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Readers Rides

This is the page we use to put on pics of our visitors rides and such. If you have a project that you have been "constructing", shoot us a pic with info and we will get it posted. But of course, we just have to add ours as well...

Denis & Ann Burress - Streator, IL

1977 Pontiac Grand Prix

400 ci (6.6 litre) engine w/4bbl carb - Turbo 400 Hydra-Matic Trans

Sandy Hughes - Walworth, WI

1974 Volkswagon Super Beetle

Sandy, who is my old boss from years ago, told me she has spent the last 2 years restoring this jem! Here is what she wrote:

Hi Annie,

I'll get you anther couple of pictures this week-end, it has a really nice interior.

It's a 1974 Super Beetle...1.6 liter engine. About 4 years ago I saw it sitting in a mud puddle with a sign $1,000. I called the number and met the guy there that afternoon. Johnny on the spot with cash, what a buy! And was I lucky, he had had several other calls the same day and later told me he should have asked for more. (He should have, running carcasses are going now for about $2500. But at that point I had the signed title in hand.) It came with several extras. Carpeting, trim strips, muffler and tailpipes, which are not on yet, those cute little twin stainless steel ones .

I had the seats redone by one of the guys from the airport that does upholstery, another $1000. And I've probably put an additional $1000 in odd parts and paint. I had it out at the airport and I can't thank the guys enough for all the help with things I couldn't do. It needed a new front lower pan, which required cutting the old one off and welding the new one in place. I spent 2 years, part time, sanding and using rust inhibitor and primer, restoring the heat channels and filling a few pneumonia holes. We had to rewire the radio and rerun the emergency brake cable and a new brake line, then undercoat the bottom. Replace windshield wipers, a lot of small stuff. I'm trying to keep it as original as possible buy have, by necessity, made a few minor changes.

The guys painted it for me in the original colors the yellow which cost $75 dollars as an extra when it was new, VW said because it was a "safe" color, and the little red wheels. I started driving it last September but laid it up when the snow came and didn't get it back out until May this year.

We're still tweaking the engine here and there, it ran fine but went thru points like kids eat peanut butter, we finally determined that somebody had put on a 6 volt coil. Putting on a proper 12 volt coil cured that bad habit. Recently has it started an intermittent problem with chugging and stalling. Initially we thought it a carburetor problem, but rebuilding that and even replacing it didn't help. Before trying that, we pulled a spark plug and found they had been replaced with ones which were way to long, luckily a piston hadn't struck one. I think we have determined now that the fuel tank and lines, which I am now replacing, had just set too long and were flaking rust off, but so fine the filters weren't catching all of it. I have the new line run and am just waiting on the new tank.

Last year it booked at $6900 and it has given me priceless fun.

Sandy

Wally McClain - Seneca, IL

1979 Pontiac Trans Am

400 ci with 4 speed trans

Wally McClain - Seneca, IL

1958 Chevrolet Delray

Joey McClain (age 16) - Seneca, IL

1973 Chevrolet Corvette (restoration project)

454 Big Block with 400 trans

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