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 D-train
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| posted on October 11th, 2012 at 05:11 PM |
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got a little done 2day.
guards on
windows in, dont want to do it again by myself.. frustrating
taillights on
an rear bar on..
front guards, lights an bar on
then passenger door, fitted, gaps are good an opens an closes like a devil!!!
an this turned up, RHD cruiser pedal. ive been helping Russ out to design it an this is the final product!! have it fitted 2moro.
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| posted on October 12th, 2012 at 07:14 PM |
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not much to report 2day.
got the drivers door on an seals installed, lines up sweet.
then spent ages trying to install the front windscreen.
fuck doin it by urself its near impossible, the chrome started to come out then the seal came off the glass, on numerous occasions so fuck it ill get
help with this one... unless someone has a trick up their sleeve..
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D-train
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| posted on October 13th, 2012 at 05:23 PM |
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Bit of a non event day, small things were time consuming. But happy with the results anyway..
Engine finally set up, choke cable extension, Fram, MMO an all wiring done an ready to fire up once again.
Got better brakes on it so had to make up a bracket for the dual resovior can be accessed through the round window (steering box access plate) made it
so it bolted onto the dual brake cylinder, no holes drilled!!
2moro hopefully have all the little stuff done.. Hopefully.
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| posted on October 13th, 2012 at 07:06 PM |
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I absolutely love this car!!!
You have done such a fantastic job building it up. It oozes patina and style.
Keep up the great work, it's brilliant!
Smiley 
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
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| posted on October 13th, 2012 at 07:56 PM |
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Thanks for letting us be part of your build. love all aspects of your vehicles and what you come up with.
love the patina.
"If it ain't rubbing,It ain't dubbing!!!!"
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D-train
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| posted on October 14th, 2012 at 02:18 PM |
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Tank an tyre, check.
Now for round 2 of the windscreen..
Ratchet strap an some wood..
Final result,
Dion 1 windscreen 0. Technically it should be windscreen 1 as well, but I don't want to give it the joy of thinkin it defeated me..
Lets just say after the hours of getting frustrated the other day, I made it my bitch 2day.
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| posted on October 14th, 2012 at 02:33 PM |
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nice work on the pan, but when are you going to paint it?
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D-train
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| posted on October 14th, 2012 at 07:52 PM |
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posted by whatnow
nice work on the pan, but when are you going to paint it?
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ill paint it with ur blood for that question henry.. haha
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| posted on October 14th, 2012 at 07:56 PM |
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Cool, blood red sounds nice.  
Great work dude.
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| posted on October 15th, 2012 at 12:32 PM |
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great work Dion,love those gauges and the pedal here's a link to the MMO http://www.skyshop.com.au/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=305&cat=lubricants
Steve
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| posted on October 15th, 2012 at 07:02 PM |
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well blood is good and salty so might help blend in the newer panels.
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| posted on October 16th, 2012 at 08:57 AM |
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Uber jealous!
[size=5]Custom doesn't come in a Box[/size] |
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| posted on October 16th, 2012 at 09:20 AM |
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Nice nice nice.
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| posted on October 16th, 2012 at 03:35 PM |
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love the windscreen installation technique. Hey where did you get the engine bay tarboards from?
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D-train
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| posted on October 16th, 2012 at 03:53 PM |
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So here I am happy as Larry,
-taken Mia for her morning walk, check
-muffin an triple shot, check
-checked the surf, check
-bowel movement from coffee, double check..
Then the phone.. U fly out this arvo at 5.
Mad rush to tidy up the yard, push cars here an there sort tools an make tidy..
So no work or updates for a couple of weeks..
But here's a little teaser
I've come to face the facts, money was runnin low and reality set in an made me realize I need to go back. U can't live on love an dreams...
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| posted on October 16th, 2012 at 05:46 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by oldnslo
love the windscreen installation technique. Hey where did you get the engine bay tarboards from?
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| posted on October 17th, 2012 at 08:07 AM |
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Hey Dion, looking awesome.
Looking forward to see how the interior turns out. I think you should get some old wheels and bury them for a bit and let them decay.
