well did some work on th floor yesterday and today...
wire brushed and sanded it down a bit and slapped a bit of this stuff on it...
and some bright red Bristol Stop Rust that my dad has had sitting around for years, and it is a big improvement!!
pretty in your face but i like it 😀 planning to get some carpet soon anyway 😉
looks a lot better than this
i think its happy with its new coat, been waiting a long time
finally got some carpet.
came today from Busnbug, thanks Brad.
put it in for a test fit this afternoon before i put the underlay in and stick it all down..
Woot!
Nice one izac. Got carpet in mine last week as well. Installed a stereo too after much pain and swearing.... Never again.
1969 Type 3 Squareback
cool man. i have a 12v pioneer headunit i wannt to put in mine but my car is 6v!!??🤪
how did you do yours?
Im a '69 so luckily im 12v.
Bought what i though was an original accessory radio holder thingy that was meant to bolt into the dash. It must have been for an earlier or later model cause it didnt fit, so had to trim it a little.
6x9's with spacers in the rear under the back seat, 6"s on the kickboards. Goes alright. Be sure to put your wires in before carpeting!
1969 Type 3 Squareback
what a load of crap... LOL im kidding man, looking great! should get like flames on it i reckon haha
dude shweeet carpet!! i just saw those newer piccys! damn it looks good aye
Burgo wrote:what a load of crap... LOL im kidding man, looking great! should get like flames on it i reckon haha
yeah load of awesome crap that is
😂
thanks man, but no flames for Miles only patina..
yours is looking good aswell, can't wait to race ya haha
peace out
Cool mate,congrats
took the carpet back out yesterday and put in the 'underlay'.
bought a 2m square of 10mil thick felt for about 50 bucks, and cut it out to the countours of the floorpan, tunnel, front and rear kick boards,
and rear cargo area. acts as a cushioning for the carpet and hopefully sound insulation (to replace the old tarboard) as it is very dense.... would have liked to have done it in one big piece (better insualtion) but it was too thick to bend tightly around the corners
2 meters gave me more than enough, still to do rear firewall (behind back seat)
here are some pics
Looks good 👍
Has the underlay made a noticeable difference?
Love the car Izac!!!
How come you'e not put the BRM's on the rear yet? Do you need to swap over to short beetle axles to get them under?
Looking excellent though
Cheers
Steve
Hey Steve, yeah i still havent got around to putting the short bug axles in yet, they are just a bit to wide to fit under.
you can see those clear bullet lenses you sold me, cheers 👍
trickysimon, yeah the underlay does seem to make a fair difference especially now i have it in the boot.
starting to look good. here are some pics of it at boondal before dubs at the pie. 😎
I think I've got the image to work, Thanks Izac. Your not just a drummer... hahaha
hey man if you use the 'Embed' feature in the bottom right hand corner of Ovi and paste the Large forum link in to your post.
cheers
Just got theseoff the Samba recently... came in the mail on Friday.
They are 36 Dellorto Drla's. I have ordered the CB short manifolds and linkage kit which should be here soon and some smaller 28mm venturis and a Delllorto handbook which should hopefully help me out.
I am pulling the engine out this week doing a bit each afternoon after work. I got the car up on stands at the rear and and ramps up fornt today. But I have realised that my trolley jack wont reach high enough to the engine. a
what can i do? any ideas?
will post some pics tomorrow
Sweet looking dell's dude.
As for the jack - just use your brain and do it safe 🙂
got the engine out this afternoon!! twas my first time pulling it out so it sure was a learning experience!!! 🤓
nearly slipped off the jack at one point!
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doing those shortened axles when it goes back in???? then you can get all the sweet wheels on.... 🙂 dunno if im going to be coming over dude, Iv got heaps to do before i leave for easterfest on friday morning. You going??
yeah man hope to do the short axle conversion with Pete while its out.
no worries man, nah im not going to easterfest...
anyway atleast its out now so i can get those dells on here are some more pics
Have the dell's been kitted recently?? They look sweet, Pretty sure thats what i want on my 1915. Sad that I have to wait for so long to do it. 🙁
Good luck with it all. You are pretty brave to just go for it. 🙂
yeh well done mate.
Get yourself some wood chocks and make sure you support the car on more than just the jack! Axles stands are good and cheap too.
hey jason, i dont know how long since they have been rebuilt but they have come off an alfa... they have been cleaned recently apparently though.
Thanks Mick, yeah i have the axle stands under the rear torsion housings and the front wheels are chocked on ramps.... it seems pretty sturdy but it is scary when you think about the angle it is on...🤓
You know your dells are still up on thesamba... ??
I think I like the idea of these -
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=731616
(40's)
With this kit (type one duh!) -
https://secure.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?productid=537 (is it the one you got???)
Oh, might be nice on a Rod penrose 1916....
Trickysimon's new engine.... it looks awesome, and will be interested to see how much it puts out
Ah, If only I could afford that. I would totally race at warwick.
🙂yeah they are still 'for sale' , but thats the seller problem not mine. yep thats the kit i got, except short manifollds for the t3.
keep saving man and one day you will be able to do it... but i admire what you are doing with your time and money (lack of 😂) right now keep at it and you will be rewarded!
got the old Solex 32 Pict 3 carbs off today along with all the tinware... they will be up for sale soon if anyone wants them.
gave the heads and spark plugs a bit of a clean and then covered the ports... started painting the tinware aswell (the all imposrtant bit 😂)
now just have to get the manifold kit in the mail and bolt em on, should be sweet 👍 something will probably be wrong along the track as always but thats half the fun haha
took some pics but am not able upload them for some strange reason. will take some more with the other camera and put them up soon😎
Ovi is being crap - it doesnt make sense anymore. Painting tinware is a mega good idea. clean up as much as you can while its out, set the tappets, gap ya plugs. fun stuff. 🙂
Thanks for your previous comment, I appreciate it. Its actually kinda tough finacially at the moment, but my job starts soon, so hopefully get it going well. YMIS is the sweetest course ever. 🙂
cool man glad to hear that.
yeah ovi is crap now... i have changed to using photobucket now. yeah i cant find the guage so i havent measured the clearances yet, might have to buy a new one.
colonel mustard wrote:Ah, If only I could afford that. I would totally race at warwick. 🙂
you dont need a big $$ engine to race at valla
hell, team china proved that one
1x free beetle and 1x $50 unknown 6 volt 1300 engine
as they put it so elegantly: fun for under $500 LOL
Even Steves young bloke had a blast in there stock 1600 Lbug
