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zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#877649
SO nearly 2 years into my very first restoration, so it is about time that I uploaded some pics....Some photo's below.

Hoping to get her finished very soon :)

'60 Bug Gallery
















































Camo Custom Title Time!

1,936 posts · joined Oct 2007 ·

#877671
Great stuff zoofish and looks like you are doing a great job. I see you cut and fitted a rag top section, something I would have loved to have done.

Even though its good watching a car over time as it slowly builds, I always like it when you can see all the work that has been done in a short time as you have posted (hope that makes sense).

Well done and please keep us updated, Kev

P.S. Where are you located.
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!

Click here for my (slowy) modded 1961 Beetle build.

vwrallycar Insano Dub Head

721 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#877678
excellent work, i love the colour

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#877687
Camo wrote:Great stuff zoofish and looks like you are doing a great job. I see you cut and fitted a rag top section, something I would have loved to have done.

Even though its good watching a car over time as it slowly builds, I always like it when you can see all the work that has been done in a short time as you have posted (hope that makes sense).

Well done and please keep us updated, Kev

P.S. Where are you located.
Thanks Kev. I'm in Sydney and yes seeing the car 'fast forwarded' in pics is much more rewarding to see/follow 🙂

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#877688
vwrallycar wrote:excellent work, i love the colour
Thanks Andrew. Thrilled with the colour after thinking about 20 other 'possible' colours 🙂. Hoping to drive it to the Nationals in May.

Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#877711
Fantastic work. It looks great 👍 It's clear that you've not spent the past two years doing nothing!!!

Normally I'm not a fan of the later Porsche wheels on early Beetles, but they suit the colour really well.

I take it those are indicators that you've put on the side just forward of the doors? And is that a hole for the mirror mounting just above it?
1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#877752
Craig S wrote:Fantastic work. It looks great 👍 It's clear that you've not spent the past two years doing nothing!!!

Normally I'm not a fan of the later Porsche wheels on early Beetles, but they suit the colour really well.

I take it those are indicators that you've put on the side just forward of the doors? And is that a hole for the mirror mounting just above it?
Thanks for that. Yes, I'm still eager to see what the wheels look like on the car once it is finished and then I'll make the call on whether to keep them or source another set of Porsche wheels.

Yes that is the indicator on the side, as we took the 'peanut' indicators off the top of the fender. The holes above are for the chrome molding and the two holes diagonally in front and below the indicator are for the 2 post aerial (The car previously had one fitted, so we thought we'd keep it). The mirrors will mount on the door hinge.

Cheers,
Trevor🙂.

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#884615
Nice work Trevor - the car is sitting nicely with the stance and offset of the wheels working well. Brings back a lot of memories of my ragtop. You've done a great job so far, hopefully will see it if I can get down for the nationals.
Cheers
Al
www.dasrestoparts.com.au

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#884620
Its the Dasdubber Ragtop's brother !


zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#884682
Craig Torrens wrote:Its the Dasdubber Ragtop's brother !
Thanks Al,

YES, I still LOVE your old Ragtop and odd that they ended up looking so similair 🙂. Still thinking about a set of Airkewld BAD Series discs to bring the wheels in a tad more...But first things first, get it on the road and then we can go from there 🙂.

Cheers,
Trevor🙂.

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#884684
OOPS!

Handy Casual Dubber

48 posts · joined Feb 2012 ·

#885590
Wow, this looks fantastic, very impressive.
A "car guy" from Sweden, I love Vee Dubs and Porsche...
I'm also an Auto Electrician in my profession.

captainvw Officially Full-On Dubber

230 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#885596
Cool i like the floor in your shed too

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#889329
It's been a while since my last update, but work has been progressing slowly whilst we wait for parts to arrive, painting to be completed, seats to be returned and carpet kit to arrive, BUT the hoodliner, ragtop, pop-out windows, 911-style lenses, U.S.-Spec taillights, petrol tank and german running boards are on....Boot, doors and engine lid go back on over the weekend, so more pics soon. Hoodliner still needs some minor adjustment in the ragtop section 🙂







tar76 Custom Title Time!

1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#889410
Nice!!
"Obey your Dreams"!


62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!

toey1984 Commited Dubber

73 posts · joined Feb 2012 ·

#889708
nice , neat, smooth finish!
i like it. shout be proud of that one
Keep up the good work
Nathan

sikras Seriously Crusin Dubber

106 posts · joined Feb 2011 ·

#889831
whos rx3 i saw in the background ? for sale by any chance

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#891682
Slow progress this week, as we wait for parts to finally arive. In the mean time the bonnet is back on - a few more tweaks until I'm completely happy with it.



zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#894500
Seats go in - Bad light in the garage, as the leather isn't THAT red to the naked eye. Seats nearly completed...

Craig S Wolfsburg Wizard

635 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#894640
Looking fantastic, can't wait to see this one on the road in the flesh. All done for the Nationals?
1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#894725
She looks lovely dude 🙂

Few q's tho.
1st, where did you get the headliner from? Mines a 59 without sunroof and the centre piece is missing so I have no reference.
2nd, I thought upto 1960 had semaphores? My 59 has but thought 60's did too?

Good luck with finishing her off.
madness is in the eye of the beholder 👍

grimbear64 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

92 posts · joined Jan 2010 ·

#894804
What great car love the colour but I have to ask where did you get the headlight's from with the indicator in them love them

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#894826
psimitar wrote:She looks lovely dude 🙂

Few q's tho.
1st, where did you get the headliner from? Mines a 59 without sunroof and the centre piece is missing so I have no reference.
2nd, I thought upto 1960 had semaphores? My 59 has but thought 60's did too?

Good luck with finishing her off.

Thanks for your comments mate. I ordered the shooed liner from cip1.com, as they were out of stock at Wolfsburg West. The colour is 'off white' but the vinyl is much more beige than their colour sample, but works perfectly with the car's colour.

As for the semaphores, mine was a late '60 and doesn't have semaphores. I've seen other '60's with semaphores and others without them. So I can only put it down to a change somewhere during 1960 🙂.

Thanks again mate

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#894829
grimbear64 wrote:What great car love the colour but I have to ask where did you get the headlight's from with the indicator in them love them
Thanks - the colour is much better than I could ever have imagined 🙂. I pulled it out into the sun today, so I'll pop a pic or two up shortly.

With the headlights, they are US-style headlights, with H4 sealed headlights and we just replaced the lower bulb to an indicator bulb and rewired it. You can buy the US-style headlights from anyone with the VW Part shops.

zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#894855
FINALLY the car is out in the sun just before it goes for German Square Weave carpets tomorrow...






THAT exhaust catches EVERYWHERE! May have to rethink...mmm...

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#894860
Thats beautiful!.......well done!

Vinatge speed exhaust would be good for clearance.

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#894862
yep vintage speed or a sidewinder will certainly help.


zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#894893
hellbugged wrote:Thats beautiful!.......well done!

Vinatge speed exhaust would be good for clearance.
Cheers...YES a Vintage Speed exhaust is the option I've been contemplating for a few months now. The Chico Performance engine from Cali arrived with these exhausts on, but we've started ordering them for customers with Vintage Speed gear and they look and sound GREAT!

I've got a goal of 4 weeks and it'll be on the road (Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself)..

dubstar Learner Dubber

5 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#894986
Beautiful

dubstar Learner Dubber

5 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#894987
What's the colour?