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 J&SBlue
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| posted on December 5th, 2002 at 04:41 PM |
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My J&S Buggy
Just a few photos of my J&S SWB buggy.
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J&SBlue
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| posted on December 5th, 2002 at 04:43 PM |
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Another pic
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| posted on December 5th, 2002 at 04:44 PM |
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Taken at Stockton beach not long after a complete rebuild.
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mattie182
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| posted on December 7th, 2002 at 08:49 PM |
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Tell us a bit about it!!!!!
Once you go flat, you never go back!!!!!!
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| posted on December 9th, 2002 at 10:35 AM |
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Some Details
Yes, sorry, I was just being slack by not typing some info up....so here goes.
It now sits on a 69 chassis that has been rebuilt by WHM. It has a 4" * 2" box section around the outside to keep everything stiff and to
add a small lift kit to it.
It runs a 71, 1300, swing axle box which is currently out getting repaired after I broke the front nose cone.
The front end is standard with 1500 disc brakes. The rear brakes are type 3 drums.
The current motor is a standard 1600 SP that I picked up for $100. It is actually not to bad but I am in the process of getting an 1835 Stage 1 motor
and hope to be able to put that in at the beginning of 2003.
The seats are old SAAS seats that were in terrible shape when I got them, so I had them repaired and recovered. The only good thing about them is they
fit, other than that they are pretty usless.
As with all these projects they never seem to finish, so one day hopefully I will find seats that fit and are comfortable. But in the mean time there
is always plenty of other things to do so the seats will just have to wait.
I am planning to put air shocks in the back so I can easily raise the back when I go off road.
I have tried to keep it as simple and as clean as possible. It is heaps of fun to drive ( and will be heaps better with the 1835) and my wife and I
enjoy going away in it. Having said that it is very hard to fit in all the camping gear we want to take so the next major project is to make a light
weight trailer.
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I want one
I love it ! I have always wanted a buggy , I like the idea of thrashing it and then hosing it out .yours loo.ks to good to thrash though.
silver
Keeping it real !
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| posted on December 11th, 2002 at 01:14 PM |
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Hi Silver,
Yes the trouble with doing them up is you tend to not want to take them out and break them. I have had mine at Stockton beach a few times with the
KlubVWOffRoad club and we have been out on a few 4WD tracks. I have managed to keep it pretty much intact except for this last time when I broke the
front cone off the gearbox. They are also great fun to drive on
normal roads....handle really well.! We have been away in it a few
times and had to take it on our honeymoon last Easter as our other car blew up the gearbox a couple of days before we got married. We drove from
Sydney to the Gold Coast in the pouring rain.....have made more roof modifications after that little experience.
Thanks for your interest.
Mark.
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| posted on December 11th, 2002 at 02:09 PM |
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Hey Mark
Do you know the history behind your J & S buggy, the one i used to own was sold up your way in about 1976 or so.
Can you shed any light on it, did it always have 4 stud wheels from a post 68 Beetle.
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| posted on December 11th, 2002 at 02:36 PM |
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Buggy History
Hi Dave,
I bought it from a guy in Sussex Inlet in March 2000. It is registered as a 59 so I am guessing that is what the chassis was before the rebuild and of
course it was a 5 stud then. It used to be yellow and red but I think the guy I bought it off let his boys paint it. I don't know anything about
its history before that. Here is a pic at Stockton just before it came off the road.
I did have a guy leave a note on the seat one day saying that he used to own it and that he had driven it around Australia, but he did not leave a
contact number or anything  which was a real shame.
Mark.
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| posted on December 12th, 2002 at 07:13 AM |
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yeah the one i had was on a 68 chassis with discs and 4 stud wheels, not registered when i sold it, however i did see it a few years after when i was
driving through the surburbs below Newcastle.
It had a different L/H front guard on it... as they had changed the mould slightly and before i got it, it had been smacked in the front L/H side, so
i had a new front guard grafted to the shell. It varied slightly around the headlight mount point section.
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| posted on December 12th, 2002 at 09:08 AM |
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As far as I know there where 2 different front guards made. Once is 2 inches higher than the other. I have only seen one buggy with the higher guards
which looks good and gives better wheel clearance.
Would be nice to be able to find more J&S's and see what people have done to them. They mostly seem to be down South.
Mark.
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| posted on December 16th, 2002 at 09:41 PM |
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Troy (nexis on the forum) has a silver J&S buggy that he has done heaps of work to.
Can see it on the Manx club site
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab
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| posted on December 17th, 2002 at 01:11 PM |
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I have "spoken" with troy a few times via email. He used to have a lot of problems with scrubbing his guards but I understand now that he
has a 3 inch lift kit so that should fix the problem. His buggy looks good silver. Hopefully he (and others from Qld) will be able to come down at
Easter and come to Stockton so we can all meet.
Mark.
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| posted on December 17th, 2002 at 05:33 PM |
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Troy's is nice, but Carvet's is nicer. :thumb
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on January 10th, 2003 at 06:35 PM |
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the carvets (steve) owns a supersports
not a j and s
but mine is looking a bit better than last year with a new paint job and a 2ltr engine
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| posted on January 14th, 2003 at 12:02 AM |
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Hi Mark,
Guys I have to add that I have seen Marks J&S and the pics (As good as they are) do not do it justice at all. This is the cleanest J&S on the
coast I believe.
It great to see you here Mark - Hopefully more folks from the klub will come into the forum to discuss events and up coming get togethers. I have met
heaps of new VW mates and got together with other I would have never otherwise met if it wasn't for this forum.
There is a Red / Burgendy J&S out the back of Newcastle (Barnsley) dave owned by a bloke by the name of Richard (or mabey Michael) I think. I was
going to buy a white manx sheel off him for a grand once but couldn't get the $'s together quick enough. He's running a 2 litre in it
and generally just running to and from cricket fields in it with the odd bush outing. It's pretty rough but has a bit of potential. I've
tried to get him to come in outings but is usually to busy with other stuff at the time. Really nice guy though.
Lookin forward to catching up with you again some time Mark - take care and see you hopefully at stockton or the next Nationals.
Another great stockton weekend~
In good company~
[size=4]Bronze.[/size]
Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.
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J & S Blue
Hi Mark,
Just though i'd add a couple of shot from our Lake Conjola run lat year
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| posted on January 22nd, 2003 at 09:21 PM |
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