Meet zippyshiftco.com 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 …
Engineshiftco.com 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 …
Interiorshiftco.com The interior has been redone, probably about 10 years ago. Red and black interior with a white exterior is one of my favorite combinations – very old …
Rearshiftco.com 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 (I …
Camshiftco.com Lifting the cam cover was a bit of a surprise. I knew the cam would be rusty, but this was more than I expected. The cam is rusted in place. The …
Crankshiftco.com 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. Not sure if …
Blockshiftco.com 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 2 is much …
Headshiftco.com 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 warped. Getting the …
New lumpshiftco.com 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 the evil "L".
Removalshiftco.com The hood was removed and various tubes and wires disconnected in preparation to pull the old motor. I really want to fix the rust around the master …
Pluckedshiftco.com 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 end up using it. …
Cleanedshiftco.com 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 do on these cars …
Pilot bushingshiftco.com 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 idea to replace …
Clutchshiftco.com The flywheel was resurfaced and balanced with the pressure plate. The clutch is held in place with the handy clutch alignment tool while the pressure …
Readyshiftco.com 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 was much harder to …
It's inshiftco.com 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.
Groundshiftco.com 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, crossed my fingers and …
Oil panshiftco.com On a lark I decided to paint the oil pan red. Mostly because I only had red spray paint in the garage.
Carbiesshiftco.com 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 tooth brush to …
Timingshiftco.com I cleaned and lubed the recurved distributor that was originally on the car and spent about 4 hours taking it in and out, trying to align the oil …
Test driveshiftco.com 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, topdown of …
Exhaustshiftco.com 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 pipe with …
Thermostatshiftco.com 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 …
Brakesshiftco.com 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 everything up and …
Brakesshiftco.com 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 a vise on the …
Brakesshiftco.com Everything back in place and the new stainless flex lines installed. Zippy had one little bit of resistance left, the bleeder valve on the driver’s …
Racesshiftco.com Zippy’s first official outing was to the Pacific Northwest Vintage Races at Pacific Speedways, near Auburn, WA. The car ran great on the way down, but …
Racesshiftco.com 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 too hard. Great …
Racesshiftco.com Two roadsters were competing on that day. I forgot to get the names of the drivers, but the cars looked great! There were many drool-worthy cars in …
