Lovely car and great pictures. 8) Did you keep a diary of the trip? :wink:
Posted by: gipf - 15 July 2010 01:36:30
Sadly no! :(
Posted by: gipf - 15 July 2010 01:38:34
[IMG]https://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m24/gipf/Euro%20road%20trip/DSC00517.jpg[/IMG]
In germany on the 6th of july for its 54 birthday.
Posted by: klaus53 - 15 July 2010 11:01:42
Gipf, great pix! Sorry to slightly hijack the thread - what did you take with you in the way of spares? I'm planning a similar trip in my '53 around Germany/France next year so any advice would be welcome.
I did a 2000k round trip to Sweden 5 years ago and all I had to do was change the fan-belt! I'll be honest though, the fact that nothing else went wrong was more luck than anything else!
Cheers!
Posted by: gipf - 15 July 2010 21:10:23
[quote=klaus53]Gipf, great pix! Sorry to slightly hijack the thread - what did you take with you in the way of spares? I'm planning a similar trip in my '53 around Germany/France next year so any advice would be welcome.
I did a 2000k round trip to Sweden 5 years ago and all I had to do was change the fan-belt! I'll be honest though, the fact that nothing else went wrong was more luck than anything else!
Cheers![/quote]
I took a couple of fan belts, clutch cable spare voltage regulator (no idea why!)lol. points, condensor and my home made timing light. Thats all really and tools. But you can only take so much, so breakdown cover is essential.
I'm looking to do Germany or Spain next year as i had an awesome time this time i want to do it again a.s.a.p! :d
Posted by: tman - 15 July 2010 22:38:17
Apart from the legal requirements (bulbs, triangle, luminous jackets), here's a list of parts and tools we took with the oval on our 1500 mile trip to Hessisch last summer:
150 piece socket set (including sockets and metric spanners from 6mm to 22mm).
Screwdriver set (x-head and flat blade).
Large socket for wheel hubs.
Breaker bar.
Large and small adjustable spanners.
Mole grips.
Various pliers.
Water pump pliers.
Small 'electrical' screwdriver.
DVM.
Copper and hide hammer (large).
Gas soldering iron.
Hydraulic jack and assorted wooden blocks.
Duck tape.
Insulating tape.
Araldite.
Assorted wire.
Fuel hose & assorted clips.
Carburettor.
Fuel pump (I think).
Wheel bearings.
Regulator.
009 distributor.
Plugs (2 sets), points, caps, rotor arm, HT leads.
Clutch cable.
Accelerator cable.
Fan belts.
Electric tyre pump.
Cans of tyre weld.
Odd nuts, bolts and washers.
Bulb set.
Latex gloves.
Engine gasket set.
Exhaust gaskets.
Rocker cover.
Bale arm.
5l can of petrol.
Before the trip we did a full service as well as any of those 'minor' problems we'd been aware of but had kept putting off.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 15 July 2010 22:45:28
Not on topic,but car looks great.
More pics please.
Posted by: gipf - 15 July 2010 22:45:54
[quote=tman]Apart from the legal requirements (bulbs, triangle, luminous jackets), here's a list of parts and tools we took with the oval on our 1500 mile trip to Hessisch last summer:
150 piece socket set (including sockets and metric spanners from 6mm to 22mm).
Screwdriver set (x-head and flat blade).
Large socket for wheel hubs.
Breaker bar.
Large and small adjustable spanners.
Mole grips.
Various pliers.
Water pump pliers.
Small 'electrical' screwdriver.
DVM.
Copper and hide hammer (large).
Gas soldering iron.
Hydraulic jack and assorted wooden blocks.
Duck tape.
Insulating tape.
Araldite.
Assorted wire.
Fuel hose & assorted clips.
Carburettor.
Fuel pump (I think).
Wheel bearings.
Regulator.
009 distributor.
Plugs (2 sets), points, caps, rotor arm, HT leads.
Clutch cable.
Accelerator cable.
Fan belts.
Electric tyre pump.
Cans of tyre weld.
Odd nuts, bolts and washers.
Bulb set.
Latex gloves.
Engine gasket set.
Exhaust gaskets.
Rocker cover.
Bale arm.
5l can of petrol.
Before the trip we did a full service as well as any of those 'minor' problems we'd been aware of but had kept putting off.[/quote]BLOODY HELL!!
Posted by: GKL 7 - 15 July 2010 22:48:10
[quote=gipf]BLOODY HELL!!
