Installing the the front beam

Despite being driven in Finland in snow and on salted roads in winter time the under carriage has survived well. There is no rust damage and all the bolts and nuts are coming off easily when needed. This is due the intensive anti rusting with some oil+stuff mixture periodically. Naturally whenever I need to do something under the car it gets messy... But it is a fair trade-off.

So I decided not to remove the fuel tank this time (it is full) but just tilted it as much as possible. Unfortunately the 41 years old fuel tube underneath didn't like the twist and started to leak. I didn't notice it until the next day by the aroma of gasoline ouside... There was a good pond of 95 octane and the above mentioned antitrust on the floor. Luckily the air compressor didn't go on during the night producing sparks.

Lately I've been mostly ventilating the garage and blogging...

Now

This is the current moment and the Seeblau65 is in the garage waiting for the new adjustable CB 2 inch narrowed front beam from www.customspeedparts.de (talk about customer loyalty...). The front does not need to be any lower than it is right now but there is too much air between the tire and the fender. Since the increased trach width due drop spindles I had to get a narrowed beam to fit wider wheels too. Let's see what happens.

CB spindles installed

So this is what happened after I installed the spindles: due the increased track the stock (almost: 165) wheels hit the fenders and there was no way fitting the new fake BRM's with smaller ET :(

I ordered a pair of 4,5 inch rims from www.midlandwheels.com and 135 Continentals. Still the tires scratched the fenders when cornering...

I also dropped the rear by one notch from the outer end of the springs.

Daily driver

I bought the car in mid 90's and it served as our only car. I spotted it in a small car shop near Tampere and bought it believing the total less than 100000km according to the service manual. I still do but it really does not matter it is still in excellent shape and never needed any welding.

The engine has changed to hipo 1300cc :) at some phase. Otherwise it is original - just nicely patinated.

For some reason on spring 2006 I started to think of some chages to it. You know customizing. On a business trip to California I bought a pair of CB drop spindles from www.JBugs.com and it was a start for something no one knows where it is going to end.

Anyway, I'm more of a bolt-on builder since I accept my limited skills...

In this blog I try to publish those little things I do in the garage and maybe someone finds it interesting and/or helpfull. Propably not :)

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A bit artistic, I know... But looks better than in nature :)