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wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Feb 2013 ·

#1033221
Your rocking it Mate. Good job on the bumpers.
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m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1033454
wombatventures wrote:Your rocking it Mate. Good job on the bumpers.
Thanks 👍

Made a battery tray. I have seen a lot of bugs rusted under the battery so I thought that a steel tray might help with rust.



Rear window in



Door cards redone. I didn't want to play around with the clips that were used to hold the door cards into position. They make a weak point in the masonite and usually break when you go to pull them off. I just used some stainless self tapping screws.







And got some swan neck mirrors.



m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1033736
Installed some carpet today









and the rear seats



also got the dome light wired up and working



and bought some widened rims for the rear

BlasterTheRedBajaBug Wolfsburg Wizard

444 posts · joined Nov 2016 ·

#1033738
great job the car has come such a long way from when it began as a shell made of mostly rust and bog.
Nobody can drive you crazy, unless you give them the keys.

m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1034035
BlasterTheRedBajaBug wrote:great job the car has come such a long way from when it began as a shell made of mostly rust and bog.
Thanks 👍

I had to buy a new brake fluid reservoir as mine had a pin hole at the bottom and was leaking fluid, I also had a dodgy pvc pipe connecting it to the steel line.

New reservoir and brake hose line







Also bought some new seat belts as mine were fraying and I don't think that they will pass a roadworthy check

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1034038
The Bug is looking great. The photos are clear and tell a story, and there is going to be pedestrians punching each other silly when that flash paint job finally hits the streets 🙂
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1034134
oldskoolguy wrote:The Bug is looking great. The photos are clear and tell a story, and there is going to be pedestrians punching each other silly when that flash paint job finally hits the streets 🙂
Thanks 👍

Now about the flash paint job, what colour is Vic Roads going to register the car as? Red, Rust, Yellow, Blue, Black.... 😂

The last few days I have done some more work.

Installed the headliner. I was going to leave it like this but I want to cover it in some old coffee hessian bags that I have.





Right rear guard installed and wired up.



I also made up a spark plug holder. I saw Air Cooled Accessories have a billet holder but I wanted to see if I could make something similar.

I had some 5/16 nuts, angle iron, and spark plugs. The nuts don't have the correct thread pitch but they are a little bigger so the plug threads just catch on a thread or two and just snug up finger tight so I don't damage the threads.













Now the list before I can go for roadworthy:

- Bolt down petrol tank
- Get 4X new tyres fitted
- Install rear bumper
- Get a new bonnet latch that works
- Fit mirrors

that should be it.

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1034137
👍 Red!
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1034458
- Bolt down petrol tank DONE!
- Get 4X new tyres fitted DONE!
- Install rear bumper DONE!
- Fit mirrors DONE!
- Front bump stops DONE!















Now just need to find a bonnet latch and it's time for a roadworthy!

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1034464
It's a good looking Bug, well done. I'd drive it..........happily.
Are you going to wax the car? I read somewhere else that you are looking at club rego?
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1034471
oldskoolguy wrote:It's a good looking Bug, well done. I'd drive it..........happily.
Are you going to wax the car? I read somewhere else that you are looking at club rego?
Thanks 👍
I think people will either love it or hate it when it's on the road haha

No I'm going to leave it exactly as it is, I'm not planning on driving it constantly in the rain and it will always be kept under cover. I like the dry flat colour that it has, putting on a wax or oil will give it a glossy look and I'm not fond of that.

Yes I am looking to put it on club rego, Volkswagen Club of Vic. got referred to in the thread and it looks promising. I will give them a call and figure it all out.

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1034475
Excellent! You won't be hard to spot at shows etc.
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#1034492
Great stuff!
Huge

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1034497
How a rat should be

LOVE the interior
Futue te ipsum!!!

m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1034601
I'm planning on taking it on short shakedown trips to see how everything is running so I will be getting an unregistered vehicle permit in the coming days. I did take it for a short drive but the timing was too far advanced and there was some detonation so I backed that down a bit and hopefully that should fix it. I also didn't like how the j-tubes were running alongside the engine without any heat barriers so I got some heat shield and covered them up. Supercheap were selling a small piece of heat shield for $62! I just went down to my local wreckers and purchased some AU Falcon shields for $5 and cut them to shape.









oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1034603
That's recyclin' alright! 👍
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

modnrod Fahrvergnugen

978 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#1034615
Nice ride. I like the blue seats the best, great colour.
👍

m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1034620
modnrod wrote:Nice ride. I like the blue seats the best, great colour.
👍
Thanks 👍

I took it for a spin today, about 30km and it went fine. I backed off the timing a little more and its happy.

Quick snap of it in the driveway next to my XR8. Quite a difference in power and handling 😂

Neighbor also has a pretty cool HD Holden.



m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1035938
The Beetle is finished and has been on the road for a while. Now looking for a new Beetle project, thinking of an oval or another square window but with good brakes and a performance engine.
Also re-did the headliner.









Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1035947
that is such a beautiful car
the "solidness" of it just shines through

Love it 👍
Futue te ipsum!!!

oldskoolguy Officially Full-On Dubber

329 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#1035996
👍 Yes, top job 👍
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI

m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1039365
Quick snap on a stop, still drives nice on a hot day. Just wish it had AC hahah

XXX-1.8T Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,113 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

#1039411
great build looks great!

m4co Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined Jan 2014 ·

#1041811
First break down in the bug on the way to work Saturday morning. The clutch cable broke, I was getting a weird clutch pedal lately so it's not really surprising. I ordered the clutch cable as I was waiting for the tow to come.
All fixed today.

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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#1041812
Love your work

Your car rocks 👍👍👍👍
Futue te ipsum!!!

DubbyFan Wolfsburg Wizard

518 posts · joined Nov 2010 ·

#1041813
Love your work, she's a real camellion, the left hand side view
reminds me of the united colours of Benetton. Way cool car
exactly how I'd like to have one!