And no, I don't mean me posting in Ford Tech

I was cleaning out a cabinet in the garage today, and dug way down into the bottom back of it. I pulled out some parts from my old 5.0 from YEARS back (I sold the rolling shell to Scott back in like 1999).

Top left is an old externally regulated alternator I had BESCO build for me to 140 amps. I was burning up the stock 85 amp alternators with my stereo system (1400 watts). This one did the trick until the 3G came out in high enough amperage to support everything (the 3g made it's amperage at much lower RPM's than the ext. regulated one).

Top right is the rubber boot that goes over the distributor cap on a 5.0. I saved it all of these years because I figured I was one of the few to do so, and it may be a collectors item some day (like the plastic fuel tank shield from a Pinto I parted out).

Bottom is a set of never installed Southside lift brackets. I bought a rear end from a guy that was already built up and had the brackets welded on, but he kept the bars. So I bought bars (from the Supershops on Busch Blvd haha) and kept the brackets for some reason.

After I took the picture I found a brand new clutch cable quadrant. I think I have a brand new motorsport adjustable cable somewhere too.

Maybe I should start a museum of parts nobody cares about HAHA

 

I have a few parts for the museum! ;0

How ya doing Dave? Been a while.

 

You're coupe and your buddies hatch would be very nice additions to the museum.

Life took a bunch of strange turns but we're doing great now. I decided to go to nursing school. I got done (with the first round at least) and recently started working at a great place down in Clearwater/Belleair.

I still play with cars, just no fords for now. I got back into my first love which is air cooled VW's when the street racing laws changed a few years ago. I first started with this.

I welded the frame together from a kit, did all the rest of the work, and we've been having a blast ever since. I'm working on a new car now which will either be 3 or 4 seats and have a turbo Ecotec 4 cylinder in it and be a long travel suspension setup.

I then got this from a buddy and did basically everything to it.

I re-did all of the suspension, swapped it over to air bags, everything. Just trying to decide on a direction for paint and a few other things.

Then, my wife wanted something to drive, and we wanted something to pull the buggy to the woods and go camping in, so we picked up this.

It's very solid underneath, just has some minor rust issues body work wise, bought it with a locked up motor, which was no big deal since the stock 68hp motor just wouldn't do. I swapped a GM Ecotec 2.2 into it, added a radiator underneath, bent up the coolant lines, did the electrical work for the conversion, etc. It's awesome, it sounds like a GM Cobalt when you start it up. The computer controls the cooling fan, fuel pump, etc, so it clicks and clacks when you hit the key, then idles like stock. Runs at 190 degrees going down the road and gets 22mpg.

So I'm still playing, just nothing fast or Ford for now. I still miss the good ole days, but they are gone, so I don't mind having moved on

I saw you mention you were a vendor at the NMRA race a little while back. What are you selling?

 

That reminds me of my high school days. A buddy of my mine had one that he painted baby blue with a scallop flames. The flames went from hot pint to white. It was cool for about 6 months, until the hot pink faded out. I always thought I would build one. I like it when they have the rack on top, bags, and suicide doors. That always looked the best to me....

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Yeah, I had a roof rack on mine, but lost it at 45mph full of gear strapped to it, so I've been leery of putting it back on haha. There's so many cool "looks" for VW's, it's hard to pick one.