Way way back in post 59 (They said it couldn’t be done …) I was ecstatic that one of the local tint and windshield repair places was able to apply tint to the inside of my side windows. A LOT of people said it couldn’t be done; that the tint would fail because polycarbonate will…
81. Going full circle
I have to admit it – ever since I dipped my SLC Nio Green 2 years ago, I’ve regretted it. Simply – it was the wrong color for the car. I tried to convince myself that I liked it but deep down, I knew I’d screwed up. No, the screw-up wasn’t that I plastidipped it…
80. IIMuch 2 vent about
The standard SLC fuel system is fairly simple. A low pressure fuel pump siphons fuel from the bottom of the tank and dumps it into a swirl pot, or second, smaller tank that’s usually tall and skinny. A second high pressure fuel pump pulls from the swirl pot and feeds the engine. The purpose of…
79. Sacre bleu mes pneu sont caca!
I made an interesting and scary discovery in February – the seriousness of the C19 pandemic was really starting to pick up steam and I needed to spend some time in Colorado, we were still in San Diego at the time. Instead of hopping on a flight like I had originally planned I decided I’d…
78. But for an inch …
The factory kits include (at the time I purchased my car) 7″ 850# springs for the rear dampers. Many builders going with an aluminum block based LS motor and Graz will find themselves running the spring adjustment collars almost all the way just to get a reasonable ride height. In my case, I’m running a…
77. Finding center
**Warning: Rant follows – I’ve been recently “upgraded” to WordPress’ latest editor which they call the “Block editor”; it’s total garbage. The additional clicks required to add captions to images and the bugginess is enough to make me not want to write another blog entry, utter trash. OK, rant off, I’ll figure this thing out.**…
76. Garage update
In a recent post I mentioned one of the perks of this new house was that I was finally able to upsize into a 3-car garage. It’s been great being able to drive the SLC without having to pull the S5 out, lower the lift, drive the SLC off, then park the S5 back into…
75. Independence day
This post is just for fun since I’d taken some fun photos and wanted to post them. With the July 4th holiday coming up I thought it would be a fun opportunity to take some photos of the car. My iPhone photographer skills are lacking pretty hardcore but the phone does a nice job taking…
74. One last cruise
Before packing up our gear and leaving San Diego, Bob and I took a few hours out to hit the twisties in our very different cars – me, in the SLC, and Bob in the “Banana Boy”, his 1953 Studebaker Commander.
73. Changes
Wow. It’s been almost 10 months since my last update and so much has happened in that time! We’re in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, I hope this update finds everyone safe and healthy! Apart from all the churn that the pandemic has caused, my own personal life has taken quite a turn. At…
72. Sometimes you need a year to figure things out …
Waaaay back in Post 43 I discussed the door locks and I mentioned that I was having some difficulties getting BPhillips’ lock solution working for me. I struggled with it for about a week before giving up and moving on. Try as I might, I just couldn’t ever get the spring to work well enough…
71. Sting like a bee
Without further ado … Before putting the car back together I applied 3M clear PPF to the area just behind the front wheel. This vent opening gets a TON of debris thrown at it from the front tires. Plastidip is pretty tough stuff but I didn’t want the rocks to tear it up so I…
Cam's Superlite SLC 