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 MISS VDUB
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Mildred... my hot little phat friend!!
Hey Guys,
Well the time has come for me to pull my finger out and get some photo's up of my girl. :P As some of you may know she is a 1974 L Bug. i have pulled
the 1600 out of her and im currently installing the Subaru EJ22 into her. She has been off the road for a while, but i have made sure i've taken
plenty of progress pictures for her baby album.
I rescued her from Billy at Volkwest. He was cleaning up his yard due to selling the business, and i rescued her from going to Sims!
Into the workshop she went, and i started rubbing back her thick layers of paint and cutting out her rust. She had quite a bit of rust on her C
pillar, and in order to repair that and not set fire to myself or Mildred in the process, that nasty foam had to be removed.
I bought some aero guards, whale tail and another bonnet for her, so i couldnt wait to get those on there and see how she looked!
I didnt want to put the original mirrors back on there, so i decided to take out the quarter windows, put in a one piece window kit, and do some
custom work for the mirrors i chose which required a bit of fabrication...
Custom Fuel filler from a Kawasaki
Subaru engine work begins!!!
My radiator which i manged to score out of a 93 Corvette...
Here's my awesone Dad making the removable apron for me and welding up the tail pipe holes... oh yeah, don't worry, that fuel drum was VERY empty!
After much primer and rubbing, and also cutting the sun roof hole and installing the louvered apron, she was starting to look more like my little Phat
friend!!! It was time for her to make her journey to the beauty parlour! :thumb
The colour i have chosen to paint her is Candy Apple Pink with a Harlequin Glitter Flake through the clear...
Yesterday was the day where she arrived home after much hard work, and i couldn't not be happier! She is beautiful. The paint is so bright and
metallic, its really hard to get a good photo as it reflects back onto the camera...
I look forward to keeping you guys updated, and she begins to look a little more whole!!! :kiss
Ash x
[ Edited on 27-1-2007 by MISS VDUB ]
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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 reub
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 01:50 PM |
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Now that's nice. Very cool Ash....very cool....
Love that colour...
Reub
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 02:26 PM |
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about time you got a thread happening on here!
excellent work, she's looking alot happier now :P
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 02:50 PM |
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Finaly some pictures! That pink looks hot, i love it.
Alex.
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 03:25 PM |
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sweet! well done ash. looks sensational!
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 03:25 PM |
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Nice to see her with some clothes on ash.
has come up nicely. great effort from all those involved getting her to her current state. ie, ya DAD :thumb
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 03:39 PM |
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i do like aero guards. that is looking pretty hot ash. you gotta be proud of that! 
Simply Cruzin'...
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 05:10 PM |
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now thats the goods:thumb she is going to be one wicked phat girl
[ Edited on 27-1-07 by pod ]
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 05:54 PM |
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lookin hawt Ash paintjob turned out well
u should keep those bogan VK calais rims on fully sick maaaaate :P
-Joel
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 06:45 PM |
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looking hot ash can't wait to see her in the flesh next week.:kiss
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 06:55 PM |
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hhmmm I think I had nail vanish that colour once...
thats one hot phat chick there.
She'll be a killer when she's on the road..
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 07:37 PM |
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Holy S%&* Ash, that's very nice.:thumb
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 07:49 PM |
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SHITHOT BABY!!!
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 07:55 PM |
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Nice work Ash (and dad) you took on a lot from the first photo but it's looking schweet
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 09:33 PM |
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Thanks guys!!! Really appreciate the comments!
It's taken alot to get her to where she is now. Alot of frustration, blood, sweat and tears!  But so worth it!
Hopefully soon her new shiney shoes will go on, and as Joel puts it, the "bogan calais rims" will go. 
She literally is blinding in the sun, think i might cause a few accidents! 
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 09:41 PM |
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Nice bit of work and a great colour. You won't lose your bug in a car park that's for sure. Is the sunroof one of those pop up glass jobies? If it
is - watch them, as they're prone to leaks.
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MISS VDUB
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 09:45 PM |
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Yeah it is, but this one seals really well, so i shouldnt have a problem! :thumb
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 10:01 PM |
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Great to finally see Mildred!
And she's lookin' damn fiiiiiiiiiine! 
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 10:23 PM |
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 god that colour sucks!
much better mat black!...........
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 10:37 PM |
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and this coming from a guy who thinks Primer is one of the colours of the rainbow! :P
Cheers Patty Cakes!
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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| posted on January 27th, 2007 at 11:46 PM |
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Thats beautiful! Nice color/paint choice. Did your dad paint it?
Wayne
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 08:15 AM |
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Love it.....
 the colour, phat....
Just Cruizin....
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 02:15 PM |
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What can I say there girl , that looks NICE
the radaitor looks like a very good fit as well
One thing that got me is your dad cuting the beaver pannel on what I thought was a fuel drum , then again he is a fireman .
what rims you getting for it ?
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 02:28 PM |
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S W E E T !!!!!!!! Luvvit....
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 07:56 PM |
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Cheers Neil, the radiator is a 4 core cross flow out of an early 90's Corvette, so it should be more than sufficient along with the louvered
apron.
Yeah, Dad is cutting the apron on the fuel drum, but i can assure you it was bone dry, has never had anything in it! It was given to us during Telstra Rally Australia when we were the refuel
crew to just empty the little bits the electric pump doesnt pick up from the other drums when filling up cars. It was a ready made drum and It was one
we had spare and is now handy as a stand or cutting platform.
Ash x
[ Edited on 30-1-2007 by MISS VDUB ]
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 09:32 PM |
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Top stuff Ash... Tis good to finally eyeball your little hottie!
[ Edited on 28-1-2007 by humpty ]
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| posted on January 28th, 2007 at 11:32 PM |
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Thrpie says it's fully sick... 
I gotta admit it's pretty nice... still doesnt change the fact it's an L Bug tho! :kiss
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 12:35 PM |
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It looks great, amazing work done to it. That beauty is going to fly with the motor. Can't wait to see the interior and the wheels. Can you give us
a clue for what wheels you are using?
'We teach best what we most need to learn'
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 06:34 PM |
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that looks really nice Ash.
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| posted on January 30th, 2007 at 01:21 PM |
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wow that is lookin fine, girl
show us your gates
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