Gumout wants to give your project car a cash infusion

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It seems that Gumout is eager to help you with your project car. No, I don’t mean that they sell stuff to help your project car… well, they do that too. What I mean is that Gumout really wants to help you because they’re offering up $2,500 to some lucky wrench turner. It’s a sort of Gumout scholarship for one worthy man or woman. You can apply by heading to their Facebook contest page, filling out a form with a photo of your project, and hoping the community backs what you’ve uploaded. The contest runs through August 18th, after which time a winner will be chosen after the field is narrowed down to a top 10.

Now, I know that not all of you are on the Books of Face. Gumout reached out to us and wants to help you too. You know what that means… it’s contest time again!

Consider this a min version of the larger Gumout contest. Post a pic of your project in the comment section, and tell us about it as well. Whoever gets the most amount of upvotes will get a prize package from Gumout. It’s not $2,500, but it’s probably something that can help you keep your machine running. Now get to posting those pics!

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Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff

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43 responses to “Gumout wants to give your project car a cash infusion”

  1. Josh_Howard Avatar
    Josh_Howard

    Consider me in! https://www.facebook.com/Gumout?sk=app_4516849548…
    I have done a ton of work to my car but it still needs a little more to get rolling. This specific '93 ZX was very rare. It is not a t-top and features very few options overall. The "slicktop" as it was called, only accounted for 2% of those sold in the US. Most were raced, hacked up, or wrecked. This one is Nissan Super White and has a stick shift as well as a cloth interior and is unmodified. I found it on craigslist and pulled it out of someone's backyard here in rusty Michigan. Once complete, I'm willing to be there won't be another like it in all the Midwest. It's going to be one slick "slicktop".

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    1. Josh_Howard Avatar
      Josh_Howard

      <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img9/3789/300zx5.jpg&quot; alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us">
      the ride home…
      <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img607/5827/300zx2.jpg&quot; alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us">
      <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img201/3341/300zx.jpg&quot; alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us">
      doesn't look so bad… oh wait, this car has been sitting forever.
      <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img19/8183/sxam.jpg&quot; alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us">
      <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img843/8862/uia1.jpg&quot; alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us">
      <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img7/179/6zcd.jpg&quot; alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us">
      <img src="http://imageshack.us/a/img29/8771/02c5.jpg&quot; alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us">
      The plan is to get it to look and feel as bone stock as possible with a few safety upgrades. To me, this was the car I always wanted when I was young. It's the lightest of that generation of Z and the most simple… if that's even possible. Hopefully, it'll be a rolling time capsule for the early days of variable valve timing and CAD engineering. The kids on Woodward Ave won't know what it even is.

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    2. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
      Scandinavian Flick ★

      I never knew that about the solid roofs, but it's awesome to see a rare car being cared for. Nice work!

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      1. Josh_Howard Avatar
        Josh_Howard

        I didn't either until I bought it. Then, I started to dig a little deeper beyond the mechanical research. This is maybe 1 of 200 made to these specs that year. Can't be many left. The timing belts are tough to change and most people just junk them or motor swap.

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        1. ˏ♂ˊ mzs zsm msz esq Avatar
          ˏ♂ˊ mzs zsm msz esq

          You know about AMS Motorsports of Canada right? I'd avoid them: http://hooniverse.info/2012/02/02/ams-motorsports-… Good luck!

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    3. P161911 Avatar
      P161911

      Thought you might like to know the rumored fate of the first dozen or so Z32s in the US. Nissan gave the cars, apparently really pilot production models, to Road Atlanta to use as driving school cars, pace cars, etc. Part of the stipulation was the cars could not be sold and weren't allowed on US roads anyways. Well when the cars finally got used up by the late 1990s, they were buried somewhere on Road Atlanta property. I'm pretty sure most of these would have been slick top cars.

