The bit of black rubber on the fuel line in the previous pic is just a sleeve, it's all unbroken 5/16" from under the tank and into the engine bay.
Here's the other end, will finish it up when an engine lives there one day, you can just see it running across above the back of the gearbox. 🙂
Yank the thing up in the air, that way you can avoid all those sharp pointy rocks under the car, AND you have room to avoid the Heeler!
I had a Red Heeler for a while when I lived in Canberra. It would eat all the plums on the ground in spring, then walk sideways drunk across the back lawn. 😂
It was bored stooopid, so I sent it out to a farm near Yass, turned out to be a good dog (had good bloodlines).
I used to prime new engines up with an accumulator, but saw this idea online somewhere recently and rekn it's a great idea, so here goes......
Weld an old tek bit onto the drive gear shaft, then clean it up and polish the shaft a bit.
Tap some threads into the inlet and outlet holes of an old VW oil pump.
Tada! Bolt the cover on top, hook some oil hoses up to your full flow inlet and oil container, then spin it up with a drill to pressurise the oil galleries before starting.
You would be amazed what they can come up with at that age. Dave [rear the door] was 7, and Tim 5. Dave got sick of crashing his model plane - a Cox 049. He wanted to make a car, using the 049 engine, and I encouraged them to go ahead, even though I knew it wouldn't work.
When it was all done, they took it up to the hockey field behind our house, I could not believe my eyes...it actually worked like a charm, even on the grass. I will never forget the looks on their faces.
Don't do too much for them, give them a free hand, as even making mistakes can help them learn. Safety first, of course.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
It's amazing where a bit of confidence, a deep breath before application, and continual slight improvements over many years can lead you, that's impressive.
WOW...what a find, there's 2 billycarts there !👍 What I would have given for those wheels when I was that age.
My first billycart had old pram wheels on the front, and old Holden rear wheel bearings on the back. I reckon that's where I learned to drive a Beetle.😏
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
It's hard to tell from the pic- is that the stick on plastic protector strip that was everywhere years ago to prevent car park dings. I haven't seen it for years. It used to come with small stick on ends to give it a tapered look like the vw trim pieces have
Yep, that's it, Ebay special. The plan was for a cheap and easy NB "flash kit"..........until this mornings sun hit it and it started lifting and shifting around a bit!
I guess you only get what you pay for! 😂
OK - thanks.For a brief moment I thought it might work on my Hot Rod to give the OG moulding look.Looks like I will have to weld 2 together to get the length for the ute back.
