LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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".
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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. …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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.
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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.
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
LLeigh Brooksadded this to Zippy 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 …
