57 junkyard dog oval

D-train · 2012-03-27T21:21:56+00:00

as found, took a couple of years to get it tho. beautiful dash found rear guards for it, kind of matches. pans rooted, so off with its head new sides goin to go in, thanks to Al an Steve at Das Resto Parts for stocking the bits i needed. some accessories goin on it. from a wrecked 56 bug, need new rivets for it, an yes i will drill the original rings. flying bonnet emblem, cast from an og one, (thanks Bob) i made a few of those. bonnet straps 3 spoke ratty mangels, but thinkin ill run stockers. still undecided. with rusty flying swastika logo hubcaps 57 36er with the judson, some NOS bits goin on this thing as well. theres another build thread about this engine only a couple of weeks build difference btween the car an engine. started chassis trial fit the wolfsburg west halves, thick metal an good fit drilled holes all way round. then welded the shit out of it needed a little tweaking after initial welding for the rear half, but overall a good fit an impressed with the quality. grind back the tops an get it ready for por15 all over it. cleaned out all the cable tubes except for the choke, so off to find some tube and install it instead. bit of work involved but worth it in the end both sides now welded in. cuttin tunnel to fix cable tube reattached rear plate thingy rubber mat buttons both sides done finally put on the pedal cluster to weld in the bottom lockin plate trialed the rubber mats to make sure i got the buttons in the right spot loaded up for sandblasting chassis is 100mm too long to fit in the tray. oh well beer an tools for headlights early bosch glass in early bosch frames, had to drill holes for the hinges, prob should of saved the frames, but if i put them in the cupboard for a rainy day they will never be used.. purists will hate me now finally got out to stans an had a chat about the 36er, i already knew it had been rebuilt, but he was quite impressed with it an how good of condition it was in, even said the bearings will be fine to run, but if ive gone this far, might as well change them all out. used his gear puller to pull off cam/dizzy gear. new bearing on heat up gears to slip back on all done, crank is good to go back in now.. was goin to do the rod bearings as well, but chose against it as they are still really good as well.. hot washed the case an heads now to clean them up a bit before reassembly. back from blasters por 15 engine work. got a high flow oil pump goin on it, so had to change the studs on the case.. u can see the difference. good to go higher flow pump now!! checked the cam in the case, it wasnt ovalled an sloppy so good to go again.. will turn straight.. nos pushrods, checked the clearance in the case an adjusted tabs as required.. dropped in the dowel pins for the bearings lined up bearings with pins an dropped crank in got cam right an presto!! high flow pump bolted in new rear main seal, shims an gasket installed polished flywheel for a good fit all on an checked the end play, good clearance an crank/cam turn like factory dizzy drive gear. accidentally dropped the spacer shim in the case, nothin a good magnet an patience wouldnt get... wont do that again tho.. waitin on pushrod tubes to turn up then the heads/barrels will be on... wont be long at all!!! cleaned up the heads, pretty good nick too. rebuild a fuel pump with bigger spring for judson. used wolfsburg west rebuild kit for internals.. nos base for pump inserted return line screw for fram system an bolted up distributor crank pulley an tinware, enough room for the bigger oil pump as well which was a concern i had. and judson bottom pulley on as well.. tried to take out the studs for exhaust from the heads but kept snapping them, so off to machine shop to get them out, i hate gettin other people to do work for me... Back from work 2day, so will get into it again this week

D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 11 Nov 2012, 7:08 pm

#930718

death trap? i might have to install belts then..

D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 1 Dec 2012, 6:44 am

#933709

No words needed, but I just wrote some.

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2,147 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Dec 2012, 11:51 am

#933755

I carn't quite see what it says on the stop light? have you looked around to try find a bigger one?

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 1 Dec 2012, 12:28 pm

#933762

D-train wrote:death trap? i might have to install belts then..

don't go there 😂
for the rivet tool I use a bit of railway track off cut n a small block of steel, as the rim sits nice n flush holding the rivet in place and bash away above.. works well too

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192 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 1 Dec 2012, 11:53 pm

#933837

This car is awesome. Been keeping an eye on this build,I remember looking at this bug many times in the yard where it was found I always thought it would end up rusting away. Good to see it on the road after all the years it was sitting there. Top work.

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D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 3 Dec 2012, 9:17 am

#934011

vwvic wrote:This car is awesome. Been keeping an eye on this build,I remember looking at this bug many times in the yard where it was found I always thought it would end up rusting away. Good to see it on the road after all the years it was sitting there. Top work.

It took a while of hassling him but rescued it in the end, it was a complete car when he put it there an bits were stolen over the years but its all together again now an runnin so I'm happy.

D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 16 Dec 2012, 8:11 pm

#935887

so i had some vertigo issues with it..

an fixed

gauges were lookin lonely an shitty hanging on by cable ties.
thank you roof of scrapped splitty

and sick of looking at red seats, baz from ireland contacted me about having the proper blue ones....

an sorted

still have to do rear an replace the cards with the straighter ones from baz too..