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  2. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
    Scandinavian Flick ★

    Awesome! I'm one of the social media hold outs, so here's my project car labor of love and hate…
    I have a bad habit of getting emotionally attached to my cars… Maybe I need to at least stop naming them…
    Anyway, this here is Machiavelli, my first car; a Volvo 242DL
    <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aNjqyIO2Ab4/UV4IB1GhxbI/AAAAAAAAB40/tr89a0QTzag/s400/IMG_20130330_172723.jpg"&gt;
    It started it's life in my family when I was 4 years old. I loved it, and spent a lot of time riding around in the back, stretching my neck to see the cars as they passed by. (My love of cars started at a very early age) When I turned 15, it got a fresh coat of paint, and became my first car.
    It got me through high school, got many compliments on how clean it was, and I learned how to wrench on it myself, gradually expanding my tool collection as needed. I took great pride in it, and it never ever let me down. I modified the suspension in any way that I could, and put about $3k worth of stereo in it. It was slow, (18.75 second quarter mile) but damn, I loved this car…
    It got me through my college years, many trips to and from home, and way too many people piled into it for late night dinner and beer runs. Still, never once letting me down, even in spite of my sometimes negligent maintenance and tendencies to park it in bad neighborhoods…
    After college, about 5 years ago, some kid from my former high school rear ended the car behind me, pushing him into me. It was totaled with $3k worth of damage. I bought it back from insurance, sidelined it, and went through 3 more Volvos. It sat patiently waiting under a cover for me to get the funds for an engine swap and restoration. Plans varied from a basic turbo swap, to a V8, to a 5 cylinder turbo motor from a newer Volvo.
    Eventually fate decided for me. I had purchased a crazy modified Volvo 242ti with a manual transmission (my first) and had a blast with it. Long story short: I wrecked it…
    Years later, I am still (and soon completing) an engine, tranny, suspension, and interior swap from that 242ti into Machiavelli. It currently runs as solidly as it can on 3 cylinders… (Still figuring that one out.) It has been a labor of love with the help of many friends and the never ending support and understanding of my family. I long for the time that I hear it roar to life once more… It will happen soon… and when it does, I will do a full write up on it to share with my fellow gearheads.
    <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wSDj-bF3_7k/TLvqyOLlffI/AAAAAAAAAnM/r4-wNr_9l9I/s400/DSC01178.JPG&quot; width="500">
    No project is official without proper fuel…
    <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UA3liBuGyMw/T5NwqbkL1OI/AAAAAAAABcM/sEUnDsD4bSc/s400/IMG_20120421_183830.jpg"&gt;

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    1. Josh_Howard Avatar
      Josh_Howard

      Very, very awesome. Love the story and love the pics. I'd vote for you.

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      1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
        Scandinavian Flick ★

        Thanks, man. I wish I could enter the contest on FB. My beast needs just over $4K in body work and paint once I have it running right, and I'd happily put the $2500 right towards that…

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        1. Josh_Howard Avatar
          Josh_Howard

          To me, the body part is the easy part. I'm very mechanically inclined but feel like I take far longer than most people when doing that stuff. It's what I always spend the most time and money on.

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          1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
            Scandinavian Flick ★

            I can't imagine being able to do body work… I have no skill when it comes to that area, or the tools and space. The rear fenders need to be pulled, and there are small parking lot battle dents all over it that need to be smoothed before paint.
            I'll be getting it painted it the original Redwood Metallic and putting the pin stripe back along the side.

          2. Josh_Howard Avatar
            Josh_Howard

            It's not super hard… you just have to know what you're doing. Heck, I found a giant rust hole in the bottom of the Z because of a leaking windshield. Cut, chopped, and welded in new metal. Now doing a few small areas on the rockers and rear fenders… then coating and primering. It'll be a while though. I'm still doing a project in the house for the wife.

    2. jeepjeff Avatar
      jeepjeff

      Maybe I need to at least stop naming them…
      I don't think it would help. I'm pretty attached my Jeep at this point, and for whatever reason, I don't name my cars. The emotional bond is still there.

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      1. frankthecat Avatar
        frankthecat

        Yeah, naming makes it worse, but the irrational attachment still happens.
        I don't know why I love my piece of shit, 30% iron oxide content ChryCo minivan, but I do.

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      2. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
        FuzzyPlushroom

        Naming my cars just came naturally to me… it's turned out to be a good decision, though.
        I mean, when you've had three Volvo 244s in different shades of blue, it gets tricky. "No, the '89. The second '89. The one I actually had plates on" isn't nearly so practical as "Violet".

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    3. buzzboy7 Avatar
      buzzboy7

      The Volvo 242(preferably in Turbo guise) is my #2 all time favorite car ever, period. They are great looking, fun, practical cars. I hope this one turns out as well as in your dreams.

