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1963 ragtop beetle project - gone to a new home

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Che Castro ankle straps

1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#239201
Looks damn well amazing!

Hey how did you do the removeable rear apron? I'm looking into doing that myself. I'm not sure where to cut/drill.
Jon

555bug WRX Bug Boy

1,123 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#239296
I though that it would be hard to beat your last bug, but it looks like I was wrong 🙂 I can't wait to see it in the flesh.

Stephen

bugboymatt Custom Title Time!

1,405 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#239345
Coming along nice mate.
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1,718 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#239518
Truely awesome. Inspirational stuff😎

Mikeaus Commited Dubber

62 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#239534
Very nice
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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#240255
Thanks for the kind words again folks, took the car into the exhaust shop this morning (http://www.cesracing.com.au) to have it made up.

Here is another engine mockup (mainly for exhaust purposes) - will add shroud etc in when I get it back so I can have the breather box made up and attach the braided fuel line to firewall etc etc etc

Rear cooling "tin" is not painted yet because it will have to be trimmed and drilled for breather lines, accelerator cable etc.

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#240258
Temporary steering wheel in place so they can move it around the shop. Have decided now I will definitely have to narrow the beam and run spacers up front too - turning circle is dangerously small since inner edge of wheels hits lower trailing arm and shock tower. Glad I spent all those hours painting and detailing all those front suspension components! 😠

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,476 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#240263
not a problem i hope it gets finished soon as i want to see the whole car on the road
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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#243299
Dropped into Custom Exhaust Specialists today to check progress. See below for pics. They have mainly been working out how to plumb the whole system up...bolted up the aircooled.net stub pipes, and have just tacked up the #3/4 side.

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

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#243300
Ground clearance was a concern and was one of the design note briefs...they have wrapped the headers under the gearbox cradle rather than under the engine block.

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

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#243302
I am going with a 4 into 1 arrangement. The #1/2 pipes will be wrapped up over the axle to utilise the area above the gearbox, then back around to meet these pipes.

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#243305
Final shot for now - will update when it is all complete (and in HPC) and when my wallet is a little lighter. :cry

Will be worth it though, these guy do amazing work (by the look of the hot rod, cobra replica, camaro etc etc in their shop having exhaust made - all look shuper shweet).

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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,476 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#243363
looks good mate definately better than my shortened kombi heater boxs :duh

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#243522
Got bored this arvo so rubbed the guards back lightly and laid on a coat of high build primer. Here are the before shots (after panel beating/filling etc).

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pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#243535
i just went through al the pics from the start, dead set this is one of the most awesome and well planned out jobs ive seen...no actually it is the best. i love seeing the rogress on the bug :thumb
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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#243552
Thanks mate, click here for easier to follow pics including ones from the very beginning (quite a few were lost when the forum crashed a while back).

http://www.netspot4u.com/~manxclub/gallery/album95

Cheers to Brad and manx club for hosting the pics - it is a great album set up. And to the forum of course...it is nice to show people what is involved with a resto of this nature!
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BenettonVW Administrator AVD Forum Founder

3,125 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#243746
Doin well Al, doin real well..

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ColumBUS Hail To The Bus Driver!

3,601 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#244264
lovin the work mate!

Keep it up and we want more progress pics as it happens! action shots!

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#246533
Dropped into exhaust shop today - should be all done by tomorrow morning (Saturday). I'll get the car tilt-trayed home to start sorting out all the other bits and pieces before separating the body and pan yet again.

Anyway, here is the first pic of the spaghetti junction:

The #3/4 side is now complete.

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