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The RestoRod - Norwegian slammer

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DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720343
Greetings from Norway 🙂

Just registered here. Looking forward to see what you guys are doing to your aircooled rides in Australia.

Here's som pictures of my ongoing project which will be on the road in a week or two.

Total rebuild the last two years. FLAT savannah beige. Full air suspension modified to lay the whole car physically on the ground. 4,5x15 in front and 8"15 widen steelies rear. Shaved doors. Bronze colored windows all the way around (incl. windshield)
Custom bumpers and exhaust. Bumpers will be flatt white as the wheels. +++++++











Bumper under construction. The WHOLE bumper will be flat white so don't mind the red details on the US-bars.


matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#720345
Dude very cool ride

Welcome to AVD
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trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away

1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 ·

#720349
That colour in flat is AWESOME!😵

DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720351
Thanks, guys! 😀

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#720352
schweet!
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Pumba Veteran Volks Folk

2,138 posts · joined Jan 2007 ·

#720358
Wow that looks great,like what you done with the ashtray??? very clever cheers shane.
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DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720363
vwmad wrote:Wow that looks great,like what you done with the ashtray??? very clever cheers shane.
That's my AshPod 😉 I have installed an iPod in the ashtray that is the only sound source in the car. Direct connected to a 6-channel amp under the hood.
When I close the tray you're not able to see that the car got a sound system at all.
the woofers are hidden behind the rearseat and I have also made a custom wall under the dash where the front system is hidden.







The whole car is silenced with FatMat.

DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720366
The only place where the paint is NOT flat, is the chassi. Kinda funny 😀 500+ hours of work before I even started working on the body. And I did not have any rust repairs at all. 😉

A picture from the build up..

Jack Schit Casual Dubber

22 posts · joined Oct 2006 ·

#720373
I just soiled my trousers...😊

cesiumfrog Seriously Crusin Dubber

161 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#720385
wow....very nice! love those little details. well done.

Wannavee Insano Dub Head

729 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·

#720409
Bloody hell! thats sensational.Colour is perfect,congrats fella

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#720411
looks sick. engine / box details!! more pics!!!!!! what exhaust is that? looks amazing

bugking Casual Dubber

36 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#720419
Again WOW, that is just cool. I've never seen that style before, it's inspirational. And the negative camber with those wheels!

and good to see AC/DC has made it to Norway

DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720430
colonel mustard wrote:looks sick. engine / box details!! more pics!!!!!! what exhaust is that? looks amazing
It's a SEBRING exhaust, but I have changed the tailpipes to 2,5" and opened it more. A deeeep og pretty loud sound in it.

The engine is still the original one. 1200ccm 34hk 🙂
The plan was to build a powerful engine next winter, but I've just got my hands in a 1965 microbus deluxe, so I'm not so sure anymore.

DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720431
cesiumfrog wrote:wow....very nice! love those little details. well done.
I love details. And when I post the final pics you'll see more of them.

DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720432
bugking wrote:Again WOW, that is just cool. I've never seen that style before, it's inspirational. And the negative camber with those wheels!

and good to see AC/DC has made it to Norway
I always try to build something "new". I'm tired of all the cars with the same old look/story. My motto is "DARE TO BE DIFFERENT"!

I love old rods and I wanted to mix the rod style with the resto style. There you got the project name, The RestoRod.

I also love extremly low cars. This is my second car with air suspension.
Modified frontbeam to be able to lay frame head and floor on the ground.
In other words, I don't need any parking brake *laughing*

My previous project was a 1985 Golf 1 Cab. The worlds first golf cab with removable roller bar! 😉 Also with air suspension. I did a LOT of bodymods on this car. If you know this model you'll see them if you take a close look 😉

This is how VW SHOULD have made this car.








But..enough watercooled!! 😀

VWFREAK VWFREAK

2,577 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#720446
Nice, low sheen paint looks sweet as 😁

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#720448
Top work Dr!
Pay your debts, CxxT

bugking Casual Dubber

36 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#720526
just wondering..............how do you open the doors?
and do you have any pictures of the mechanism behind it all.

DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720534
bugking wrote:just wondering..............how do you open the doors?
and do you have any pictures of the mechanism behind it all.
I am going to use a solenoid and a remote controll (which also is able to raise and slam the car). I'm doing this setup the next few days so I can post som pictures of it later.

Bought a so called "shave door kit" / "popout door kit" 🙂

Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#720566
Tried to look at the website you have on the window but it seems that it's just the front page at the moment. Any plans to expand it?
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DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720568
Gwendolyns Master wrote:Tried to look at the website you have on the window but it seems that it's just the front page at the moment. Any plans to expand it?
Jepp, when the car is done I'll post some official info/pics on the cars site 🙂

But it is possible to read about the whole build up @ vwvortex
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3808554

izac Wolfsburg Wizard

508 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#720575
that is absolutely awesome man! never seen anything like it... love all the custom bits and piecesyou have done to it 👍

DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#720581
A couple of pics from the build up...

The air management:




Speedo and pinstriping @ dash:


Silencening with FatMat:


Birch Green Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·

#720968
Damn... nice!

Looking forward to seeing more updates.
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Gringo_54_oval Officially Full-On Dubber

240 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#724854
shiit!freekin love that golf dude looks mean.and the bug looks unreal aswell.you got 5 stars from me bro😵

DrLaban Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#725128
Howdy folks,

I´ve had summer vacation and I´m struggelig a bit to get the motivation back.
But I have worked with the bumpers and things are starting to look good.

Yesterday I layed some more füller on both bumpers. Here´s two good and "thick" layers on the rear bumper. This is done to make the profiles around the tubes etc perfect. The same "trick" is done on the front bumper.



And today the front bumper got it´s first layer of flatt matt. The paint is not dry on the pics so it is not completly flatt.









vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#725168
Very very cool
It really makes me want a beetle as a cruiser again ... but how many cars can you own??