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General => General discussion => Non-Golf gallery => Topic started by: archie837 on 09 August 2010, 20:37
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Can you guess what it is yet?
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/0348183a.jpg)
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More pics to follow,but 64, 10 inch overstock, 17" steels - doors a comin.
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Niiiice
I like the cut of your jib sunshine!
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Cooooool!... loks about done, sort the motor out and its a perfect rat rod! :smiley:
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Cooooool!... loks about done, sort the motor out and its a perfect rat rod! :smiley:
looks can be decieving old bean :grin:
digging it out at the weekend so will get some better snaps - was gonna be all mysterious like and just add cryptic photos but I'm too excited!
It needs *ahem*
A set of doors - currently in the post
heater channels
floor pans
some repairs tothe fron inner wings
an engine!!!!
Another roof so we can figure out the roof chop
figuring out the wheels - whether to keep the 17" steelies and get em banded or run some muscle car wheels.
Interior
and more than likely a whole host of other bits, but the good stuff is it's already had the rot cut out of it.
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nice, looks like a fun project!
those wheels would be quite cool a bit wider, and you could run better sized tyres. would you have to band them inwards though? looks like as they are they will be close to the arch edge :undecided:
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I'm not sure on the banding to be honest - might not use these wheels as finding another set to band may be massively difficult! They're early early, like 30's ford steelies. They would only go to 4" wide on the front and 6" on the back. Thinking of switching to 15"s but the problem we have is because it's an early beetle it's got wide 5 stud fitment on the wheels.
Been told to expect to pay about 100 a corner....
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And ya gonna chop the roof!.... love em chopped
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Yeah chopped and channeled. Original idea was to get it 36" from the ground up to the top of the roof. Might not fit into it though...
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Gonna run 15's. Probs 15 x 8 on the front and 15 x 10 on the back
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Good luck with it :afro:
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Good luck with it :afro:
Cheers mate :smiley:
Hitting up beach buggin this sunday so will hopefully find some cheap wide 5'sto sort it out
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Excellent!!!! You can just about fit a set of beetle doors in the back of a mk3 with the seats down!
Will get pics at lunsh!
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Excellent!!!! You can just about fit a set of beetle doors in the back of a mk3 with the seats down!
Will get pics at lunsh!
Cool, yeah i was worried i wouldnt be able to fit a mk1 bonnet in the back of my daily but it was fine!
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Excellent!!!! You can just about fit a set of beetle doors in the back of a mk3 with the seats down!
Will get pics at lunsh!
Cool, yeah i was worried i wouldnt be able to fit a mk1 bonnet in the back of my daily but it was fine!
haha! It's typical!! I bought this and then came into work on Monday only to be offered a mk1 gti super cheap. Like really cheap....
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Excellent!!!! You can just about fit a set of beetle doors in the back of a mk3 with the seats down!
Will get pics at lunsh!
Cool, yeah i was worried i wouldnt be able to fit a mk1 bonnet in the back of my daily but it was fine!
haha! It's typical!! I bought this and then came into work on Monday only to be offered a mk1 gti super cheap. Like really cheap....
how cheap????
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good luck with the project looks a good one :wink:
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I has doors!!!!
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Absoloutely stunned! No rot on them anywhere. Workshop man says they're one of the best sets he's seen which is a bonus. Only problem is the doorcatch strap mountingamabobbit is hitting on the door so will remake that.
You can't really tell in this photo but it's got a partially smoothed dash in. I'll finish that off wen I can get to it. It should only take about 2 seconds to make and weld in.
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Like cheap enough I might buy to sell on cheap and make a grand cheap....
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Like cheap enough I might buy to sell on cheap and make a grand cheap....
cant the person who has be ar55ed to sell it properly?
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Like cheap enough I might buy to sell on cheap and make a grand cheap....
cant the person who has be ar55ed to sell it properly?
he just needs a certain amount of money quick and he has the car handy. But yeah you'd think he'd sell it for more. It's dropped on bilsteins taxed and tested etc. So tempting, but insurance huuuuooooiiiiige!!! And rather just put the money into the beetle now then dick about
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Like cheap enough I might buy to sell on cheap and make a grand cheap....
cant the person who has be ar55ed to sell it properly?
he just needs a certain amount of money quick and he has the car handy. But yeah you'd think he'd sell it for more. It's dropped on bilsteins taxed and tested etc. So tempting, but insurance huuuuooooiiiiige!!! And rather just put the money into the beetle now then dick about
good plan... well i hope you do alright out of it then.... you should post it on here!?
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banded wide 5 steels 75 quid buy now or offer. in west yorkshire
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-bEETLE-STEEL-WHEELS-WIDE-5-BANDED-REAR-/300455649508?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Rims_Car_Wheels_ET
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Always had a thing for banded steels ever since i first saw some but slightly worried about buying secondhand ones as you don't really know how well they were done, and that is cheap???
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Ooooooo. Far away though and skint at the mo. We'll sort something out soon, think will get the stuff to sort the floors out first.
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:cool:
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A pantastic day out, even if it was only 2 minutes up the road.
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now just need matey to move his hotrod out the way, dig out the beetle, clear the crap and be able to get some decent pictures.
In golf news, changed the discs and pads.
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Been a long time since anythings happened. Managed to bag a girlfriend so not had much money for car bits lol. Just got some money to get the heater channels today
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Hopefully more interesting bits soon
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Nice one mate, love bugs, if i had a garage i would have one as project. Have you decided what engine to put in it???
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Probably a 1641. Would quite like something really lairy, but I'm going to most likely be running tall and wide crossplys on the back so not sure how they will put the power down.
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Good to know you're still posting.. Nice one on the girlfriend front but yeah, trying to have best of both worlds can be hard on the wallet, that's why mine takes so long!
Your trikes? Nice! :cool:
Shaun
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Nah not my trike - some guys thats waiting for SVA work, but taking up room in the workshop.
Still can't get to it. Have got a couple of days off so may be having words and trying to clear all the crap out of it to start cutting it about.
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/tompicvans.jpg)
Cool photo by a friend.
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Been for a play today which was cool. Rule was this -
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Had to leave the workshop, which it did yesterday, before I could start on this properly. Pics!
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Stuff to make it solid!
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That bike looks awesome
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That bike looks awesome
Thanks. been near on 2 years, but nearly done.
I'm sure it will be rubbish to ride!
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Who cares what it rides like, when the bike looks that cool :grin: what you got left to do to it?
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Bike's looking rude bud! Looking forward to seeing you pimping that up to the summer meets. Needs a pillion for Rachel though. :grin:
Bug looks hard work but plenty of promise.
Nick
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Hats off to you man i couldnt get my car and cut it like that.. Atleast its getting a nice new floor. be solid for years to come
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Who cares what it rides like, when the bike looks that cool :grin: what you got left to do to it?
not much now. Just needs some bolts changing, then sling it in for Mot. If I get on with it, use it till the winter and then strip it for paint. If I don;t get on with it, strip it and paint it black and sell it!
Bike's looking rude bud! Looking forward to seeing you pimping that up to the summer meets. Needs a pillion for Rachel though. :grin:
Bug looks hard work but plenty of promise.
Nick
Nah no pillon on this one, way too small! She can just learn how to ride it, once she gets bored of playing with her golf
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Hats off to you man i couldnt get my car and cut it like that.. Atleast its getting a nice new floor. be solid for years to come
Yeah it's some pretty savage work needing doing to it, but think it's just general stuff that they all pretty much need and thinking about it, it's nearly 50 years old (it's a 64) and I don't think it's ever been looked after, so hopefully once it's done it'll be solid and actually worth some money. I bought it pretty cheap - don;t think I've slung a grand into it yet including the cost of the car.
