Official Member Car Picture Thread
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KBabcock
True Classic
Welcome. look forward to hearing you journey to bring it into shape. Doing the something myself for the last year and still have lots to do. Fixing it up is half the fun.
kmead
Old enough to know better
Welcome, looks like a good place to start from. Congrats on the purchase and welcome to the group.
Do not hesitate to ask questions, we don’t mind helping out. There are great resources here, start with the WIKI, the Best of Xweb (BOX) and the customized Google search tool which works better than the forum search. Do consider buying the factory manual and the Haynes manual. The factory for proper information and the Haynes for pics and commentary which includes suitable drifts…
Anyway we have in aggregate, had just about every problem possible failure or breakdown. We can save you time and money if you toss a few clues
kmead
Old enough to know better
Looking over the top as always, which is a good thing.
Is that your man cave behind it?
DanielForest
True Classic
With a helmet on, any clearance problem with the roll bar?
autox19
True Classic
She-Shed. I have the Garage
it was the Temp Garage when we were having the inlaw suite made out of the real garage and while we were having the polebarn/garage done. 20 ft shipping container. Odie
autox19
True Classic
I do not have any. it does tap it on big bumps a very little. my friend who is 2 inches taller (5'9") said it bumps enough to annoy him.
Odie
DanielForest
True Classic
Hi Carl,
It's probably somewhere in past threads, but what widht of wheels with what offset do you have? Are you still using the stock spacers?
It's probably somewhere in past threads, but what widht of wheels with what offset do you have? Are you still using the stock spacers?
Bryce-o-rama
True Classic
Can you tell me more about those wheels?
kmead
Old enough to know better
They were available through www.Vickauto.com I don’t see them listed any longer.
tigeravg
True Classic
What I would have given to have a car like yours while trolling Mulholland Dr. or Sepulveda Blvd. in SoCal back in the 80's. My stock '74 X was no match for any 914's or the occasional hot-rod Corvair.
autox19
True Classic
what I would have given to have had the $$ and abilities to do this to my X back in the 80's! was still fun with the stock 1500 and 185/60s. anyone would beat us zero to 60, but throw in some good twisties and we ate most of them up! Now this is more show than go. yea it has ~170 HP, but the tires are too big to ever really get warm, and the wing I made it too big. would have liked it about 2 -3 inches shorter. Might redo it someday in Carbon Fiber instead of epoxy/Fiberglass.
Odie
Stollatolla
Low Mileage
Now those look like comfy seats !
Forty years ago I sold my ‘74 X1/9 which I had owned and loved for its first eight years of existence. Last week I finally found one, same color, on BaT. Shipped it from Wyoming to Connecticut and welcomed it this weekend to our new home.
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KBabcock
True Classic
Out standing, love the color and welcome back.
Bryce-o-rama
True Classic
That is fantastic. I’m sure you will enjoy it tremendously.