t2 stop taking life so serious
1,102 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
done a bay allready, well i had a bay done allready
how many split buses are out there
frenzix Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,742 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
dave next you will be telling everyone to weld up their semaphore holes!
Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough
764 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
My 64 panel should hit the road sometime in the new year, I am making a start on it now and it seems to take me about 4 months to do a car, although a splitty Kombie has more bodywork so it may be a bit longer.
This is the Van I collected from Coober Pedy in August 2003.
I also have a 59 11window but it remains in limbo till I find a front donor as mine has a nasty whack to fix.
But thats at least one more splitty coming back on the road.
Cheers Anthony
This is the Van I collected from Coober Pedy in August 2003.
I also have a 59 11window but it remains in limbo till I find a front donor as mine has a nasty whack to fix.
But thats at least one more splitty coming back on the road.
Cheers Anthony
62 Ragtop Herbie with a little extra oomph.
57kombi Hannover Elder
2,544 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Weld up all holes including those silly ones in the roof, I think deluxes have them, waste of time really, how do you look through them when your driving.
Cheers
Dave
Cheers
Dave
t2 stop taking life so serious
1,102 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
go herbie 4 months wow, i have taken nearly 2 years so far i thought it would take around 6 months little did i know ,but i have made many mods and only worked on it when i have some spare time and bought all parts that dont do anything but look nice so i guess its my fault.
57kombi Hannover Elder
2,544 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Mine took 3 and a half years, anything under 1 year will be pushing it, unless you work on it full time, also depends on what type of resto you do
Cheers
Dave
Cheers
Dave
Herbie 53 Bugs are not nearly enough
764 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
I guess I am really tempting fate with talkin time scedules but it does revolve heavily around time availabe to spend.
Its the Nature of my business that leaves me with months at a time spare between movie productions, I do all my own work ussually, Because if you want something done right you have to do it yourself.{So I can only Blame myself for any stuff ups.}
Having said that I am pondering having someone else paint the kombie but it probably wont happen, because,
Today I'm thinking metallic Purple,mettalic Green and bright mettalic Silver with chrome Rav 4 rims, Lowered with custom chrome bumpers and lots of graphic airbrushwork.
This May take a little longer depending on how much energy I can muster up and I doubt paying someone for such a paint job will leave any funds for anything else.
I bought Herbie as an off road bug and kept him for a year while I collected all the parts I needed to fix him up.
But when I started it took me about 3 months to Git r dun.
Herbie was never to meant to be over the top anal in the finish as I planned to drive him to work each day, I learned years ago about going nuts on the paintwork and then getting stonechips dents and scratches from driving all the time, It breaks your heart. So I made him tidy but not crazy imaculate.
Its a much bigger project doing the kombie but it will be fun and the kombie is probably in better shape to start with.
Lets hope it all goes well.
Cheers Anthony
Its the Nature of my business that leaves me with months at a time spare between movie productions, I do all my own work ussually, Because if you want something done right you have to do it yourself.{So I can only Blame myself for any stuff ups.}
Having said that I am pondering having someone else paint the kombie but it probably wont happen, because,
Today I'm thinking metallic Purple,mettalic Green and bright mettalic Silver with chrome Rav 4 rims, Lowered with custom chrome bumpers and lots of graphic airbrushwork.
This May take a little longer depending on how much energy I can muster up and I doubt paying someone for such a paint job will leave any funds for anything else.
I bought Herbie as an off road bug and kept him for a year while I collected all the parts I needed to fix him up.
But when I started it took me about 3 months to Git r dun.
Herbie was never to meant to be over the top anal in the finish as I planned to drive him to work each day, I learned years ago about going nuts on the paintwork and then getting stonechips dents and scratches from driving all the time, It breaks your heart. So I made him tidy but not crazy imaculate.
Its a much bigger project doing the kombie but it will be fun and the kombie is probably in better shape to start with.
Lets hope it all goes well.
Cheers Anthony
62 Ragtop Herbie with a little extra oomph.