Looking forward to starting now! :evil:
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GOING TO PLAY TOMORROW YESSSS :cool:
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Went down today to make a go of it
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First floor out in about 20 minutes
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Took about 8 cutting discs to get to this stage
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The flipped it on it's side to start splitting the spot welds and get the last bits of floor off
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Was splitting them by hand down the length of the spine with a hammer and chisel
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Then got to the end and had about 4 layers of panel in 1 go. Took about an hour to get off
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Pasenger side is all done and ready for the floor to drop in and weld up. Pics below show the difference in sides. get to do it all again next time to clean up the drivers side - Split all the spot welds by hand, carefully cut out the awkward bits and then used a grinding disc to get it all smooth.
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I CAN'T FRIKKING WAIT!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :cool:
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Went down today to finish cleaning up the other side. Hopefully start getting the floors in tomorrow! Amazing how little there is to these!
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Great work so far :afro:
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Great work so far :afro:
cheers mate. Feels like ten steps back one step forward, bit hopefully big stuff will happen soon and make a big difference again!
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Went down today with the intention of getting the floors in :rolleyes:... I now know why a full off body resto costs so much. Cleaned up the underside and it's pretty rot free which is a massive bonus. and now it's all prepped to be coated underneath when the pans go in!
After taking off 50 years of muck!
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Had to do a bit more trimming and adjust the pans slightly, but the drivers side just drops straight in now which is ace! Going down tuesday to start making it solid again :smiley:
Fresh pans and trial fit
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Really enjoying it so far! :cool:
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Excellent progress.
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enjoying this thread. i have a rat rod project sitting in my garden which i am about to get stuck into. been reading up on how to do the pans so good to see some pics.
really looking forward to getting stuck in.
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enjoying this thread. i have a rat rod project sitting in my garden which i am about to get stuck into. been reading up on how to do the pans so good to see some pics.
really looking forward to getting stuck in.
Ace, get some pics up. Once the pans were out i was excited, but then it took another 2 days to clear off the remainder of them. Worth doing though as now the new ones just drop in lurrvly!
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Dropped the gacky gearbox to clean up
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Dropped the beam extender and pulled the gear rod out
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First pan in
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2nd pan going in
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Fully seam welded and taken for a test drive
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Hasn't fallen over yet!
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CSP axle adjusters come by post
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Haven't updated this for a while.
tackled the beam / axle adjusters today. these allow you to dial in the ride height you're after by dropping the front end.
Spensive CSP adjusters, worth it though
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They;re grooved each side and go together like so
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one manky beam
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Starting to clean it up
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Axle adjuster goes like so -
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We needed to cut a slot so the threaded bit can spin the leaves round to allow the ride height to change
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Slots cut
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With the adjusters bolted on
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The beam had crimps / dents on the top and bottom holding the inner beam / leaves in place. We cut these out to allow the inner beam to spin freely and I then made some fill plates / bits and Mr Welder welded em in.
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/68506830.jpg)
Just need to clean the welds up and jobs a good un. On the 17" steels with quite tall profile tyres it left about 2 to 3" under the beam so pretty low. I'm going to run dropped spindles as well, so expecting this to lay the beam on the ground.
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finished the beam bits for now
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Good day today! Floors finished up underneath so now solid. Also lopped off the jacking points and made my own instead which are not so bulky.
Pics!
Upside down floor
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Old jacking point
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Lopped off!
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New one mocked up
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Weldingz
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New jacking point in
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just needs cleaning up and can paint it!
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had a good day today as well. Feels like I'm not making progress, but making one off bits and doing a proper job, with only one day a week is the reason for that. Soo went down today for a play. reshimmed one side of the floor as it wasn;t square with the oppositte side. This would mean the body wouldn;t sit square. Also finished off one side of the jacking point as well.
Slicing the back for a rejiggle
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Cleaning up the box section
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made 8 of these!
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To do this
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And cleaned up!
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Looks much better now. Won't be on it next weekend as I'm in portugal with work. It's a hard life sometimes.
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Good work fella :cool:
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Cracking work :afro:
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Cheers guys! I know it won't appeal to a lot of people on here, but thought it would be cool to share
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Cheers guys! I know it won't appeal to a lot of people on here, but thought it would be cool to share
I think most people will appreciate the skills that are needed to carry out a project like this, top work :cool:
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Cheers guys! I know it won't appeal to a lot of people on here, but thought it would be cool to share
I think most people will appreciate the skills that are needed to carry out a project like this, top work :cool:
+ 1, got to be naturally gifted to do this sort of thing. Just wind them up and watch them build!
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Awesome work :) would love one of these!
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Cheers guys.
Nah Dan you don't want this one!
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Good progress. :afro:
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Cheers guys.
Nah Dan you don't want this one!
Skills archie, starting to take shape again now..... keep it up.
Dan would want one but his would end up like this:
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We've sseen that one before lol. Ridiculous!!! This ones gonna be low and have a chop, but not mega radical.
Had a look at some ofthe roofchops and if you take too much out the windows in the back go a weird shape and the roof goes flat so doesn't look too good. We've managed to locate Oje over in Newbury so will have a chat with him about chopping it nice!
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We've sseen that one before lol. Ridiculous!!! This ones gonna be low and have a chop, but not mega radical.
Had a look at some ofthe roofchops and if you take too much out the windows in the back go a weird shape and the roof goes flat so doesn't look too good. We've managed to locate Oje over in Newbury so will have a chat with him about chopping it nice!
nice....
Can the owner even get in that!?
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seen pics of them driving around, but think it's purely a show weapon.
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seen pics of them driving around, but think it's purely a show weapon.
I saw an interior a pic, you must just have to pretty much lie down in it... couldn't be legal for road use an even if it was, fook having a prang in it!
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seen pics of them driving around, but think it's purely a show weapon.
I saw an interior a pic, you must just have to pretty much lie down in it... couldn't be legal for road use an even if it was, fook having a prang in it!
Never mind crashing it, i'd be more worried about being penetrated by a cats eye through the floor :shocked:
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seen pics of them driving around, but think it's purely a show weapon.
I saw an interior a pic, you must just have to pretty much lie down in it... couldn't be legal for road use an even if it was, fook having a prang in it!
Never mind crashing it, i'd be more worried about being penetrated by a cats eye through the floor :shocked:
:grin: Imagine hitting a real cat, rabbit or similar in it then. :shocked:
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Keep the fridge full of tasty beverages
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Always slightly worrying to get down
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jacking point on and cleaned up
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Random hole for pedals needed welding up
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Cut out
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and welded up = 1 finished floor!
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start on the shell next, exciting!!!
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Great progress as always!... Whats that cr@p in your fridge!?... where's the beer!? :grin:
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The fridge in my home office thing is full of Desperados from Bookers... Great for productivity! :tongue:
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Great progress as always!... Whats that cr@p in your fridge!?... where's the beer!? :grin:
Haha beers a no go! The workshops about 20 miles from home and in the middle of nowhere on a farm!
Yeah it's good to have it done and you think it's half the job done now.......... Ish.
This weekend can't come quick enough! Getting the shell prepped for fixing!
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Great progress as always!... Whats that cr@p in your fridge!?... where's the beer!? :grin:
Haha beers a no go! The workshops about 20 miles from home and in the middle of nowhere on a farm!
Yeah it's good to have it done and you think it's half the job done now.......... Ish.
This weekend can't come quick enough! Getting the shell prepped for fixing!
Really can't wait to see the shell coming together, will really start taking shape then.. If where you work on it is in the middle of nowhere, Fill fridge with beer, work on car over the weekend and kip in tents at night. :grin:
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Just noticed this. :afro: spent many months welding floor pans, heater channels and closing it all up before just leaving the projects because of running out of money twice. :sad:. Soon learnt to weld doing that!
Always wanted to get a beetle on the road after switching to watercooled as they were already working. Gonna keep an eye on this.
Ive done beam adjusters before but the ones i used, you had to cut the whole section out to weld the adjuster in. What's the extension piece do on the front of the frame head?
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Looking good Hombre! Might pop in over the weekend to check it out.
Nick
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Looking good Hombre! Might pop in over the weekend to check it out.
Nick
Yeah man should be Sunday going down. Could possibly need a hand lining the shell up and stuff. Will be cool to see you.
