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Post by centralvalleygter on Oct 2, 2012 10:22:20 GMT -5
I have had my Bradley on stands for a bit over a month for misc repairs and upgrades. I am over half finished, but have run into a wall timewise. Since I was driving it every day, I am suffering withdrawal.
To make things worse, I pulled a valve seat out of the head on the #1 cylinder of the VW bus, making it also undrivable. It has special high-perfomance heads, so I do not know if I can get it repaired or will have to replace them (replacements will be with stock heads, cannot afford HP heads at present).
Have a three-day weekend coming up, so maybe I can least get the Bradley back on the road before the bad weather kicks in.
Oh well, enough venting!
Warmest Regards.....
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Post by cocacoladodge on Oct 5, 2012 9:54:55 GMT -5
I hear ya, only in a different sinerio, I just picked up some coil overs for the front on Tuesday and was going to change those along with some other things today. BUT on Wednesday, the Right hand upper control arm broke on the way home on my '89 Ram (my only other transportation for now). That made for an interesting experience, luckily it was the rear of the control arm and I made it to Autozone (about 1/2 way home) before I found what it was that had happened. so a 20 minute drive turned into a 2 1/2 hour event. Anyway, the coil overs and other things (extra driving and fog lights, horn, and a couple other things) are on hold for now until I can get a new control arm from the dealership (thats the ONLY PLACE that I can get them, none in salvage yards or online). So at the moment, I'm having to drive the Bradley in weather conditions that I would perfer not to drive in... At least its not Snow!
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Post by spyderdriver on Oct 9, 2012 13:28:12 GMT -5
centralvalleygter i would still love to see your gt sometime! i am planing on painting mine this week and hope to have it rewired and the interior done by next spring in time for the nice weather.
again, if you are ever over towards the coast i would love to buy you lunch or something, i have have never seen another gt in person, and would like to see all the mods you have done to yours.
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Post by centralvalleygter on Oct 9, 2012 16:23:29 GMT -5
Spyderdriver,
I would enjoy showing it off and chatting about it too. I normally get over to the coast several times a year (usually the Cuyucos/Morro Bay area), but my wife's health (back issues) this last year or so has not allowed us to travel. As noted in another thread and above my Bradley is currently on stands so I can restore it a bit and fix some modification mis-adventures. One of these days I'll be able to make a trip and will look you up. Look forward to checking your GT out as well!
Warmest Regards.... Steven
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Post by spyderdriver on Oct 9, 2012 17:22:22 GMT -5
oh well, i understand.
thanks again for the photos of your rear window mods by the way, they were very helpful to me when making my fastback roof.
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