but I couldn't wait because this was the first one I'd seen NOS in about 11 or so years of looking. handlebars for jumpseats - you'd probably have to score a set of seats from me and remove them,but let me see what's there next trip into the back of the storage unit.

Super Sic - RIP !

oooookeeedoooookeeeee :-p

Yikes! Trying to look thru FPM but can't clearly see what that would be. I'll have to get back to this tomorrow. Good luck.

It was an off day for me. :lol:

Try the correct Forum. The point of this thread is to simply list what Vintage parts you need for your 70's and Gen I BRAT vehicles. The idea is that before every trip to the boneyards you come here and print this list out and try to help others or make some money. I'm no longer a moderator here but if I were I'd clean this thread up like I have in the past. Cheers!

Nice effort !

Those AM/FM's are hard to find. Rain and exhaustion today so pretty soon I'll get the parts stuff happening.

All I can say is I has an uncracked black dash specifically for the GL Coupe you have and now its either with Danny W. "drivesubies" or its been passed on elsewhere. You'd be more than wise to do all you can to get Danny's attention. Carpets - have new ones made. Pretty sure we made contact before thru eBay. Wasn't this one for sale , or was a customer car near CdA ? My '73 Coupe and all the goodies went to Danny. in TN. Now the car is back here in CT (another guy , not me) but without all the really nice stuff that went with it. Good luck. I do have bits ad pieces that'll help you out so look the car over and feel free to keep in touch. Cheers! Paul - moosens at yahoo - cashingmystuffin on eBay

Forgot to tell you I'm inhaling that AM/FM radio. But hey , notice that fancy clock ??? Tach of engine and tach of life , you get both !! :-p There's a paperback's worth of story behind that dash. Real old lady car I bought and cried over sending to the crusher.

Bump for John Britten RIP Still the sharpest bike ever built to me.

Drool , but not over your wallet , please. :-p That's Stage I GF in all its glory ..... I'll find other pics taken the same day that'll show it all. Usual cracks on top but really not horrible. See you tomorrow.