T-shirt - it is just that! It extends the length of the car about 10 inches and also lowers by an inch and a half. Because this is going for the hot rod sort of look it won't have arches on it.
I am really really excited about the next stage!!!
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Ah Sunday is a bit packed as it's the Gp. If I get the weekly shop done on Sat I'll try and pop up sunday morning. My life is so rock and roll. :grin:
nick
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Ive done beam adjusters before but the ones i used, you had to cut the whole section out to weld the adjuster in. What's the extension piece do on the front of the frame head?
You must have fitted Sway Way type ones which requires axle tube be cut, in the past I've just bought a whole new beam with adjusters fitted as the original beam was usually shot anyway. Extension piece is to push the wheels forward for that hotrod stance.
Great project by the way.
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Ive done beam adjusters before but the ones i used, you had to cut the whole section out to weld the adjuster in. What's the extension piece do on the front of the frame head?
You must have fitted Sway Way type ones which requires axle tube be cut, in the past I've just bought a whole new beam with adjusters fitted as the original beam was usually shot anyway. Extension piece is to push the wheels forward for that hotrod stance.
Great project by the way.
It was a good few years ago. The beam was in good nick. :wink: Not looked at the aircooled stuff recently, Does that not cause clearance problems with the wings? Or does the front need changing too?
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He'll be running without wings, this might give you an idea:
(http://image.automotive.com/f/features/9054224+pheader/0405vwt_01z+1964_Volkswagen_Beetle+Passenger_Side.jpg)
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Yea, just realised after posting :grin:
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Ah Sunday is a bit packed as it's the Gp. If I get the weekly shop done on Sat I'll try and pop up sunday morning. My life is so rock and roll. :grin:
nick
The GP's boring to watch!
Nah understand. Probably won't be there till 11 by the time I pull my ar5e outta bed in fleet.
Yeah I looked at the sway away type, but got suckered in by these as they were CSP branded lol.
That black one looks ok, sitting high on the back but pretty cool still. There's the black one on red steels doing the show circuit at the moment in the uk. Think he's done all the rod and dub shows and there was a pic in golf + this/last month. Don't really like that one, but he seems to be getting exposure everywhere which is good I guess.
Mines gonna be coolerthough!!
Maybe.
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5747283450_8a248351e7_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/5747283450/)
DATP-13 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/5747283450/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
I love it, if yours is better I will worship at your alter of godlyness.
Nick
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That's bad ass! :cool:
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That's it. Was looking closer and talking to the guy. Right - this is all my opinion and personal
Wheels are too small on the front, perfect look is in line or above the top of the bonnet.
It's on radial tyres - crossplys look a million times better.
The roofchop is heavy on the back, so has made the rear windows a really weird shape.
A beetles the hardest thing to roofchop due to it curving front to back and side to side and when looking at this one it had a few flat spots in it.
The rear wheels are cambered loads - standard territory when lowering a beetle, but doesn't suit the rod look.
He's still got an engine lid on it, but no rear arches so the shape is odd at the back.
And it's satin black! All that work and no paint!
This is all personal to me though and I am having a lot of help to do mine, which the owner of the one above didn't have from talking to him. But this is slowly slowly catchy monkey.
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This is more like it!!!!
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/2637cf88.jpg)
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^^ now that's smart.. nice chop on it too Not sure I could cope with the tints though.
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Dr Gonzo's nice as well
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/dc2fcddd.jpg)
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^^^ Fave so far, maybe this in Satin?
So what colour are you going to paint yours?
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^^^ Fave so far, maybe this in Satin?
So what colour are you going to paint yours?
Not sure yet. Either black/gold/White, but maybe black/deep satin red with black sheen and gold detailing.
Was talking earlier on about pearly White with blue and silver detailing but knocked that on the head quick.
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^^^ Fave so far, maybe this in Satin?
So what colour are you going to paint yours?
Not sure yet. Either black/gold/White, but maybe black/deep satin red with black sheen and gold detailing.
Was talking earlier on about pearly White with blue and silver detailing but knocked that on the head quick.
Like the sound of that.
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Purple, green and gold! Ratfink style! :cool:
If I had one I'd do it in deep satin red with chrome detail.
I look forward to seeing how you do yours though. :afro:
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Dr Gonzo's nice as well
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/dc2fcddd.jpg)
how have i not seen this thread!!?? its epic!!! :afro:
if yours ends up anywhere near as nice at that I will be beside Nick at the alter of your godlyness!
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Keep up Guy :rolleyes:
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Dr Gonzo's nice as well
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/dc2fcddd.jpg)
how have i not seen this thread!!?? its epic!!! :afro:
if yours ends up anywhere near as nice at that I will be beside Nick at the alter of your godlyness!
High praise! If it gets to this level don't pray to me, detail me!
Best deliver now then! This weekend cant come quick enough - work aren't letting me have gardening leave as no one is capable of looking after my customers apparently. In 4 years I have brought in over £250m for them so may be an element of truth in that.
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KDF Manglers rad as well! Sports a flat 6 in the back
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/609ab0c4.jpg)
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Now thats hardcore! love that, although visibility out the front must be a pain!
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Yeah, I don't know how regularly its used. There were some Ossum photos on sPeedhunters of it on the Saltflats having a play
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Good day today. Built the pan up to trial fit the shell and see how the wheels fit with the loweredness. We tried 15's on it and they make the car sit how I want, but look daft. Tried on the 17's and they look great, but the car sits high, so going to get some dropped spindles which should drop the front another 2.5 inches down. Anyway - pics!
beam on
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15's on and looking good - rear of the pan isn;t chocked up
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rears trial fitted. Need to do a gearbox raise to stop the wheels on the back cambering like so -
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/f2579c8d.jpg)
3" up and sitting straight
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Here you can see how higher the box needs to come
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15's on, sitting low but wheels look cr@p
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/045ac804.jpg)
17's on, and now front is too high
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/84af0c6f.jpg)
final shot of how it currently is
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/d7fd25b5.jpg)
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Great progress. :smiley:
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Amazing how quickly these look like they take shape when the body is back on.
Looking great! Have you got a deadline you're trying to keep to?
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Nah no deadline - only get one day a week to work on it so slowly slowly. Saying that though with the pan done that's half the work........... Ish.
Also the hotrod in the workshop has 60 days left now as it's going in for commercial sva which is being done away with.
Anyone know where I can get some 17"'steels banded???
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www.bandedsteels.com
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www.bandedsteels.com
Or drop me a message ;) - seriously looks awesome man, can't wait to see more progress.
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www.bandedsteels.com
Not being ripped off by them thanks. Not yet anyway. The cost for them I can get a couple of torque thrusts.
Danny you reckon your man can do 17"s? A lot of people were struggling because of the size. They would only need widening to 5" or so. Think they are 3.5" currently lol
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Nah no deadline - only get one day a week to work on it so slowly slowly. Saying that though with the pan done that's half the work........... Ish.
Also the hotrod in the workshop has 60 days left now as it's going in for commercial sva which is being done away with.
Anyone know where I can get some 17"'steels banded???
Same as me then although with my missus I struggle to get a day at the moment!
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Going to bless you with my 3000 post, that has really started to take shape, can't wait to see this finished! :cool:
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Going to bless you with my 3000 post, that has really started to take shape, can't wait to see this finished! :cool:
3000... :shocked: that's enough from you me thinks! :rolleyes: :grin:
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Going to bless you with my 3000 post, that has really started to take shape, can't wait to see this finished! :cool
Sweet! Hopefully means Sunday will be a productive day.
Unfortunately it's going to literally be cut in half yet though! :shocked: :shocked: :laugh:
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Going to bless you with my 3000 post, that has really started to take shape, can't wait to see this finished! :cool
Sweet! Hopefully means Sunday will be a productive day.
Unfortunately it's going to literally be cut in half yet though! :shocked: :shocked: :laugh:
That must be hard on your conscience!
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www.bandedsteels.com
Not being ripped off by them thanks. Not yet anyway. The cost for them I can get a couple of torque thrusts.
