Hi
Just found lots of links for parts etc. for this car brand, so thought I would post them here as well, just on the off chance anyone is looking for the info. :-
My Minicar
Posted by: "Randy" nsu@quik.com nsuteam
Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:52 pm (PST)
After three months of terrible weather in the Pacific Northwest it is now warm and spring like. I just ordered a bunch of parts for my minicar and am looking forward to rebuilding the brake system. The car has operating brakes but for safetly reasons I will replace the brake shoes, flex hoses, and rebuild the wheel cylinders. I also ordered new wheel cylinder bleeder fittings that make it one a man operation to bleed the brake system. They have a valve in them that only lets fliud out. No air or fluid can go back in.
The most costly part I ordered is a new turn signal switch. The switch is multi-function with horn and headlight flasher. The one in the car will turn on the headlight high beams without warning as the lever flops easily front to back. Is a Lucas part and not known for build quality. The wiper motor is Lucas also but cross my fingers - it is working fine and parks the single wiper when shut off.
I will have to search for tires. The 12 inchers on the car are bias ply and have checked sidewalls. I would like to replace them with radials if I can find 125 SR 12's.
Here are two links to photo's of the car that were taken late last fall. Still some cosmetic work to do.
http://www.portland.quik.com/crosley/ComutaCar1022.jpg http://www.portland.quik.com/crosley/ComutaCar1022a.jpgThese are affordable minicars that do not take a lot of work to make them roadable and safe. They are quite simple and I will put this one into daily transportation use. They are reasonably desireable cars and if a person chooses a decent one at a right price you will not loose money on your investment if you decide to sell.
Randy Mandarin Orange 1980 Comuta Car
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/CiticarComutaCar/ CITICAR AND COMUTA CAR PARTS available at
http://www.evperformance.com/
