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Type 3 Sled - Spy Pics (Daylight pics added 1/8/06) Now For Sale

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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#516633
It was a dark and icey night at the HAMBster Garage. We took a moment from the construction of the HAMB Gas Rails to look at Mark's 'Cowboy' latest little ride.

A bit of a change from rods and kustoms that are his usual fare... he took a poor old notch and a fastback roof that was rescued while on a trailer while on its way to the tip.

He gathered up some spats left over from a '49 Merc kustom build, a swapmeet special '54 Ford Cusso bonnet, an FC grille shell, some steel, a hot axe and a welder.

To turn out the Sled...




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Next on the agenda is a little more chop at the back and a blown 1800 Type 4 engine.




[ Edited on 2-8-2006 by HotRodMatt ]

greedy51 Wolfsburg Wizard

668 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#516639
kooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
Pimp my Hide

last celtic warrior Wolfsburg Wizard

402 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#516653
Needs early bumpers with 5 or so overriders on the front. otherwise, shit hot mate...

Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#516686
:duh

BenettonVW Administrator AVD Forum Founder

3,125 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#516903
Different... A bit of work there..

THE LOWEST WITH THE MOSTEST BLING BLING WINS!!

5lam AKA: BlackBug

520 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#517017
That's wicked. 🤘
Just needs air suspension and a flame thrower kit! 👍

Custom doesn't come in a Box

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#517046
Got some more pics of Mark's car today in sunlight down at the Woronora River... will post in a day or two.
Got the wide whites on too now.

Looking pretty good sitting with 3 '34 Ford coupes, a tall T coupe and a T-bucket, an A tudor, a Duece coupe, a '37 and a '40 Ford coupe, a '57 Chev and 60 Chev. It became known as the micro-merc down at the river...

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#517162
Looks great Matt. I love the vision to bring that together. Will they come to the 50's Fair?

pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#517165
looks like a sweet custom to me ❗
Founding member of the C'town Rat-Pack

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#517722




squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#517726
👍👍👍👍

Would love for you to take some pics of the Fink Matt.

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#517727
squizy wrote:👍👍👍👍

Would love for you to take some pics of the Fink Matt.
You have u2u Squizy

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#518060
That is some work .... did it start as a notch ???
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#518087
vw54 wrote:That is some work .... did it start as a notch ???
Yes. A late notch. The fasty roof was saved from the tip. About 4" out fo the pillars and the fasty roof grafted on.

The cusso bonnet took a fair bit of work to fit to the VW bonnet frame! But the Cowboy likes a challenge.

kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#518089
nice work mat ,needs some stripes
show us your gates

Kai.A. Fahrvergnugen

915 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#518101
absolutely wild!
a lot of crazy idea's have gone into this, and i'd hate to think how many hours of cutting and welding it took.....
brilliant result tho'

with the current trend of hotrod bugs this is a nice addition!

well done!

kai

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#518111
kroozzn62 wrote:nice work mat ,needs some stripes
I'm trying to convince him to let me at it with a brush! But there's gonna be a little more slicing yet til he's happy with the shape, so maybe after he sees the HAMBsters get painted.

He's into the blown Type IV now, so that'll take up his time for a while.

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#518756
Car is now for sale due to a new project on the horizon...
Serious interested people can call Mark Campbell on 0411 646 859. Offers should reflect the work gone into the car.
The car might also be at Valla on Sunday.

Ad in for sales in a couple of days.

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#526135
He's working on the blown 1800 for it now, so isn't actively trying to sell it. If an interested buyer comes along I'm sure he'd be happy to let it go and move on to yet another project.

The original roof of the notch is now being used as part of the body of a HAMBster! Finally a bit ov VW going into one of them!


The Cowboy (Mark) also wishes to express his thanks to those who helped out on the road on the Valla weekend. I believe it was Lee Shaw and a couple of DSK folk...

salerno Learner Dubber

17 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·

#537735
wow, i just joined this forum, and this car is serious inspiration/motivation for my own project now..
it looks fantastic.
what sould something like this be worth?
how could you price the hours of work and design that has gone into it?
very cool 🙂
cheers,