Beautiful 👍
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Looking awesome Paul.👍
Haven't seen so much leather in a Dub since I caught my sister doing . . . er . . . sorry got carried away there. 😊
Looking fantastic, can't wait for more. 👍
Old Timer.
air is cool, but air-cooled is cooler!
1967 Aussie Built Type 1 1915 Deluxe
thanks for the positive comments guys, not leather just high quality vinyl
Unfortunately no progress to report still waiting on my headrests and rear speaker shelf to be completed
Paul congrats on the work on Rosie. Its a real inspiration and as a learners manual on how to turn a Dub into a showpiece. You've answered so many of my questions on how and what to do, from wheels and tyres to carbis seats and stereo. The Interior is brilliant!
i like the colour choice.interiour looks mad.
what's next on the list of things to do.
down sharon.
Marilyn thanks for the compliment it is really appreciated. Westi my next major works are a new 1776 motor within the next 18 months. I will be shortly installing new billet aluminium door strips and maybe powder coating the front and rear bar brackets. I also need to cut the rust out of the doors at some stage.
It never ends but certainly worth the effort.
Today i had new custom made door runners installed they really made a difference
BEFORE
AFTER
Very nice Bug mate!
I am more partial to the mid 60's beetles and I will soon be looking for one, however looking at how nice yours is coming up it's making me think twice about passing on the later shape...hmmm
thanks Dan, I was in a similar position as you I wanted a pre 67 beetle as well but a few people said the 68-70 was a good medium model as it was already upgraded to 12 volts, some have disc brakes etc. I am happy with my 69 but will always love an Oval or pre 67.
Interior is almost finish and my next project is a new 1776 engine, so buying parts a bit at a time then will have the engine built
today i picked up the finished head rests and speaker shelf from Rod, all complete now.
Paul,
are you just teasing me and you really Photoshopped these additional parts 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Rod, only teasing.
They look really good.
Kev
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.lol no they are real mate actually our cars have a connection considering the head rests were off your rocaros
So this means I am part owner of your car, beauty.
Need a light (in house joke sorry).
Kev
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.Camo wrote:So this means I am part owner of your car, beauty.
Need a light (in house joke sorry).
Kev
lol what can i say ummmm except once the engine is done ill be BURNING the rubber
Love the sill plates are thay custom 🙂 😂
ph billet wrote:Love the sill plates are thay custom 🙂 😂
Sure are if you are interested i can refer you to the guy who made them
🙂wow!
Been a while since I updated nothing to report with Rosie I am currently in the middle of buying parts for a new engine build but don't expect that to be completed this year however Rosie now has another VW in the family this one is a pure thoroughbred
ahh i love the R...
and from what I have read much better than the R32!
Counting down the days till August when I finish my internship and actually start getting paid...
1967 VW Beetle Deluxe
Nice work on the '69 too Paul - looking good...
I have been following this thread of yours for a while now.
1967 VW Beetle Deluxe
benny_acko wrote:Nice work on the '69 too Paul - looking good...
I have been following this thread of yours for a while now.
Thanks Ben well hopefully i will be able to start reporting on further progress with the engine as i purchase more parts for it
Nice bug....
I too also have a 69, best year!
Do you still have the orig radio? seeing as you cut the dash would you be interested in selling?
🙂
1969 1500
69bug wrote:Nice bug....
I too also have a 69, best year!
Do you still have the orig radio? seeing as you cut the dash would you be interested in selling?
🙂
Yes i sure do someone else wanted it but they never ended up buying it. PM me and make me an offer and its yours.
Pm sent
1969 1500
69bug wrote:Pm sent
Didnt get one but sent you one
Well I ended up showing Rosie at the Nationals, meet some great people and received a lot of good feedback on the interior and presentation of the car. Rosie is never going to be a show winner but at least she is a solid car
Here she is positioned between two of the show winners.
Took rosie out for a drive on Saturday (yes i still drive although some people think i don't now I have my golf R) she was running fairly well although at one stage I parked and when I try to start her took a long time before she kicked over. After driving for another 30 mins or so we stopped at the shop for a few minutes when i tried to start her same thing occurred. She eventually coughed and spluttered then died.
she would not start at all and in the end i called NRMA after being advised the points were closed. When the NRMA turned up we removed the points and proceeded to clean the points which were pitted. When he reinstalled the points we noticed the plastic spacer that runs along the cam that opens and closes the points had broken off.
In the end Rosie had to be trayed home 🙁. Good lesson learned have ordered two sets of points, a rotor , condenser, a new cap, leads and a coil. Will keep these in the car and will also buy a point file, feeler gauges and keep some tools handy in the car .
Been a while since I updated this thread. Took Rosie for a drive today she is still running fine although won't idle once she has been running for ten minutes, not too concerned the engine will be built early in the new year.
Here is a thread to the engine build
Engine Build
Still need to buy a few parts then Rosie will go for a heart transplant, here are a couple of photos taken today
