Vanne's Coupe Build Thread.. Updated 16/05/17

[wdb]

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[Vanne]

After a huge amount of time and research, (no thanks to Holley/Racepak, zero customer service, don't buy shit from them) finally cracked it.

No info out there at all how to configure this with bmw using the datalinkii software.. leaves a lot to be disired, but we finally got it working.

[racerbruce]

Easily my top five fav movies....Young Frankenstein!

[Vanne]

Doing a spot of coding for the dash.. got the fuel gauge now working.

[Vanne]

Finally getting around to putting the dash together.

[racerbruce]

But Vanne??....where's the 8 track player??

[Piper1]

Originally Posted by racerbruce

But Vanne??....where's the 8 track player??

oh you’re dating yourself there brother. Cleaning out my father in laws poll barn besides the gauge clusters to trucks he never owned being stashed there was a file cabinet full of 8 tracks

Edit: I’m just proud my kid knows what cassettes are

[racerbruce]

Originally Posted by Piper1

oh you’re dating yourself there brother. Cleaning out my father in laws poll barn besides the gauge clusters to trucks he never owned being stashed there was a file cabinet full of 8 tracks

Edit: I’m just proud my kid knows what cassettes are

Love it!
In my senior yr in high school (1970), I had a 55 Chevy 2 dr with post and it was modded....small block/pistons/Duntov 30-30 cam/FI heads/Edelbrock manifold/Holley 780 cfm double pumper/Hooker headers.

I mounted the 8 track player under the driver's seat to keep it out of line of sight....oh, the sounds of CCR, Santana, Iron Butterfly, Sly & The Family Stone.

[wdb]

Eight track shmeight track. We had QUADROPHONIC 8 track. It was cool, man.

[racerbruce]

Originally Posted by wdb

Eight track shmeight track. We had QUADROPHONIC 8 track. It was cool, man.

I think we lived on the wrong side of the tracks for QUADROPHONIC....

Vanne - please forgive me for jacking your thread - it brought a few laughs; we mortals remain in awe at your build - The Beast is soon to be released.

[Piper1]

Originally Posted by racerbruce

Love it!
In my senior yr in high school (1970), I had a 55 Chevy 2 dr with post and it was modded....small block/pistons/Duntov 30-30 cam/FI heads/Edelbrock manifold/Holley 780 cfm double pumper/Hooker headers.

I mounted the 8 track player under the driver's seat to keep it out of line of sight....oh, the sounds of CCR, Santana, Iron Butterfly, Sly & The Family Stone.

Since we're high jacking and going off topic ...First two Bass lines I ever learned was In a gadda da vida and Iron Man both great to learn for tuning up while playing something. Keeping in mind with over 25 years ago some of the details are fuzzy but when my grandfather died his neighbor came over to our house and my brother and I were in my room playing on my bass, my grandfathers neighbor knocked on the door hearing me play in a gadda da vida and come to find out he was either the band manager or record recording manager or damn someone who was a manager with album production with the band and ended up giving my brother one of the vinyl's from his collection lol

Now my best bud growing up who went on tour with Lizzy Borden and Yngwie Malmsteen that's waaay off topic But he confirmed it's so true from Spinal Tap large round cold cuts really don't work on square crackers/biscuits

Just another sign music really does bring us all together.

Sorry Vanne continue

[racerbruce]

wdb - it's all your fault for posting about QUADROPHONIC

piper1 - such a surreal story about the iron butterfly connection

vanne - THANK YOU for allowing the mere mortals to get a laugh whilst The Beast awaits release....

[wdb]

Originally Posted by racerbruce

I think we lived on the wrong side of the tracks for QUADROPHONIC....

My dad worked with a guy who knew a guy.

[Vanne]

Finally getting to do a bit more work on the car. Still sorting out some variables with the race dash, and caught the car in some good lighting. thought it was worth a pic.

[wdb]

The pic I want to see is mid-corner with daylight under the inside front wheel.

[Vanne]

Yep, me too.. waiting for a replacement right pax window as the paint guy used thinners on the pexi glass to try and remove some over spray with destructive effect.. bastards...

[racerbruce]

Yeah, what wdb said!

We all await the day of Release The Beast....

[Vanne]

Sooo, another one that hurt a bit, just payed 385 bucks plus 150 shipping for 2 new plexi side windows, due to the fuckup with the paint shop.. grrr... ordered 1 new drivers window, i can rescue the pro slider from the drivers side, so hopefully that will be okay, complete new window on the left side with a new budget slider.. fucking arseloches paint shop bastard pricks..

[Steeler]

Originally Posted by Vanne

Sooo, another one that hurt a bit, just payed 385 bucks plus 150 shipping for 2 new plexi side windows, due to the fuckup with the paint shop.. grrr... ordered 1 new drivers window, i can rescue the pro slider from the drivers side, so hopefully that will be okay, complete new window on the left side with a new budget slider.. fucking arseloches paint shop bastard pricks..

Have you paid the invoice for the paint job yet vanne???

[Vanne]

sadly mostly yes. i kept part of it back due to other issues, but that by no way covers all the issues.. this is what happens when your not there to do it yourself... peanuts & monkeys...

[Vanne]

[wdb]

Pics on track are coming.... when?