excuse the drool, yummy

Holy shit.

Those are not ET10. They look like they'd fit on my 780 just fine.

Those are actually Mercedes wheels. They were ET 45 I believe with 22mm adapters in the back and 25mm adapters in the front. Not positive on the offset but I'm pretty sure that's what they were. They were bolting them on at RSI the night before and having some issues with the 22mm spacers on the front. The wheels were too tall and were hitting the bottom of the spring perch with 22mm adapters. Those are 245/40 tires (I think). I couldn't get my finger between the tire and fender lip on the front. Didn't try the back...

Just to keep things straight - the combined total (individual legs of the trip do vary) is 95l for 1175km, which is 12.36l/100km or 29MPG US, or 35MPG UK. I'm happy with anything over 25MPG US. My previous calculation was completely hooped as my speedometer is not correct any longer and I was: A. speeding like crazy and B. had no idea how far I'd gone.

Now, the angle drive on my speedo crapped out in my garage (had worked the day before) and I didn't have a speedo on my way out and was driving about 120 - 125 km/h. We then settled that down once Dale was out in front and setting the pace - the mileage was better. At 55 mph, I'm turning about 2400 rpm, so different from driving with the M40.

The thermal switch died along the way and we rigged up a ghetto switch in Portland BEFORE we hit the traffic. No reason it should have died - but the parts guy also couldn't find the right on/off temps in his catalogue for my application. I've got a 180 degree t-stat and need to have the fan come on at say 190-195 then off at 185 something like that. The old switch was 175 off 185 on, so with the sensor in the head the fan was always on!

No other real issues - other than it is still pinging on high test with only 5 degrees BTDC of base timing. I really need to get the distributor recurved in the worst way. The timing comes on too fast and is killing me at 2500 rpm - where I need it the most it is too far advanced. Maybe I can find some stiffer springs.

Anyway - I scored a new bumper center section and a mint cowl vent cover at the swap meet - one vendor thinks he's got an angle drive in a box of parts somewhere. He left me his number on his add sheet for the 122 wagon he's selling (with M41) running, drivable for $900 I had to walk away.

Lots of fun.

That's still really great, Craig. The car shows well too. Glad you guys are having fun, and wish I could be there.

Actually Craig, that's ~8L/100km, and not bad for an old push rod!

True - oops, I was doing km/l instead of l/km. Doesn't matter - my final calculations are still correct. 30 US MPG, 35 UK MPG. Today the shift knob fell apart - some 5 minute epoxy got that fixed. We also fixed up the coolant recovery tank (we'll see how that works). I also got some heat reflecting tape for the wire to the temperature sender.

Yesterday we tooled around the Oregon Coast in the 122 - great time and we got to do what I've wanted to do since I saw Dale's photo's of the 960 on the beach...we drove the 122 on the beach! First attempt had us stuck and we had to unload the car and drive out. We then spotted Haystack rock (don't recall the beach name) from the highway and pulled a U-turn and went back.

The day had changed from sunny to overcast and the pictures are (I think) stunning.

'twas a marvelous day. I got a few (dozen) shots too. Here are some of the good ones...















More pics here...

http://s377.photobucket.com/albums/oo21 ... ?start=all

IPD & Swedish Classics (?) catalogue cover shots for sure!

Great pictures, looks like fun!

Classic car in classic shots, very nice!!

Awesome!
Looks like a bit of surf near the rocks in those pictures?

I also recognize the white hotel in the right of the frame in the one pic....which town was that in?

Hope you don't mind Dale....I did a couple quick edits to see how they looked.

Black and white:

gorgeous and lustworthy!

very nice shots!