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Ken was a great man. He always had great stories about VWs and life. My condolences to Carolyn and the Kroll family.

Tom, you gave it to someone. You did not loan it. No one asked you for it. You dropped it off at someone’s door with no stipulations. Then you wonder where this valve grinder is 12 years later. No one even uses a valve grinder for old Ford flathead engines.

Its long gone. Move on Tom.

So, I have heat! It needs refining in places but it works! I was pleasantly surprised when I reinstalled the Blower fan that the everything worked correctly. I’m not happy with the fitment of the blower tubing down to the heater boxes. Need to work on that a little or find other tubing. I ended up ...

Thanks for everything Bill.

Hi, more projects are in the works. Pulled the exhaust off and prepping to install stock heater boxes and muffler. Quite a few small oil leaks needed to be addressed underneath. Ended up pulling pushrod tubes and replacing old crusty o-rings. Refreshed valve covers with sandblasting, paint, and new ...

Looking good!

A tedious task that will payoff later on down the road! Looking good!

One of the next project in the pipeline is reinstalling a stock exhaust and hooking the heat back up. Currently there are some possibly custom made heater box delete pipes. A local $2 bill wielding friend had some correct N/A Late bay exhaust parts. I have been sandblasting and painting them up. I ...

Finally wrapped this pop top project up! This was alot of work… a big Thank you to Chuck-hole for some painting support. And thanks to Bill Webner for some insider info too. I bought Pettit brand fiberglass primer and paint for this project from a boat store. Rolled on the sandable primer and sanded ...

Can Confirm. Chuck is bitter