0021 Small things take forever

0021 Small things take forever
10th June 2020
Not sure if we will ever finish !

Puzzling out heater pipes

Most of the big things seem to be finished, but it is the small things that are now taking up to much time.  The list  of things to do just seems endless !  Winter is now here - But Queensland style !   Temps at the moment are still about 14 deg C at night, and 23 or so during the day, usually with clear blue skies - This is without doubt the best time of the year in Queensland, and our new camelia bush is blooming beautifully !   But I am still trying to puzzle many things out on the car as well as finish
off many of the things which I have been "leaving for later" !!  One of these is the exhaust.  The modern exhausts do not enable part of the hot air piping, so it is necessary to adapt as best as one can.  I now have my Scat 9 flex pipe (purchased on the internet) which is aircraft quality, wire re-inforced, very flexible hose that is also heat resistant.  So I am try to work out the best way to fit the hose without losing the use of the smaller heat exchangers that were part of the flat engine used on the Type 3 VW (The Beetle, a Type 1, did not use them.)  The Type 3 still has the large heat exchangers for the heater, so I don't lose my heater !  I am leaning towards getting a short steel pipe made up - Just not sure if it is possible, so will need to speak to some people before finalising.

0020 Things come together - Slowly

31st May 2020
She is starting to look like a car again !

Looking like a car again

Today is the 31st May - Last day of Autumn already !  Coronavirus still around, and America burning up in the riots - What a difference 3 months makes !
And its true too for Clementine - Although it seems that all these small things that still need to be done take much much longer than expected - I am starting to wonder if I will ever get her back on the road !  But at least she is starting to look like a car again - From the outside, anyway.