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Re: Bone Stock Bugeye

To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, Frank Clarici <spritenut@exit109.com>
Subject: Re: Bone Stock Bugeye
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 23:28:14 -0600
From Frank Clarici <spritenut at exit109.com>


I am just rambling on here but I just realized that I am restoring my 
very first bone stock 948 smooth case bugeye.
I took a bunch apart and I put a bunch back together but never bone stock!

My yellow Bugeye is all buffed up and the paint turned out great.
On to stuff like a slave cylinder, I have a few 1" bore slaves ready to 
go for the 1275s but none ready for a 948.
Stock steering wheel. Wow, What a monster! and it needed work too but is 
going to look just fine now that all the cracks are filled in and the 
flex paint is drying.
The engine runs fine but it was dirty, I cleaned it tonight and as soon 
as it's dry I will paint it Morris green.
Now onto the exhaust.....I have 2 new 1275 flanged exhaust pipes in 
stock, and a few 1275 flanged manifolds, should I just use what I have 
or do the stock 948 pipe with the funky clamp? My way would be better ;)
The car will retain it's disc brakes so it's not "bone" stock.
I even prewired the car for the electric fuel pump out of routine 
because I do it all the time. But this 948 has a nice working stock 
mechanical AC fuel pump. I have cleaned it up and tested it not even 
realizing that Bugeyes never had electric pumps. Infact, I think the 
electric pump is still bolted under the car. The wire from the back is 
still there, I just added a white wire to the dash harness for it.
Generator or alternator? I have a few of each to choose from. I even 
have a couple tach drives for the generator.
I am leaning towards generator. But do I want to give up my NOS tach 
cable, NOS Lucas regulator (old) and a tach drive generator that's worth 
1/2 as much as the whole car? I was saving all this stuff for the 
concours car I *might* do if I found the correct candidate.

What do you folks think?
Should I do it almost bone stock?
Or should I make it a stock driver with an alternator and better exhaust?

-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Back up to too many sprites again.
http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/


 Frank as fast as you seem to rebulid one, dont use your good
 NOS parts. Save all the good stuff Hell were not that old yet.
 There's always that chance the right car will come along.
 Keep up the good work, sounds like this one is headed towards
 resale value only.

 Larry Rex



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