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Egge used to be great but they have since gone way, way down hill. Egge made pistons for our Rickenbacker back in the 70's and they were stellar. The reason they have Rickenbacker pistons listed is because they used one of ours for a pattern. But, there has been a very precipitous drop in quality since Egge was sold off. Personally, I would not buy and run Egge pistons in any of my cars.

One of the biggest examples is the number of 1969 Camaros wearing Z28 badges with owners claiming they are genuine DZ cars.

Just another example of how much of a difference it makes depending on which DMV clerk you happen to walk up to. Earlier today I went to a DMV office to make sure Calif DMV knew I had registered one of my vehicles in WY since I had been sent a renewal notice and multiple emails saying my former Calif registration was due. The first office I went to I was told that WY would need to contact the Calif DMV in order to make sure Calif knew the vehicle was no longer registered in the state. She told me there was nothing she could do in her system to make sure I would no longer receive renewal notices or penalties for overdue registration. Because of an error in some paperwork I had regarding my medical cert for my CDL I left that office. I got the medical paperwork straight and went to another DMV office. When I inquired about the registration I showed her my copy of my WY registration along with my renewal notice. She asked if she could keep the copies so she could make sure they were sent to their main office and the vehicle would be removed from the Calif DMV system with a note that it was now registered out of state. One clerk was completely unhelpful while the next one took care of everything.

Front plate enforcement varies greatly from area to area. I have been given a no front plate ticket while parked in a shopping center as well as just driving down the road. At the time, the only way to attach a front plate to that car was to drill holes in the front bumper, which I did not want to do. Now that the car is 22 years old, the paint has faded and it has 250k miles, I eventually drilled holes in the bumper so I wouldn't have to worry about being pulled over for it in the future. It was always in the Riverside and San Bernardino areas that I had issues. Back when I owned a Corvette, it never had a front plate and I was never hassled over it.

Congratulations on your new Beetle. Buying YOM (Year of Manufacture) plates and registering them to your car can be very easy or very difficult depending on what DMV office and what DMV clerk you happen to get to. Not long before my father passed away, he purchased YOM plates for our Rickenbacker. He purchased them from a reputable guy that deals in YOM plates for cars from various states. Unfortunately, I do not have his contact info. It took 4 trips to 2 different DMV offices to get them registered. The process was maddening and seemed to change a little every time we visited the DMV. It was finally resolved when a DMV supervisor got involved and the plates are now registered to the vehicle. One thing the DMV did, that I do not agree with, is they now charge an extra 'special plate' fee every year when I renew the registration. The fee is only around $10 (for now) but it's just the fact that I get dinged every year for having plates on the car that were issued the same year as the car was made. Good luck with your quest to get YOM plates on the car.

I agree with this statement. It delineates the cars made before and after all US domestic automobile production was halted during the WWII war effort. This term is using US production as its guideline since the US was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world at the time.

It must be key words, I just replied to the three D print thread and I got a notice about needing moderator approval.

I would add intricate door handles, dash knobs and the like to the list of things that would be good for a 3D printer.

First thing that jumped out to me was that new cars are built out of such inferior materials that the Chevy totaled two new cars and there isn't even a scratch on its bumper.

That looks like an amazing trip with great friends. As you said, the way it was done 'in the old days'.

Your wiring is not wrong, per se, but you are putting a lot of current through that LED switch. It would be safer to have all of the high current stuff under the hood and use the switch for the very low current side of the relay.

I don't see a picture in either of your posts. If you used a relay between the fans and the battery and had the relay operated by a circuit run through your LED toggle switch, the switch would not light up with fan rotation. It would be a circuit like this.

Air moves through the radiator, doesn't it? If it didn't your radiator would not cool. I agree with the others, sounds like the fans are generating enough voltage to dimly illuminate the LED.

Very neat truck but I doubt it will ever be restored. You couldn't really drive this thing down the street so it would be a static display only. But it has plenty of cool factor.

Enjoy the process of getting her back in shape and most of all enjoy driving it. I once asked my uncle if he ever thought of putting a roll bar in his TR6. His reply was, "Nope, if you go around a corner in that car fast enough to flip it over, you deserve to die".

Congrats on finding a suitable project car. Those early 80's Camaros were performance dogs but they sure are nice looking, even all these years later. I owned a '75 Camaro 350 / 350 Auto for a few years back in the mid 80's and it was a great driving car. The only thing I didn't like about that car was the lack of rain gutters. Have any moisture on the roof, open the door and get inside and you get water all over your lap before you have a chance to close the door. Other than that, I wouldn't mind owning another one if the opportunity came up.

Congrats on the new TR6. Back in the mid 80's I got to drive one for an entire summer, that my uncle owned. Amazingly fun car to drive. Not a ton of power but it feels like it is glued to the ground going around a corner. And that factory exhaust note is pure perfection.

Wow, the ladies even wore a dress while racing.

Look at the price of gas! We'll never see those days again.

So, it's a personal trolley car?

Having operated various lift trucks in the past, it looks like the upper platform rotates into position to service the lights and then returns over the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion. The worker accesses the platform from the driver's area. The tower is not collapsible.

Looks like some very cold fun.

The old swap meet was definitely worth the trip from So Cal but I only managed to do it a few times. It always seemed to fall on a date I was busy with plans I could not adjust to a different date.

I will have to see about attending this event as I plan on living in Wyoming by then. My cars have a few years to go to be 100 years old but it sounds like a great event.

I have attended a previous Bakersfield swap meet and it was a great event. I don't know if I will still be a Calif resident by the time this one comes around but it would be great to attend.