Kerplop
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Alright, so, LED conversion complete. Ready to be put into the car. I was able to "adapt" some harnesses to work with the stock jalpa lights. I wanted to gut the old ones out but once I realized how plentiful and easy it was to just find these new ones, I snagged 8 pairs and went to down experimenting. I was able to get them completely sealed with some extra thick o-rings and combination of some careful clipping and shaving.
I started with the license plate lights. Which were dirty as hell and had seen better days.. I started by going after them with water and wax, cleaning them up, and then ended up modifying them to retrofit LEDs.
Not as bad.
Oh hey you can almost see through them.
Testing to see if these are going to be good enough. Ayup.
Mounting.
And final testing. Booyah.
Like. A. Glove.
Onto the tail lights and turn signals. I ended up buying these plugs and harness pigtail kits to just basically fcuk around and see if they'd even work since the bulbs were the same fitment. I found out that happily to my surprise, while they didn't immediately fit, I found a way to make them fit with some careful shaving, sanding, orings and patience. The result is a weatherproof seal and LED conversion.
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Got everything i need to convert the jalpa to LED today. Have to trim the connectors, but these will do the job. Instead of having do make a resistor pack for dim/bright for running/brake lights the lights and harnesses can already do both.
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That's beautiful. I wish my winter beaters were that nice. I'm repairing a busted grounding strap on my '79 924 and the cooling fans on the '80 924 today lmao.
How's that thing do in the snow?
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Mostly love it for the lyrics.
And of course metal isn't the only thing i like
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Life will only do that to you if you let it ! Jump on it and make it bed the knee
Doing my best man. Doing my best. 3 day weekend coming up for me, so hopefully plenty will get done over the weekend. Gonna be real with you for a moment. The last 6 months have been rough. One of my exes turned stalker status, police involved, crazy shit. Latest gf decided to move. I'm single again and at a crossroads. Right now work is insane, frustrating and crazy. I'm finishing this car and going to move to the next chapter of life. I've been trying to recover from a deep depression swing. Sleeping with my 9mm at night, full security system for my house, and I am ready to start chasing the rest of my dreams.
Life could certainly be worse, but I'm doing my best to not let things get to me, to keep moving on, pushing forward, and doing everything I can to survive and live my dreams. This is one of the most challenging times in my life. The Jalpa has been my staple.
During my first divorce, I was crushed. I rebuilt my Ducati top to bottom in the living room of my tiny apartment (with the blessing of my landlord of course), and it kept me going. Years later I moved onto Porsches. They became my staple, my foundation. During the darkest, most difficult times of my life I found solace in chasing the things that brought me joy. The Lamborghini has always been my first love. During my last divorce it came down to the whole, "Sell it and get rid of it or else." I told her, "I can't be that guy." We moved on in civil terms. We still talk now and then, she's happy, new fiance, and I've got my Lambo. We're both happy.
Every time I have a bad day, any time I feel like I'm slipping I go back out, I sit in the Lambo and remind myself, "I've struggled, i've fought my way through all of this giant sea of shit, and I've done this. I've made it, I've chased the thing that started this WHOLE obsession." Now with hearing the engine, tuning it myself, doing all of this, the motivation is incredible.
The next chapter of life is coming, and I refuse to give up. I'm a month (or two if all goes well) away from restoring my own Lamborghini, my way, with the modifications I want.
Dreams only escape you if you let them. As long as you remain determined, as long as you don't let things bring you down, despite the haters, the naysayers, despite all those that want to see you fail..... you can... and will... succeed.
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Do you have any side work going with what you want to do? Any customers of your own? If not I wouldn't quit and try to start up shop. I would build up a client base and see how it goes before you quit, but don't steal your bosses customers, only creates issues. See if there's an interest in it before you put all your eggs in one basket. Or like you were trying before get a job at a shop that already does it. You won't make all the money, but you also won't have all the headaches. Having employees sucks lol
What I do for a living right now would not even have any even slight sharing of market, so no desire to steal customer as the IT world and the Lambo world aren't related. so that's not really a concern.
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I am in a similar position as well...been making good money but working for people far less competent. Bumping along as the days and years tick by. So win or lose, I am making a change. I can't die with the regret of taking the easy way out in my career.
My biggest challenge is two small kiddos. It sounds like you don't have quite as many responsibilities so now is a great time. My preference would have been to do it sooner.
As someone else mentioned...if you are anxious/scared/terrified, you are probably on the right path. The bright shine brighter when the back is against the wall.
Also, at one time I tried to start an auto-related business. I am glad it didn't really take off because working on my own cars (or even doing anything related to cars) was the last thing I wanted to do at the end of the day. My personal thought is to always have a hobby of some sort that has little to do with your work...even if you are passionate about your work. The mind and body need a break. My profession is oil/gas software but cars and home improvement are two big hobbies.
Best of luck to us both!
The terrified feeling I know mostly stems from my anxiety. I've battled clinical depression and anxiety for about a decade now. These days I'm able to do something about it and cope, but years ago I'd be recessing into a hole and completely close the world off to myself out of sheer fear.
At this point, I realize that the reason I am terrified is because I am afraid of failure, I'm afraid of losing things, I'm afraid that something bad may happen.
However, I also realize that I'm already in a position where I am unhappy, I am stale, I see nothing to improve here and there is nothing for me "further up the chain", I am at a ceiling, my head is hitting, and I have no room to move around.
Sounds like tonight I need to have a good glass of scotch, weigh my options, and start talking to people.
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When do you think you will be able to have it on the road ?
HOping by the end of sept. Depends on if life keeps kicking me in the ballsack and sucking up all of my spare time right now.
