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John Mulders

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  1. Great find Bob, I am sure you turn it back to the beautifull car it once was. Why would you strip the paint and not even put a primer coat over it? John
  2. We got more rain and again the whole area flooded. Not as bad as before but still water around the house. I jacked the P15 up this morning and checked the wheel (whether they turn). Rear back left seems a a bit stuck, rear left turns. Front has the discbrakes. I can also now remove the engine oil/water.... As the water keeps coming I think I will have to buy one of these : http://www.flickr.com/photos/67194633@N00/271235435 Around 50.000 US$ but I can sell my Boston Whaler John
  3. Nice ! Stewart Warner seems to be still in business. You may be able to get answers from them ? John
  4. Thanks Shell ! Now back to the tread topic. I am sure you all sunk lots of dollars into your car already , why put more in the exhaust ? John
  5. my plan exactly. but I am sure you all have seen those youtube films where the tree went the other way than planned... I will just not tape it so that won't happen ! John
  6. how many feet would that be ? John
  7. The rain keeps coming and so does the water. For weeks now we have seen the water coming down, flood the area and then it dries up (sort of). Had one tree fall down during the rain from hurricane Tomas and had another one over the driveway a week later. No damage to the house. Two other trees are leaning towards the house and apartment but I haven't found a moment to cut them down (rain makes it impossible to work the trees). Last night more rain and when I returned home for lunch the tree in front of the house was down. It clipped the roof just a bit, the way it was leaning over I was expecting way more damage. Still one tree that is a risk with the saturated ground. Hopefully I can cut some branches away this weekend. Not been able to drain the oil from the P15, also something I want to do asap. Really worried for further damage (clutch, transmission, brakes etc). So on my shoppinglist : oil for both the P15 and the Woodshark chainsaw ! John
  8. Only if it comes from the cruiseship !
  9. Thanks, the line should have read "That can't be right". On the way the water may have entered:. The car was with the back to the flow of the water. So although the water level may not be that high to enter through the dipstick I think the pressure may have pushed it in the draft tube . As there was a strong current the pressue could push it higher in a confined area. I first thought it may have come through the exhaust, the two other car spit out a lot of water when started. Anyway , thanks for the advice and kind words. Will keep you updated. John
  10. Been cleaning up a bit in the apartment. Decided to look at the oil level of the P15 as suggested, it is around an inch higher then full. That can be right. So how would the water be pushed in the engine? I only can thing of through the exhaust pipe and then up though open valves? Insurance is noce but I already figured out the damages to the house (gate, kitchen) will not be over the own risk so I will have to pay that for myself. When I moved the Corona the brakes were stuck in the back, I guess the same thing will the case with the P15. Frustrating. Guess I will need to do the oil change asap to avoid damage higher up in the engine. Same for the drums, the sooner I get her rolling the less chance things really will break. John
  11. Looks good, like the color ! John
  12. not the carb but the whole area, last week Monday we had tremendous amounts of water pooring down (from hurricane Tomas). The whole island has experienced serious damages, one rescue person drowned during evacuation of a hospital. He also was a classic car owner and member of the Wabi club and part of the Citro (sea rescue). Horrible thing. Normally my house will be surrounded by water but the house, carport and apartment will stay dry. Not this time. While I was away helping at a company rescueing computers the water quickly rose and I waded back home up to my belly through the water (6'4" myself). Strong current made me very carefull. The house itself was only getting 2 cm of water and my wife already had moved the electronics to higher positions. Power was off for a day and during the night we had the dogs upstairs while my wife and I were battling the water. The carport was a stream and the apartment got 40 cm of water ! Lots of stuff damaged, incl a fried control panel for the electric gates. My F150 was dry, my wifes Rav seemed dry but we found wet carpet later on. the Corona of the boys was not so lucky, flooded. The P15 also has taken some water but it also could poor out directly. The water reached up to the doors but as there was a strong current I have no idea where the water has been able to get too? Not so happy that the rear seat was on the ground the in the appartment It is drying now and hopefully will be ok. The pictures show the current in the driveway, the fallen tree, the end of the driveway where all the pebbles were just washed out and the start of the carport where the water sucked all the pebbles out. My backdoor neighbor street was bad aswell, a mercedes was pulled along and followed by a container, both ended up two streets further and the Mercedes was hit by the container. The container, full of building materials was looted...during the storm. Waiting for the insurance company (tomorrow). I aready started the Rav and the Corona, both first had to spit a couple of liters of water out of the exhaust. But I haven't started the P15 yet and am worried that it may have water in the differential (the seal is not there). Also the drums (brakes rear) will have been soaked. Any risks in trying to start the P15? I am sure the engine is tough enough but I really don't want to start it and find out I better first checked this or that? Any advice appreciated ! John
