Alex Spring's Oval

After getting the car ready for it's first outing at last years VW Action in September at Santa Pod . Alex has been waiting for decent weather and some spare time this year , to come down and attend to the last few tweeks on the car . His aim is to give the car a few runs up the strip at next weekends " Big Bang " VW event , at the Santa Pod Raceway drag strip .

He came down early Sunday morning , and while he removed the engine , to fit one of the new Viton crankshaft oil seals I have , I set about raising and leveling the rear suspension ( it was slightly low , and down a little one side ) . I also modified and fitted T2 Bay window rubber rear bump stops , onto T1 mounting brackets , modified to fit an Oval . This is to help stop the car squatting under acceleration .

I also fitted longer rear wheel studs , as the ones fitted only allowed the wheel nuts to go on a few turns , not really satisfactory .

It was a glorious sunny Sunday , we had a good laugh , as well as getting the car sorted . Richard Beck ( JG54 member , Texas Brown Zwitter ) popped down to pick up a couple of parts , and Dominic Hill ( JG54 Prospect , 65 Beetle ) , came along in the afternoon to lend a hand and make it light work .