hey guys, thought id post some pics of my 1st and current bug. bought it 4 yrs ago for $600 with alot of cancer. everything on this little guy has been done by me and coming from a holden background, BOY!!! this was an eye opener!! its gone through a few stages and is currently undergoing the conversion to a drag/tidy street car. The look will now more or less stay the same but with a fresh bare metal respray and giving it an even cleaner, race-inspired look. then after that, the focus is going to be set at more power again. Iv had many VW (13 in fact) since buying this one 4 yrs ago, but its the only one which has hung around😎 alot of the changes on this little guy have occurred under it, but there are just to many pics to post up, so i just posted these as a rough summary of its life with me.🤓
hope u guys like it, cheers Adam
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VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years
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VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years
photo's of the other 13? 🙂
Looks pretty sweet. love the brakes...yum
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VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years
colonel mustard wrote:photo's of the other 13? 🙂
Looks pretty sweet. love the brakes...yum
i might make a collage of them all, alot of them were wrecks that were rusted out or smashed, so they were for parts and others were just a bargain i couldnt pass up, then they turned into q liability i couldnt keep hahaha
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so is herbie the same car?
yeah Mick, all the pics here are the same car... its showing a rough timeline since iv had it....
VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years
that is really sweet man - my favourite sort of look... love the BRM's 😍
thanks dude, i think so too.... finally happy with where its headed... cant wait till its all finished 😀
VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years
Mate,that is awsome! One of the best beetles ive seen for a while.
I'm not usually a fan of the 'Herbie thing', yet it actually suited that car as it was slammed.
And only my personal opinion,it looks sweet with the stock rims.
Dont wanna swap for a 64 square do ya?
Ha, I thought you wouldnt 😀
Very nice,congrats on ya hard work
aha now i know this beetle,i used to see it parked outside a certain jap car dealer,and have spoken to you down the main drag once👍
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https://www.facebook.com/FlatFourpolak wrote:colonel mustard wrote:photo's of the other 13? 🙂
Looks pretty sweet. love the brakes...yum
i might make a collage of them all, alot of them were wrecks that were rusted out or smashed, so they were for parts and others were just a bargain i couldnt pass up, then they turned into q liability i couldnt keep hahaha
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sounds like you've caught my disease
Wow.. looks really really good now - exactly the look I am after when I can find another early T1.
Want to sell it? 🙂
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lol..... sorry but not for sale, this one is a keeper... centimental value 😍🤪😂
thanks for the comments guys, makes me feel like im still on the right track with it.....🤪 always nice to know that you're not the only one who likes what your doing with your car👍
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it hasnt got the eye lids anymore, again aiming for the clean smooth look... here's an old pic of it with my set of Henry wheels..... tomorrow ill try and get a pic of the engine bay...
VW - helping put oil back into the ground for over 60 years
engine details the most important bit you have missed yet!! Spill them beans LOL
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That sidewinder is SHINY 😵
here's an old pic of it with my set of Henry wheels.....
Hey Adam does Mike know u stole those u must have filled him with vodka
Now i remember there the ones you bought up at Valla of that other person
and had to get drilled for wheel bolts 😎😎😎
nice brakes as well
vw54 wrote:Now i remember there the ones you bought up at Valla of that other person
and had to get drilled for wheel bolts 😎😎😎
Hey Burchill!!!
lol funnily enough i bought them about six months later, tracked them down and got them shipped over to me. as for the brakes, lol i wonder where they came from
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yeah the other person should never of had them in the first place
vw54 wrote:yeah the other person should never of had them in the first place
i can agree
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is there a story about them that i dont know dave ?
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hey guys, a few pics of the engine bay at current, expect some changes after warwick, lol motor has only been in for just over 1000 miles but yet again i cant help myself and am in the quest for more power🤪😂🤪 ill keep you posted on whats happening with it.
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Looking tidy there . Is that Waldron's car next to yours . How about some pic's for drag list and whats happen down at Mike Kristen work shop ( pic's too) , Drag buggy , old cranky , stokers old car , stokers new car , Mike's Ghia ?????????? .
Thanks .
hahahaha!!! good work pagie, waldron just pissed himself laughing..... he said "hook, line and sinker!" 🤪 it wasnt an accident i took the picture of my engine bay on that angle 😂 ill post up a few pics of his car in a few days, these pics are actually taken at my and mikes workshop, we just got a unit 3 weeks ago RAW Auto Werks is the name... 😁 kristen is focusing on customer work at the moment and also a little work on shanes buggy and darrens car. (stokers old car) stokers new car is well under way and i dont know if i can get any pics, ill have to ask him next time im there if he wants to share any details yet 🤓
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Nice looking car mate - still got the VVDS brakes up front? Any advice how to get your BRM centre caps to fit?
Cheers
Al
Hey Al, yeah still running em, they're brilliant.... originally i was going to cut down the grease cap and reweld it but when i tried i noticed that there is not enough room if you're running the billet locking axle nuts... so i came up with another theory which worked, i had a mate make me up a set of alloy spacer plates, since the disc kit narrows the track 6mm, when i spaced it 6mm to be able to fit the caps it basically returned the track to standard, again not an issue anyway as i have a 2 inch narrow beam.... if you need some plates, let me know and i can organize them for you.
cheers adam
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