steff this has come up a treat
well done..
im in love with the colour scheme looks fantastic
love the black stripes as well
looks like you had fun when you took it out
😁👍
cheers jess
Sweet looking Baja, I like the way you speed stripped the glove box to match.
Bummer about Fraser, at least Matt and Glen kept us smiling with the buggy antics ..
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx AustraliaBuggy Brad wrote:Sweet looking Baja, I like the way you speed stripped the glove box to match.
Bummer about Fraser, at least Matt and Glen kept us smiling with the buggy antics ..
i know!! been looking forward to fraser since i bought it! shit happens but there will be plenty more trips for me to play/get stuck/laughed at and generaly have a ball at.
steff................
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
DubCrazy
Did this car come from Newcastle originally?. I swear i have seen it before down here.
I love what you have done with it's resto. It's a beautiful colour👍
Moving is a Bitch😂
that looks the best it ever has well done that is one of the best bajas if not the bast in my mind in OZ
show us your gates
been a while!!
all in all she's been pretty good, had it pulled into main roads for a full lookie and it had no issues!!! yayaya!!! no broken bits(shockies died but thats bout it) apart from the intermitent wiring issues so i bit the bullet and went out and brought a Microtech lt10 whichhas just been installed along with new wiring in the back!!!!! out has gone all the rubbish to be replaced with nice tidy good new wires!
Monday it goes to the Dyno boys to get it all set up and sorted. So the plan is to have it back by the weeked(next) fit the new rear shocks and go play
If all goes to plan i'll take some more pics for all to enjoy.
Oh and not that i have seen with my own eyes but i have had a report that there is a picture of it in Volksworld this month in the uk, not sure where but i belive in the readers ride section 🙂 I am waiting for my copy to arrive from the uk to confirm.
steff...................
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
oh and the new project, fitting the rad up front with a false floor on the passenger side to hide/protect the water pipes so that i can finaly fit the a/c i have sitting here for it!...
steff,............
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
Well its finaly happened .........
the gearbox shit its self 2 days before xmas in a MAJOR way. Had been out playing in the mud as we've had rain here for the first time in months with no issues at all. no over heating(new rad system) and since i fitted the Microtech and had the rewire its not missed a beat, very happy.
she was washed and parked up as i finished work for the year and was buzy doing a few things around the house.
I get a call from a customer whom i painted a heap of stuff for on the weekend saying no one was at work (panelbeater was ment to be there) so i had to go in. The roads were a little wet so i hopped into the Baja insted of the bike and trundled of to let them in. Coming back from the workshop i was aproching a major roundabout with shoppin centers on all sides. Wasn't going at any speed as it was mental with last minute shoppers, so as i came up the the roundabout i changed down to second and as i let the clutch out there was a massive bang followed by the rear end locking up and attempting to overtake the front!!!! Never hit anything but the whole place stoped and looked!
managed to get the car up onto the grass but it was locked solid so i had to leave the car there all day(about10am when it happened) untill all the shoppers had buggered off so i could get the car trailer and remove it.
Not surewhich was worse the box going or the embarresment of it all and the many many calls i had from people i know asking why the bloody cars on the grass at the shopping centers!
She has been parked up untill today and i've had a quick look and it seems like the diff has fallen apart! i have had another box lined up for a while as this one has had a whine from the day i brought it and it has gotten worse over time. but u know how it is it just been put off and put off .
so party tonight then recover tomorrow so i can spend the weekend pulling everying out and fitting the new box. I think this is the only time i really wish i had the aircooled engine in it insted of the subaru as the wiring and rad is going to take a while longer to remove just to get the engine out
Kinda fitting that the first thing i do in the new year is vw related i think 😂
steff.................
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
Bummer! I had no idea this was petes old baja.... I loved that car when pete had it and i like it even more now! I bet you don't like it much at the moment?
Mick.
1916baja wrote:Bummer! I had no idea this was petes old baja.... I loved that car when pete had it and i like it even more now! I bet you don't like it much at the moment?
Mick.
to be honest its not bothered me as the box was always the weakest link as i have pretty much replaced/rebuilt everything else and its down to my slackness that i've not already done it. so yea its a pain as we have had a heap more rain and the muds getting deep and fun so i am missing out but thats about the only issue.
steff................
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
Better get it ready for that Australia Day 5 Rocks trip.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
well i've been a total slack arse and only just today taken the engine out. The gearbox came out no issues but i did find a small but issue. On the frame horns about 2inchs back from the end is two bloody great cracks!!!! I have taken pictures and will put them on tonight when i finish repairing it and get the box and engine back in.
Quite glad i found this as i am selling her and i would have hated to have sold ti and given someone else a problem...
steff...............
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
smileyman3000 wrote:Better get it ready for that Australia Day 5 Rocks trip.
Smiley
afraid i am goign to have to give that one a mis dan, pull ur finger out and take alice
😂
steff...........
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
DubCrazy wrote:smileyman3000 wrote:Better get it ready for that Australia Day 5 Rocks trip.
Smiley
afraid i am goign to have to give that one a mis dan, pull ur finger out and take alice
😂
steff...........
You had better paint it then!!
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Great to see my old car is still working.. I've been watching this thread for a while now, but I was the silly bugger who put the subaru motor in it and did the original conversion to a baja. Light green looks a lot better than dark green and it sounds like the cooling issues have been sorted (finally). What a nightmare that was.. My original plan was to run a radiator at the front (I had the heater tubes that run up the sides of the body cleared of all the pipework) but figured it would get too hot inside, so ended up putting in the VW radiator in the back. Shame about the gearbox, but I didn't do anything to it other than paint it red and polish the ribs, so as is the norm with these things.. the weakest link eventually breaks! Good luck with it, I spent a LOT of money on it.
Did you get that steering box in and get everything going good again Steff?
Smiley 🙂
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
