Recent content by badonk

Re: snow removal - keeping certain roads clear is part of the HOA contract every land-owner signed? If that's the case, people with vacant land are lucky that there haven't been charges to clear the roads specified in the HOA contract...since that happens to be because nobody lives there in the...

The welding table arrived. A little snafu on shipping - it was supposed to be delivered to my door w/ liftgate etc. But it was too big/heavy for a local delivery guy's equipment. I got tired of waiting for the shippers and manufacturer to come up with a plan of action while it sat 15 miles...

A few updates... First, I drove to Denver on Sunday to pick up a few things from the old shop (dremel, soldering iron, fuses, more on that later), and catch up with @kwyjibo and friends. I left my place at about 6:45AM and while a little smokey, 41F was nice. The drive over Berthoud pass was...

Yessir! That's one of the areas that I might need to change. I'm leaning towards a coilover safari conversion from Elephant racing. They spec it with their RSR adjustable sway bar package (I think these are the same as the Tarrett RSR) which I think has much thinner bars. I assume the safari...

Lots going on. I spent some time over the weekend pulling some of the race gear out. I've also put the car on the lift and been inspecting things. The oil leaks from sitting seem to have sealed themselves up. The nose cone of the transmission is leaking - that'll be a pain to fix. The...

Slicktop lol. The only way! There you go trying to get me to spend money again...must resist...easy! I hear the no radio thing all the time. I like having both engine/exhaust and radio. The cage is a pain in every way - great for safety on a track with 5 point harnesses and a helmet...

Someone makes a speaker insert for the dash location that has two small speakers. I did that, then added door speakers in my '72 with a sub and small amp under the passenger seat. The amp has a tuning mode that helps balance the sound between the speakers and I think the sound is alright. I...

Makes total sense. And I think the whole point of this one is to do exactly that - drive the snot out of it. It won't be worth much or pretty so I won't care too much about how it is treated. The patient has arrived at the new shop and I'll gradually start pulling race stuff out of it. Then...

I think he used Autoweave...who I have used before to restore and leather wrap the dash in my '72, and they've done work on my brother's interior. Great work that likely can't be beat in Denver but their current lead times and pricing might have me trying to find alternatives...

You'd be surprised what you do via Home Assistant. My Sonos devices show up as media_player entities which allow me to push the audio out. While the Google Homes can't run locally, you could still use HA to push sound/music to them via Google Cast. So that'd be an intermediate step until you...

And yet more for the home networking and security geeks. The Unifi setup is working flawlessly...zero complaints. The networking stuff is rock solid. The comcast/xfinity reliability is not. It is down here and there a couple times a month. Sometimes just for a it, sometimes for longer...

Another update for those that were following the solar part of my thread. My electric bill at this point is just the connect fee plus tax - $39.83 a month. In May my panels generated 1,518 kWh, my house used 842. So that means I banked 676 in the month. I doubt I'll consume much more in the...

Yes, I think it is platinum metallic. This car has had some prior (poor) body work. I can see drips around one of the doors and then some messy work around the engine bay. The front spoiler and iroc wing were rattle canned by me with the closest match I could find at the local auto parts...

Alright! The '81 is just about prepped to make the journey. After putting the new fuel pump in (along with a filter and accumulator), she started up nicely. I've never really liked CIS fuel injection but I'm feeling much better about it now. I removed the megaphones and swapped a sensible...

I'll put the Defender in the main garage so no need to measure. I don't think it'll fit under the 4 post lift whereas I know my 200-series will fit with the suspension set to low. It'll also be handy to have the Defender in the main garage when I need to haul trash and recycling. :ROFLMAO...