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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1003287
FYI before anyone asks about the car phone... yes its legit... no idea where i am going to fit all this SH# at the moment tho.

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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1003288
Fanfares, Boisch rear aux light and Blaupunkt KV820 Shortwave adapter on their way from Deutschland as we speak.

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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1003289
And how could i forget the beautiful Blaupunkt Capri Picnic radio... Love this baby and of course the Brexton trays 🙂

Still a bunch of must have stuff i will be looking for soon (eg. albert mirror, decklid rack, brexton picnic set, Bambus tray, roof net, Wire storage basket, pop out quarter windows, safari windscreen and of course the piece de resistance a Philips Automignon Record player.

All in good time (and $'s permitting of course).

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empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1003310
Hurry up!! Bring Chevaps!!
"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you." - Anonymous 🥷

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1003329
empi wrote:Hurry up!! Bring Chevaps!!
Soonest i can come is Thursday night? Got a barbie?

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

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modnrod Fahrvergnugen

978 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#1003333
hrastovica wrote:The maestro at work.
You're doing it all wrong.

You need to use a short thin screwdriver, held in the left hand between thumb and forefinger, and while turning the driver you rest your right hand lightly on top of the generator.

That way, when you get a quick zap from the dizzy leads you jump a mile, smack your head on the engine cover, and graze the inside of your wrist on the spinning belt (just, only just, missing getting your sleeve caught into the belt). The screwdriver normally comes to rest across the shed floor somewhere.

Volksie tune-up 101. It's all in the manual.
🙂

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#1003334
^^That's how you do it 👍^^

I never found MY short thin screwdriver.🙅
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1003369
modnrod wrote:
hrastovica wrote:The maestro at work.
You're doing it all wrong.

You need to use a short thin screwdriver, held in the left hand between thumb and forefinger, and while turning the driver you rest your right hand lightly on top of the generator.

That way, when you get a quick zap from the dizzy leads you jump a mile, smack your head on the engine cover, and graze the inside of your wrist on the spinning belt (just, only just, missing getting your sleeve caught into the belt). The screwdriver normally comes to rest across the shed floor somewhere.

Volksie tune-up 101. It's all in the manual.
🙂
😂... and if you are really good, you can do the "4 second belt change" using the same short screwdriver, meanwhile permanently imprinting the pulley timing marks into your hand as a sign of allegience to the EMPI brand.

empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1003383
BBQ on stand by
"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you." - Anonymous 🥷

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1004460
- I just won my first serious trophy (Last years Most Potential doesnt count). In fact, somehow i managed to win 2... didnt see that coming as i didnt even wash the car thinking whats the point since the car is not even finished yet.

- Knocked together some new door cards

- Added racks, luggage and fox tail.

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XXX-1.8T Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,113 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

#1004496
any more pics of the car phone?

Love it!

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1004524
XXX-1.8T wrote:any more pics of the car phone?

Love it!
I will have pics in a couple weeks when it actually lands in Australia (been collecting a bunch of stuff to send in one go). But you can get a heap of information at the following website:

http://www.oebl.de/A-Netz/Geraete/Geraete.html

In short, Germany had something like a mobile phone network back in the 1950's which operated on the A-Netz radio network (which was eventually switched off and replaced by the B-Netz and C-Netz network). There are two types of devices using this network, Öbl devices and Nöbl devices. Öbl devices could communicate freely with any other devices, where Nöbl devices were a closed network used for communication between a designated group. My specific device is Nöbl device called a Telefunken BEG138 which was used primarily by German companies laying cables (as you can imagine there would be a need for them to communicate with eachother).
Manufacturers of A-Netz devices include: Telefunken; Siemens; Te Ka De; Becker; Lorenz; Philips, Bosch and others, so there was definitely a market for them. Unfortunately most have been snatched up by museums, so i am very lucky to have stumbled upon this (have to say i was searching for a full year to find it, when i actually found it my heart stopped for a few beats).

A lot more common are the military/police issue field telephones (feldtelefon), and also the FuG devices which also would have been mounted in a vehicle, however they were a lot larger and not quite as refined in design as the Öbl devices.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Telefunken-Fug-7B-1-25-Funkgerat-/311186967087?pt=DE_Handys_Kommunikation_Funktechnik&hash=item4874304a2f

Here are a couple of other pics...

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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1004525
Here are a couple more.

You can see the image of the car boot, which basically would have housed the receiver, transmitter, where the handset is only the control device.

The network had a maximum coverage of 11,000 users which covered most of West Germany in the 1970s.

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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1004526
Here are all the networks in order...

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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1004527
Still have no idea how i am going to fit all this stuff in the car...

modnrod Fahrvergnugen

978 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#1004547
Roofrack.
😀

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1004554
Well i am looking at different types of hinges which would allow me to mount the accessories for show days and detach and fold away for cruising. It shouldn't take me more than a couple mins to mount or unmount all the bibs and bobs. Main reason for the hinge would be to fold away when they arent being used (rather than an ugly old bracket just poking out). Even considering using some strong rare earth magnets, but not 100% confident they would hold on bumpy roads... unlikely.

Ampdub Officially Full-On Dubber

310 posts · joined May 2006 ·

#1004756
Sooo many nice accessories there

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1005286
Ampdub wrote:Sooo many nice accessories there

Not long now! Counting down the days til my delivery arrives, then its a case of finding the space to mount all these goodies 🙂

Here is a snippet of the car running with the new engine... hows that Zoom Tube Exhaust sound!!!

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1005473
Here they are!!! 🙂 Who wants to help me install these hehe.

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hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1005476
Also i learnt today that the carphone is a Telefunken BEG 133/2 (not 138 as i had originally thought). The difference is that the 133/2 has a loudspeaker (lautsprecher) and was used by German Police, not cable layers like the 138. Again, still a Nöble device (private network) running on the German a-netz radio telephone network in the 50's.

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1007457
Just did my whitewalls and want to give a plug to Westside Autoworks (Whitewalls) for the beautiful job they did on my beetles tyres. Left the car there in Delahey (VIC) and it was done in a couple hours. Call: 0424 955 826

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Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,609 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#1007472
Veeerrryyyy nice ride there.

Yogie

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#1010256
Thanks to EMPI for helping me out around the bug 🙂 The hessian was his idea, i reckon its come up a treat. Something a little different.

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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 ·

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👍👍😵😁😁

VVeerryy Nice Ride.... LOVE the hessian!!