Danny you reckon your man can do 17"s? A lot of people were struggling because of the size. They would only need widening to 5" or so. Think they are 3.5" currently lol
Yeh man should have no problem :) will drop him a text and let you know dude.
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Achieved the sum of fck all today..... Went and made some new friends!
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(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/af0e285f.jpg)
Possibly for the back of mine???
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/79b8c9ca.jpg)
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Some sweet rides in there!
nick
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aye the blue ones a volvo amazon.
Makes me look at volvos in a different light. :rolleyes:
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is that a white Chiqy in there with roof off and some fins :laugh: :shocked:
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Always had a soft spot for Amazons.
Nick
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What a workshop! :shocked:
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This is very cool :cool:
What are those big chrome things on the front of the orange car? I thought they were wing mirrors but then spotted the wing mirrors next to them :grin:
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is that a white Chiqy in there with roof off and some fins :laugh: :shocked:
Yes. Yes it was. Sunday task was making someone a car for a stag do for a guy down the pub. It had a big rubber dong for the gear change and was going barbie pink......
On the orange car think they are spot lights. Didn't get a good look though
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Achieved not a lot today. There's a lathe coming tomorrow so the beetle is now relegated to outside. Not really impressed, but not a lot I can do about it. Also means we'll be able to make stuff up inhouse now. Which is good. hung my doors to try and make it a bit more weatherproof. one side fits lurvvly, but the otherside is a bit of a dog because the heater channel is missing out of it. Jb next week is to get the body straight and brace it all so I can cut it to pieces for the new heater channels. Anyway Pics!
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/c0621311.jpg)
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Good to see it in the flesh today dude. :cool:
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Cheers man was cool to see you today. The miata looks proper good fun as well. Sounded pretty Lairy coming up the track.
If you're scratching about next weekend will undoubtedly be down there on sunday
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Yeah it does sound a bit cheeky doesn't it!
I'll text you about the weekend but I'll no doubt see you on Thursday night.
nick
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Thursday win man!
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If you decide to go for a Rat look you're about done. :grin:
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If you decide to go for a Rat look you're about done. :grin:
If you pay close attention to the back end, you can see where I have done some essential lightening for the hole shot.
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Really needs a savage roof chop!
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If you decide to go for a Rat look you're about done. :grin:
If you pay close attention to the back end, you can see where I have done some essential lightening for the hole shot.
:cool:
Really needs a savage roof chop!
it's coming.
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I'm REALLY looking forward to doing the bodystuff. Should be mega mega fun times. Ifs annoying working 9-5 because I reckon if I went for it I could have shell solid in a week. Spread over 1 day a week it works out to a month and a half :-/ .
Roofchops gonna be hard. I need to get another 2 roofs yet and we are going to try and keep the metal sliding sunroof as well. If we manage it there won't be another (as far as I'm aware) in the world to be done with one. :cool:
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I'm REALLY looking forward to doing the bodystuff. Should be mega mega fun times. Ifs annoying working 9-5 because I reckon if I went for it I could have shell solid in a week. Spread over 1 day a week it works out to a month and a half :-/ .
Roofchops gonna be hard. I need to get another 2 roofs yet and we are going to try and keep the metal sliding sunroof as well. If we manage it there won't be another (as far as I'm aware) in the world to be done with one. :cool:
Setting yourself up for a challenge then!... Not only fun for you but interesting for us too. Yet's it's a golf site but this is a thoroughly enjoyable thread and can't wait to see progress on this roof.
I am like you, I struggle with time, another weekend has passed and not touched the car! *sigh*
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Keeping the steel sliding roof will be difficult! Hope you can manage it!
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Keeping the steel sliding roof will be difficult! Hope you can manage it!
Yeah. Chopping it will be hard anyway lol. Not sure if the original size of it can be kept as the whole top will be smaller, so may have to make up a new on that's a bit smaller.
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Good day today. lots of socialising and getting stuff done. Managed to get one side of the heater channels out so if the floor is 50% of the work and the heater channels is 50% of the work, but you need to do 4 things so I did 25% of 50% of the work today so tied in the body is 62.5% of the way there? for now anyway. Managed to get the doors tacked in to make the shell sturdier - had to jack up the side which didn;t fit nice and ratchet strapped it tight and tacked it in. Anyway pics!
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/IMG_0577.jpg)
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Rot
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Be gone
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splitting the seam on the heater channel
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and out
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Mocking in the new channel had to cut out the seat runners
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So next weekend should have it welded in and start the other side
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Sunday session, I barely got that this weekend and I have a show in 4 days! :grin: Women! :rolleyes:
Man you've got your work cut out!.... Respect to you, didn't realise you had so much cutting and welding to do. :shocked:
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Haha! Yeah loadsa work, but that's what happens when buying cheap I guess. To be fair though once the channels are in that's the majority of cutting and welding done. It's not having rear seats so will curve a flat sheet and weld it in so that's the body in solid.
Should hopefully only take a couple of weeks to get the channels in. Then will raise the gearbox and have found a local guy whose going to attempt to band the steels for me.
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Pay as you go car!... pretty much how mine went second time round :grin:
Well good luck with this then, after you've done that it should really start taking shape. :cool:
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Blimey! looks like alotta work but looks good fun also!
The outcome should be epic!
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Forgot to say didn;t pull a sunday shift because of -
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Every one of those rides looks amazing. :cool: Where was that?
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Every one of those rides looks amazing. :cool: Where was that?
Wheels at the white hart in hook. 1st time show. more pics here -
http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9451.15
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:drool: awesome cars, love the older school stuff etc. :cool:
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Was a cool little meet up. My pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/sets/72157627376626718/detail/
nick
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Was a cool little meet up. My pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/sets/72157627376626718/detail/
nick
Yeah man. There's normally one at the tailend of the year over at fourmarks. If it's going on will give you a bell!
Should be going over tomorrow to play of you guys are around for a cuppa? Not hitting beach buggin as skint!
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"AIRCOOLED IS SO SICK MAN" :D...
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"AIRCOOLED IS SO SICK MAN" :D...
I'm going to hurt you... :laugh:
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Had a good day today. My dad armed me with some nasty looking knife this morning which is ideal for butchering metal / spot welds, so spent the drive hoping I didn't get pulled lol. Got down there and got the last of the old channel out easy with the new "tool". Had to trim off the edge of the new channel to get it to fit, but the outcome of today basically resulted in both sides of the car level, new channel tacked in and the first bit of bracing of the body. Anyway pics!
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/3d5d8b5a.jpg)
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So much power man, the front wheels won't stay down and flew off!
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gnarly gnive
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made mincemeat of this
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Skimming the edge down
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trial fit
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Burny burny
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tacked in
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Braced
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Gratuitos workshop shot
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Pulling a shift on it on friday and sunday so should hopefully have both the new ones in?
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How have I missed tgis. Good work. I love it
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How have I missed tgis. Good work. I love it
Cheers man. Thread keeps disappearing as i only update it once a week lol
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Av seen it just never cliked on it. Til today. Ive only skimmed but am gunna have a proper look
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Lookin good bud!
Nick
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Cheers guys. The Resto bits are nearly done so it's almost time to start on the exciting stuff, so posts should get more interesting, hopefully pretty quickly!
Once the channels are in, I need to stick in the repair sections at the front, then we're going to channel the body down. Need to repair the a posts, then going to make a couple of mounts to raise the gearbox up to get rid of the neggy camber.
Some tool on e38 has decided he wants to buy a beetle purely on the basis of how much camber he can get. I am going to do everything I can to not have it. TO BLOW THEIR PUNY MINDS!
Then roofchop it, weld in a curved section at the back, decide on an engine, make some seat runners, decide on some seats, finish the dash, prep it, paint it. Figure out the wheel set up etc etc etc lol.
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Good progress as always. :cool:
I'm excited about the roof chopping, I have never followed a thread of one being done. Might do the MK1, that must be a rare sight! :grin:
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(http://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/original_263588_8bVBazHPe3flKxH0XO3lLM0it.jpg) :grin:
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Is that your fantasy mk1? ^^^^ :huh:
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Lol.
