BLUE_62 wrote:Did you chase up some new bumpers or are they re-chromed one?
What are new ones worth and whats chroming worth these days. I will require new ones for mine as they are a little to rough to rechrome (dinted in places).
These are original items (always thicker gauge metal than the repro ones) that have been repaired (cracks welded, towel rail holes welded, dents straightened) and rechromed.
Chrome plating is not cheap especially for good quality - U2U sent. It is worth the extra money though when you get a good job, I went through a chrome plating "agent" who picks up your stuff, has it done and guarantees the work (he uses a number of different platers) - it is good that way because if something is not right, I just ask him to redo it (which has only happenned a couple of times).
Cheers
Alan
I have been following this thread - Stunning is the only word I can come up with.
The optima battery is the ducks nuts, especially with your sound gear - $300 odd but worth every cent, and its completely sealed so no more leaking battery acid 🙂
i wasn't so sure about the wheels before, but now that i see what you've done with them...oh baby.
Can't wait to see it this weekend...... looks superb in the pictures so I can assume it's going to look even better in person... catch up soon dasbuddy 🙂
i think after 28 pages (it would have been more before the crash) of pictures of the car, we need some head shots of the man behind the machine, the incredible dasdubber himself.
keep up the good work, cant wait to see it in show
Hehehe....I'm a little shy :P
Usually I am taking the photos though hence no pics of me!
Just finished for the night (8am till 11.30pm not a bad days work) - tail-lights are wired up as well as engine bay - can't see the wiring?? Thats the idea - to make it as sano as possible - and thats why these things take so long!
Oh yeah, rear indicators are on as well. If I get time tomorrow between house work and trip to the coast, may finish up headlight wiring....maybe get onto power and ignition junctions and battery hold down.....well maybe.
Carbs can go back on soon and linkage now that wiring is almost done in the engine bay.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
absolutely insane. inspirational and exceptional craftmenship. a great example for all!!!:thumb
firebreathing 4 potter...
:bounce:bounce
when is start up day???
are you selling tickets???
:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce
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try and record the sound coming out of those beaut pipes!!!!! 😀
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firebreathing 4 potter...
Hopefully start up day won't be too far away - maybe in a few weeks (it will be away for a week or so getting carpets and ragtop as of next weekend).
My camera does not have sound recording but should be able to get some mpegs uploaded - friends have more ritzy cameras than me :P
Well, another big day - just finished, although renovations took far longer than expected as they always do....so didn't get much done. I pretuned carbs and checked things over one last time before bolting them up. HPC'ed manifolds look sweet :thumb
crazy, just plain crazy...
Something that should take half an hour ended up taking about an hour and a half. What a nightmare trying to access the manifold nuts - used CB performance 11mm nuts to make it a little easier....after tightening up the rear three nuts (closest to the back of the car) which took about 20 mins as you can only do about 1/8 of a turn at a time!
After doing all three and tring to start on the forward most nut, I realised that you couldn't get it started as the manifold was now too close too the stud.....so had to undo all other three and start again this time in a different order! Oh joy.
Kroozin_Kikko wrote:i think after 28 pages (it would have been more before the crash) of pictures of the car, we need some head shots of the man behind the machine, the incredible dasdubber himself.
keep up the good work, cant wait to see it in show
This man is a VW Restorer, therefore we cannot show you his face on the internet.....Morning Dasdubber....
You get the drift - remember that oral-B add with the dentist? If not you'll surely think I am crazy....too much wine tonight I think.
And I thought it was bad with Kadrons in a superbug !!!
How many knuckles lost their skin ?
Have you cut holes in the engine bay to get at them yet ? Next time I have the engine out of mine I will be cutting big ( like as big as I can get them) access holes in the side of my engine bay !
OMG the man behind the car is a blonde, blonde jokes will be re written because of this
Doug Sweetman wrote:And I thought it was bad with Kadrons in a superbug !!!
How many knuckles lost their skin ?
Have you cut holes in the engine bay to get at them yet ? Next time I have the engine out of mine I will be cutting big ( like as big as I can get them) access holes in the side of my engine bay !
No holes although I thought long and hard over it before paint went on. Depending on how much tuning is required I may just drill holes just large enough to put a screw driver through to get to mixture and air bypass screws - but will see how it goes first!
I got sick ofborrowing a wobble-bar from my local friendly mechanic to get at my Kad manifolds.
What a nightmare of a job they are.
Went and bought a wobble-bar and now need a good quality uni-joint.
VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa
looks sweet 🙂
'73 Bay - Fergus
Those fingers look mighty clean.... you sure you're doing the work yourself????
:thumb😀 :thumb😀😉:thumb😀😉:duh:thumb
I suppose if the car hasn't been driven yet......!
sexual! tops ot off. Love the engine bay!
god damn those webbers look like some fuel drinkers!
1958 Beetle, 1966 VW Beetle, 1996 Holden Statesman!
Its an obsesion for engines and fuel.... 😏
063bug wrote:Those fingers look mighty clean.... you sure you're doing the work yourself????
:thumb😀 :thumb😀😉:thumb😀😉:duh:thumb
I suppose if the car hasn't been driven yet......!
Thats right - nothing has had time to get covered in oil, dirt or grease!
Started playing with the battery clamp (aluminium) and mdf surround....
The two long bolts will go through the floor up through the mdf and aluminium (through those two holes). The mdf will be fixed to the battery clamp and supported underneath the fuse block which can be seen here.
Of course the mdf will be tidied up, edge routed (roundover) and painted in body colour to match fuse panel box...and aluminium will be milled (063bug will have to maybe hit your colleague up for another favour!) and polished.
...and just another shot of those sexy wheels - each day they grow more and more on me :thumb
if they grow on you, can i have some????? pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Dasbuddy, those battery clamps look the works now I can see what you were trying to tell me.... noice work buddy looks 😎
aaaaaaaw Das Ive gone and drooled all down a clean shirt 😀
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Nothing too exciting tonight - just fiddled around with the battery clamp and surround. Also mounted the power and ignition junction block - having it mounted underneath will help to make the wiring quite tidy.
its saturday morning! u better be awake and in the shed, im waiting for the next episode of Dasresto, oh and it wasnt on the screen when i went into members rides, to far down again, still waiting for the next ep tho, bugger it ill download it from the net instead of waiting! no wait thei is on the net, damn, hurryyyy uppppppp
