Heres my trouble plagued (for the timebeing) oval named Belle. She's slowly getting fixed with various transplants... engine and gearbox will be coming. Will be converting her to 12V during the changeovers too.nn[ Edited on 12-7-2005 by oval TOFU ]
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some more picsnn[ Edited on 12-7-2005 by oval TOFU ]
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love seeing another oval out there.
What year is it? 54-55?
Everything 36HP !
Change over king and link spindles
6-12volt semaphores
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MY54, auctually manufactured around June/July 55... still got the orig reg from 82!
(I messed around with the contrast so you can see the faint print...)nn[ Edited on 12-7-2005 by oval TOFU ]
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Let me know when you need some help to get that baby on the road 🙂
thanks mate!:thumb
I'm aiming for around the end of this month...
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Looks good mate. I know the safety people amongst us will probably disagree but are you getting the correct rear tail lights and maybe a set of semaphores. It's a very nice looking car. Trynig to get mine fixed at the moment. Rusty Sils.
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thanks guys, I'm tempted to get a set of oval taillights but I think I'll hold out untill I can get some proper heart ones to match the year.. I also have semaphores but they need a bit of a re-condition. It seems as if there is too much resistance in the soilnoid (or whatever) of the semaphore to actually raise the thing from its resting position. I want to install them though. They're the bees' knees!
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im slowly going to get mine back as close to standard as poss which may leave a rat rod after taste he he
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good stuff! Keep it orig or only change things that you can put back to orig condition... I might get some more comfortable seats in the future and lower it a bit..
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You didnt buy this one from up near Bendigo did you?
PHAT BUG wrote:You didnt buy this one from up near Bendigo did you?
Yeh... I did. I think we both know who it was from
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How are the towns people doing now? have they all been relocated coz of that #$%^! freeway?
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my my my hasn't it been a while.... stay tuned for some new pics.. well, the only noticable thing will be a change of background! - I finally started her up last night and will be taking her for a test drive today! so keep watching this space...
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Got a complete Oct 54 floorpan and speedo if interested. Nice by the way, leave it stock but aint the rims red.
T54
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
Wow pretty nice oval mate. Looks great as it is already 😀
Jon
This is her first wash in 20 months! She wasn't that filthy as I kept a car cover on her during the resto, and dusted off the crap with one of those "Dri-Mop" things with parifin oil blah blah blah...
I'll be giving a few areas some 1200 wet and dry and polish as the last respray by the previous owner didn't go on too smootly..
I reckon I'd paint the rims red if I lower it...
Thanks for the comments
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Where does it say the date on my speedo?
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hey bro
its stamped on the back of the speedo, looks like its up side down in ur pic and says something/60. wat mile does it go to? ovals go to 80mph, later goes to 90.nn[ Edited on 12-7-2005 by VWFOOL ]
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One man's junk...
I notice the early speedo's have the semi clear arm too on the face...
60's? dam.....
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mixing it up with the 'rich'...
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nice Chris..... can feel a cruise coming on.
i would have said the date was 9th of november 1957
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Anthiron wrote:i would have said the date was 9th of november 1957
wah???
...I was going to try to drive home with the wiring like this when the starter's solnoid was playing up... I think it's a good thing that I didn't get the chance to try it out, though it would've been a good story/triumph! (thanks VWCOOL!)
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Mate, thats a tidy ride.,
Love to see em in original trim....
Always pondering on whether to run wide rears on mine
when its back on the road. Had wides on the back it was
taken off but dunno, plenty of time to decide and plenty
of inspiration lookin at rides like yours :thumb
1958 Beetle, 1966 VW Beetle, 1996 Holden Statesman!
Its an obsesion for engines and fuel.... 😏
BLUE_62 wrote:Mate, thats a tidy ride.,
Love to see em in original trim....
Always pondering on whether to run wide rears on mine
when its back on the road. Had wides on the back it was
taken off but dunno, plenty of time to decide and plenty
of inspiration lookin at rides like yours :thumb
Thanks for the kind words - I never would have thought my ride was inspiration for anyone...!
go the Wides! In a way, it's for safety's sake..
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front bumper will be back after I find a suitable R/H bracket - the old one was bent and caused the bumper o rub on the fender :duh
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here's an original 1950's scan of the interior...
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just kidding.. FotoSlop all the way...
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Very nice Chris and well done
