Friday night barn find

Well, not exactly, but thanks to Tero I was able to get another 1952 beetle. Of course it had to be closer to -20C and dark but I just had to get the car under work so no excuses there. Although still not sure what to do with it I decided to take it completely apart for closer inspection.

 After a few hours we got the car to warmer and well-lighted place, Pekka's newly finished old barn soon to be filled with steel cows.

This is how it looked when we pulled it out. Not bad.

The car came with most of the steel parts, only fenders are missing.

Not bad at all.

 After spending most of saturday the car was finally dismantled. Most of the bolts came off easy but some needed a little welding and persuasion. Thanks again Pekka for all the help! That's all, I ran out of time and had to head back home.

Building kit, probably waiting for soda blasting. Let's see what Pekka can arrange.

No rust here.

This is the worst place, probably rotted due to earlier fix to the quarter panel.

Some rust here also but all in all there's maximum of two days for metal works. Not bad at all for a Finnish barn find.

Original nonwelded chassis. Needs two little patches but can't remember seeing better pan in ages. And the fact that no one has ever had to weld or fix it in any other way really adds value to it.

This winter I've been mostly buying tubes and pipes and such for the car. So something new for the engine also.

JPM aluminium pushrods and tubes.

More tubes

I just got more 4130 tubes for the chassis, these will be the floor. RLR bach half is also on the way so there's still a slight chance the chassis is welded before summer.

Something new

This is going to be a long project but here's the beginning. A heap of cro-mo tubes from Ron Lummus Racing. Still a lot of tubes are in the making but this is a good start. The purpose is to build a real street leagal pan chassis for the car and not a tube frame that can only be trailered to different places. There's no schedule for this project but I really hope the tubes are all welded during the winter.

In car video from SCC

Janne posted me in car video form SCC. Thanks!
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3YAZyk_POsl-haS-s-N3nPSxCYJcz7MG7R_TXqohKqY?feat=email

Scandinavian Cal-Look Classic 2012

Thanks to Kalle and Laune family wagon I was able to attend SCC for the first time. At the first run the clutch was slipping through 3rd and 4th gear and I though that was it. On the second run it felt much better and finally on the third run I improved my best time to 11,23 @ 191,49km/h with 1.575 60ft. With better 60ft and faster shifting there is still room for improvement, now the car bogged a little at start even when I had 7200 rpm at launch. Really sticky track but no broken axles this time. 11.23 was also enough to win fastest NA/ street tyre class. Not a bad trip at all!

That's it for this year, I keep on driving the car on the street for a while and then start planning improvements for taking me into 10's.

Boxer Speed Day 2012

Boxer Speed Day at Alastaro was great and the track was very good. I improved my personal best to 11.47 @ 189km/h with really bad start, 1,67 60ft and shifting like grandma, so there must be more to it. Just need more practice. Still popped a little wheelie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGTRafStGE&feature=bf_prev&list=UU4pxLF244kKoK6TfDwwz-Uw

Car is now ready and packed for SCC.