1978 5sp #107 just arrived - aka the restoration of Minerva
10-24-2015, 10:42 PM
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Let the games begin!
10-25-2015, 07:33 AM
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It's amazing what a little underside cleaning can do. Look at those blue wheel-wells...nice!
What's up next, mechanical stuff? Looks like the waterpump sprung a leak.
Keep the updates coming.
Brian.
What's up next, mechanical stuff? Looks like the waterpump sprung a leak.
Keep the updates coming.
Brian.
10-25-2015, 08:33 AM
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More pictures! What does the inside look like?
10-25-2015, 12:13 PM
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More random survey pictures- William took the car to have the chassis steam cleaned, best money you can spend early in a 928 project:
This car has great bones, love the interior:
Is it possible to install a radiator upside down?
This car has great bones, love the interior:
Is it possible to install a radiator upside down?
10-25-2015, 04:03 PM
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That is funny.. you'd need to install the bleed nipple and drain plug on the wrong corners.. they're separate screw-in parts, so I guess it could be done 
(from memory the end tanks are the same on each end, as long as they're both either the non-cooler or oil-cooler types).
(from memory the end tanks are the same on each end, as long as they're both either the non-cooler or oil-cooler types).
10-25-2015, 05:18 PM
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I'm confused in part because I have seen variations of that green part number sticker on the bottoms of many early radiators, but not on what would have been the top. Maybe it got repaired and the core flipped over? No idea. Will follow up when I have the radiator out.
10-25-2015, 05:34 PM
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That is funny.. you'd need to install the bleed nipple and drain plug on the wrong corners.. they're separate screw-in parts, so I guess it could be done
(from memory the end tanks are the same on each end, as long as they're both either the non-cooler or oil-cooler types).
(from memory the end tanks are the same on each end, as long as they're both either the non-cooler or oil-cooler types).
10-25-2015, 07:03 PM
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I'm confused in part because I have seen variations of that green part number sticker on the bottoms of many early radiators, but not on what would have been the top. Maybe it got repaired and the core flipped over? No idea. Will follow up when I have the radiator out.
10-25-2015, 11:49 PM
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10-26-2015, 02:02 AM
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Dunno what's 'correct' on the underside, especially the early cars.
Did manage to get back out to the garage under cover of darkness this evening, pulled the radiator. Temp gauge is in the right place, so the rad must have been re-tanked at some point and the core flipped.
I don't ever recall seeing a radiator tank losing it's black color- I thought the plastic was black all the way through (?)
Someone didn't exactly sweat the details on crimping all the tabs back down:
Did manage to get back out to the garage under cover of darkness this evening, pulled the radiator. Temp gauge is in the right place, so the rad must have been re-tanked at some point and the core flipped.
I don't ever recall seeing a radiator tank losing it's black color- I thought the plastic was black all the way through (?)
Someone didn't exactly sweat the details on crimping all the tabs back down:
10-26-2015, 02:08 AM
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Dunno what's 'correct' on the underside, especially the early cars.
Did manage to get back out to the garage under cover of darkness this evening, pulled the radiator. Temp gauge is in the right place, so the rad must have been re-tanked at some point and the core flipped.
I don't ever recall seeing a radiator tank losing it's black color- I thought the plastic was black all the way through (?)
Someone didn't exactly sweat the details on crimping all the tabs back down:
Did manage to get back out to the garage under cover of darkness this evening, pulled the radiator. Temp gauge is in the right place, so the rad must have been re-tanked at some point and the core flipped.
I don't ever recall seeing a radiator tank losing it's black color- I thought the plastic was black all the way through (?)
Someone didn't exactly sweat the details on crimping all the tabs back down: