Its coming along well Pete - it will look shmiko when its all in yellow and it starts to go back together. Did the cage need some paintwork as well where changes/additions were made, or has this already been done (or will wait for another time)?
Fingers crossed for the delivery from the US - hope it arrives sooner than later!
Alan
awesome brakes - are they greers? or grears? shit hot
nick
Geers.
Lookin' good dude!
Cant wait to see it all one colour and with that wing on there!
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Looking great Pete!
Seems like the work is almost unending ... but commitment will get it over the line.
Are you still looking for the 45 dells?
Let me know so I have time to get them out and to you.
cheers
Marcus
As Dave said Geers , brake rotor is on the way (mail ) Went to see car at painters ,there it was upside down getting the inside of roof prep for paint ( jokes flying everywhere )
Allan ,cage touch ups half done ,from Can of paint . Still painting other things satin black ( shocks ,fans and more )
Marcus , I will make decision on other car this week ,maybe half sum .
Well Pete seeing as Troy's car won't be running we will be running out of stuff to do so I guess it is over to your shed for some hands on action and to get the chop top happening.
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Picked body up on friday (good job for the time painter had ) .Removed rear gear box mount for fitting of new wheelie bar bracket ( cut off old and weld on new one ) and painted satin black . Painted chassis brackets silver and tow mount on top of roll cage .
Thanks to Troy ,Rod for pulling out 1915cc motor from parts car (wrecker) and strip down for cleaning .Rod ,I fitted it up today and fitted to choptop bug ,just have to do fuel ,exhaust , breather box .
Going to be a huge week !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤪
Nice one Pete - its all looking bloody good!
Can't wait to see this car together....nice work guys....
Hi Pete
Haven't been on here for a while but I must say this looks very impressive!
It was good to see you today even if we didn't get much of a chance to have a chat.
Look forward to see the Yellow 1 back on track!:thumb
BeetleJuice
FringeDweller
Shit happens they say !! well it all happen leading up to Warwick . When other poeple are involved and time is short ,things just don't mesh together . Its all a long story but we tryed and I'm very happy tosay I have some great friend and family beside me .( love ha all )
Parts turned up today at 9.30 in the morning !Work will continue .
Very nice Pete👍
Reub
man that looks fast just sitting there, well done.
Stephen
Hi Pete, good to meet you at Warwick and have a chat.
Shame the Yellow bug didnt make it to Warwick, but here's a pic you might like.....
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That is a SWEET lookin Drag Car Pete!:thumb
FringeDweller
Love the painted pic ! finishing lots of little things off . Windows are a very slow job but nearly done .
Engine box is still tuff to fit on .It seems after paint things have changed a little ?
Few more pics anyway !Door cards are from BigWig race cars from USA . Don't know when I will have my first skid !as I missed Warwick date .
Maybe a few shows ,first.
A credit to you Pete....
Reub
Been abit slow in shed since warwick event . Last week fitted windows to car . Flush mounted windows made from lexan with black painted edge (36mm wide ) . They have countersink holes for mounting ,then used stainless screws for fitting which screw straight into body ( 9mm above window edge ) Window shape was made by measuring up 12mm from horizonal window edge ,then tapping tracing paper over whole window ,then tracing window new marking onto paper , then transfer onto lexan .
Cut windows out with a fine cut off wheel ,then smoothed the edgers out with sander , then shamfer down inside edge to about 1half mm (lexan is 3mm) and 10mm wide . Pics soon
Looking fine there Pete
Reub
It was great to see the old girl out after her long service leave break which aparently she was due for after 16 years hard service and it looks as though you spent her long service payment well.
And congratulations to Lisa on your great DVD of the Warwick Weekender 2007
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
Looking awesome pete - bloody nice!
Yep !slowly geting there . After taking car down to ColdCoast show and effort removing it on and off trailer (hard work from car very low ,trailer high ,can't push on back of race car body ) Came home ,got grinder out and cut back off it . Than a bit more thinking ,I decided to build a complete new chassis for trailer . Trailer will be lower with drop down tail , wheel tracks will be sunken down 50mm and lighter in weight . Will post Pics soon .
Well back to race car ,tin work still slowly happening . But paint work is still in my mined and found this usa painted bug with flames job that is exactly what I wanted. Tell me what you think ?
Colours off flames maybe satin black and silver with green ,blue ,purple tips .
Same car with two different flame jobs ,second one has my vote !
Looks bloody tough - flames can either make or break a car, but adhering to a design similar to the above will ensure it looks the goods!
huba huba 🙂 that would make an awesome street car
Pete,
My trailer is pretty low, yell out if you need any dimensions to aid with the build..
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Peter
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Thanks Pete ,I remember your trailer .Yep !! Flames do look great when done right .
Trailer has been started with outside frame ( 75mm x 50mm x2mm ).I want to keep it very lite as I can , all steel was seconds which was half price (for full lengh).
Trailer size is small car only ( 3950mm L x 1870mm W ) Loading end has a 100mm drop down on tail ,for easy car loading ,all Joins are cut at 45".
I wanted no over hang of race car past trailer frame ,in pics you can see basic frame shape ( wheel runners will be about 420mm wide to fit narrow front beams ), Will keep old axle with leaf springs but will use lowing blocks to keep it low .
Have any questions and more updates soon . Old tailer tows great but to high ,was built like a table top .
Your on the money there Pete, I couldn't have chose a better example of a flamed vw myself. Can't wait for the end product.
Hope to see you at Portland, fully flamed.
Number 2 gets my vote and colours will look the goods as well. Awesome!!
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Little bit more done now that christmas is over !! Trailer frame is looking good .You can now see the basic shape coming together . The cross brace in tyre runner at front and back is where the wheels will sit !
Next middle chassis joiners and look at aframe lenght .May also make it a tilt trailer as well .
Nice work Pete - I am hoping to do the same some time to transport the oval to the track. Any tips on keeping it all square and in alignment during construction?
Al