Looks like a camaro front end on a van. Would be cool in the flesh!
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Is that your fantasy mk1? ^^^^ :huh:
I already own my fantasy MK1 but this would make a nice addition. :cool:
Lol.
Looks like a camaro front end on a van. Would be cool in the flesh!
Yeah I quite like the front on it... I would want to paint it a rod colour to make it work...
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Had a good day today. Nipped up a mates shop to drop some money off and see his new bike he's finished then pulled a shift on the beetle. Got fed up by climbing in the back so took a door off and braced the shell some more. Then got the other heater channel out and new one bolted in. Just need to trim the bulkhead and then will tack it in, fully weld both sides, then start to channel the body. Anyway pics!
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/4c809f3c.jpg)
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awesome work mate you have skills !
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This is some project, can't wait for the end result but the build so far has been good work.
Is that a Suzuki Katana by the way? That takes me back to the mid eighties. My mate had one. Awsome bike!!
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Cheers guys :cool:
Yeah man katana gsx1100, but with Honda firestorm front end with performance machine brakes, firestorm back end and a stretched swingarm to make it look a bit chunkier/meaner.
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good work on the heater chanels. i like the bike, i may have to build my cbr 750 up. thts on a e reg i thing. old looking bikes are awesome
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Sweet man. My old man had a cb750 for years. Eventually it went into a hardtail framed chop.
AMAZING!!!! Found it in tescos. The g/f scowled.
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I am building a hotwheels car lol
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Thats awesome.
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IMG_9583 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/6066087132/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
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IMG_9585 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/6065540701/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
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IMG_9586 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/6065541245/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
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Nick
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Haha was cool to see you today! Got that other side tacked in, so on saturday will get some more panels / repair parts and crack on with them.
After you went we took a quick drive round the yard in that RX7. Didn't even get the turbos to engage before we ran out of room.
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Good work, lol at the RX7 antics.
Nick
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The above is definately a good demonstration(sp)? of my delegation skills.
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yesterday started sh!te after getting stuck on the driveway in the golf and nearly putting hole in the sill as it fell off the widomaker coming down. Managed to get a new rear quarter tacked in though which is cool.
replacement panel
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trimmed to fit
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this much to come out
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Boom!
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Offending get stuck car
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and in
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Ideally you should trim the panel not the car. But it looks like the car has rusted that high anyway. Also looks as if the inside panel is rusted too. You should have treated that before welding in the new panel. Its harder to do when everything is closed up.
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Ideally you should trim the panel not the car. But it looks like the car has rusted that high anyway. Also looks as if the inside panel is rusted too. You should have treated that before welding in the new panel. Its harder to do when everything is closed up.
AFAIK it's only being made solid to aid in then cutting it up for a roof chop and a body drop. Once that's done final rust removal will take place.
Nick
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Looks sweet.. theres a hell of a lot of new panels going in lol
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Yep. This ain't no normal Resto lol. Not treating the rust inside as that panel will be getting trimmed back and having a rolled piece of metal put in, instead of a normal firewall.
Then yeah the body's being channelled so more cutting of stuff out.
Need to do the other side and the repair piece will get trimmed as it's easier to put in a square piece than a triangle piece.
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HOORAY IT'S NOT RAINING :cool:
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Wow. How much work!! Should look the dogs when finished.
Oh nearly forgot. Suns out here :smug:
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2nd time writing it. Fcking internet.
got the other quarter panel in, took heed of the advice and trimmed the panel to fit, but over trimmed it in my excitement.
out
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trimmed
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in
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door pillar repair posts next. Just going to tack everything in then fully weld it in one hit.
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Good progress! :cool:
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Thats better. But still dont understand why the inner panel isnt being treated?
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Thats better. But still dont understand why the inner panel isnt being treated?
It's all coming apart again. I know what you're saying about it being harder to treat once closed up and appreciate the advice. The mate whose helping me do this has done this for the last 15+ years and is unphased by it.
Fun stuff is coming soon!
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new kicks for the rod. 1932 style.
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You got a bike then? :grin:
Kidding.. awesome really. :cool:
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shhhhh.
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Gonna look epic!
Nick
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Have always wanted a set of wires!
They will look awesome mate!
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Hope so go guys! haven't done any work to it for a few weeks as a mate is trying to get his rod finished in time for his sva in a couple of weeks.
should be able to swap a couple of the tires over too which is good.
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haven't touched it in a while as a mates rod was going in for sva. Because the commercial sva is ending this month it all got a bit stressed so I stayed away to give them some space. The rod failed on some small bits but they have 6 months for the retest - so full speed beetlings ahead!
I got the drivers door repair post in on sunday so the door can hang good and proper as there wasn't much left of it. Now the door in solid, more of the body attached to the heater channel making it a bit stiffer again (ooer missus)
Pics.
said rod
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I made a crude tool to make sure the panel was in the right place
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Outer skin out - rusty bit came out too
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Trial fit
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Jiggery pokery
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going in
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Beaaautiful!!
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So! this week will do the other side which isn;t so rusty so should be a quicker job. Once these are done I need to redo a rear quarter panel and can get the front quarter panels in which should be most of the resto work done. Then we can pull it in the workshop and fully weld it and make it solid. Work on raising the gear box to get it back on its wheels and look to channel the body!
the resto stuff has been a bit longhaul but the fun bits are coming quickly!
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Lookin good bud, I'll try and pop up this sunday and have a nosey. :cool:
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Lookin good bud, I'll try and pop up this sunday and have a nosey. :cool:
sweet deal babes :cool:
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Welding around all those containers of flammable liquids! :shocked:
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Neat work mate! :wink:
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Welding around all those containers of flammable liquids! :shocked:
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Neat work mate! :wink:
Haha! Old paint thinners and empty Gerry cans.....
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Ah well now, plenty of fumes left in em I bet! :grin:
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Yeah. It's probably time to invest in some life insurance........
Lol.
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I was thinking more of your car! But then there's not much of that can burn atm! :grin:
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I was thinking more of your car! But then there's not much of that can burn atm! :grin:
Yeah Len's not bothered about you, :grin: just concerned for the car!
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Of course! :laugh:
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I am dreading the insurance conversations when they come about.
"any modifications"?
"yes"
"please list"?
"it's probably easier to tell you what's not modified" :laugh:
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Just send them the build pics! :grin:
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Just send them the build pics! :grin:
Depends if they'll touch it.
Roof chop
Body channel
Beam extended
Wheels plus adapters
(hopefully) hot engine
Ex etc etc etc. Sure there are specialists out there to do it or the hotrod guys wouldn't get covered.
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Adrian Flux do Customs and Hot Rods
Few others too, I'll check Custom Car for ya!
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Try these guys, I have my camper and modified mk2 golf with them, same policy came to £600 for the two :smiley:
http://www.cherishedvehicleinsurance.co.uk/custom-car-insurance/ (http://www.cherishedvehicleinsurance.co.uk/custom-car-insurance/)
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Few more Insurance folk for ya.
Sureterm Direct - www.sureterm.com
Graham Sykes - www.graham-sykes.co.uk
Classicline Ins - www.classiclineinsurance.co.uk
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ta will give them a call at some point. Got the other repair pillar in last weekend and the shell is starting to feel really solid which is ace! Not pulling a shift on it tomorrow as being treated to a hairdressers good ol fashioned home cooking.
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Not pulling a shift on it tomorrow as being treated to a hairdressers good ol fashioned home cooking.
You'll be glad to know my skills with a knife and oven are as good as my skills with scissors! :grin:
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excellent.
I'm about to hit up fleet town for a new barnet. We can discuss tricks of the trade as polite table conversation tomorrow :lipsrsealed:
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cool day today! redid my rear quarter panel which i tooled up and got one front quarter in as well as the other side prepped - but basically one side is all finished! Bar the seam welding but it is pretty much there. Also means We can think about getting the box in and getting it stanced then start on the body. This month should ramp up loads of speed and good stuff to start happening.
