The Czickness XII: The Usual Suspects.

[kscessnadriver]

I've got an older pre-B CZ75 surplus, a P07, P01 and a CZ83 (and well I guess CZ72). Really thinking about picking up an SP-01 Phantom to go with it now.

 

[88E30M50]

Dang, an RK sale on my favorite guns. Thats?going to be hard to pass on.

 

[churchmouse]

Dang, an RK sale on my favorite guns. Thats?going to be hard to pass on.

Having 3 in the machine shop I will not be buying anything new for a while...

 

[88E30M50]

I know. One minute I'm telling myself that I need to sell a few that I don't shoot much and then I see an ad like that and I'm instantly thinking about adding a Phantom or 21+1 round SR P09. I have two car projects cooking right now and really need the money for those. Plus, I dropped $900 yesterday on tires for the truck, and have not got a penny to spare at the moment. Not to mention Christmas is here and I have not started shopping yet.

I think that I've developed a Pavlovian response to the idea of CZs on sale. Tell me that there's a CZ sale and I immediately begin to drool and calculate how much I can abuse a credit card. It's a Czickness, I say!

 

[churchmouse]

I know. One minute I'm telling myself that I need to sell a few that I don't shoot much and then I see an ad like that and I'm instantly thinking about adding a Phantom or 21+1 round SR P09. I have two car projects cooking right now and really need the money for those. Plus, I dropped $900 yesterday on tires for the truck, and have not got a penny to spare at the moment. Not to mention Christmas is here and I have not started shopping yet.

I think that I've developed a Pavlovian response to the idea of CZs on sale. Tell me that there's a CZ sale and I immediately begin to drool and calculate how much I can abuse a credit card. It's a Czickness, I say!

Oh you are singing to the Choir

I have similar issues but will say we are officially done with the shopping. Just wrapping to do now.
I will get a temporary fix when the re-models come home and I spend a few days re-assembling/fitting them

 

[88E30M50]

The car projects can get spendy too. I did pick up a set of solid mound front control arm bushings for the E30 yesterday for 40% off. Once these are installed, the car will have a completely poly suspension bushing setup. Not a comfortable ride, but it will be tight. On Saturday, I'm going hunting at the local yards for an E46 steering rack. A Z3 rack would be better, but those can be tough to come across. After that, I'll pull the diff and see if I can find someone to swap the internals of an E36 LS diff into an E30 case. I've heard that it's doable, but want to farm the work out to someone that knows what they are doing.

 

[churchmouse]

The car projects can get spendy too. I did pick up a set of solid mound front control arm bushings for the E30 yesterday for 40% off. Once these are installed, the car will have a completely poly suspension bushing setup. Not a comfortable ride, but it will be tight. On Saturday, I'm going hunting at the local yards for an E46 steering rack. A Z3 rack would be better, but those can be tough to come across. After that, I'll pull the diff and see if I can find someone to swap the internals of an E36 LS diff into an E30 case. I've heard that it's doable, but want to farm the work out to someone that knows what they are doing.

Is there machine work involved with this swap. Sounds interesting.

And hell yes cars are expensive. I am at a standstill right now. I am down to some seriously spendy pieces to finish my parts pile.

 

[88E30M50]

If we go with the E46 rack, I only need to add a spacer to the universal joint in the steering column, which can be bought for about $20. If we go with the Z4 rack, it's a bit more complicated as that one will need a custom steering shaft built. The Z4 is the preferred rack since that car has electric power assist. The electrical components are simple to remove, leaving a very clean, light and responsive manual rack. That lets us ditch the power steering pump to take weight off the front of the car. That new engine I stuffed in there a couple of years back is about 50lbs heavier and this mod would help to bring the balance back to the car. Plus, the current rack is really worn and driving the car is more like tilling it down the road right now.

 

[churchmouse]

If we go with the E46 rack, I only need to add a spacer to the universal joint in the steering column, which can be bought for about $20. If we go with the Z4 rack, it's a bit more complicated as that one will need a custom steering shaft built. The Z4 is the preferred rack since that car has electric power assist. The electrical components are simple to remove, leaving a very clean, light and responsive manual rack. That lets us ditch the power steering pump to take weight off the front of the car. That new engine I stuffed in there a couple of years back is about 50lbs heavier and this mod would help to bring the balance back to the car. Plus, the current rack is really worn and driving the car is more like tilling it down the road right now.

That makes sense.
My 64 has the ram assist PS option of the day. It is vague at best. Milling over changing out the box for something a bit more up to date. I am sure the GM swap is not all that difficult.

 

[churchmouse]

I just got this from AllenM. 2 of the 3 are done. I will have them in hand this morning.

 

[wtburnette]

I just got this from AllenM. 2 of the 3 are done. I will have them in hand this morning.

Very nice!

 

[88E30M50]

I just got this from AllenM. 2 of the 3 are done. I will have them in hand this morning.

Dang, that's sweet looking. I wish that I had that done to my DE before having Allen do the sight cuts.

 

[churchmouse]

Dang, that's sweet looking. I wish that I had that done to my DE before having Allen do the sight cuts.

This is Riley III

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Ammoland on the P10C

https://www.ammoland.com/2017/12/cz..._6f6fac3eaa-e65d629f1e-20594033#axzz501QvK86y

 

[Hopper]

It's been awhile back now, but I recall an AllenM thread where he had done similar arrow-shaped anti-glare serrations along the top of the slide for a project he was working on. SHARP work, that looks SO good!

 

[churchmouse]

It's been awhile back now, but I recall an AllenM thread where he had done similar arrow-shaped anti-glare serrations along the top of the slide for a project he was working on. SHARP work, that looks SO good!

He has now done this on 3 or more of mine.

 

[88E30M50]

Ammoland on the P10C

https://www.ammoland.com/2017/12/cz..._6f6fac3eaa-e65d629f1e-20594033#axzz501QvK86y

Decent review. It will be interesting to see how the gun does as he approaches the 5k mark. I'm still short of 2k through mine and it's been perfect in function so far.

 

[MindfulMan]

It's been awhile back now, but I recall an AllenM thread where he had done similar arrow-shaped anti-glare serrations along the top of the slide for a project he was working on. SHARP work, that looks SO good!

I agree. It's such a nice, clean look.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Decent review. It will be interesting to see how the gun does as he approaches the 5k mark. I'm still short of 2k through mine and it's been perfect in function so far.

I'm curious. too. Maybe if he stops dropping it on the ground, we'll get an objective view.

 

[wtburnette]

Just got my carbon fiber Volquartsen barrel for my Victory 22: