Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

But you know that it will never be a proper air cooled 911.

EDIT - Are there any poster cars any more? As Athena no longer exists, where do you buy the posters from?

Ha ha ha great mind......no.

I'm thinking that the MIL has decided it is nice so she is having it so no fun for haywayne ;)

Yeah as that will make his life soooo much easier.

He should buy a MK1 as they are cool and great fun handling cars..just don't tell Nurseholiday as he seems to want to spend lots of money making the thing go faster sorry making the thing go a little faster ;)

Method in Mrs S's madness as M-i-L is recently widowed and it has really cheered her up. I'll get one in the spring instead or maybe 7. I still have cojones grandes but they're just a bit on the soft side today.

Buy convertibles in the winter innit.

Sorry to hear about your loss.

Or an E30 3.5 :D :D

@IR plus one what @lynx said, dwell meter is best for setting the points up but if you do do it with feeler guages set them up when firing at cyl 1 if you look at the rotor cycl 3 is smaller to create a shorter spark/burn because that is the last cylinder to get the air cooling and runs the hottest, as the points gap closes the timing retards so resetting the lot always helps, if you haven't got a strobe you can set the timing stationary with a 12 volt light :)
http://www.vct2.com/vwtech/Pages/Maintenance/Check%20Timing/static%20method.htm

True dat.

Work continues on the interior, and we're waiting for the dent removal chap to come on the 22nd to banish all of the dings that 20 years has seen the Volvo accumulate.

sick

and then? Selling time?

Nope, ready for the next 20 years.

No Old big six M30/B3.5 :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fixedwheelnut/albums/72157658921371883

awesome. well jell.

ABBA HERSE evrwhr.

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Seems to be running a lot better now that I've cleaned everything out.

Spent last night removing the old exhaust ready for the new system but after spending a good 20 minutes wresting with a mounting nut it snapped sons of the manifold stud off :(

Then today the system arrived and I went to fit it and it turns out I needent have remove that nut at all because that's not being changed :(

Anyway I've got the new manifold mounted up as best I can. Gonna run to Home Depot and hopefully get everything I need to remove this stud and get the hardware required to mount my muffle.

A single glass pack!

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Good to hear. It'd be a shame for someone else to get all the enjoyment after the work is done. I really think that you'll struggle to find a good one in a few more years.

I'm just wondering if I should look for a garage to put it in, rather than it standing outside all the time.

You know the valet guy means business when he's got carpet down in his garage.

He's spent 50 hours on my car so far, which I find staggering.

The horror, the horror:

Now:

Fifty hours at what hourly rate? That's mental.

Fuck me the Volvo looks amazing!!