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      1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
        Scandinavian Flick ★

        Thanks! I love them too. I've owned two 242s and a 245, and almost bought a few other 242s when they came up, including a couple Homologation flathoods. I still wish those could have worked out, but they weren't meant to be, I guess… They're fantastic cars, and getting more rare all the time.
        I realized I didn't mention that the engine going into this one is a B21FT from an 81 turbo converted to a water cooled Garret T3. It was originally run on K-Jet mechanical injection, but is now wired up with LH2.2 electronic. It's been a bitch, but it's getting there…

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        1. dead_elvis Avatar
          dead_elvis

          Are you on the swedishbricks.net mailing list? I have a feeling they'd get that running-on-3-cylinders thing sorted out right quick. Plenty of longtime Volvo mechanics & hardcore DIYers, minus some of the shenanigans of the guys on turbobricks.com. Some of the regulars can be a bit crusty, but the depth of experience balances that.

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    4. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      Alrighty… email me your address please.
      Jeff@Hooniverse.com

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      1. Scandinavian Flick ★ Avatar
        Scandinavian Flick ★

        Sweet!
        E-mail coming forthwith.

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  3. Alff Avatar
    Alff

    My project has been my part time driver for the last 18 years.
    <img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HzqgoymCvSk/THGIjkMSR9I/AAAAAAAAAL8/6fFWsmHy0HU/s640/2010-08-22%252015.27.10.jpg"&gt;
    She's more mechanically sound than ever but cosmetically challenged. Needs seats recovered, weatherstrip, minor body work and a fresh coat of paint. I've found a shop that will rent me booth time and plan to make a father/son job out of it, when I can get the time.
    $2500 would allow me to get leather seatcovers instead of vinyl. That's appropriate for the Veloce trim level. I'll have to hit up Gumout on FB.

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    1. Alff Avatar
      Alff

      She is a heart transplant recipient. I'll take a minute to pour out a 40 for the donor, shown here…
      <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GSIMb1QifNc/S5f7LzL6HDI/AAAAAAAAAEk/FBw3OWko9EQ/s640/2010-03-10%252011.47.23.jpg"&gt;

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    2. ˏ♂ˊ mzs zsm msz esq Avatar
      ˏ♂ˊ mzs zsm msz esq

      <img src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/166220_181092555242754_526397_n.jpg&quot; width="500"> a better photo

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      1. Alff Avatar
        Alff

        That guy always shows up in early December, wanting to borrow my car to visit the local elementary school. How can I say no to him?

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  4. buzzboy7 Avatar
    buzzboy7

    As much as I would love to post my Lemons car here…. it's kind of against the spirit, and you guys are more deserving. I hope to see some cool Hoontastic projects come out of the woodwork.

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  5. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    I'll have to go take some pics of the 1977 Corvette that is buried in the basement. I have had it since 1991, I got it when I was 17. Drove it all through college and then it got parked with a no start condition (probably jumped timing). I have moved it to three different houses now. I'm still waiting for the funds for an engine swap.

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    1. Josh_Howard Avatar
      Josh_Howard

      That is the PERFECT project for something like this.

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    2. P161911 Avatar
      P161911

