looking great mate....whats the plans for colour etc.??
Paul
Scarab Wolfsburg Wizard
646 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·
Alyce the Baja
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Thanks Jeff.beetleboyjeff wrote:I just love the way you find things that aren't right or some sort of problem, then just hook in and get it fixed - no mucking around.
I'm really hoping that at this stage no more problems present themselves. There's just no time to deal with them if there is.
I'm still not sure if it's going to paint this weekend or not. We'll see how things are traveling.
As for the colour Paul, I'm allowed to have some secrets aren't I? 😂
I've changed my mind and changed it back plenty of times since the picture I posted earlier in the build.
So I'll surprise you all.
I can say that wheels and barwork are going to be a light charcoal/gunmetal colour.
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Scarab Wolfsburg Wizard
646 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·
fair enough mate....we will all just have to hold our breath and wait for the final reveal 😉
All the best mate,
Paul
All the best mate,
Paul
OZ Towdster Keen to finish some projects
1,921 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
So mate ,i hope you have a schedule of events / plan for every day you have left on the build , thank someone for a couple of long weekends in the next two weeks hey !!!
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
I've taken next week off work to put it together.OZ Towdster wrote:So mate ,i hope you have a schedule of events / plan for every day you have left on the build , thank someone for a couple of long weekends in the next two weeks hey !!!
And no schedule yet! 😂
Get it done ASAP is pretty much it.
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Scott has started to get most of the fill work finished on the body. Still a little touch up work to go yet.
He also repaired the crack in the rear scoop and the big hole in the side.
Work has now started on the doors, and the guards still have to be looked at yet!
Possibly not going to make it for Friday, I have discussed the options with the painter Steff (Dubcrazy on here) and will hopefully get it down to him ASAP.
I wirewheeled the underside of the roof, the dash, the door jambs and pillars and the outside sills back to bare metal.
Gave it a clean off with wax and grease remover and sprayed some gray primer on all the bare stuff except the roof.
The door pillars still need a little filling and smoothing where I welded them in.
The inside of the roof will be getting brushed with POR15 tomorrow.
Smiley 🙂
He also repaired the crack in the rear scoop and the big hole in the side.
Work has now started on the doors, and the guards still have to be looked at yet!
Possibly not going to make it for Friday, I have discussed the options with the painter Steff (Dubcrazy on here) and will hopefully get it down to him ASAP.
I wirewheeled the underside of the roof, the dash, the door jambs and pillars and the outside sills back to bare metal.
Gave it a clean off with wax and grease remover and sprayed some gray primer on all the bare stuff except the roof.
The door pillars still need a little filling and smoothing where I welded them in.
The inside of the roof will be getting brushed with POR15 tomorrow.
Smiley 🙂
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
u have'nt got time to be posting on here young man!!! get back to work 😂
steff.........
steff.........
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
The car's in Rocky!!DubCrazy wrote:u have'nt got time to be posting on here young man!!! get back to work 😂
steff.........
And I'm in Yeppoon!
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!
1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·
Gee, you sure are a slave driver Steff - remind me of my wife. lol
Post all the updates you want Smiley - gives the rest of us inspiration.
Post all the updates you want Smiley - gives the rest of us inspiration.
From your ole' mate Jeff
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Thanks Jeff.beetleboyjeff wrote:Gee, you sure are a slave driver Steff - remind me of my wife. lol
Post all the updates you want Smiley - gives the rest of us inspiration.
He's allowed to be a slave driver at this point though. Otherwise it's never going to make it for paint this weekend!
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Don't have a great deal to show for what I did this afternoon.
I spent about 4 hours sanding the rear mud guards, and they're still not finished!
You can see in the picture that the leading edge of the guard was badly stonechipped.
After a few hours.
There's still a little bit left to do on one of the guards which has to be done by hand.
Next thing I did was wirewheel the inside of the door back and hit it with some primer.
And I also threw a brush around inside the roof. Moe of that POR15 goodness. The surface came out like glass!!!
Scotty's been tackling all the exterior of the doors and fibreglass repairs to the scoop and nose cone. As well as filling the holes in the guards and work has started on the bonnet, which is scratched quite deeply.
I only just got home half an hour ago.
So I'm off to bed.
More tomorrow!!
Smiley 🙂
I spent about 4 hours sanding the rear mud guards, and they're still not finished!
You can see in the picture that the leading edge of the guard was badly stonechipped.
After a few hours.
There's still a little bit left to do on one of the guards which has to be done by hand.
Next thing I did was wirewheel the inside of the door back and hit it with some primer.
And I also threw a brush around inside the roof. Moe of that POR15 goodness. The surface came out like glass!!!
Scotty's been tackling all the exterior of the doors and fibreglass repairs to the scoop and nose cone. As well as filling the holes in the guards and work has started on the bonnet, which is scratched quite deeply.
I only just got home half an hour ago.
So I'm off to bed.
More tomorrow!!
Smiley 🙂
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Unfortunately I didn't get to do anything on the car today at all.
I had to go in this morning for a minor procedure on my eye to remove some rust and steel. After about half an hour I couldn't even see from the pain so I got dad to take me home.
Scott was finishing off patching the last of the fibreglass holes in the guards and scoop and was sanding the door jambs when I left.
I have tomorrow off work so hopefully my eye is feeling good enough to spend the day on the car.
Until then.
