thanks everyone!
oldturtle22 wrote:Great job mate, one question, With your BRM's are they 17inch diameter?
Ive got 15inch for my panel but am now thinking of 17's
Where did you get these ones? O'seas??
cheers mate, Chris
these were from vollks in aus, think it was 700 total.. they have a et40 offset
nbturbo wrote:You and your Dad have done an excellent job so far.I bet he's proud of you.
yes, very.
And much poorer.. but much richer too for the experience.
So, now can I please have my tools and my shed back.. ???
😂Scmicko !
Absolutely awesome.
Damn nice. You gotta be happy with that. :-)
From your ole' mate Jeff
As soon as I saw this was a P Platers car i got jelly. ahahaha. Congrats man, awesome car and a real credit to you and your father!
Wow that is great, well done to both of you, love how you have kept her pretty much og, love this thread as well one to come back to for sure, thanks for sharing your journey, she is a show winner!
You are one lucky 17 year old, but you deserve it with all the hard work you have put in.
Also, you are surrounded with a great family and are obviously a great son yourself seeing what your father has done.
Congratulations and enjoy, 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.Has turned out very nice,now its time to enjoy it,just one question who did you buy your carpet kit from ???
cheers shane.
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Wow!!! Beutiful work, love the colour choice, love the wheels. Real nice.
thanks guys, i bought some stp sound deadener matting today for the fire wall and another product for the floors. i will double everything up so it will be uber quite. thanks Pumba, the carpet kit was from TMI, it is the RHD kit, trimming is required and i have to go get the sides overlapped that i cut.
Did you buy the kit local or overseas ???
cheers shane.
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Mmmmmmm, that is so tasty it makes me wanna lick the screen 😀
madness is in the eye of the beholder 👍
That has just turned out Great👍👍
Nice colour, wheels and stance. Looks fantastic!!
It's a credit to you both.
Cheers
D
This has been a great build to watch. The finished product is totally awsome ,one hell of a first car
Enjoy it mate 👍👍👍
59 beetle,61 beetle,72 dual cab,58 beetle,55 splitty,
65 manx,74 camper,60 Rat beetle.....and many more to come
we bought the TMI kit overseas directly from the tmi website. some reason i ordered the vinyl edging but they gave me the crapier edging, a bit dissapointing. Sound deading went on a few days ago, i layered the floor pan and bottom section of the firewall with the stock looking Tar board. i layred that twice thick! and i used a product called "STP" on the top half of the firewall and that was also twice thick. after i did this i took it for a drive, i wasnt impressed for the effort and money i spent. i realised i hadnt blocked up the passagers between the engine bay and cabin, so after i took that for a drive with them blocked i couldnt believe the difference $2 worth of foam would do! blocking them passagers up gets rid of the high "tapping" and other metallic sounds. so the next stage of sound deading will be to redo that foam with closed cell and sound deaden the front wheel wells and doors and roof. will keep everyone updated.
Thanks for the info,shame they got the edging wrong,thats what worries me about buying one from overseas your stuck with what they send but i need to get one to finnish my oval.
cheers shane.
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Holy thread from the dead Bat Man!
My word. I am 22 now, where has the time gone? the oval has sat dormant in my parents shed, in its restored state since 2014. I am keen to re-engage with the classic VW community. Lets see where this goes.
Welcome back. :-)
From your ole' mate Jeff
How time flies by!!
Where's the finished pics? 😁
beetleboyjeff wrote:Welcome back. :-)
Thanks mate.
Flintstones wrote:How time flies by!!
Where's the finished pics? 😁
Oh yes how it does. I have never actually driven the bug out to a good location with the DSLR and taken some quality snaps with it. I will take it out next weekend and take the time to get some photos of everything.
Unfortunately many of the photos from this thread have disappeared due to the fact that ImageShack scrwed me. Sigh. I feel as if many of the photos may have been lost for good because some of the times i did not back them up on hard drive.
There are a number of things that i will be doing to the oval in the next month or so, fiddly bits that i just never got around too. The sorts of things that have become apparently necessary after driving it on and off for a few years. I will document these modifications here.
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You've done a fantastic job in building this!
Looks sensational. 👍👍
My second son is building his '65. This provides motivation 🙂
Cheers
D
Yeah, well done. Great looking car
Cheers
Flintstones wrote:You've done a fantastic job in building this!
Looks sensational. 👍👍
My second son is building his '65. This provides motivation 🙂
Cheers
D
Thanks Mate. Good luck with your sons build, is there a build thread going?
🙂
So the bug has been driven a few miles since it was first put on the road (around 1500 km). The funny thing about these car is that they can be so enjoyable to drive that some times you put off the small jobs. The car was registered in 2013 and since then the engine has only been out of the car once. A number of leaks have now established themselves and hence grime and grot has started to build up. There is a leak coming from both swing axle boots, the rear main seal, the fuel pressure regulator and the alternator stand. Considering all of these leaks i gathered that the best solution was to pull the motor/transaxle and give it all a refresh.
Pulling the drivetrain also allows me to sort some other pressing matters.
1. I need to reinforce the body where i cut it away for the kafer brace.
2. I need to re-jet/tune the motor. This required the motor to be removed anyway.
3. The rear apron needs to be re-enforced where i cut sheet metal away. The rear apron was made removable so i could remove the engine easily. It turns out that it need to be reinforced to put some rigidity back in to the structure.
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Let the work begin...
I can never seam to capture this colour accurately. If people saw this oval in the flesh they would realize that this colour is not at all what it looks like on the forums.
The engine is out and now i am starting on those fiddly bits. First thing was first. All that grime had to be cleaned off.
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It turns out the leak was coming from the transaxle input shaft. Upon inspection of the seal it was some no name brand. Another seal has been ordered.
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All the parts have been zip locked and stashed away. I have forgotten how little these vehicles need to be dissembled to remove the engine.
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Off to the shops tomorrow. I'll be purchasing all new fluids for the trans axle and engine as well as a bunch of stainless fasteners. I am finding a bunch of bolts/nuts/washers etc that have been installed by a previous me that frankly do not do the part they are on justice. I will keep with the normal trend and try to make as much of it Stainless socket head cap screws.. you know, because race car.