      OK story time. My first car was a 1981 Buick Regal Turbo I got it in December 1988, shortly after turning 16. At 15 or so my parents made the mistake of taking me to a Corvette show down the road from where they had a craft show booth set up. That planted the seed. I had been working since the summer before my freshman year of high school. I wanted something a little better than the Regal, even if it did have a hood like a Grand National. This would have been late 1989 or early 1990. I started shopping for a Corvette with some help from a repressed, but car crazy dad and somewhat supportive mother. The first car we looked at was a 1977 White coupe, 350 auto with red interior. The price seemed good, but we wanted to shop around to make sure. A week or so later, we went back, the car was gone! I kept looking for several more months and nothing was as good as that first 1977. Finally, we found a white 1977 coupe, 350 auto with red interior for sale at a "used Corvette dealer", it was about a grand more than that first car, but still the best thing we had seen. We made a deal for the car and with my money that I had saved up, some help from a banker buddy for a loan, and some help from Nana, I got it (for less than the price of a new S-10 at the time). In looking through the receipts in the glove box, I realized it WAS the first car I had looked at. So at the end of my junior year of high school i started driving a Corvette! Then, about a year later, I had The Wreck. I was driving my favorite twisty road on the way home from work listening to some Van Halen, going a little too fast, met an unexpected car coming the other way, over corrected and put it in a ditch. After what seemed like months with the car the world's most corrupt/inept body shop I FINALLY get it back. It is my daily driver for the next 6 years. (Except for a few weeks when it had to go BACK to a competent body shop a few years later to get a new frame that wasn't fixed the first time, thanks State Farm). I drove the car from Georgia to Michigan and back four times, from Georgia to Kentucky and back several times and a few other long drives. My co-op job in college took me over most of the eastern US. The Vette was supplemented by a 79 K-5 Blazer for hauling duties. I autocrossed the car in SCCA SOLO II, I repaired the car on the side of the road, and in apartment parking lots. Finally, just before I graduated college, something went wrong with the engine, it wouldn't start, no matter what I did. We finally determined that it jumped timing. At almost 130k hard miles, it was tired, the transmission was leaking, the windshield was leaking, and it got parked. I drove the Blazer for a while, got nicer cars, got more project cars to never be complete, sold all the other nice cars and project cars, but kept the Vette. SOMEDAY I would get it back on the road. I wanted to put something nicer than the stock 180HP 350, maybe a crate motor, maybe a LT-1, maybe a LS-X, but I never had the time or the money. The money always went somewhere else. I have move the car from my parent's house, to my first house when I got married, to where it sits now. I have vowed to never sell it (unless I need the money to keep a roof over my family's head or food on the table). I don't foresee a time in the next 10 years when I could get it running. I do want to at least start collecting parts. i bought an engine hoist a few years ago and some books on rebuilding Chevy V-8s. Now with a 2 year old daughter, i want to have it running before she turns 16.
      Here is is buried in my basement: <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/9348651500_1f006c35a3.jpg"width=500&gt;
      <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/9348651912_373fd967d2.jpg"width=500&gt;

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      1. P161911 Avatar
        P161911

        Here is the link to vote: http://woobox.com/h57xjn/vote/for/1024169

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      2. Alff Avatar
        Alff

        In my experience, it is way too easy to make excuses (the Alfa above sat for several of my breeding years as well) not to move ahead. Surprisingly, it's also very easy to get things back on the road. In this case it's just an engine swap or a rebuild. Get on it!

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        1. P161911 Avatar
          P161911

          Engine swap/rebuild and transmission rebuild. The rest could be done as I go along. All the fluid drained out of the transmission years ago. I've given up on grand schemes of a 5 or 6 speed transmission swap. I want as much drop in as possible. I leaning towards a set of junkyard Vortec heads, a slightly hotter than stock cam, headers, and a new intake and carb. I can take the transmission out and take it to a shop for a rebuild. Also, the A/C needs to work. I do remember how hot this car was to drive.

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  6. seat safety switch Avatar
    seat safety switch

    So this is my '91 Miata, which I bought last fall to serve as an autocross car. The previous owner included tons of parts (a Torsen limited slip diff, a replacement transmission, etc) but the shell itself is quite beat up and I need to install all that stuff myself, which is taking longer than I wanted it to. Once it was a time attack car but it's passed through a few owners on its way to me, so it's been treated to a lot of trackside fixes. I'm hoping to make it a little bit nicer and more reliable, and finally fulfill the promise that everyone claims Miatas hold.
    My budget for fixing it up this summer has gotten slashed by having to buy a new daily driver to replace the green car in the background which was hit in a parking lot by someone not paying attention, destroying both drivers' side doors. I also found out (thanks to a low driveway) that both rockers are basically only held together with rust, so it looks like I'll be buying a welder and learning to patch bodywork on my own.
    And then there's the peeling single-stage factory paint, which anyone who owns a white NA Miata knows about. You can see where taking the previous owners' racing stickers off has taken big chunks of paint with it, and various peeling flaps where just driving quickly in a harsh wind has taken a big chunk of white paint off the quarters.
    When there's a nice sunny day and I can take the car out and not be too worried about the giant track exhaust deafening my neighbors and summoning the police, I can start to see what this car could be one day. I hope to get there in a few years before I need to hunt for a replacement shell.
    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/aRySJdSl.jpg"&gt;

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  7. nataku83 Avatar
    nataku83

