Let's go play .... Bluey... a '59 Beetle. Vids added 13.4.14

matberry · 2011-07-02T08:53:55+00:00

Well am I stoked or what. Just picked up a very cool '59 at a good price. Spent today cleaning up and checking over the car........NICE The best part, NO rust, pan has one section of surface rust where water has sat in the RH rear footwell, but fortunately, saved before any real damage has occured, otherwise, nothing. 🙂 Selectodrop front end with discs, 1600 dual carb engine with a nice set of 1 1/2" merged pipes with a hideaway and a stinger. A few body and mechanical bits to tidy up but very minimal. Alright I know ....useless without pics, been slack with the camera, only one I have.

JohnnyMac Slammed & Awesome Dubber

80 posts · joined Apr 2011 · 9 Aug 2012, 9:24 pm

#916599

One of my favourite threads, love this car 👍 👍

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 · 10 Aug 2012, 9:15 am

#916646

Looking great!

I had a passing truck throw a rock into my windscreen; heard the rock fly by my head and the whole screen went.

Unfortunately I had to drive from Bendemeer to Newcastle for a new windscreen; going through the hunter my face slowly got blacker and blacker!

You'll be loving the new laminated screen though if it happens again; or you could get one of these (and I don't mean the old women.. unless you're into that)

BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW ❗

vw frenzy Learner Dubber

6 posts · joined May 2009 · 12 Aug 2012, 1:20 am

#916960

Hey Matt just read your whole thread and i must say i love your car mate, well done its a verry cool ride. 😎😎

Henk.

1963 t-3 sqaure.
1967 Beetle.

NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 · 19 Aug 2012, 10:15 am

#918227

hey matt, awesome car mate.... have seen it at most shows around brisbane.... have always wanted to meet you as i have herd alot about what you do by marcus and ash and bob 8)

you/your car drove up beside mine at valla (another blue 58) one night and you gave it abit of a rev... sounded awesome! and sounded like it would eat up my okrasa 36 :P i followed you round the park for abit but never got to say g'day....

maybe when ash and bob have a house warming dub show at there new place i can come say g'day

anyway the new stance looks heaps better

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 27 Aug 2012, 11:15 pm

#919690

Thanks for the cool words fellas' Bluey pulls heaps of attention. He loves cruising.

When I arrived in Valla without a screen, Luke gave me an old Armourplate from his collection at Nambucca to get me by, cheers mate.

Have to admit tho, driving back from Valla I expected every passing truck to throw up a stone and I'd wear the screen again, so (like you say Sander) I nice new laminated screen is in and lookin clean as. 😉 (Sorry Luke, the og screen wasn't the correct year 😉 )

Wanted to post this pic for Carl and Emily, two screen changes and the sticker lives....couldn't leave it on the side of the road in northern NSW

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69bug Officially Full-On Dubber

300 posts · joined Jan 2012 · 29 Aug 2012, 7:25 pm

#919895

Nice work
Where did you get the new screen from?

1969 1500

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 29 Aug 2012, 8:06 pm

#919905

69bug wrote:Where did you get the new screen from?

Screen is from Vintage Vee Dub Supplies, that way I knew it would fit first time 😉

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zoofish Officially Full-On Dubber

205 posts · joined Feb 2010 · 29 Aug 2012, 8:48 pm

#919917

JohnnyMac wrote:One of my favourite threads, love this car 👍 👍

I must agree - one of my faves as well. SO tough looking!

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 29 Aug 2012, 9:22 pm

#919919

zoofish wrote:
JohnnyMac wrote:One of my favourite threads, love this car 👍 👍
I must agree - one of my faves as well. SO tough looking!

👍👍👍 thanks mate. Sounds like a good excuss to post a pic or two 😉.
This one is a fav, thanks to Tam

Cruis'n with the good neighbours Bob n Ash

At the Nambour pcyc show

Heading to Rick's Diner

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kombibob AKA: Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter Van Robert

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#919930

love the way you make billy drive so the cops cant take any points off you matt👍

1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout

Get down low and go,go,go

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 29 Aug 2012, 10:24 pm

#919936

kombibob wrote:love the way you make billy drive so the cops cant take any points off you matt👍

Wasn't me officer 😂😂

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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 31 Aug 2012, 1:21 pm

#920184

I'm EXCITED

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66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 31 Aug 2012, 1:31 pm

#920187

Oh Dude. Look at those.

