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Re: Design drawings for Tropica

dave.rutan@... — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:12:43 GMT

Graham I bought them from Geoff. Lots of CAD drawings.... Dave Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: kryt0n@... Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

kryt0n@... — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:07:49 GMT

If I cleaned it out properly, it should be every white print that the company had. I sold them to Geoff with the car, but missed this diagram. Graham ...

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

motobman@... — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:56:53 GMT

Thanks Graham, I know well about the battery changes. I have many pics of the Zebra days. Jim In a message dated 10/21/2009 7:52:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

kryt0n@... — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:51:54 GMT

Unfortunately, no. I retrieved what I could but the mass (and mess) was huge. I regret letting the moldings get away, but I didn't have a warehouse for them.

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

motobman@... — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:59:23 GMT

FYI, If anyone DOES want to see a lot of my drawings you can go to _www.coroflot.com_ (http://www.coroflot.com) and search Jim Shook. I have hundreds of cool

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

motobman@... — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:57:27 GMT

Hello graham, I learned from your previous message that you bought a lot of things at the bankruptcy auction. I had a lot of personal things in two filing

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

kryt0n@... — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:02:50 GMT

You are correct, the drawing is from the Tropica era, as it has the windscreen. A big clue for the perennially dense, such as myself, just might be the

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

Dave Rutan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:26:27 GMT

Jim & Graham, The drawings are mostly the frame and metal work. There are some electrical as well. All in all, there is dozens and dozens of drawings.

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

steve_b48 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:23:14 GMT

For the new folks on the list, I have all of the electrical drawings and some mechanical drawings in AutoCad format. Some are posted in the files section of

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

motobman@... — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:03:00 GMT

Hello Graham, That doesn't sound like one of my drawings. If it has Tropica windshield then it is probably from the Tropica era. Jim Shook www.shook-design.com

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

Dave Rutan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:01:38 GMT

Hi Graham, Yes, If these are the same, I bought these prints from Jeff, but they won't be used by me. I'm selling for what I paid for them. Lots of them..

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

kryt0n@... — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:41:01 GMT

I hauled these away from the bankruptcy auction of Xebra and sold them with No. 17. In cleaning my garage, I found the white print of the main wiring diagram

Re: E-brake adjustment

kryt0n@... — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:32:47 GMT

I always carried a wheel chock, as the only way to test the emergency brake was to drive with it on. It worked, but the wheel chock was added visible

Re: E-brake adjustment

Steve Bischoff — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:06:59 GMT

Jim, There is no service manual. This group is your best bet. Steve Sent from my iPod On Oct 20, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Jim Schmitt ...

Re: Design drawings for Tropica

Dave Rutan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:05:27 GMT

Is anyone in the group interested in a large quantity of original part drawings for the Tropica? I bought these thinking they might be used to restart the