    <img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2542/4128600617_15578a704a_z.jpg?zz=1"&gt;
    1985 BMW 323i – It's a grey market import that's been in my family since new. I acquired it in 2004 after it wouldn't pass MA emissions and have been tinkering with it ever since. The above picture was taken prior to me putting it in the garage in December 2010 to start in on rust repair. I decided I should probably repaint the entire car. Getting close to 3 years later, and we're still in primer…
    A few shots of patch panel repairs, mostly from 2011
    <img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4020/4400372694_bd4971529c_z.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2715/4339893224_77a6f8cbb0_z.jpg&gt;
    <img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4053/4339149547_f1e9c602f8_z.jpg"&gt;

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  8. chrystlubitshi Avatar
    chrystlubitshi

    I have a big empty space in my garage that could use a project car, 2500 would get me a long way toward starting one… but I feel as though that is not really the spirit of this contest.

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  9. frankthecat Avatar
    frankthecat

    Call me in a couple of days when I've bought this:
    <img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z25/JustRunIt9/6662A1B2-46CB-4BDB-A3EF-E3DB01FA3E78-222-00000030989E485B_zps21f318bc.jpg&quot; width="600">
    The seller drove this car all over during high school and college, but he had to park it because it needs the rear shock towers welded back up, after they cracked and failed the safety inspection.
    It's an automatic, though, so I think a Tremec 5 speed swap is in order.

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    1. FuzzyPlushroom Avatar
      FuzzyPlushroom

      Yessss. Join usssss.
      <img src="http://i.imgur.com/yh3xxab.jpg&quot; width="600/">
      I guess Baab – named by the previous owner – is sort of a project, although I'm not planning on making him all too pretty. Just maintenance, maintenance forever.
      I do wish he was green, though he does have a proper manual gearbox.

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  10. AmercnLocomotiv Avatar
    AmercnLocomotiv

    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/yvq7O96.jpg&quot; width="600">
    Here's my 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser. It's fully loaded, interior is clean and the 4 Liter 3FE runs great with 162,000 miles. I love driving it. It's an absolute blast to drive, on road and off. Unfortunately, it has a few problems…
    For example, here is the axle:
    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/aPfcdtV.jpg&quot; width="600">
    You may be wondering why the axle is lying on the side of the vehicle. Well that's because this is all that is left of the rear half of the frame:
    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/7AswXdS.jpg&quot; width="600">
    Typical 80's Toyota Truck rust coupled with the gigagallons of salt they use on the roads here in Rhode Island did a real number on the frame. Enough damage to the point where it wasn't worth salvaging the rear portion of the frame, and it was easier just to cut if off.
    <img src="http://i.imgur.com/yu1R7ca.jpg&quot; width="600">
    I just recently acquired the steel tubing necessary to start rebuilding the frame, but it's still going to be a long and expensive project.
    Long term goals include installing limited slip differentials, and eventually swapping in a 1UZ-FE out of an LS400.

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  11. Felis_Concolor Avatar
    Felis_Concolor

    Somewhere in Colorado sits an ugly little truck.
    <img src="http://www.desertshard.info/images/plog-content/images/sjards-test-collection/b3ta/haf-rear.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://www.desertshard.info/images/plog-content/images/sjards-test-collection/b3ta/haf-front.jpg"&gt;
    I'm still working on the Haflinger restart. The NIB Zenith 32 NDIX carburetor has been fitted, although I felt great shame when I was forced to saw off one of the throttle stop tabs in order to clear the throttle rod. This week I'll make the time to get the pull knob and cable assembly fitted to the mixture enrichment lever (that's not a choke); it's only 7 feet threaded through the body tray's C-beam support from the forward cabin to the engine box.
    <img src="http://www.desertshard.info/images/plog-content/images/sjards-test-collection/b3ta/haf-engine.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://www.desertshard.info/images/plog-content/images/sjards-test-collection/b3ta/new-zenith.jpg"&gt;
    A gratuitous beloved pet pic; Lady decided she wanted to help me open the box when the package of hard to find bits arrived.
    <img src="http://www.desertshard.info/images/plog-content/images/sjards-test-collection/b3ta/lady-and-carb.jpg"&gt;
    The CREE LED headlight assemblies from JW Speaker nestle in the forward housings with millimeters to spare, but can not make use of the attachment points in the original buckets. I may need to beg for an exchange on a special order of the next size down, the better to give enough room to construct attachment and adjustment bracketry.
    <img src="http://www.desertshard.info/images/plog-content/images/sjards-test-collection/b3ta/haf-cab.jpg"&gt;
    As you can see, the seat frames are a mere suggestion of where to plant your rear, so those are being pulled and taken to a shop which can specialize in all-weather reupholstery work for ATVs and other high-exposure applications.
    For those who aren't familiar with them, the Haflinger was another great design from the Ledwinka family, and is the grandfather of the HMMWV. With a curb weight of 1,500 lbs and a payload capacity of 1,100 lbs, these tiny workhorses do their name proud. Among off road and working vehicles, they are the quintessential embodiment of the phrase, "I've never needed more." as you can see, it makes a Suzuki LJ50 seem large in comparison.