D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 10 Mar 2013, 7:23 pm

#947108

some serious km's put on it lately, but got this old thing on it, gave it to my uncle years ago an he sold the car an kept it so back it came an on it goes..

still havnt done the rest of the seats, but got bored so stripped off the caps.

the rain we had had finally made them how i want them.

a little bit of rubbing..

ankor wax an back on again!!!

finally pulled my finger out, had a short day at work so onto the interior
get rid of this!!

halfway

an done

whlie the seats were out, do the cards too..
out with the old an in with the new!

an finally installed

also have had a little cold, a tiny sneeze somehow made the front end fall closer to the ground...

so finally got sick of the dripping box, gearbox that is. not the other one.
an dreaded doin this from the start, pulling off all the things and gettin the engine out.
but sucked it up an away i went.

an out it goes!!

got into it an pulled out the old/original shaft seal.
u can see the diff between old n new, an yes it was cracked b4 i pulled it. hard as a rock an doin nothing!

now to put it all back in.

an done... topped up an also added the stop leak oil stuff, now to see how much it still leaks if at all..

after a long run so it got some heat into it an didnt leak a drop.. cheering

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2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 · 13 Mar 2013, 11:56 am

#947402

Looking awesome Dion, great look and I love the hubcaps. Well done for a complete look... jealous. Should of been in Raiders of the lost ark.
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148 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 13 Mar 2013, 12:05 pm

#947403

That looks fantastic.

Love it.

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 14 Mar 2013, 1:25 pm

#947567

Awesome. 1 year younger than mine but looks 20 years older! 👍

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D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 31 Mar 2013, 8:25 pm

#949546

cruised up to the das resto haus open day, no pics of the day unfortunately but snapped a couple cruising back with bruce

also sneaked into the hot rod nationals too..hehe

spotted another bug

fun wknd

Stinkbug Officially Full-On Dubber

250 posts · joined Jan 2011 · 3 Apr 2013, 8:39 pm

#949932

great pics.good to meet you man.

D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 5 Apr 2013, 8:15 pm

#950189

Stinkbug wrote:great pics.good to meet you man.

awesome to meet u2 always good to have a chinwag!!

Finally bit the bullet an went to electronic.

Dismantle

Assemble

Couldn't tell, apart from the red wire..

Readjusted the timing, took for a drive an feels smoother an a bit more power, added a battery to starter earth too, I've read they play up if u don't have good power to it, tried with all lights/wipers/semaphores going an no loss of power which is great!!

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6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 7 Apr 2013, 7:47 pm

#950472

Are you running a 12v system now?

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D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 7 Apr 2013, 8:57 pm

#950485

pete wood wrote:Are you running a 12v system now?

not at all pete, still 6v. pertronix do a 6v set of points too for each distributor

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16 posts · joined Apr 2013 · 19 Apr 2013, 7:09 am

#952069

what a totally excellent thread nicely done sir

D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 19 Apr 2013, 8:51 pm

#952182

thanks mate,
So, needed to keep track of the temp an make sure all would run cool, this arrived

Capillary stork gauge, all working an in one piece.
dipstick style.

all mounted an utilizing the existing holes so no driling needed.

an works.

god bless vintage speed goodies.. pity the old phone doesnt take good pics

also have a boot jack too from Craig so be interesting to see the difference in temp on the highway..

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8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 19 Apr 2013, 10:25 pm

#952201

most cars are experiencing 10-15 deg drops in oil temps.

D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 30 Apr 2013, 8:21 pm

#953635

just reminiscing about then an now...

god im lovin its on the road

warb gimme some butter im on a roll.....

1,983 posts · joined May 2003 · 30 Apr 2013, 8:24 pm

#953636

👍

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729 posts · joined Jul 2007 · 30 Apr 2013, 11:52 pm

#953690

its amazing how two bits of shit fit into one...😍

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1,439 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 3 May 2013, 7:28 am

#953961

ha

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8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 3 May 2013, 8:10 am

#953965

So sweet. love that Stork gauge

Great pics at Dan's

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D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 8 May 2013, 7:06 pm

#954727

so at work an the leading hand comes over an asks me to to get angry...

um, ok...

fuck.
reversed into it, looked every which way but behind him.
photos dont show how far in its been pushed,
now to leave it or try to punch it out an repair the rip in the space time continuum..

not happy

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8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 8 May 2013, 10:59 pm

#954797

🙁😬🙁😬🙁

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lohoon Wolfsburg Wizard

466 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 8 May 2013, 11:26 pm

#954801

Lucky it didn't break the glass! What if you just hit it up from underneath and close the gap up. Another piece of character and the guy at work will feel like a heel every time he sees it!

D-train Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 9 May 2013, 6:00 am

#954808

That's he plan scotty, I got a quote for 500 but at the end of the day they can't replicate the patina, so bang it out an battle scar it is!!

lohoon Wolfsburg Wizard

466 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 9 May 2013, 1:45 pm

#954852

Rubber mallet should do the trick. Thanks for your help too dude.

zayus Wolfsburg Wizard

437 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 9 May 2013, 3:44 pm

#954880

Love the tach and the temp gauge.