  13. My first car was a 'given' to me in exchange for some paint-repairs on a boat. A 64 Autobianchi , needed some repairs aswell. Based on a Fiat 500, this two cylinder aircooled engine was fun to drive. Had to double-clutch but I could park it anywhere. Major issue was to get my 6'4" frame into the car Felt like a backpack.I had to modify the Driver seat rails to allow it to go "all" the way to the back. No need for rearwindow defrost, could clean that with one hand while driving. First repair were the brakes (sounds familiar?) , I crawled under the car to find the master cylinder, could not find it at first. But located it, is was inches behind the front bumper, immediately followed by the pedals. Basically your legs were under the hood and the gastank was located between the hood and your legs (behind the dashboard). But it was a car and I was proud of it, in the end I bought another car and I had the Autobianchi taken to the junkyard, something I regret now but at that time I had no place to store it. I searched for good pics but came up with this one. Still amazed I could get in (and out of) the car. John http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Autobianchi_Bianchina.jpg/220px-Autobianchi_Bianchina.jpg
  14. reminds me of my son who sat down in a rental in Holland (he was 4 or so , so 17 years ago) and that car had manual roll down windows. He was used to the Subaru which had electric. He was excited when asking " heee , is that something new?" Also the time when we showed an LP and explained there were two sides with music, totally different concept compared to CD's they were familiar with ! John
  15. advantages of not having hair ! - after sports, quicker at the bar (no time wasted combing etc). - less costs haircuts - less costs shampoo - more attention, women like to touch the skull. - playing sports people underestimate the 'old' guy disadvantages - more sunblock lotion !! (especially where I live) - more scratches , seems the hair (through the skin) do signal when you are about to bump into something Guess it depends also on the skull form whether you handle it , too much eggshape or all kind of bumps may not be attractive.... You can also do a combover like Donald Trump. So much money and then frustrated with no hair and so cheap not to get a decent cover Baseball cap is a good alternative for sunblock, but not too handy when swimming. My two cents. John
  16. Been visiting the forum and read every now and then what is going on. Absolutely no time to work on the car, hopefully soon (but that is said often). Good to see new people joining and showing pictures of their cars. We had tremendous amounts of rain lately, Karl caused that. Flooding of streets and houses etc (no casulties). Our place was surrounded by water (as we have seen for ten years) but the new drainage really helped, once the rain stopped the street would clear up within an hour (while it would have at least two feet of water standing in the street). Not a good moment to drive. In August we had a 'puzzle drive' (sort of a scavenger hunt I guess). That was fun to do. Ok, hope to get back on working on the car soon. Need to fix the left rear window mechanism, then I can continue with the interior. John
  17. She sure is, she likes to drive around with me and realizes that working on the car is something that will take my mind of other things. She will help me out (hand tools, drinks) while reading a book next to the car I am working on. She wants to have a nice pickup one-day (of course ready to run) so I am hoping I win the lottery .... John
  18. thought the same, may even work as the sign is clean!
  19. Pretty sure French driving Sign in the back reads Coiffure (hairdresser) The smaller car on the other side seems a Renault Dauphine The right frontwheel has three bolts pattern (typical French). The taillight visible is from a Volkswagen Beetle (but that doesn't help as these were all over the planet). Guess they are driving back home from the hospital. John
  20. My solution to unwanted callers who persist to talk (eg vendors I explained I don't need anything) is to ask them to hold on for a sec. Same as pflaming. Then put the phone down and continue with work, they probably hear me typing and after a while the call ends. It does seem to work as some companies that kept on calling stopped their calls. Their money not mine. John
  21. Maybe get closer to the car ? Thanks for sharing ! Nice pics and a good drive John
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