What did you do to your E9 today?
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drove it like I stole it...
TodB
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Which I will be doing later today!
loloe13
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after seeing this post earlier in the morning, said 'Hello' to him when I got home from work, padded him, and then fed him with the trickle charger. ;-)
Checked tire pressure, drove around the 'big block' in my neighborhood then put it on the lift.
Took it out yesterday after 3 months off the road replacing noisy gearbox bearings, fitting a UCC short shifter and DSSR (awesome by the way!) and a rebuild of the centre driveshaft universal after it was discoverer that the shaft that runs in the centre hanger bearing was badly worn.
Drives like a dream!
Oh, and replaced the spark plugs to 1 step up in the heat range to try and stop my knackered old engine fouling its plugs, a stop gap measure until the new engine arrives.
Drives like a dream!
Oh, and replaced the spark plugs to 1 step up in the heat range to try and stop my knackered old engine fouling its plugs, a stop gap measure until the new engine arrives.
Visited Carl and Ben at La Jolla, well it was almost like doing something on my car.
Today is a another day..
Chris "ski coach" and I took our coupes along the NH seacoast for a nice drive on glorious autumn day.
Chris "ski coach" and I took our coupes along the NH seacoast for a nice drive on glorious autumn day.
Installed the newly delivered center console from Eric Anton. It is very well done and is consistent with the center armrest which is in the rear. Ran the aux 1/8" Jack from my Becker Europa II to the console and its a great addition. Easily removable if I tire of it, but doubt that will happen.
Weighed it
Fired up the L and drove it to a Cat scale to offer a data point on Shannon's "E9 weights" thread... took the long road there and back.
Fired up the L and drove it to a Cat scale to offer a data point on Shannon's "E9 weights" thread... took the long road there and back.
doubledutch
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Took the old man (visiting from Holland) out for a drive to Newport, it put a big smile on his face, the best!
What...?
At a yard sale, I picked up a front license tag for the the coupe that is not tagged currently that says, for my dear wife's benefit..."Not an abandoned car".
...will be runnng soon, I swear...
At a yard sale, I picked up a front license tag for the the coupe that is not tagged currently that says, for my dear wife's benefit..."Not an abandoned car".
...will be runnng soon, I swear...
where's the very big dog?
Tom lives 10 minutes away from the venue, he left the big dog at home this time.
Fixed a leaky fuel line, then drove it!!
Put the 5-speed in...the trunk for my upcoming swap at Mario Langston's shop VSR in Bow NH. :grin:
Jacked around with the timing and carbs, installed a balance tube and drove her. I have her out for the weekend since it's much cooler here in Austin...this week 
Although I think it's dangerous I may have to consult a psychic to get everything just so. With 95K on the clock I have to "play" with the advance and re-adjust the carbs by ear/eye/nose.
Although I think it's dangerous I may have to consult a psychic to get everything just so. With 95K on the clock I have to "play" with the advance and re-adjust the carbs by ear/eye/nose.
Drove Athena the 150 miles to VSR in Bow NH in fairly drizzly weather . :-( Went over the to do list for the 5-speed install and a small list of fairly involved big jobs. Plus a few smaller jobs. Feeling confidently excited at getting a better car back than I left. ;-)
Got up before dawn and drove the twisty River Road along the Mississippi to Baton Rouge for the Eurofest show, and she brought home the bacon in the Preservation Class ;-) Lots of comments like "these are really going up in value now, huh?" At least they seem to get more respect these days.
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