waiting for parts...

It's been super crazy at work, but it's not like I can work on the car much until I hear that UPS truck with the much awaited 140 bits.

Turn signal switch

It's the little things that count. I can't stand it when people don't use their turn signals. I do however make exceptions for classic cars (knowing it's more likely a blown bulb or faulty wiring than lame driver). Not having working turn signals on the 140 was getting a little old, so I was pretty stoked to find this brand new turn signal switch on ebay. Funny thing is, I felt a bit guilty opening the original packaging. It's just that there are so few parts left for these cars, and now unfortunately... there are even fewer.

Custom wheels

I want my 142 to sit on some custom 16 or 17" steel wheels. The 17" bmw 7 series wheel above is a pretty good starting point, but might be more trouble than it's worth. What I really would like it to achieve something like this silver 142. It has that "stock but still bad-ass" look that I'm after. I don't like the 70's grille and the racer fuel cap on this silver 140, the stock fule cap is beautiful how it lines up flush with the body trim. Also, I'm not going to put sparco seats in it for the racer look, but a cage isn't out of the question... mainly because it will do wonders for the chassis. 

The reason to go custom steel is that you can specify the exact offset so the outer edge of the wheel comes flush with the fender lip. Then you run a 40 series low profile tire that's slightly smaller than the rim to tuck under the fender line. The ideal setup is for the fender to be a offset of the wheel.