AvatarLeigh BrooksMeet zippyshiftco.comSay hello to Zippy, a ’69 2000 which followed me home, or rather, was dragged from Auburn, WA to my Home for Wayward Roadsters. The car is very …
AvatarLeigh BrooksEngineshiftco.comThis will be my first OHC rebuild. I’ve worked on a G-15 and an R-16, but this will be my first U20. The first step will be to peek under the valve …
AvatarLeigh BrooksInteriorshiftco.comMmmmm, red The interior has been redone, probably about 10 years ago. Red and black interior with a white exterior is one of my favorite combinations …
AvatarLeigh BrooksRearshiftco.comIt doesn’t show in the pictures, but the rear panel is full of bad bondo and cracks. Fart can exhaust and rear bumper overriders will have to go (I …
AvatarLeigh BrooksCamshiftco.comDecidedly Un-Zippy I finally got around to digging into Zippy’s engine. Lifting the cam cover was a bit of a surprise. I knew the cam would be rusty, …
AvatarLeigh BrooksCrankshiftco.comMilky goo I dropped the oil pan after draining about a quart of latté-colored goo. There is rust on the inside of the block and inside the pistons. …