First off my Isetta motor #'s do not match my frame and vin #. But they are close and I have a very hard time believing that the motor is not original to the car. So someone can chime in about this if they like. My vin # is 493784 and engine # is 501001. The motor seemed to be well maintained through its life and was in pretty good shape. The gear box on the other hand lived a rough life and I found a complete replacement for it. We had CycleWorks in Kansas rebuild the crank with a steel conrod. They also did a valve job and rebuilt the head for us. The cylinder got a new oversized piston and the motor a standard rebuild. The dynastart and electrical all seemed to work as it should with replacement of the points and condenser of coarse. The motor is up and running and sounding great. I accidently fried my original ignition coil setting the timing. as seen in the video. Luckily I had a old 12volt Lucas motorcycle coil lying around that did the job until I get a new one.
Here are a few shots of all the parts I sent out to get replated. thechromeshop in Rock Island Il. did a great job. I had to take apart my original pop out brackets to get it all replated It was a challenge putting the brackets all back together correctly. Also decided to chrome my Ebrake handle and cover to get some more bling in the interior.
Fresh out the paint booth! The paint job went really smooth. 2 coats of DCC single stage color
with 2 more coats of clear over that. Single stage paint with clear over it always looks awesome
with that deep gloss. Still going to sand it all down with 2000 grit and polish it to a mirror finish.
Im really happy with the results so far..
Bottom and interior all painted and masked off. Now we're finally ready to spray the outside.
Up next! GREEN.....
Ok. For those of you who have asked for a U.S. paint code from this Reseda Green paint sample
I got from "Doc Color". I had my paint shop run the scanner across the sample a few times. PPG matches it up with 1956 VW color Agave Green L240 with a very high rating. 56' VW, 56' BMW. Must of been a popular color that year in Germany!
Filler primer layed out! Lots of block sanding to do now. Not my favorite part of a paint job.
But it's always well worth it when you see that mirror finish in the end.
