datsunfreak Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 After waiting for several weeks, my fuel cell finally showed up today... :thumbup: And instead of the powdercoated black version I actually ordered, they sent me the polished version... :sneaky: And the asskicker? They said the long wait was to get a black one... :rofl: 2 Link to comment
Z chopper Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 but the shiny one is uhmmm shiny :rofl: 1 Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 i like shiny but the shiny one is uhmmm shiny :rofl: I don't mind it. Just need to make sure it's mounted far back enough in the trunk that when I drive it on a sunny day I don't catch a glare off it while driving. That would annoy me. Tim suggested painting it with a transparent red or black to make it look like a "candy" color. May do that if the glare is a problem... Or cover it with stickers... :rofl: Link to comment
Z chopper Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 but it shiny 1 Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 but it shiny You may have a point... Link to comment
Z chopper Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 maybe a flattened clearcoat over it Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 Nah, you convinced me. I'm leaving it shiny. Link to comment
831Sunny Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 you can put a trunk cover in the back if you need to... something like this Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 you can put a trunk cover in the back if you need to... That's just extra weight. B) But a sensible solution. Link to comment
831Sunny Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 i think prius or vw has like a pull down screen thing. Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 i think prius or vw has like a pull down screen thing. Lots of cars from the 80s and 90s did. Wouldn't be too tough to mount the roller on the floor and something for it to catch on at the top. Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Lots of cars from the 80s and 90s did. Wouldn't be too tough to mount the roller on the floor and something for it to catch on at the top. I made one for my '85 Shelby Charger out of a roll-up shade from the hardware store. Fun thing about it, when you released it, it went "Shuuuuuk, fwap, fwap, fwap!" 2 Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 a roll-up shade from the hardware store. Might need a time machine to buy one of those... ^_^ Link to comment
Rhapakatui Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 http://www.blindster.com/roller-shades/vinyl-roller-shades/?gclid=CNjFufbSwMICFQUIaQodZIkA_w Might need a time machine to buy one of those... ^_^ You worried me there for a second. I immediately thought "those aren't still a thing? Nah, I'm not that old yet." I do remember when those were "modern" and Venetian blinds were old school. Though we didn't say "old school" back then. Maybe I am getting old. 2 Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 I do remember when those were "modern" and Venetian blinds were old school. I remember when they were cheaper than venetian blinds. $30?!? :rofl: Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 Went to an airplane junkyard with a few friends today and picked up some dirt cheap stainless braided hoses with -10 AN fittings for my fuel tank! :thumbup: Need to pick up the Earl's vent this week and get the tank and lines installed next Saturday. B) 5 Link to comment
Trophy24 Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I want to go to an airplane junkyard now! Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I want to go to an airplane junkyard now! It's pretty awesome. Got lots of ideas there... 1 Link to comment
Z chopper Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 airplane junkyard would be cool just to browse and get ideas. WWII Bomber buckets and harnesses in a 320 "gasser" comes to mind. Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 airplane junkyard would be cool just to browse and get ideas. WWII Bomber buckets and harnesses... Yeah, I was hoping to find some stuff like that but no such luck. :sleep: This yard is mostly all light aircraft, like Cessna/Beechcraft/Piper. I'd love to hit up one of the big yards in the desert with older heavy stuff... Was able to find a cool aluminum fuel filler for the other 1200 we're building, as well as a bunch of cool Beechcraft switches. :thumbup: 2 Link to comment
Z chopper Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 pics of the switches and fuel filler?? Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 pics of the switches They're just the regular panel switches, nothing fancy. But quality vintage parts for half the price of new Chinese junk, that's hard to pass up... B) fuel filter?? That'll be in the thread for the other 1200... ^_^ But it looks like one of these... Link to comment
Morrisun Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 A point of personal ponder...are you cutting out the spare tire well to install your fuel cell? I need one for a coupe I am putting back together-also white. Thanks' Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 are you cutting out the spare tire well to install your fuel cell? I'm afraid not. Cell will stay above the floor. The whole reason I went with a cell in the first place was for better exhaust routing. And I didn't like the look of the stock tank hanging down below the car. Sinking the cell into the floor like most race cars would defeat the purpose. B) Link to comment
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