My "Rolling (someday) Resto" 1967 1600

[jakeb]

Nice to see some progress pat. Did you buy it out of that car or is that the one you showed me off ebay?

When do you plan to pull the old engine?

single barell solex on that 1600 engine?

[PSloan]

It's the ebay motor - but only after discussing it's history did I finally realize what it was!. I got a hell of a bargain. I'm going to pull the old motor soon and I guess give it away or scrap it. I've got a new generator coming as well. I'm going to clean up the engine bay and start restoring parts before re-assembly. This new motor will probably be on a block stand for a while as I clean everything up.

I guess I had better buying front suspension parts!

Oh, and I have a line on a REALLY nice tobacco 1600 interior, too.

And yes, it looks like I'll be running single barrel unless something awesome happens.

[PSloan]

The motor I picked up. 20k miles on 15 year old rebuild. Looks like I'm getting oil on the #3 exhaust valve.

[PSloan]

Pulled the old motor finally. Suspension to come out tonight.

New motor

MSWs from my e30 - probably permanent.

[PSloan]

Ran a leakdown on the motor that's on the stand. Good on all 4 cylinders. I also pulled up the tar on the driver's rear floor and under the rear seat on both sides. No rust to speak of - just come scale.

The best news - I picked up a complete black interior from a 76 to run while I gather/restore the 67 interior. It has some weird integra front seats though - but they look comfy.

[PSloan]

Work on the 1600 has resumed. Good things shall follow.

[H_Krix]

I've been wondering about this thing. Looking forward to seeing some progress

[PSloan]

I want to let everyone know how hard it is to stay true to keeping this car 100% stock. I'm flirting with the idea of 320i brakes - but that's in my and the cars best interest I believe.

[PSloan]

I've come to the conclusion that I'm not a details person. My motor is almost ready to go in. May be a driver this weekend.