good work, its a good feeling to get a car running easily and taking it for a maiden spin. I also took my 55 oval for its first drive on the weekend, started it a while a go but had a few fuel leaks, all good and fixed now, and drives pretty well for a car thats been sitting for 3 years, brakes and clutch are good, box is a little noisy, but should be a good driver!
keep us updated!!!
got any fresh pics of the old girl Liam? i'll be down canberra way late this month, maybe hook up and have a lager? I almost forgot..i have a spare drivers side mirror for you Liam, do you want me to send it via post or bring it with me when i come to canberra? it's in top nick and is complete with good glass and thread, let me know via email
kombinationdetailing@yahoo.com.au, cheers! Adam
[ Edited on 10-4-2007 by kombinationdetailing ]
How many is enough?
Nah, no new pics yet Adam. It is much the same as the previous pics, maybe a little dirtier?
As for the mirrors. I will get back to you on those... i have something a little different in mind for the mirror set up. If that doesn't work out, I will let you know. Shout out when your planning on heading down.
No problems, will be down around the 20th April until early May
How many is enough?
hey liam gotta catch up with ya the next time im up that way for tech and have a gander at the beast!!
fun in dub's
Local Bunnings, ask for grade 0000 steel wool. Best thing for chrome EVER!
THE LOWEST WITH THE MOSTEST BLING BLING WINS!!
Should also mention... she doesn't drip oil. It has been sitting in the same spot since I had it, not a drop underneath her! (yes it has oil in it)
what are the heaterboxes like Liam, and are you running a stock muffler?
How many is enough?
Its got a thunderbird on it. Heater boxes are pretty good from what I remember
you need one of these in the back he he
That would be nice, I have heard of them being done... but how do you sort the cooling out?
used the rad out of the front cut, cut out the wheel well and ran cooling pipes thru tunnel. will get pick of front of car. Takes about 20ltrs of coolant
man that is a perfect little bitch to slam
show us your gates
Update: Type 3 has just been regod and is now on the road. ALl rust has been cut out of the floorpan and bits and pieces done to get a roadworthy. I also have these:
Now the fun begins!
Hubcaps arrived today, wacked them on. I still need to paint the wheels the same colour as the body.
Hey Liam.. sweet square!
Where did you get the caps from and how much?
Thanks Jo.. Got them from Classic VeeDub
very cool, good to see it regoed
A tiny update. Painted the wheels to match the body over the weekend, it looks a lot tidier. I Also chucked the venetians on and gave half of the type 3 a polish. The paint is a lot better than what I thought.
We are waiting on some tyres to come in, once they arrive we will be chucking the portawalls on and lowering it. After that only a couple of little things will be done. I have a motash for the bonnet and will need to get some new carpet and some sounds.
Work has also started on restoring an old roof rack.
Pics up soon.
Just letting you know.. cause i forgot..
When lowering the back, and putting it all back together.. start the bolts for the spring plate before getting the torsion arm back onto the ledge. I discovered this the hard way after trying to get the bolts back in afterwards.. :jesus
I had to use a longer bolt to pull it in, then put the stock bolts back in after.
Thanks for the tip!
Here is how it is now.
Blinds on and wheels painted with a bit of a polish.
Wow! That is looking so nice now! Some chrome wheel trim ring thingos would really set that off!
Maybe whitewalls too? But i'm biased... :P
How nice is that? Has come up an absolute treat.
jo_tas wrote:Wow! That is looking so nice now! Some chrome wheel trim ring thingos would really set that off!
Maybe whitewalls too? But i'm biased... :P
Yeah, I am pretty happy with it. It has scrubbed up. I do have the white walls already so they will be going on once the new tyres arrive. Dress trims are on the way also. I am just itching to slam it, I don't want to do it until I am happy with the wheels though.
Yeah and how low you go depends on your tyres.. i'm 2 splines down on the front, and i'm getting rubbing at full lock with the 165's..
Yup, got 145s on order. I was going 135s.. I am going to get it as low as possible... aiming for avwboys ride height.
Hehe yeah, i wanted to go really low, but Hobart has alot of steep driveways and dodgy speedbumps, so being a daily driver i wanted some comfort (and not do too much damage to the car!!)
Ahhh, this isn't my daily. But my daily rides on bumpstops anyway...
nice work Liam did i tell ya i am pickin up a type3 sedan in the next week or so?
fun in dub's
i'm watching this with envy. cant wait too see it slammed
