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1963 ragtop beetle project - gone to a new home

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Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#322252
As in Al-I-Fornia Look... 🙂 I like it...

Tops Work as always Al.

koolkarmakombi enkarmarising

2,078 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#322256
lolol as in

Al-Built

to take his Mal-Board

to the Al-Waves

cant sleep, clown will eat me !
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empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#322360
Hey Das is you car painted in Bmw M3 greeny/brown? Not to sure if u have specified it before ,dya know the name of colour
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BenettonVW Administrator AVD Forum Founder

3,125 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#322399
Adam, he said he would tell us the name upon completion of the project.

Nice work Alan, cruisin along sweetly.. Got your first song for cruising picked out?!?

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#322432
I removed the base in once piece today (didn't get as much done as I hoped because surf was good!!) - its obviously thin still - more layers will be added for additional strength.

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#322436
After marking it up (in previous pic) I cut it to shape with air cut off wheel (dremel with cutting disc would do the same) - not a bad fit seen here.

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#322438
I made the 6 1/2 in splits MDF rings as well as rings for tweeters (not shown here) so they are flush mounted - for appearance and so I don't kick and damage them. This is all I got to today unfortunately.

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warb gimme some butter im on a roll.....

1,983 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#322448
after seeing all this, now i know why im going rat..... cause im lazy.... top work mate, lots of effort,.... just awesome..

SKEWtYpe3 Custom Title Time!

1,859 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#322847
Top marks you deseve a gold star, the colour is outstanding !

all your choices have paid off big time, Daslooker is a killer !

I think we should get this locked to the top for everyone to be inspired by !

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#323249
BenettonVW wrote:Got your first song for cruising picked out?!?
Hmmm...will be a hard choice. I think I will be nervously listening for strange noises, rattles, bangs, pings etc for the first few trips so most likely won't have tunes on! But I think maybe Dumb Enough from Hilltop Hoods will be getting a run early on - in fact I'm lovin the whole album at the moment. :thumb Should be able to really give that sub a workout!
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Turbo54 Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#323273
Hey Das, Hilltops Rock, I went to school with them at Blackwood up in the hills in Adelaide and we all used to hang out at the blackwood roundabout. Suppose that's where Hilltop Hoods came from. Get the first album 'left foot, right foot'. It's really good, like your car!
T54
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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#323329
Cheers T54, I do like Koolism, Blackalicious and Jurassic 5 - I'll have to check the others out!
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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#324514
Finally got my latest delivery from Wolfsburg West (and yes before you complain about keeping $ here in Australia, I checked with two brisbane VW shops and from a list of around 20 items, only 1 was available).

Anyway, I previously got some como green running boards in but have decided they don't suit the paint so brought in some black covers. So the como green covers (not the boards themselves) are up for sale - U2U if anyone is interested. They cost US$19 each which equates to around AU$49 for the pair. So I'll take $40 (not including freight).
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111821531ACG for details.

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

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#324519
Retaped and drop sheeted the interior again and applied another two layers of fibreglass matt. Always tends to take longer than expected!

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#324521
Not much work this weekend - heading to Sydney for Nationals!! Last couple of pics (unless I squeeze something in after work tomorrow).

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squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#324556
Make sure you come up to the AVD stand Alan and say g'day.

DIY-DUB Custom Title Time!

1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#324572
ur comin 2 the nats?

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#324585
Dasdubber wrote:Not much work this weekend - heading to Sydney for Nationals!!
Yep :thumb

Unfortunatley not in a vw though...flying down.
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DIY-DUB Custom Title Time!

1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#324590
still good tho, ill be there 2 not in a vw either

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#325167
Picked up the Eclipse sub today - would like to mount it inverted but the rollcage gets in the way so it will sit like this:

The 6x9 holes are still to be glassed over soon. Thats it till next week - bring on the nats!

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DIY-DUB Custom Title Time!

1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#325171
u realise now u gotta get some under car neons bro

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#326926
Maybe some LEDs to highlight some of the audio install but no under car neons for me thanks :duh

Speaking of audio, managed to hot glue the 6.5in woofer and tweeter mdf rings into position today using wooden dowel:


Some careful positioning was required to ensure adequate clearance for feet...


....and to try and obtain the best imaging as possible for the front stage (which is hard without seats in place and no power to run speakers...bit of a gamble but hopefully it will pay of).
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ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#327043
Noice