1955 Oval - Evelyn

i just picked it up about 8pm, it is SSSSLLLLLOOOOOWWWW! 36 hp, it needs alot of work, some rust, big oil leak, torn axle boot, but its a blast to drive...

sweeeeet.

Looks great man!

You Dog you! Love it, want an oval myself. Small windows and yeah that hole in the roof option would be nice!

ha that hole in the roof option is gunna have to wait till i get it going down the road! im going to try to pull the motor tonight or tomarrow so we'll see whats wrong with it, in the meantime, here are some pics of the model i made of it, its an 55 oval (thanks to tim), not sure of the manufactuer, but it looks close i narrowed the front axle, slammed it, and fixed a few other things...enjoy!










EDIT: you would not believe the difference in windows in a fat chick and an oval! maybe i need to retrofit one of those new rectangle windows lol jk

What are the plans for the oval??? IE* paint, rims?? or you just gonna leave it like it is

for now, it will stay like it is, maybe a little scrubing, and cleaning, for this summer, now i just gotta get it running right. later on i'll fix it up, i'm thinking green for paint but i have plenty of time to decide. im thinking about polishing the 5 spokes, they are my favorite wheel so i'll keep them, i have bumpers to put on it, just gotta find time.

Did you build the little one in the bathroom?

71_georgia_beetle wrote:Did you build the little one in the bathroom?

Are you trying to say it looks like crap? Thanks for the mention, Michael.

bakertim2 wrote:

71_georgia_beetle wrote:Did you build the little one in the bathroom?

Are you trying to say it looks like crap? Thanks for the mention, Michael.

No i think he said that because all the pictures of the little one seem to be on your bathroom counter.

lol...no i didnt, i didnt have a clean table in my room to take the picture on, so the bathroom counter was closest...

sweet glad to see another oval on the scene, the 56 havoc was getting lonely love to see it in person, good luck

Way cool, Michael!!! Can't wait to see it in person. I'll go get some new blades for my sawz-all and we can get to work on that hole in the roof option. :-)

Pete

thanks havoc,

haha, ok Pete as long as you supply the 3 fold rag clip...

and a little update, i have the engine out and tore apart, im still trying to find my oil leak, i know the oil pressure switch is leaking, so i picked up a new one, but i still have a leak, looks like it coming from the genorator stand is there supposed to be a gasket in between the stand and the gen? (it has a porsche 12v gen) I also installed some bumpers, pics soon.

59 Euro Rag wrote:thanks havoc,

haha, ok Pete as long as you supply the 3 fold rag clip...

and a little update, i have the engine out and tore apart, im still trying to find my oil leak, i know the oil pressure switch is leaking, so i picked up a new one, but i still have a leak, looks like it coming from the genorator stand is there supposed to be a gasket in between the stand and the gen? (it has a porsche 12v gen) I also installed some bumpers, pics soon.

No gasket, just a thin metal baffle. I suppose you could make one with some thin gasket material. I would use the rubberized cork material , not just cork.

I just reread your post you said "between the stand and the generator". I assume you meant between the stand and engine case?

I havn't removed my stand in over 2 years, but isn't there two gaskets that sandwich the thin metal baffle piece? or am i confusing those gaskets with the oil pump cover gaskets?

case then gasket then baffle then gasket then stand

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:case then gasket then baffle then gasket then stand

makes sense.

This one is cool:

http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=1635

That is a cool stand

Would be the perfect "alt conversion stand".

ps

did not mean to take over the post. i will stop now.

no prob, actually its a 36 case so the oil stand is made into the case, i meant between the actual stand and the gen., you guys get an A+ for effort though lol!

My 52-57 VW workshop manual says there's a paper gasket between the generator and generator stand. It's not illustrated and no part number is provided.



Good luck!

59 Euro Rag wrote:no prob, actually its a 36 case so the oil stand is made into the case, i meant between the actual stand and the gen., you guys get an A+ for effort though lol!

I was wondering that. I thought you said it had an oe (or close to it) engine.