1976 Swallowtail: Cinnabon by Nashty Rabbit

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your cc looks great noosh!!! needs some lowz and some rimz... lol...

anyway, got a little bit of little petty stuff done.... adjusted hood (finally sits flush), adjusted rear hatch (no need to slam the living tar out of it), sanded down more rust spots, primered, painted, and cleared, put mid sized front spoiler on, put rear bumper on, cleaned and put OG carpet back in, gave it its first wash, and made it to its first GTG...

also, a few days ago, i had finally contacted terry of oldskoolvw about purchasing some strut extenders. it was my first time actually talking with him and he definitely is an outstanding person.... good talking with you terry...

my good friend joseph up at Dwight Harrison VW has always gotten my OEM parts for me and noticed a difference in part numbers for a 76 rabbits oil filter and any later oil filter so he had ordered me one just in case there was an actual difference.... and there was... the 70's had much cooler packages... lol.. i had forgotten what the older packages looked like.... going to keep this oil fitler and package for nostalgic reason's and use the "modern" filter... thanks again joseph...



good friend of mine had sourced a ton of old school stuff and noticed he had a bezel that matched the bezel and speedo of my swallowtail so i got it... its very dusty and needs a little TLC, but its mint.... thanks kyle...



on to more important stuff.....

as i sayed i made my first gtg in the swallowtail last night and realized, being this low and wanting to go lower is going to be tough... roads intown aren't too friendly and i'm getting too old to SCCA my way around town. so called terry and asked if it was too late to cancel the strut spacers order...

having said that, i've decided to do what i said i wouldn't do with this project so stay tuned....

take care,
nash