Keep it up,
T54
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D-train
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| posted on October 28th, 2012 at 10:51 AM |
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finally got the ignition keyed and around to some wiring briefly, got it running but it was running like shit so adjusted the timing an still shit..
then thought about it an i didnt have the boost gauge hooked up. idiot..
so it runs, but now needs adjusting again to compensate for it been already adjusted..
heres a snippit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whBgzh2ySDE&list=UUErfx9HAcQC9WBAEWOhKJkQ&index=3&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBb28IL3qjg&list=UUErfx9HAcQC9WBAEWOhKJkQ&index=1&feature=plcp
then got into doin this for andrew. put dropped spindles in it to bring it down a little bit... more
before
after, doesnt look like much but its another 2.5" lower
driving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z3J0uMqVjM&list=UUErfx9HAcQC9WBAEWOhKJkQ&index=2&feature=plcp
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| posted on October 28th, 2012 at 10:56 AM |
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lurve the optional extra fitment of the satellite dish there in the pic young fella...
great for you tube on the go 
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| posted on October 28th, 2012 at 11:00 AM |
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i was trying for the millennium falcon look..
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| posted on October 30th, 2012 at 03:02 PM |
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engine was running like a bag of shit, checked an rechecked everything, then the prob was found. troubleshooting with people is good, u forget
somethings sometimes. (thanks klaus)
the culprit
cleaned an ran beautiful again..
changed the distributor thinkin that it could of also been a problem. no vacuum advance now but an early centrifugal advance one.
All lights and wiring, done.
original door cards and rubber mats, done
finally got around to modifying the bracket for the cruiser pedal. bit of dilly dallying but all good an works a treat, no more sore foot from the
roller.
greased the tracks, an in went the seats. not the right color, ill search for them still.
got the rust free decklid off bens oval for rego, then the yellow one will go back on.
would love a ratty horizon blue one tho to match the car if someone has one, give it up now!!!
ill see how i go with no carpet for rego, if he says i need it so be it. but for now ill run as is!! got to organize rego check soon..
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| posted on October 30th, 2012 at 04:42 PM |
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might just take that instead of my bug next time im up :P
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| posted on October 31st, 2012 at 06:31 PM |
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so been test driving it to fine tune it up an down the street, and have a small problem.
the hubcap keeps comin off. fuck losing them.. so fix the problem
feeling lazy, i took the rim an new clips to an engineer to see if they could put them in, they had no idea about it, there is a special rivet tool,
but i didnt want to pay XX amount for it. so back to metalwork basics an made my own tool.
a simple bolt
drill a recess an grind a section
and voila!! a rivet/clip holder.
prop the tyre an rim over the clip an rivet, beat with a hammer an no more lost caps..
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| posted on October 31st, 2012 at 07:42 PM |
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cool tool
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| posted on November 1st, 2012 at 09:34 PM |
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ill see how i go with no carpet for rego, if he says i need it so be it. but for now ill run as is!! got to organize rego check soon..
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Very cool
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| posted on November 2nd, 2012 at 07:28 PM |
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bit bored now its "finished" an couldnt resist, so on with some safety things.
rego check in 2 weeks.. stupid work always ruins fun...
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| posted on November 5th, 2012 at 11:09 AM |
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I love this car, this is exactly what a beetle should look like!
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D-train
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| posted on November 10th, 2012 at 06:44 PM |
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got a call from work, leave where i am to go to katherine in NT (anyone up that way pm me!!) so a couple of days at home an bored, had this sittin
around for ages an thought id test it to make sure it worked properly..
for those who dont know what it is, its an inline reverse switch that goes between the speedo and cable. havnt hooked up the whole thing yet, this is
a trial.
original vw reverse light..
watch the vid to see the results an how it works, too much rain to hook it up 2day..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp-QPVpjYJU&feature=youtu.be
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| posted on November 11th, 2012 at 06:48 PM |
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finally, 5 min install an away we go!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5NEj0Ujgq0&feature=youtu.be
all finished for rego.. what else can i add b4 it gets plates now?
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| posted on November 11th, 2012 at 06:53 PM |
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that reverse light is not going to make that death trap any safer!!
but sure looks good
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