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      Good luck!
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      I was hoping you could build a pair of rockers that would flip over like this, to increase your leverage by a factor of about four, over...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      Here you can see how much more I had to saw off of the left side of this bracket. The right side was very easy by comparison, and the...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      Today I finally got the accursed shifter rod out of the VW tunnel. The rod was shortened with a steel slug welded in. On one side only...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      I got all 4 remaining tubes out of the tunnel. I was glad to see them go. They didn’t leave willingly. The welds were larger on the 2nd...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      I had to back off from my chassis setup, to address several minor chores, which I have foolishly neglected. I dressed off the ragged...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      BTW, still assembling and disassembling. I forgot to take the rear heater control tubes out of the tunnel. So today I have strip it...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      I do think this might be a problem that the body has taken a set over the years and will be slightly twisted and banana shaped. Maybe I...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      I am having great difficulty making the cross corner measurements on my chassis. I need to get this car square. So I have decided I...
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      Ulu reacted to twojs.bike's post in the thread twojs.bike builds with Like Like.
      Fuji Suncerest complete with Shimano Deerhead. I have been working on this beside my Build-Off bike. I am loving this one.
    • Ulu
      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      Well after five more trims, I figure I still only have about 10 to go now. I’m at that point where I’m chasing dimensions in a circle...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      Today I am down to the part of my chassis mods that I have dreaded. In order to trim the floorboards I have to assemble the weldment...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      Squaring everything up again, with string, long rulers, big squares, little plumb bobs, and tape. I had to trim things twice before I...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      I haven’t corrected the cable alignment yet, but I did clean up most all the bottom welds. They still need more shaping. There are...
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      Ulu replied to the thread The Fake Jaguar Thread.
      I did weld off part of that seam where it has back up at the collar. It wanted to droop badly! Then I did a test fit of the pedal...
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