Smiley 😎
I had to go in this morning for a minor procedure on my eye to remove some rust and steel. After about half an hour I couldn't even see from the pain so I got dad to take me home.
Scott was finishing off patching the last of the fibreglass holes in the guards and scoop and was sanding the door jambs when I left.
I have tomorrow off work so hopefully my eye is feeling good enough to spend the day on the car.
Until then.
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6
6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·
No kool hey 🙂
Happened to me the first and last time last yr... and i was even wearing safetly glasses!
Mind you being surrounded and played with by 2 yound female med student inturns made the insuline needle scrape to the eye painless. It was quite fun lol. And was a first time for them... (the eye pricking 🙂, nuffin else lol)
hmm.... come to think ofi t.... 95% of all the scars on me are from that car... first set of stitches was from it too.
Happened to me the first and last time last yr... and i was even wearing safetly glasses!
Mind you being surrounded and played with by 2 yound female med student inturns made the insuline needle scrape to the eye painless. It was quite fun lol. And was a first time for them... (the eye pricking 🙂, nuffin else lol)
hmm.... come to think ofi t.... 95% of all the scars on me are from that car... first set of stitches was from it too.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
I forgot to take my camera up today. Not that there is much to take photos of.
Scott has put two coats of highfill primer on the body of the car, wet sanding in between.
I spent most of the day sanding the doors and guards and scoop.
At this stage car is going down to Gladstone first thing Sunday morning. Leaving at 5.
Will try to get some pictures tomorrow and put them up before I leave tomorrow night.
Smiley 😎
Scott has put two coats of highfill primer on the body of the car, wet sanding in between.
I spent most of the day sanding the doors and guards and scoop.
At this stage car is going down to Gladstone first thing Sunday morning. Leaving at 5.
Will try to get some pictures tomorrow and put them up before I leave tomorrow night.
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
You know i am going to charge you time and a half plus double time plus beer for making me work on a sunday!!!!! 😂😂
steff............
steff............
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
What type of beer do you drink? 🥷DubCrazy wrote:You know i am going to charge you time and a half plus double time plus beer for making me work on a sunday!!!!! 😂😂
steff............
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
the wet cold type 🤪
steff.......
steff.......
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Steff is painting the body of the car at this very moment. Exciting stuff!!! Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
lol, you were using ur phone to aussieveedub while i was painting the beast!
well its all painted, its looks very nice in ******** indeed, i would say thats tho given that i painted it 😂
Just left the man at his motel and i think he is going to take full advantage of the free aus star!!!!!
steff..............
well its all painted, its looks very nice in ******** indeed, i would say thats tho given that i painted it 😂
Just left the man at his motel and i think he is going to take full advantage of the free aus star!!!!!
steff..............
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!
1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·
Can't wait to see photos. Hope you did him proud Steff.
From your ole' mate Jeff
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
I sure was!!DubCrazy wrote:lol, you were using ur phone to aussieveedub while i was painting the beast! well its all painted, its looks very nice in ******** indeed, i would say thats tho given that i painted it 😂
And I agree, it looks fantastic in *insert colour here*
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!
1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·
Gee you sure are a tease Smiley.
From your ole' mate Jeff
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Can't help it! I'm still in Gladstone at the moment, so have no computer.beetleboyjeff wrote:Gee you sure are a tease Smiley.
I'll put pictures up tomorrow once I'm back.
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
Scarab Wolfsburg Wizard
646 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·
hurry up and get back!!!....I am not a patient man and I want to see some paint!! 😁
Congrats on getting it this far so quick mate!
Paul
Congrats on getting it this far so quick mate!
Paul
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Here are a few more pictures from Scott's place before I left.
I really can't thank Scott enough for the amount of work and effort and lack of sleep that he has put up with over the last week and a half. We didn't have anywhere near enough time but he made every second count. For this I am deeply grateful.
And here is the finished product.
Steff and I put in a truly colossal Sunday. We got the car painted, lift kit installed, barwork made, new wheels and tyres on, turbo Subaru engine and IRS conversion completed, all the glass in, interior install, everything wired up. It's pretty much a complete car. 🥷
Smiley 🙂
I really can't thank Scott enough for the amount of work and effort and lack of sleep that he has put up with over the last week and a half. We didn't have anywhere near enough time but he made every second count. For this I am deeply grateful.
And here is the finished product.
Steff and I put in a truly colossal Sunday. We got the car painted, lift kit installed, barwork made, new wheels and tyres on, turbo Subaru engine and IRS conversion completed, all the glass in, interior install, everything wired up. It's pretty much a complete car. 🥷
Smiley 🙂
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
glad to see you got back with out the car falling off the trailer 🤓
She sure is looking good mate, well done.
steff..................
She sure is looking good mate, well done.
steff..................
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
Smiley Veteran Volks Folk
2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
DubCrazy wrote:glad to see you got back with out the car falling off the trailer 🤓
She sure is looking good mate, well done.
steff..................
Thanks a heap for you help over the weekend Steff.
I really can't thank you enough.
My only really drama, now that I look at it, is that the colour is quite close to yours.
Really too close for my liking. 🥷
I'm sure I'll live with it.
Smiley 😎
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!
1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·
Your kidding right?
From your ole' mate Jeff
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
lol i'm sure u can live with it.
how did it go down with the parents? they as impressed as u?
steff.............
how did it go down with the parents? they as impressed as u?
steff.............
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
beetleboyjeff wrote:Your kidding right?
about????
steff.....................
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!