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    1. buzzboy7 Avatar
      buzzboy7

      I was unaware that there were full body Halfingers. Those are such cool little trucks.

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      1. Felis_Concolor Avatar
        Felis_Concolor

        It has 3 of the spiffy extras or bonus features: long wheel base; polyshell cab; PTO (that 4th curved handle to the rear of the cab). For those not familiar with the Haflinger locker layout, it goes front-rear-center(-pto).
        There are advantages and disadvantages to both types. While I can't have the full open-air experience of these modern Mules (yes, the US Army considered these as replacements for their motorized buckboards), I'll have a much warmer cabin when I eventually insulate the interior using panels of fabric and Reflectix sewn into multi layer sheets. And the fitment of the winter doors gives me a greater level of weather tightness as well as entry security compared to the earlier version's steel wire and fabric closures.
        I'm still considering options for repainting it once it's reached the operating state I'm satisfied with. I do like the happy yellow it's currently sporting, although I do like to challenge preconceptions regarding what is appropriate for off road and utility vehicles. Perhaps an unexpected solid or pastel would help strike fear into the hearts of those rock hoppers who are insecure about their masculinity: magenta; teal; puce? The contouring along the cab would provide an ideal break line for the application of a bi- or tri-colored layout, and as my earlier painted wheels post has shown, I'm not averse to rocking shiny happy colors on my rides.

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  12. jbaysinger Avatar
    jbaysinger

    Back in the early '80s, my dad bought this 1972 Opel GT from a buddy of his. He drove it for a while, then my stepmom drove it for a while, then he mothballed it in his back yard intending to give it to me when I turned 16 and got my license. We had a bit of a falling out which ended up (for this part of the story anyway) with him selling the car out from under me. 15 years later and fairly randomly in that I wasn't actively looking for the car, I found it on eBay. I bought it for the $1400 reserve price and drove it to my dad's place for Thanksgiving dinner a week later. We have a much better relationship now, and he was pretty thrilled to see the car come back to the family. However, it's in much worse shape now and is in dire need of a resto-mod. The fuel system is what's keeping it from running and driving at the moment, but the entire suspension really needs to be reconditioned, bushings and dampers replaced, springs swapped with something stiffer and sportier, sway bars upgraded, etc. Braking could also use some updating as well. Eventually, I intend to yank the anemic 1.9l carbed I4 and plop a GM V6 in that cramped space under the hood (it's a pretty common swap). Once I get it streetable, I'll direct some attention to the rust behind the wheel wells and other minor body work it needs, then paint. I've considered lots of different colors – silver ala Maxwell Smart, deep metalic blue because pretty, but I think I've decided to keep the Dukes of Hazard orange on this thing. Ya' just don't see many orange cars on the road these days.
    <img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3708/9402538120_d9e4178493.jpg&quot; width="500" height="374" alt="Garage">
    Fair notice: I also submitted my beloved Opel to Gumout's faceyspace contest, but I figured you guys would appreciate this somewhat rare ride a bit more than the social media masses. Should I by some stroke of extreme weird somehow win their contest, I wouldn't accept anything that happened here.
    Unless, of course, you'd rather I put the prize package toward another project of mine, either a 1972 MG-B GT which also needs a full restomod and is then destined for a battery-electric conversion (trying to keep it as sporty as possible), or a 1993 Nissan 240sx which needs safety equipment for crap can racing.
    <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/9399773045_b192e83ab2.jpg&quot; width="500" height="375" alt="Garage">
    <img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2822/9402531356_fa8d0c8f1b.jpg&quot; width="500" height="375" alt="Garage">
    I know, it's a sickness. Hey, at least I finally sold my BRAT…
    <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/9402539468_109c817fda.jpg&quot; width="500" height="374" alt="Garage">

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