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

Carl and Emily Officially Full-On Dubber

349 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 31 Aug 2012, 4:32 pm

#920210

oh yeah,..

Life doesn't get much better! ^^^^

A man, his dog, and his dub with some go fast bits.

tar76 Custom Title Time!

1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 31 Aug 2012, 7:21 pm

#920254

What can't that dog do, saw him checking the gear box oil on some dubs today!

"Obey your Dreams"!

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

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 31 Aug 2012, 7:27 pm

#920256

Billy is a legend >>> Matt is just the sidekick 😂

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 1 Sep 2012, 10:49 am

#920348

😂😂😂😂

You guy's crack me up......... 😂

Funny thing is, .............. your right

Here he is backing out a bus to do a test drive around the block. What you can't see, is that it's a team effort. Lucy is in fact out of sight operating the pedals. 😉

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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 2 Sep 2012, 3:37 pm

#920530

I tell you, bloody flea-bay is a horrible place to go. It's a long story, but I'm sure you've all experienced it, a bargain, surely they'll go for 3 times the price, I won't get them because the freight will be killer, they are pick-up only anyway, Bluey's seats ARE damaged, and bloody uncomfortable after a short time, and I was wanting to upgrade to something....wasn't too sure what. I had some 914 seats but they need retrimming and don't allow access to the back without some serious compromise or work. Cut to the chase, how's this sound, a set of 1965 356 Porsche seats, good condition (one tear) starting at $200 dollars !!!! Well 1st bid won them and h was able to do a door-to-door the following week and hey presto........I'm broke but it's worth it.
I think they look sensational, they are absolutely as comfortable as anything, they are oem material and suit Bluey perfectly. I was thinking of all red interior, but looks like black front and rear seats to start the ball rolling. 🙂 I'm going to need some stock bases if anyone has any for early runners.

This is just a mock-up on blocks of wood, but you get the idea.

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tar76 Custom Title Time!

1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 2 Sep 2012, 5:59 pm

#920557

😎

"Obey your Dreams"!

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

OZ Towdster Keen to finish some projects

1,921 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 2 Sep 2012, 6:26 pm

#920561

I'dd like to see lucy push in a 2700 lb kennedy pedal

Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel

Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber

244 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 2 Sep 2012, 9:18 pm

#920596

The seats look great matt.

Do they recline?

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 2 Sep 2012, 9:24 pm

#920599

Better in the flesh Richie. They fold fwd and have adjustment for the angle of the back that stays set when folded fwd, no catch as norm for the vintage.

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Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber

244 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 2 Sep 2012, 9:46 pm

#920608

Yep those seats are classy and gives a new meaning to your number plate.😎

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

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#920609

Yep, and they match the steering wheel and black wheels. Even the rear swab I have is from the baja, a 1500 model in black, need a rear back to match and we're set. They are sooooooo comfortable. Stoked 👍🙂🙂👍👍👍

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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 2 Sep 2012, 9:54 pm

#920612

I was putting groceries in the front at the local IGA, this old guy walking past says, 'ha, look at the plate, says EAT, and he's feeding it!'

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kaiisons Seriously Crusin Dubber

119 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 2 Sep 2012, 10:08 pm

#920614

Had a little chuckle at that Matt, was admiring your bug from a far. mighty impressed!

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 2 Sep 2012, 10:25 pm

#920616

Cheers kaiisons, enjoy the ride. 🙂

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john1960 Commited Dubber

67 posts · joined Sep 2006 · 30 Oct 2012, 4:53 pm

#929094

good story, hope more people do the same

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 30 Oct 2012, 9:14 pm

#929137

any JPM motor updates ???? C'mon Matt, time to pump bluey with some HP !!!!!!

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 30 Oct 2012, 10:44 pm

#929147

john1960 wrote:good story, hope more people do the same

Thanks John

Craig Torrens wrote:any JPM motor updates ???? C'mon Matt, time to pump bluey with some HP !!!!!!

Patience grasshopper

Would you believe I'm still sourcing parts for final machining, namely I've sourced a set of Mahle 90'5B's from the states. As I've got long 5.7" rods and the 78mm stroke, to make it fit into my early engine bay it was a necessity to use B's. This size Mahles are getting hard to find.

Don't worry Craig, no one is keener than I....if left parked for a week or so, the old donk rumbles like a Qld thunderstorm on start up...she is not real well.

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