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back in
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before
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trial
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In!
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Good progress dude!
Nick
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It'll be a totally new car when you're done!
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It'll be a totally new car when you're done!
and should hopefully last another 50 years before it needs doing again! :laugh:
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This is gonna look ace dude :)
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Hope your gonna be linking all those welds up so they are continuos? :wink:
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Hope your gonna be linking all those welds up so they are continuos? :wink:
Nah speed holes! :laugh:
It's gonna get dragged inside and have a days seam welding on it, just getting it all solid for now
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Also. Those inner wing panels should be chopped along the bottom if new heater channels are used. The lip should be cut off and welded half way up the heater channel, so as not to create a water trap.
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yes!
but not in this instance for now.
we are chopping the bottom 6 inches back out to channel the body down, so this isn't the final place for all the panels yet. The only reason for putting heater channels in is due to the body being so out of shape it meant we could get the body square to the pan.
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Forgot to say got the last panel tacked in a couple of weeks back, so now all the Resto stuff is done! Just needs a day welding it all up and then I can chop it to bits again. Last week started on my gearbox raise. I'm gonna run decked, but don't want camber on the rear wheels so we worked out it needs to be lifted by about 4 inches. I spent all day Sunday chopping 6mm thick plate up which took ages, but the basic shapes there now. Also threw some left over paint on to try and stop any more surface rust getting it.
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Mouldy old bracket
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Will need to put a stiffening web on that! :wink:
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Will need to put a stiffening web on that! :wink:
Yeah! Gonna do a nice curved edge round it and dress it up a bit to make it a bit stronger. Will have top section on it where the gearbox sits which should strengthen it up a bit too.
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So much fabricating going on here, great work... this is going to be so smart when finished! :cool:
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I hope so mate! Didnt realise ive been at it since may! Should hopefully be on it's own wheels quite soon! Needs
A pedalbox so a cheap motorsport one should do
Gearbox raise - should be done in 2 weeks?
Body channel - a days worth of work
Roof chop - have 2 spare rooves ready
Seat runners cut out
New seat runners made
Decide on seats
Make a bulkhead/engine firewall
Lights
Engine
Sort out the front suspension set up
Glass
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I hope so mate! Didnt realise ive been at it since may! Should hopefully be on it's own wheels quite soon! Needs
A pedalbox so a cheap motorsport one should do
Gearbox raise - should be done in 2 weeks?
Body channel - a days worth of work
Roof chop - have 2 spare rooves ready
Seat runners cut out
New seat runners made
Decide on seats
Make a bulkhead/engine firewall
Lights
Engine
Sort out the front suspension set up
Glass
Not much left to do then.... :grin:
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Yes but no!
A day to sort the bulkhead. Half a day to get the pedals in, half a day to sort the seats out. It's gonna be one of those things. Take loads of time to sort the little things out, but not a lot to make good progress.
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Yes but no!
A day to sort the bulkhead. Half a day to get the pedals in, half a day to sort the seats out. It's gonna be one of those things. Take loads of time to sort the little things out, but not a lot to make good progress.
So what you reckon then, properly(ish) finished by spring?
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Maybe! Should hopefully have it together as a bit of a nail in about 6 months hit some shows, then haul it off the road and finish it properly for the next season.
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Maybe! Should hopefully have it together as a bit of a nail in about 6 months hit some shows, then haul it off the road and finish it properly for the next season.
Sounds good, really hope to see it soon then. If it's rolling by August get it down to VW Whitenoise! :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Depends how far away it is haha! Ideally would love to get it nailed together for dubs at the park. Guess if it's run it right I can see about a friendly mot tester to get it through for then.
If not loads of other ones to do!
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Got a message from the workshop yesterday!
Holes milled in the right place for it bolt up straight and also it's been milled square for me. Just need to tweek the top and then I can weld some plate in and get it on!
Hopefully be back on it's wheels by Xmas!
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Liking this alot, great skills!!
What engine have you got in mind?
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I'm looking rather tubbly in those photos Nicholas.
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More likely cuddly my friend! :grin:
Nick
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Meh! Anyway missed out last week so only attacked it today. Cut up another plate to reinforce the mount, got it wrong and had to start again. So took all day. Next week I'll be able to get the top on and hopefully try it out!
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It's gonna get some posh details and snazzying up too.
In other news......
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So archie, when ya doing the roof chop?
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:grin: That MK1 makes me chuckle every time I see, posted it up a while back.
Yeah come on... roof chop!!!! :cool:
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its screaming out for a roof chop!!!
heres a beetle project on my local forum thats had a roof chop, had a LOT of filler too
http://northdevonvwclub.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2935&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=105
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Lol.
Needs to be back on it's wheels and have the body channeled first.
This is where only getting to play once a week becomes a pain. Probably could have had the majority of it done if I got a full weekend down there.
Needs must and all that!
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Really like this one too
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That one looks awesome :)
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That one looks awesome :)
What he said....... Won't be long until this one looks as good as or even better! :cool:
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Hah! Maybe. About to hit make or break though. Guess it's all metal though! Whatever's done cane be undone.
Maybe.
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Really like this one too
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How do you get on with no guards over the wheels? Does it pass mot?
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Mine will have guards of some sort, but it's not an mot thing. It's a vosa / traffic police rule that it must have covered tread of a substantial amount.
As far as I'm aware anyway.
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Some caterham style guards would look quite cool...
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A good productive day today! Made that plate look like something and practiced my welding. Lovely and blobby and burning holes in bits haha!
Bending the top section
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Sticking it on
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Putting in some supports and tarting it up
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Tomorrow will finish it off!
Aha!! Feeling good!
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Didn't manage to get It back on it's wheels today which was a shame, but I can pull it into the booth next week as no jobs are on, which means I can put it together and finish off the welding in the comfort of a well lit area. Finished off the rear mount today and by Jove it fits! Bolts into the car with no drama at all. Started on my front mount too, but need to getthe box in to make sure it's sitting level.
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I'm going to run some edging on the rear mount too to finish it off and make it a bit more rigid.
Exciting things next week!!
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Read from start to finish excellent work mate cant wait to see it finished :smiley:
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Strong work Hombre!
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Cheers guys.
Gonna get stronger! Just like me! Huunnnnnnnnaaargghhh!!!
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Fun day today = stance fail. Putting it back on it's wheels threw up an overlook on my part. By raising the box it didn't leave the spring plates with enough travel to move h
Which made the rear wheels have loads of posi camber.
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Floating in the air!
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Back on it's wheels - stance fail
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Where it needs to sit ideally
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Backs need spacing out a bit but sitting cool!
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Looking Good mate!
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That is well low!
Nick
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Coming along great man! :cool:
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Should leave it, lots of positive on that almost looks like inverted VIP style. Bet that's worth loads of scene points. :grin:
Feck going round corners in a hurry though.
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Haha! Yeah - apparently the beetles can tuck under savagely anyway with no camber on a fast bend.
It's interesting getting in and out of it lol. And will make for an interesting drive........
Need a set of front coilies if anyone has any - any fitment will do!
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Yoooooooooo!!! :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
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Temporary fix, but cool to get it rolling!
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It looks ard as f*ck in the last pic.
Nick
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COOL :cool:
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How are you getting around the positive camber? Did you turn the spring plates on the torsion bars?
Do you still intend to channel the body down?
Getting there now :afro:
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At the moment it's got some temporary raising plates which are bolted to the spring plates and hold the driveshafts 4"higher. It's only like that so it will roll and can let us see how it's going to sit.
We are looking at doing some sort of inboard shock setup on the rears, possibly.
Still got some negative camber, but it does need to come up slightly. I want some dropped spindles on the front as well.
Looking to do a 3"channel on it, nothing mega, but we are going to roofchop it first I think. Next step is fully welding and trimming the panels.
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It looks ard as f*ck in the last pic.
Nick
This!!....
