Rolling again!

**red69** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-24-2004, 09:46 PM

I finally have my recently acquired Spider back on the road...lots of work still needed but we had a blast driving her around today.

So far:

New wheels and tires (thanks Anthony)

Replace Lh studs on one wheel only

Rewire ignition, fuel pump, etc to resolve POs wiring enhancements :

Rebuild handbrake

Day spent driving in the California sunshine

Marc

**red69** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-24-2004, 10:00 PM

Hopefully I have this picture upload figured out!

rmatteo · #3 (**permalink**) 10-25-2004, 06:29 AM

Wow. Looks great. Enjoy!

NikosF · #4 (**permalink**) 10-25-2004, 06:35 AM

A red roundtail - excellent. It looks to be in great condition. May the spirit of Benjamin Braddock be with you.

My only suggestion - get a set of the Carello perspex headlight covers - I think they really do enhance the look of the roundtail a lot. My car came without them, and putting them on, was one of the better things I've done to my car.

(All my opinion of course)

**Alex Csank** · #5 (**permalink**) 10-25-2004, 06:44 AM

Great ride there!! To me, there is no other car that delivers as many smiles per mile as my Roundtail...here's hoping that you get at least 10,000 smiles a year!

The Carello headlight covers do look good, but they tend to warp and discolor over time. So, if you get a set...be prepared to maintain them and replace them once in a while. I am lucky, as my 1300 Junior didn't come with the covers originally...so I don't feel guilty about not having them on my car.

PS: Matteo, your car icon looks great too! Hope you and and family are all well.

Cheers,

Farace · #6 (**permalink**) 10-25-2004, 07:36 AM

Marc, great looking car! Can I ask where you got the LH studs? There's one lug nut on the rear of my car where when I try to remove it, the whole stud turns, so I'm going to have to perform some sort of lugectomy and then replace it. (I know, everyone will suggest that I just change them all over to RH studs, and I will someday, but for now I just want to replace the one stud.) I haven't looked around yet to see where I can get a LH stud, so I don't know if they're hard to find, but you seem to have found them, so maybe I don't need to look.

**red69** · #7 (**permalink**) 10-26-2004, 11:36 AM

Hi Bob,

Actually what I did was replace the LH studs on the front hub with RH studs. The rear hub had already been converted to RH.

If I was going to pull the rear axle to fix that one stud, I would probably change them all to RH, unless you are concerned with originality. If you want to keep them LH and can't find a replacement, let me know and I will let you have one of the ones I just replaced.

Marc

Farace · #8 (**permalink**) 10-26-2004, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red69

If I was going to pull the rear axle to fix that one stud, I would probably change them all to RH, unless you are concerned with originality. If you want to keep them LH and can't find a replacement, let me know and I will let you have one of the ones I just replaced.

rmatteo · #9 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 09:32 AM

Thank you for your kind words Alex!