{"id":2493,"date":"2016-11-13T19:28:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T03:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twolarrysracing.com\/blog\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2021-03-09T17:36:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T01:36:05","slug":"updates-and-parts-its-like-christmas-came-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twolarrysracing.com\/blog\/?p=2493","title":{"rendered":"Updates…and PARTS! It’s like Christmas came early."},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t done an update in a couple of weeks, so I will go backwards. Starting with this weekend!<\/p>\n

Headway is being made on CBCFS Racing Paul Nauleau’s VW Bug rally car. You may remember them from being the first Class 11 finisher at the 2015 SCORE Baja 1000<\/a>. We are excited to be a part of his next adventure, a rally car that retains the Class 11 look. More on that as the build progresses! But for now, things have to get worse before they are better, so it’s just a mess of parts and pieces.<\/p>\n

Paul and crew prepped the pan for welding when they were here in October, so that is what we have been working on.<\/p>\n

\"Larry
Larry G in his welding glory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And with all race cars, you need lots of new parts! The parts have starting arriving. Here is the first drool-worthy photo of them.<\/p>\n

\"Parts,<\/a>
Parts, parts, and more parts to come!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some close-ups:<\/p>\n

\"Wilwood
Wilwood calipers, front and rear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Airweld
Airweld rotors. They are machined and have custom hubs just for us! There are four of them, though the front and rear differ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Beam
Beam prepped, it has to start somewhere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For more randomness, here is a ’98 VR6 Jetta that really needed a cleaning. And I mean REALLY, inside and out, as the inside smelled like a moldy foot. It took three days, with the steamer, carpet cleaner, shop vac, various cleaners and conditioners, and tons of elbow grease. But wouldn’t you say she cleaned up pretty? It smells much, much better now as well. But other than cosmetic, this beauty also needed a heater core, thermostat, and ignition switch.<\/p>\n

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It looks WAY better. Trust me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then there’s this fun toy. We built an engine stand out of leftover cage tubing and some other parts we had lying around. This is especially awesome because we can start and tune engines on it too.<\/p>\n