Even of you weren't going to do a roof chop it looks awesome.... :cool:
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Nuvvapic
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roof chop :grin:... win
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I love this project! It looks sick as, even just like that! :evil:
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Needs a cash injection! Started to get the panels in properly as that's free. Couple of pics.
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Looking sweet! Are you going to weld up the sunroof?
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Looking sweet! Are you going to weld up the sunroof?
Nope. Going to try and keep it. Could be difficult as the easiest way is to cut the middle out of one and another into 4. Then weld the inside back in.
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Bring it forward slightly too, so you can stick your head out whilst driving! :laugh:
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YES! With a German WW1 helmet on :)
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You crazy people.
Going to make some z spring plates to sort out the driveshaft raise. Started stripping the yellow one today. She must die to save 3 others.
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A 1303s. Best handling bug. :cry:
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Aye. Problem with this one was it came in about 10 years ago as the inner arches on the front were gone. Repair panels for each side are / were about £400 a side, so more than the car was worth. Got sown second hand ones, but the guy who cutthem out used a cutting saw so allthe edges are fooked and no good, so its just sat rotting.
But! I'm having the roof. The turquoise one is having the floors as those are solid. My mates red one is having the IRS out of it and the heater channels are going into a red one.
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We killed that bug!
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We killed that bug!
Yes muchas gracious for your help today
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No probs, I make mean a cuppa. :grin:
I look forward to having the Golf up there and working on them side by side. Now just to convince the wives to come up and keep us fed and in hot beverages!
Nick
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Ha! Think Rache has had more than her fill of the workshoppe for now.
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She not a happy bunny?
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Hard to read. Been a bit of a lame weekend for her I guess.
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No work on it still. Still skint, been near on 6 weeks without pay due to Xmas.
In other news! This came home today -
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Truly Ossum to ride!
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Nevermind the Chopper go chop the roof!
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Nevermind the Chopper go chop the roof!
Shhhhhhhhh. Going to see a man about that and some advice on how to nicely on Thursday.
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Your volksrod has a fweind!
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6817655971_8602ba5a2d_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/6817655971/)
IMAG0085.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickhorne/6817655971/) by Nicholas R Horne (http://www.flickr.com/people/nickhorne/), on Flickr
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Nick
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I could probably dig out a roof chop how to from Custon Car.
You just need to put in some temporary bracing across the body then work out the angles of the pillars.
Simple really.
Somebody local to you would be Valley Gas, they are willing to give advice.
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Yeah we know jimmy and Ellie. Should be going up in march for their chilli night.
Thanks for the offer but we should be sorted - our mate Oje (who is ex valley gas and bay area rods) will be giving some pointers / helping out.
Will get on it soon, just need to sort the rear suspension properly first, but can't find a set of spring plates for love nor money!
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Thats ok was just thinking if you were stuck like.....
Yea saw the Chilli night in CC and was thinking of going there.
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Yeah should be good! I wanna get my bike on the road for it. My dad wants his on the road - valley gas built the frame. Marcus wants the road thrown together for it and Oje wants to put something together to head up on.
Should be a good night
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First day back on it in what feels like months. Uncovered her and Shes getting a lovely dusting of the orange from being out side.
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Started off today by trimming back the rear arches for a bt of clearance and to do away with where the arches would mount. No need for them on this so just extra flappy bits of metal.
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I then sat there and practiced my welding. Only the third time I've done it. A bit lumpy and burnt through a few times, but nothing some time with a grinder won't cure.
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I've got one panel left to get in. Once that's done i want to get it sat right and spend some time on the doors making sure they're a good fit.
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Skills mate
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I've got a few days off before starting a new job so was going to throw some money at this - the gods must have heard though as I've now had to replace the power steering rack on the daily golf, so no play money this month now.
Carried on practicing my welding though - started to click today so hopefully with some more practicing it should get a lot better. Hopefully. Welded up the front quarter panel today. Needs a bit of work as it kept blowing holes in the original metal, but will do for now.
(http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af318/archie_837/a18f9dd4.jpg)
We'll see what happens next! As I have no idea now.
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You up tomorrow?
Nick
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Nope golf is going nowhere. Also in London at the custom bike show on the piss.
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Fair enough will catch you sunday then. Have fun at the bike show. :cool:
Nick
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Hey mate! Loving this and always look fwd to the posts!
Just wondered, could u not get the rear arches more rounded or do they have to be cut out that bit more towards the front edge?
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Fair enough will catch you sunday then. Have fun at the bike show. :cool:
Nick
No mate :-( golf is booked in for Tuesday for a new power steering rack - it's pissing all the fluid out of the arm when I steer. Golf is going nowhere.
Re the arches running them open for the rod look. Going to sort some mudguards though as I don't fancy the points / fine for running them open, even though it looks the best.
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Fair enough will catch you sunday then. Have fun at the bike show. :cool:
Nick
No mate :-( golf is booked in for Tuesday for a new power steering rack - it's pissing all the fluid out of the arm when I steer. Golf is going nowhere.
Re the arches running them open for the rod look. Going to sort some mudguards though as I don't fancy the points / fine for running them open, even though it looks the best.
Ahh see now, just zoomed In a bit, thought you'd gone at it like a mad one and chopped loads off, but it's just the shape of the wheel well (is it called) to the sills etc
Yeah ur gonna need some guards on of some sort for road use, but if u were ingenious which you clearly are you could make the guards detach for shows and private land! :) :)
Keep up the good work! :) look fwd to seeing it done!
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:grin: yeah it is a bit of a mad one. I'm trying to improve my technique with the cutting disc, but apparently I just look like an angry bear cutting stuff. Angrily.
The rear has no fire wall or anything and that will get tubbed in from the back wheels and stuff.
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Uncovered it for the first time in a while as a mate was having a photo shoot done on his audi wagon for audi driver and we hijacked one of the barns. I've also been in Edinburgh with work and came back to a nice little present.
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The audi in question - diesel wagon on air and BIG wheels
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Me present!
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Managed to get them for £80, which is not bad considering they are about 150 to 200 new. I didn't have the money so my dad sprung for them and I owe him some time, but massively owe him as he has saved me a load in the long run.
By fitting these it should allow me to run at the current height it's sitting. Currently the front arms are pretty much upright, so have no travel at all. The dropped spindles should drop by 2.5" which will allow us to wind the beam adjusters back up. Although it will be amusing to fit them and put the pan on the floor!
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Good stuff man. See you @ BFOT on sunday? Marcus says you're bringing the bike.
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Yeah I'll be at thornycroft. Gotta drop Rachel in to basinggrad so sue can go with Faye and mrs Horney, but then will dash back and grab it.
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So fitted my dropped spindles today. They basically lower the car by another 2.5" and widen the track slightly. I needed to do this as even though it sat low the front control / suspension arms were basically upright when they should have been level. By fitting these I can now wind the beam adjusters up and have it sat right.
I was expecting it to be a right ball ache due to the 50 years of grime, but it wasn;t a bad job. It essentiall entailed pulling of the spindles, stripping the drum to unbolt the spindle and then drift out the bushes so split the original spindles from the carriers / mounts. Then rebuild!
First side off
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Drum split
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New spindle.
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Then I forgot to take any pictures up until this point
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
If you look you can see the framehead laying on the ground. Full on panscraping.
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Where it widens it, it makes it look a bit ungainly, but I like it - almost looks gasserish
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Good day today. From this we have found it needs about a 2.5" channel so nothing major, but it will make the side profile a lot nicer.
Just need to get paid today and then I can sort the rear shocks. Feeling the love for it again!
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good progress :cool:
thanks for the invite today, but it all went t1ts up, but will venture down soon enough, :afro:
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It's no worries - always welcome for a nose and a brew :smiley:
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Forgot I bought some door handles!
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Repro 1932 ford ones. Bargain for a tenner brand new!
I have also bought some hinges and once they've arrive I will be performing a redneck tech suicide conversion.
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I can picture those on it already with shiny black paint in my head! :nerd: :cool:
You need to wash you mug too! :lipsrsealed:
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Ahah!
