What my baby looked like soon after I bought her.
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My PHASE IS ON THE ROAD
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After owning the old girl for quiet some time now, she has gone from stock hight and wheels, to white walls and dropped, an engine then g/box rebuild, disk brakes with Porsche 16 X 7” BBS’and a pearl respray (someone jumped on the roof when she was parked outside of a nightclub on my 23rd B’day and shortly afterwards I ran up my bro’s Pug 504 whilst waving to a girl : ( )
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Not to mention countless $’s on heaps of other bits and pieces like the 1976 Nardi S/wheel that originally had it’s home in a 356.
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Because of the state she is in (floorpan is almost non existant, F/end not as straight as I’d like and riddled with wiring problems) I purchased a near perfect ’66 shell that hasn’t been registered since 1983!!!
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So I have already given the entire F/end, the rear brakes and trigger quick shift to the shell.
Lipped all four wings and as you will see in the next series of pics, in order to fit 16X7” clad in 205 45’s (without resorting to using early beetle axles Empi ; ) I stretched the mothers out, which gives it a subtle puffed out look.
Lipped all four wings and as you will see in the next series of pics, in order to fit 16X7” clad in 205 45’s (without resorting to using early beetle axles Empi ; ) I stretched the mothers out, which gives it a subtle puffed out look.
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After lippin' the rear wings just a little muscle
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And viola!
Now we can easily fit huge @rse rubber in the rear!!!
[Edited on 6-10-2003 by vw_carrera]
Now we can easily fit huge @rse rubber in the rear!!!
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And after a lot af sanding few coats of primer some more sanding then some more primer.
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Me and Shell ready for color.
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never been a fan of the fast backs but this sits real nice:thumb:thumb(thats tops)
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nice work looking very smart :thumb :thumb
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Thanks guy's!!!!
I am thinking I'll go satin black this time - what do you all reckon?
[Edited on 7-10-2003 by vw_carrera]
I am thinking I'll go satin black this time - what do you all reckon?
[Edited on 7-10-2003 by vw_carrera]
pyr0 flame-on
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man that would look sooo smoooth very kool
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kustomkool BEING KOOL AINT CHEAP
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black with flattening agent would look smooth sash.Just try not to wave at to many gals when ya cruisin with the empsta..
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Damian You Insano Dub Head You!
Firstly hope you and the fam are doing well.
If anyone would know about a matt black finish it would be you.
So dude, please tell me - what is this flattening agent?
'Cause I was just going to rub my body down, No No! I mean duco with a real fine grade and give it a bit of a polish, or was that danish?
Any advise guy's on a satan black finish would be greatly appreciated, even if I had to ask the devil himself.
Firstly hope you and the fam are doing well.
If anyone would know about a matt black finish it would be you.
So dude, please tell me - what is this flattening agent?
'Cause I was just going to rub my body down, No No! I mean duco with a real fine grade and give it a bit of a polish, or was that danish?
Any advise guy's on a satan black finish would be greatly appreciated, even if I had to ask the devil himself.
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i think it is actually reffered to as flattenign agent
takes the shine out but it still seals well when done properly
sweet look for sure, look good in any dark warm colour!
takes the shine out but it still seals well when done properly
sweet look for sure, look good in any dark warm colour!
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that sounds perfect dudes - but I just did a quick search and I couldn't find none!!!
Too much red wine on a wed nite, oh sh!t I forgot I got squash tomorrow morn b4 work and I still got loads of work to get thru and I'm playin' on the forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too much red wine on a wed nite, oh sh!t I forgot I got squash tomorrow morn b4 work and I still got loads of work to get thru and I'm playin' on the forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here I am starting a gloss black base coat on the roof
[Edited on 13-10-2003 by vw_carrera]
[Edited on 13-10-2003 by vw_carrera]
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And yes that is an Electrolux strapped to my back, courtesey of the Empsta
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After 4 litres of gloss black and 1.5 litres of GMH Matt black with just a little chrome
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Should I go for the Coffee trim or the Red trim that's out of the white Fasty????
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Red 4sure, it looks sweet in a black car, love the paint job, very schmick !!1
cheers
adz
cheers
adz
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ey its dom,
the cars looking good man gotta take me for a drive when your done 😀:thumb
the cars looking good man gotta take me for a drive when your done 😀:thumb
Gehts notch?
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damn that looks sweet as wif the new paint on it !! heheh love the spray gun :P
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Thanks Vdudes, I was also thinkin' 'bout the red also and of course you can Dom, hell I might even let you drive it!
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what was the thing on your back for?
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LOL, ask Adam about the beetle my Dad and I sprayed with a vacuum cleaner when I was 16, LOL. They give a wicked finish too those things:thumb
Oh yeah... And go the red trim. Give it the sled look 😎
[Edited on 13-10-2003 by Cam]
Oh yeah... And go the red trim. Give it the sled look 😎
[Edited on 13-10-2003 by Cam]
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how the hell do you sptray with a vaccume cleaner?
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It's an electrolux. They have a blow outlet and come with these delicate spray guns which are glass.
My Dad used to mess with Big Block Chev anything's in the 70s and helped build a speedboat which held some Mexican river record for over 2 decades. They used to use normal spray gear and then one day one of the guys had used an electrolux on something and figured he'd give it a go and see how it looked on one of the boats. Turned out awesome (because of how delicate it sprayed) so when we needed to respray a beetle decklid and guards we used one that we found in a cupboard. This was right before Day Of' one year and Adam was messing around with some stuff on his beetle at my place too. We did'nt believe my old man when he wanted to give it a shot, but our faces hit the floor at the end result. The rest of the car looked shit anyway and then there were these showroom quality panels. It was insane!
We're going to use it on my fasty as well, however this time my girlfriend will be using it, since I'm unable to spray cars anymore 🙁
My Dad used to mess with Big Block Chev anything's in the 70s and helped build a speedboat which held some Mexican river record for over 2 decades. They used to use normal spray gear and then one day one of the guys had used an electrolux on something and figured he'd give it a go and see how it looked on one of the boats. Turned out awesome (because of how delicate it sprayed) so when we needed to respray a beetle decklid and guards we used one that we found in a cupboard. This was right before Day Of' one year and Adam was messing around with some stuff on his beetle at my place too. We did'nt believe my old man when he wanted to give it a shot, but our faces hit the floor at the end result. The rest of the car looked shit anyway and then there were these showroom quality panels. It was insane!
We're going to use it on my fasty as well, however this time my girlfriend will be using it, since I'm unable to spray cars anymore 🙁
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I'll post somee photo's of it next week dudes for all to see.
And your so right Cam, they're great!
You should see the faces of unbeleivers when I tell them that I'm sprayin' my car with a vaccum cleaner. (which by the way worx best when switched to reverse cycle)
😀
And your so right Cam, they're great!
You should see the faces of unbeleivers when I tell them that I'm sprayin' my car with a vaccum cleaner. (which by the way worx best when switched to reverse cycle)
😀