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Brief update. headlights are installed. Box goes in next, wired up and ready to go. Replacing all the old wiring with LEDs and replacing all of the oldschool aftermarket stuff with LEDs and microcontrollers as well. The ultrasmith stuff that was on this car was astonishingly awesome for it's time. However, plan on updating with more modern tech and redoing the same stuff, just in a more modern way. I want to still pay homage to the oldschool ultrasmith stuff that was done to this car.
Turn signals, brake lights, turn signals, all going LED. I've gutted out all of the plugs for them and am working on retrofitting them.
Got the tune leaned out even more and the car fires up without a single moment of hesitation. Turn key, prime pump, turn to start, VROOM.
The head gasket my machinist used was pretty thin, and he went on the smaller side of torque from my understanding. Head #2 is allowing about a dime sized drop of coolant after 15 minutes of running. Need to re-torque. According to other owners, after using lubrication on the threads, nearly 50% of the initial clamping force was gone when it was time for re-torque. Going to re-torque the heads this weekend and ensure all is well to make sure we're good to go. There's such a TINY wall between the coolant wall it's not even funny.
Things are going smoothly, nearly ready to start putting in the coolant. Gauges are all here, GPS speedometer is nearing completion.
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To all the Texans on LP, i hope you are safe and doing well.
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BC has had the worst fire season in history. The total bill for firefighting this year is $404,000,000 and many fires are still completely out of control. It's been a very sad summer
It makes me terribly sad. I did a backpacking trip to mt jefferson about a year ago. Most of it was lush, beautiful forest. But on the way there you go through the old dead forest. It's like traveling through skeletons. It's a reminder that people can be very careless, and I hope people will take better care of the planet we live on. We all have to live here.
I haven't worked on the lambo all week because it's damn near unbearable to go outside without having a hard time to breath, your eyes burn, it's miserable, ash falling like little snow flakes all around.
We redid the filters at work on monday, and they're already filling up with ash, it's incredible (in a bad way).
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Looks like Mark Zuckerberg.
LOL!
"This post is on fire. 5000 likes = 1 prayer."
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Restoration work etc.
53 pages or so in the oldschool lambo section. *edit reading this again, i come off a little short, to clarify not being short, and i realize not everyone has seen it, just linking since it shows the whole journey of the car so far.
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No balls......No Blue Chips!!
A valid point.
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So just as a comparison, beijing is one of the most polluted cities on the planet, and their index varies from 100 to 200.
Last night, we set a record 411 locally here due to the forest fires. I figured I'd share just now incredibly crazy this is right now.
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If you are terrified about what's next, you are on the right track. It is part of the process and you will do great. Your work, work ethic, and skills will take you far. If you could find a way to be your own boss that would be the direction I would move. All the best to you.
It is terrifying to me. I realize at this point though that there isn't much I can lose. My lambo, all of my cars, my bike, they're all paid off. I own them. I owe on my house, that's easy to sell. Let's say I do go for it and I fail, where do I go? Surely back with a friend, or family, or something. But it doesn't spell the end and at least it means I'll have tried. So I guess I'm in a good position and the worst that could happen isn't the worst.
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Do you have any links to pictures of what you've done?
Of what, my car restoration stuff? Or the parts i've been designing?
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Could you start a Lambo equivalent of Singer? Imagine a "Singer" Miura.
I am going to be honest. 911s are a dime a dozen car compared to the numbers of Ferruccio era cars. I would not do any such thing to them. I value them to the point that I see them as an original work of art, not to be redesigned.
That's just my personal opinion, however.
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Exactly!! A man with your talents is a rare find and since this is something you are passionate about it is the best of all worlds.
It has been said that a man that can earn a living is blessed, but a man that really enjoys how they make a living has received a gift from God!!!!
Good luck
That means a lot, thank you very much. I'm happy to go to work for someone else or do my own thing. As i mentioned above I don't know where to begin. My passion is the older lamborghinis. Every time I'm around a countach, jalpa, urraco etc... I just feel so happy and at home. I love working on new stuff too. I suppose i'm a bit weird in the sense that I love taking new technology to make old things better.
I have ideas for replacement thermostat designs, airbox designs, ideas on plug and play EFI conversions, etc.
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Make the move...Start your own business....I opened my 1st business when I was 32....tired of making everyone else money.....everyone told me I was crazy...If I hadn't I be driving a mustang instead of a lambo..watching your threads you are GOOD at what you do...I thought I was a pretty good wrench until I read your posts...you are up on the latest technology....a step above the rest....if you can go it on your own...DO IT NOW while you are young!
Thing is, I don't know where to start with something like this. I've been dabbling with making CNC designs lately and have a LOT of ideas for aftermarket oldschool lambo parts that are better than original. It was one thing when I had a business doing leather work and wiring. That was a nice little side gig. But starting something to totally replace what I have? Not going to lie, I'm terrified. However, if anyone would like to chat with me about it, I'm open to the idea.
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Contact Steve at Driven Exotics. All he does is work on old Lambo's and his shop has grown lots in the past two years! If I had your skills that's where I would want to work
I sent an email, I'll try giving a call tomorrow. Really it'd just be nice to talk to different owners and get a feel for who does what. Thank you everyone for the replies and for those who have opened lines of communication with me.
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I guess I'm going to have to say it.......TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!!!
What, that I won't be happy till i'm working on them?
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Brammo has a history with Ariel Atom, Ultima GTR, and Caterham. I visited the facility back around May. I guess they have swung to bikes :/
hmmm
Resurrecting Jalpa #359
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Less power and easy to adjust brightness with a POTS system, which i'll be making as well.