My new colour scheme flying through my head is brown. Marakech(sp) Brown. With light blue flake interior :sick: :cool:
Not my mug - tea is rank! :lipsrsealed:
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Love those door handles!
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Forgot to say - door hinges came
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Have got some rear shocks coming too, so once those are here I can start getting the rear sat and sorted and then hopefully move onto the good stuff!
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Had a fairly good day today started on smoothing one of the doors down and my rear shocks turned up. Because we are going to suicide the doors no need for the front hinges anymore. I stared to drill out one of the plugs which held it in, but it was taking forever so just cut them off in the end. I then cut out the original door handle recess and made up a filler plate to go in. It's a bit rough, but with a skim of filler will be lovely.
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Now the rear shocks I got are for a pit bike. But seem ideal as they are eyelets at the top and bottom, adjustable damping and height adjustable. All for £50. The idea is to use these to dial in the ride height a bit better than just on the splines. I'm a bit unhappy with the company who sent them as the springs are supposed to be black, but came White.
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Here you can see it next to the old koni red that were on originally.
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All I need to do now is sort the rear driveshaft raise plates and that should be the rear end sorted!
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About 50 each. Not sure how useful they will be though.
Not a lot achieved because the weather has been sh!te so far this year, but today this happened.
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Should be all systems go now!
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Not a lot achieved because the weather has been sh!te so far this year, but today this happened.
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Should be all systems go now!
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new unit :huh:
bet it was fun getting on that transit :laugh: :grin:
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Not half as bad as I though it would be, although where the transits back breaks it did deck out and that's where it stayed.
Yep into a new unit with some of the American car guys, but only a mile down the road. Just means now I have inside space with 24hr access.
No more stopping play because the rain started, which is nice!
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:cool:
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Looks happy it's new home. :cool:
Will miss you up at Marcus' gaff though. :cry:
Will have to make sure I pop over for a tea break each weekend.
Nick
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So does that mean the roof chop will be happening soon?
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Channel the body first I think and probably more than the initial 3 inches.
Sorted out how the rear end sits by fitting those spring plates. Wheels are now sat perfect - slightly posi camber due to no engine and interior. Got someone to stand on it and it made the wheels sit dead straight. But now the body is massively high.
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Love it. :cool: looks like its got a good new home, jealous.
You're still chopping it, right?
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There's one of these thingamies just down the road from me:
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Ah that guy is on the volksrod uk forum. We met him at wheels day up here. Turned out as he got off the ferry he split one of the landrover bags on the back so was driving it chocked up on a bit of wood to get home.
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Love it. :cool: looks like its got a good new home, jealous.
You're still chopping it, right?
Ah Sorry Shaun only just saw this
Yeah - if you see the really well thought out and measured black tape line thats roughly precisely where it might be chopped to possibly.
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Love it. :cool: looks like its got a good new home, jealous.
You're still chopping it, right?
Ah Sorry Shaun only just saw this
Yeah - if you see the really well thought out and measured black tape line thats roughly precisely where it might be chopped to possibly.
Ahhhhhh.
four sprung duck technique
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Just had a little read through this, looks good!
Interested to see progress
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Just had a little read through this, looks good!
Interested to see progress
Ha!
Have a new gearbox for the golf coming so should get mobile again. Payda ina couple of weeks so I can get the box for bracing the shell up to chop bottom out.
Cheers though! Trying to stay stoked on it so stuff happens.
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Pictureless update.
Chopped the box section to size, but couldn't stick it on as me new welding lid was in the post. Got it when I got back home.
Also cut out my seat runners from the floor pan.
Not saying I'm hoping to channel the body next week as whenever i do life gets in the way, so shhh.
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At least you doing something mate!
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Exciting update. Stuck some metal to some metal
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Nice bit of bracing!
Roof chop soon then!
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Nice bit of bracing!
Roof chop soon then!
Hopefully not far off!
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Great stuff as usual, can't wait to see the roof chop in action :)
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Bricked myself massively today! Put some more bracing in the body to hold it steady, but ran out of welding wire.
Then took the leap of faith and cut the body off the heater channels. This is to channel it / body drop it and will work out around a 3" drop.
All was going fine and I started to cut the b pillar at the bottom and nearly passed out from not breathing! Gave it a tug and bricked myself as the body nearly twisted off! Quickly put it back together and chopped the other side.
I got the body free and then realised there was no way I was lifting the body by myself! Raced off and found 2 willing helpers. Got the body off and up onto the bench. Praying my bracing is strong enough and that it's not going to fall off!
Plan is to tidy up the cuts, drop it back onto the Heater channels to make sure all is well and stick it in!
Super stoked, super nervous, super wobbly! AHHHHHH!!! I'll probably pass out at roof chop stage.
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I got the body free and then realised there was no way I was lifting the body by myself! Raced off and found 2 willing helpers.
That was soooo funny. A pleasure to help bud. :cool:
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Wouldnt leave that bike there when you start cutting and welding! :laugh:
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Wouldnt leave that bike there when you start cutting and welding! :laugh:
Nope it gets wheeled to the front to draw in the tennis wives and mums :drool:
(my unit is in a pretentious little village opposite the tennis club frequented by rich people)
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Great location! :laugh:
Milfs in tennis gear! :drool:
Bet you cant wait for summer! :grin:
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I knew you'd like that.
Went down in the week and trimmed my pillars so they were the same length and also cut out the front cowling as this rests on a curved section on the chassis, so needs to be moved higher up. Cleaned up one of the heater channels, but couldn't be bothered to fight the other one into place.
Once that's done the body can go on for a trial fit which is exciting!
The bit what I dun gone cut out
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Not sure I understand that photo!
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That front panel is the cowling in front of your feet. If you chop down the pillars but not the cowling the car body won't fit back on as the front of the body have more panel than the sides.
You can just about make out the front quarter panels either side of it.
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:afro:
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Got the body on today for a trial fit. Pretty stoked on it and the body looks level which is a bonus!
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Looks mean as fook, love it! :cool:
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This thing is soooo cool man! Love it!
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not gonna get it much lower! no speed humps your way then? lol, wouldnt last 5 mins round here!
cant wait to see it come together!
keep up the good work :smiley:
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So! Haven't done much for a while due to being in an outta jobs and in an outta home. But been taken on permanently somewhere and me with swmbo have settled in to our own place now.
I squared up the 3 months rent I owed on the unit, tidied up all the sh!t which wasn't mine in my bay and could actually get to the thing for the first time in months.
I quickly whipped the body off again, put the steering box and rods on and tidied up the heater channels.
I also raised the front suspension leaves on the adjusters so the panhead wasn't dragging anymore. Body back on = great, but the steering box fouls on the bonnet due to the head extender so isn't sitting quite square.
Next job is figure that out and stick the body back to the heater channels.
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loving this
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Cut the bracing out, tacked the body into place and gutted a door to trial fit it.
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Should get the other door done tomorrow and see how much wonk the body has :laugh:
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YES! This is what I hate about Paul's one. The doors need to go down to the bottom of the body and not have a big slab like sill. Good work buddy. :cool:
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If you still going to chop the roof I wouldnt have bothered with the doors until after the chop as they will have to be fitted again.
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If you still going to chop the roof I wouldnt have bothered with the doors until after the chop as they will have to be fitted again.
You can't chop the roof until the doors are fitted as you need to adjust the window frames to suit, plus tacking them into the shell helps to keep the body square and strong.
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I guess thats one way of doing it.
The usual way is with the doors off and the body braced.
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Gutted the other door to plonk in the hole today. Expected the door gap to be massive as the body is a bit wonk, but I was pleasantly surprised that it was ok. Now to get some sheet steel and start bending up a bulkhead.
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Been trying to get this back on the road too
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My girlfriend left last week so more time for projects I guess.
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Still got it.
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Had to sell the bike though.
Soon.
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Still there waiting
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:( thought it would be done now! :) :drool: :drool:
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If only mate! On the back burner at the moment due to an ex leaving and trying to keep hold of the flat.
Get there one day though!