Meet zippyshiftco.com Zippy Say 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 …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Engineshiftco.com U20 This 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 …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Interiorshiftco.com Mmmmm, 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 …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Rearshiftco.com Rear It 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 …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Camshiftco.com Decidedly 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, …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Crankshiftco.com Milky 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. …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Blockshiftco.com Surprise! Or maybe not so much of a surprise, actually. Cylinder number 1 is full of water, but the rust is not bad, as the valves were closed. Number …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Headshiftco.com Hmmmmm Other than a few rusted valves, the head looks fairly good. No obvious signs of gasket failure, so I’m guessing the head must have …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
New lumpshiftco.com Zippy meets the new lump I got a great deal on a running motor. I saw it run on an engine stand and overall it is in good shape. No chew marks into …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Removalshiftco.com Out with the old The hood was removed and various tubes and wires disconnected in preparation to pull the old motor. I really want to fix the rust …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Pluckedshiftco.com Dirty engine bay The past 35 years have not been too bad to the car. You can see the Jacobs electronic ignition on the fender wall. Not sure if I will …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Cleanedshiftco.com Clean engine bay Even though I’m not going to repaint the engine bay right now, I coulnd’t resist cleaning it up a bit. Seems that most of the work I …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Pilot bushingshiftco.com Pilot Bushing The brass insert in the middle of the crank is the pilot bushing. This locates the front of the transmission input shaft. It’s a good …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Clutchshiftco.com Friction The flywheel was resurfaced and balanced with the pressure plate. The clutch is held in place with the handy clutch alignment tool while the …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Readyshiftco.com Ready to go back in The tranny matched up with the block very nicely. Starter was installed and the whole thing was ready to cram back in the car. It …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
It's inshiftco.com It’s in Here’s the engine finally back in place. I still need to hook everything back up, get a new battery and replace all the fluids. Then it’ll be …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Groundshiftco.com Check your grounds! I got all the hoses and wires back on the car. At least I thought I did. I got a new Optima red top battery and installed it, …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Oil panshiftco.com A little bit of color On a lark I decided to paint the oil pan red. Mostly because I only had red spray paint in the garage.Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Carbiesshiftco.com Fresh carbies One last thing to take care of before firing it up - the carbs. They were in good shape but really filthy. I used carb cleaner and a …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Timingshiftco.com It’s all in the timing I cleaned and lubed the recurved distributor that was originally on the car and spent about 4 hours taking it in and out, …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Test driveshiftco.com Good to go I bled the brakes a few days prior and everything checked out. Just a bit of adjustment needed for the handbrake. I jumped in the car, …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Exhaustshiftco.com New pipes I took Zippy to a local custom mufler shop to replace the nightmare exhaust that the car came with - a huge “fart can” hooked up with flex …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Thermostatshiftco.com Hot water I decided to swap out the water neck with the smog vacuum switch to an earlier one without. While I was at it, I replaced the thermostat and …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Brakesshiftco.com Stopping is good Zippy’s brakes were a bit soft, so I ordered up new stainless flex lines, pads and shoes. Starting with the rear brakes, I cleaned …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Brakesshiftco.com On to the front Zippy continued to put up a struggle. I couldn’t get the old pads out. Finally I decided to take the whole caliper off and mount it in …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Brakesshiftco.com Bleed like a craze, dad* Everything back in place and the new stainless flex lines installed. Zippy had one little bit of resistance left, the bleeder …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Racesshiftco.com Zippy goes to the races Zippy’s first official outing was to the Pacific Northwest Vintage Races at Pacific Speedways, near Auburn, WA. The car ran …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Racesshiftco.com Out on the track During the lunch break, the car clubs were allowed a few laps on the track. I followed other members of NWDE, but didn’t push the car …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
Racesshiftco.com Racing roadsters Two roadsters were competing on that day. I forgot to get the names of the drivers, but the cars looked great! There were many …Write a comment...Share IconLike IconFlip Icon
