MadMike's 'Casper' 76 bug
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I found some 14" wheels and mounted my worn out Bus tires on them ,, 8 plys
- John S.
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I really want a beetle bolt pattern hub. I have five 14” vw wagon style wheels. All the old drag racers have vw wheels on their trailers. We need a trailer thread. Lol
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I Had a trailer back in the 70' that was made from a cpl link pin spindles ,, worked for a while but one Huge pothole shared it off young & dumb me took off the plate and the City impounded it
- John S.
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slow progress, installed the 16 cylinder studs ,hand clearanced the cylinder spicket in a cpl. spots,, then the o'l arteritis kicked in on my hands
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That cold weather can't be helping with that.
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Yepper you know it,, maybe I can talk the wife into moving south since we don't have the sled dogs anymore ?:lol:
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Haha beat ya to it , It's been in the Kitchen,Sunroom table since I've started the build
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- John S.
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Thanks John, ,,Well final assembly is done in the garage , so i fired up the wood furness at 7am and frakin 18* & snowing ,, schools are closed but after waiting a cpl hours for the place to warm up,,,got the cases glued together ,all torqued ,crank turns like butter with just two fingers slapped on a piston and cyl. : now to go shopping for some spacers & head gaskets road trip ,, gets me off the farm for a day helps with 'cabin fever'
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- buguy
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Looks like quite a bit of positive deck!
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yea, 5.5 rods , got them with the crank ,no problem ,I'll just shim it
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What is this engine going in Mike?
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Hey Chip,,My bug more than likely ,,FYI tail lights almost installed ,I have to re=wire , gonna use a trailer tail lite harness