1968 Baja "Das Vanilla"

freebird · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:24 pm

ConcreteAce wrote:

oval1 wrote:

I saw Das Vanilla this weekend. Pretty damn cool :thumbs:

I think I am going to steal that name :thumbs:

Good call!

oval1 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2016 7:46 pm

Just remember I came up with the name. :thumbs:

ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:35 pm

Well this happened on the way to the Nacogdoches show this past Saturday.....

I ran her out of fuel and did not realize it till about 3 hrs after it stopped running. The previous owner who built her and I texted back and forth for a couple of hours trouble shooting, I felt like a complete idiot once I realized she was out of fuel.

20 minutes after that I pull into a shell station to get fuel. I ended up overflowing the fuel, I go and grab a towel under the hood and clean the diesel off of her. I end up throwing the towel away and jump in and take off totally forgetting to latch the hood (hey its my first Baja) and then this happens....

hood flies off and hits the roof...

Well that really sucked...
I turned around and headed home. Well I did make a stop off at Jason's house. He popped the roof out in about 5 seconds.

Sunday I started the prep on the roof.

And fixed the hood mounts

Grabbed some supplies on monday, the previous owner sent me a pic of the paint he used so color match was no issue

Tuesday I knocked the hood out

and primed the roof

Wednesday I sprayed the hood

Thursday I finished blocking and wet sanding the roof and then Jeremy sprayed it for me Friday.

Then Jason helped me adjust the hood today and now she is back to normal.

ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:40 pm

I got some build pictures from Dusty (previous owner who built the car)

freebird · **Posted:** Sat Apr 09, 2016 4:27 pm

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I ran her out of fuel and did not realize it till about 3 hrs after it stopped running. The previous owner who built her and I texted back and forth for a couple of hours trouble shooting, I felt like a complete idiot once I realized she was out of fuel.

20 minutes after that I pull into a shell station to get fuel. I ended up overflowing the fuel, I go and grab a towel under the hood and clean the diesel off of her. I end up throwing the towel away and jump in and take off totally forgetting to latch the hood (hey its my first Baja) and then this happens....

These things happen when you're 16 and get your first car! :redguy:

...on a serious note, what a terrible turn of events! ..but you sir recovered like a champ! :thumbs:

Redjames · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2016 6:57 am

Damn, glad u got it fix! :thumbs:

69vduber · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2016 7:01 am

Looks perfect !! :wow:

oval1 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:52 pm

That's a great car!! Glad you got it back in shape :thumbs:

ScottyG · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:33 pm

Nice comeback! :thumbs:

tommiebsmith · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2016 12:44 pm

freebird wrote:

.but you sir recovered like a champ! :thumbs:

yea.. Pretty sweet recovery! :thumbs:

1968 Baja "Das Vanilla"

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