Man that is looking good. Keep the nice work. Dan
Son's 1973 Scamp project
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Thanks, Roy! He's doing a good job. He just wants a decent 10 footer. I just wanted to make sure it was safe. So off to paint it goes.
Done! Warning, he eats ALOT! lol
He is a lucky young man to have you as a mentor. My dad didn’t know a gas cap from a ball cap. Your son insures the future of our hobby.
Thanks man, you're helping too! Besides the inner fenders you might recognize that blue hood. 
Glad to be of assistance, though my part is tiny.
So we're back at it after a break for the dog days of summer. Took care of some other projects in the meantime. Cars back from paint and he's putting in the X-Mat. A friend gave him a bunch of leftovers from another project so we figured we would give it a try. Never used this stuff, seems pretty good. He liked the price.
Man looking good! It’s coming along nicely.
Thanks, Roy! Should go back together pretty quick. He's all fired up, now. He wants to haul it up to Carlisle and can see July coming fast.............
Still breaks my heart seeing this thread and thinking about how kind Roy was to my son and how he took a real interest in him. We'll be missing him.
Latest update...........
Where do these go, dad?
Latest update...........
Where do these go, dad?
Great progress ! Looks really nice!
Cley
Cley
Put home worked Magnum heads on a stock 1983 318 cop motor bottom end. Comps 340 cam. MP upgrade springs. 2.2 retainers. Custom pushrods. Speedmaster airgap. Some sort of Krylon light blue.
Cluster with the new volt meter back in.
Progress.
Aw jeez knock it off with the pictures, dad.
Aw jeez knock it off with the pictures, dad.
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Couple more.
Got to have a seat to get it back to paint for the clear coat.
Steering column in.
Got to have a seat to get it back to paint for the clear coat.
Steering column in.
Let's get this wired up and fired up!
This was all after a wire by wire inspection, refurbish of the dash harness and bulkhead connector delete.
This was all after a wire by wire inspection, refurbish of the dash harness and bulkhead connector delete.
It's alive!
There was an interesting development while filling the cooling system. We developed a slow leak out of the right front LA bolt hole on the SM aircrap intake. It's bolted on magnum heads so the LA bolt holes are unused for us. Hmmmm water. That's strange...........
Drained the cooling system had a look down that unused hole and immediately noticed some porosity in the casting between the intake bolt hole and the front water crossover. Uh oh. Bet there's a pin hole leak there. Filled it back up with water. Yup that's it. Now what do we do? Drain it again,
tap that hole NPT 1/4-18 pump it full of RTV plug it and rock on. That's what you do!
Sorry I forgot to get a pic of the bad spot inside the casting. But here's the after.
The offending hole and where about the internal pinhole/leak was. All better now.
Honestly, if I wasn't so lazy I'd take the SM intake off and send that sucker back for an exchange.
But I am. Lazy.
Drained the cooling system had a look down that unused hole and immediately noticed some porosity in the casting between the intake bolt hole and the front water crossover. Uh oh. Bet there's a pin hole leak there. Filled it back up with water. Yup that's it. Now what do we do? Drain it again,
tap that hole NPT 1/4-18 pump it full of RTV plug it and rock on. That's what you do!
Sorry I forgot to get a pic of the bad spot inside the casting. But here's the after.
The offending hole and where about the internal pinhole/leak was. All better now.
Honestly, if I wasn't so lazy I'd take the SM intake off and send that sucker back for an exchange.
But I am. Lazy.
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65wgn440
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Can I ask for any tips/suggestions on voltage gauge and install ? I'm lazy, too !
65wgn440
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Thanks ! Putting together a father/son '72 Scamp, btw.
As a fellow Scamp owner, seeing this project you're doing with your Son brings me tremendous happiness. Thank you for brightening my day!
That's so awesome, man! Do you have a thread going about it or any pictures you could post up? I'd love to see it. I love being able to spend time in the shop with my son.
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you like it. We're having a lot of fun.As a fellow Scamp owner, seeing this project you're doing with your Son brings me tremendous happiness. Thank you for brightening my day!
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