Interior shots

 

Dropping the subframe/engine has many benefits if you can handle it.
The pics of 1980 SWII LRL-41587 one of the last cars built and delivered almost 6 months later.
Saw your posting on the RROC Forum. You're admired by the modern car owners for your info and help.

 

What's being done to the engine?

 

Hasan mentioned headgaskets on the RROC Forum.
Mine was part of a 2yr restoration process.

 

Thank you for the kind words Wraithman, I do sincerely appreciate that. That is quite the undertaking you did there ! I am sure once it was all back together it gave serious peace of mind.

Mike we are doing head gaskets & re-sealing various components.


Here are some more photos for your viewing.

 

You can tell what cylinder has the issue as it is completely steam cleaned.

 

WOW What a project More power to you!
Now for the hyd pumps
Good looking interior
During WWII airplanes used water injection for more power on takeoff (water and methanol mix called ADI)
When used it cleaned out all the carbon buildup in the cylinder heads.
Used to do a lot of driving in Mexico and the bad gas there caused big carbon buildup.
Once on the US side with a hot engine we'd pour almost a gallon of water slowly into the running engine (2000 to 3000 RPM) and let that clean out the carbon, It worked we could see the build up coming out the exhaust pipe.

 

From the looks of Hasan's shop, he's more then set-up and capable to get the job done.
What may seem like a huge job, probably isn't with experience, the correct tools and space.

Interesting thing about the gallon of water.

 

The water trick was done 30+ years ago Not with todays electronic engines. Strictly Carb and points stuff.

 

Brake pumps are getting done, along with many other misc items. We refuse to do any job half assed. We do it proper or not at all.

Thank you Cliff & Jeff for the kind words. I do sincerely appreciate it.

 

If I had a shop available like yours I can see me putting 10 big ones into my SZ in a few years down the road.
Better to invest $10,000 -$15,000 in a known SZ than buy a depreciating asset new car that will lose more than the amount of money in the first year to depreciation.

 

Cliff, I am not sure where in the US you are located, but I have clients who ship their cars to us from CA. If you use a central dispatch the rate is actually quite reasonable.

 

Cliff, new cars wouldn't need that anyway as they burn pretty clean.
Even my Mk VI Bentley, properly tuned runs surprisingly clean, not as clean as modern fuel injection, but surprisingly clean with an engine with only 115psi compression.

 

Jeff
Probably so as all that experience was on carbed engines form 40 years ago and the bad gas
back then in Mexico.
I do think the bad gas played a big part in it back then. Even Mexico has better gas now than back then.
Also no catalytic converters to contend with back then.

 

Engine is just about ready to go back in, need to fit some other misc items.

 

And..... Its fitted

 

You're a better man than me Gunga Din!

 

She is all done & ready for a nice long drive by the coast!