Oh yeah and Freddy's drop spindles are on their way... looks like the bottom half will be done sooner than expected. Already got gearbox, pan, narrowed adjustable beam and spindles. Heaps more to go but at least that's something.
Bit of an update:
I've got the dropped spindles now. Still sorting the seats out and Caffinepusherman has found a bonnet for me (four tab - not three, but can't be too picky).
Best news is that it looks like Marz and I are going to be doing a bit of collaborating which means that Frederik should start moving along in the not too distant future.
Pumped!!!
gonna tow it or roll it to the Jambo?
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
Dude it's not that far progressed!
hehehe
drag it then....
heh, bummer. Next year then!
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
Got Freddy back home so the work's about to get a bit more serious.
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ruckus thats got less rust than mine👍
what bugboy suggested works on small areas but on large areas to much grinding better to cut the area out neatly and weld in a section either lap weld it or butt weld it in .I know a guy who can make any panel you show him ,I cut a complete dog leg out of a 56 chev and he made 1 from scratch to be welded in .
good luck with the oval
get stuck into it man! I think you shouldn't paint it.. save yaself some time.. 😉
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
i'm trying to convince him to just put it back together as is, dump it, bling it, narrow it and roll! I might have to start a poll...😵💫
maybe you should Milhouse, maybe you should...
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
MMMMM i could do a lot with this ovali kafer.:thumb
Everything 36HP !
Change over king and link spindles
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Another too leave the GTown Fold:beer
Cheers Doc
reVOLKS at Fyansford Geelong
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Started on the repair sections for the W lid tonight. Didn't do too badly, only went through the section once with the drill when taking out the spotwelds. Need to be more patient I think. Ah well it was only the inner, the outer skin I'll measure up and cut on Wed.
Did some measuring and cutting today. Was a bit worried I was being a cowboy and got really nervous when I had the grinder poised over the 52 year-old metal of the W but it turned out ok so far.
Half W was first:
repair sections:
W:
removed crusty bits:
old and new:
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Hopefully get everything down to the Doctor's this weekend and get it welded up. Still needs to be trimmed a little to be good enough.
Big thanks to Caffeinepusherman for the donor metal. :thumb
[ Edited on 10-9-06 by ruckus ]
sht man, you've messed that up bad....what were you thinking?! wow what a waste of a W Lid. he he he....😁
😵💫😵💫
Nice job mate! good to see you getting into the thick of it.:thumb
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Shit man love your work:thumb
You must have a great teacher:kiss
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reVOLKS at Fyansford Geelong
20th OCT 2007 STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS
Stripped the four-tab bonnet today (top anyway). The shocking flame job must've been painted with house paint, was a bloody messy bastard to destroy. Not too many big scary bits, little bit of tapping and welding needed.
before (ish): after:
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Under the expert tuition of The Doctor I got the outer repair measured up and tacked in place today. Spent ages spot-welding the edge of the replacement inner as the metal was a bit pocked and thin in quite a few places. Hopefully will have the inner in and the whole lid stripped and primed by the end of next week.
beerdoc wrote:Shit man love your work:thumb
You must have a great teacher:kiss
and extremely modest as well.....................
There's nothing like the wind on your head, where your hair used to be.....................
The Doctor's been taken out with injury so welding's stalled for a few days. He'd kill me if I slowed down so I got stuck into the door skin replacement. This was the easy bit, fitting the appropriate bits to the '54 door will be interesting!
New door skin matched up. Wasn't much fun getting out the rusty spotwelds. The cuts were a little less precise than I would have liked, think I'm getting lazy.
Also got the sub-box/suitcase built, got the idea after seeing Sam's audio setup in his oval. Works well too. I think it'll live in Elmo though as there's not much hope of getting Freddy finished by the time I head off to Japan.
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Now that is unique :thumb
Cheers Doc
reVOLKS at Fyansford Geelong
20th OCT 2007 STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS
Great progress mate! That sub looks familiar 😏 (nice work on the suitcase install by the way!)
Yeah finally got off my bum and did something with it Alan. Tried to have a go at the splits in the kick panels but they need to be adjusted for the late bug. The stuff's been sitting around for far too long!
ps.....that's an 'infinite baffle' sub in a sealed enclosure, but the thing pumps! just before we tested it rob got a box of tissues ready at hand, predicting tears would flow as soon as we heard how crap it was (due to opinions on caraudioaustralia forum).....but the tissues weren't needed after all. Sounds better than my 12" sony, with same RMS rating, which is designed for a sealed box.
Looks cool in the suitcase too!😍
you been busy boys that car needs my red seats though rob !!! wow i didn't think those doors would come up that good what other bits do you need me to find we could go steal them from toby rumor has it he has just purchased number four
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
oh i have semaphores and great complete pre 54 germanic script bosch headlights👍
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