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Exactly,i just take this:wink:
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Posted by: 54 Gertie - 15 July 2010 22:51:12
[quote='50 Karmann]Exactly,i just tale this:wink:
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You'd think, but seeing as our German is basically talking slower and louder (the McDonalds staff in Wolfsburg loved us!), we thought it best to go prepared for any eventuality. :wink:
Oh, and I didn't know you kept a list. :lol:
Posted by: tman - 15 July 2010 22:54:01
[quote='50 Karmann]Exactly,i just take this:wink:
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You're slacking... I was half expecting you to suggest we took one of these for any roadside sunroof repairs: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Posted by: pre67vw - 15 July 2010 22:54:15
[quote=tman]
Water pump pliers.
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in case someone else broke down?
Posted by: GKL 7 - 15 July 2010 23:18:46
[quote=tman]You're slacking... I was half expecting you to suggest we took one of these for any roadside sunroof repairs: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Always amazed me, how that cardboard box stayed on the roof, on that long autobahn journey.
[quote=tman]Apart from the legal requirements (bulbs, triangle, luminous jackets), here's a list of parts and tools we took with the oval on our 1500 mile trip to Hessisch last summer:
150 piece socket set (including sockets and metric spanners from 6mm to 22mm).
Screwdriver set (x-head and flat blade).
Large socket for wheel hubs.
Breaker bar.
Large and small adjustable spanners.
Mole grips.
Various pliers.
Water pump pliers.
Small 'electrical' screwdriver.
DVM.
Copper and hide hammer (large).
Gas soldering iron.
Hydraulic jack and assorted wooden blocks.
Duck tape.
Insulating tape.
Araldite.
Assorted wire.
Fuel hose & assorted clips.
Carburettor.
Fuel pump (I think).
Wheel bearings.
Regulator.
009 distributor.
Plugs (2 sets), points, caps, rotor arm, HT leads.
Clutch cable.
Accelerator cable.
Fan belts.
Electric tyre pump.
Cans of tyre weld.
Odd nuts, bolts and washers.
Bulb set.
Latex gloves.
Engine gasket set.
Exhaust gaskets.
Rocker cover.
Bale arm.
5l can of petrol.
Before the trip we did a full service as well as any of those 'minor' problems we'd been aware of but had kept putting off.[/quote]
Blimey, a comprehensive list! Cheers!
So far the master plan is to head over to Bad Camberg for the weekend and then just head west for a 3 weeks until we hit the coast of Brittany. Already getting excited!
Posted by: cupa65 - 17 July 2010 14:58:20
Don't forget the nut or wing nut on the end of the clutch cable! A new cable is no good without it:?
Cheers
[quote=klaus53]Blimey, a comprehensive list! Cheers![/quote]
Or... just take one of everything that's going to break and forget the unnecessary stuff!
Luckily, we didn't need any of it but we weren't prepared to let a simple thing mean going home early on the back of a recovery truck! :beer:
I read recently some good advice (possibly on here?), that at the very least you should try to carry RHD-specific spares if you are going to a LHD country. The speedo cable is one of those items but I'm sure we could have a good debate on whether that constitutes a breakdown rather than an inconvenience! :d Are throttle and clutch cables are LHD/RHD specific?
Posted by: GKL 7 - 20 July 2010 19:36:23
[quote=tman] The speedo cable is one of those items [/quote]
Forget that one,you won't be breaking the speed limit anyway.:roll:
Posted by: 54 Gertie - 20 July 2010 20:07:11
[quote='50 Karmann]Forget that one,you won't be breaking the speed limit anyway.:roll:
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No, they dont have 50kmh speed limits...:roll:
Posted by: GKL 7 - 20 July 2010 20:13:33
[quote=54 Gertie]No, they dont have 50kmh speed limits...:roll: [/quote]
Hmmm! You should be especially careful with that cardboard sunroof.
Posted by: 55Kab - 21 July 2010 07:19:30
[quote='50 Karmann]You should be especially careful with that cardboard sunroof.
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:lol:
Talking of that sunroof, what's going on with it Andrew, Will?
Posted by: 54 Gertie - 21 July 2010 13:23:43
[quote=55Kab]:lol:
Talking of that sunroof, what's going on with it Andrew, Will?
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The master plan is to take 'it' off the road sometime in the next few months, and begin some restoration work. Overall it is very good underneath, it just wants a few repairs re-doing and most likely a few small other bits of work. Im convinced it has had a new RHS front quarter panel at some point, but it is a oval era panel through and through so I think it must have been done '55 - '60, as in about 1960 when it changed owners EVERYTHING is documented.
We plan to do most of it ourselves, but will send it away for the sunroof graft, final prep and paint.
Also, I am nagging to get a nice 30 horse rebuilt (we have two a month off the car), but I cant see this happening this side of the Olympics. :lol:
