AvatarLeigh BrooksMeet 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 …
AvatarLeigh BrooksFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoEngineshiftco.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 …
AvatarLeigh BrooksFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoInteriorshiftco.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 …
AvatarLeigh BrooksFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRearshiftco.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 …
AvatarLeigh BrooksFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCamshiftco.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, …
AvatarLeigh BrooksFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCrankshiftco.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. …
