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OldTimer Seriously Crusin Dubber

199 posts · joined May 2009 ·

#983612
An inspiration to us all - thanks for sharing. 😀
air is cool, but air-cooled is cooler!
1967 Aussie Built Type 1 1915 Deluxe

Super1302 Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Jul 2008 ·

#983629
Great work, super tidy ride, well done. 😁

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·

#983706
love to hear a video of the ghetto abarth! awesome job !
BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW ❗

NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#984103
Here is a pretty shitty video of it idling... Sounds nice with the twin carbs sucking under load 😏



I'm really happy with it and would make another one tomoro over buying the ones on the net.... Everyone I know with one has had to repair it

Doug Sweetman Nil Bastardo Carborundum

2,128 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#984207
Lumpy 🙂 sounds fabulous - and looks the goods too, you must be stoked !

Ps that type 3 panel looks sweet too !

aircooledjake Slammed & Awesome Dubber

91 posts · joined Jul 2013 ·

#996522
Reckon I saw this little beast putting around nerang in the late afternoon past my work today, if it was it sounded just beautiful! Wish I got a better look

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#996529
You have got to be kidding-first time I have seen this story about the rebirth of the Oval.I thought I was pretty "anal" about restoring stuff-you win.That is the most amazing restoration of anything I have ever seen.You are a legend.

ACT65Deluxe Casual Dubber

37 posts · joined Apr 2014 ·

#996534
I am in awe of anyone who takes on this type of task. Fantastic and what a beautiful beetle
Nothing beats cruising in my Beetle

NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#996599
Thanks guys... She's a great rig and I love it to bits as I guess it's the car I cut my teeth on.... I want to do a few touch up in the near future after being my daily for the past 6 months but she is defenly the car I always dreamed of. Aircooledjake, I hope it wasn't my car cus I have been down in port Macquarie for the past week lol might have to go check the garage....

beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#996602
NUG637 wrote:I have been down in port Macquarie for the past week lol
You have been down here and didn't come and say g'day! Snobby bastard. :-)

I better catch up with you at Valla then.
From your ole' mate Jeff

NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#996617
😁 flew to Newcastle and have been bringing a boat up to brissy via port Macquarie. So weren't in anything cool this time.... Unless your into power cats? 👍

aircooledjake Slammed & Awesome Dubber

91 posts · joined Jul 2013 ·

#996623
Well it was a very similar colour NUG hahah, wish I got some pics of the other one now for a better look

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#997798
Just read all the way thru your thread dude. Brilliant work there and well done 🙂

Doing a 56 meself at present.

Did you say you did the body spray job yourself? If so what kinda of water filter/trap do you use on your airline to stop moisture and oil in the paint?

And who'd you order the carpet kit from? Looks good.

I'm just doing the heater channels on mine and noticed the outlets on mine are a good foor further forward than yours and so wondered what year carpet kit you ordered?

Sorry for the questions just hoping mine turns out as nice as yours.

Cheers,
Mike 🙂
madness is in the eye of the beholder 👍

NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#997838
correct, i sprayed the shell myself…. Al lent me his booth and let me go hell for leather 😎 beginners luck i think… haven't managed to get the same finish ever again which worries me cus i wanna fix a few blemishes as i have had abit of "bridging" in the concave corners of my deckled and hood which seems to be abit of gassing from the high build under the 2pac. Must of laid it on a little heavy in these area's. The only thing is i don't want the blends to be "rougher" if that makes sense as The setup in our shed might not be as nice as Das…. it laid silky smooth in the booth with Al's set up

The carpet kit is from Newton in the uk and i highly recommend it but next time i would spend a little extra and get the square weave. But that is a very minor change to what i got. I ask them to send out the kick panel pieces with no holes for the heater vents so i could put them in myself once i had the piece of carpet sitting where i wanted…. they sent out the alloy surround with the kit to finish of the edging for the heater vents…

did abit of work to this rear end of this thing the other week…

had those hard red bushes on my adjustable spring plates and they have been squeaking like fuck! bought some OEM rubber bushes a while back for a rainy day…. half way through putting the rear end back together…. i thought ill just look over these adjusters like i always do with the rear wheels off….. guess i have never fully trusted them but took the risk anyway…. well this time i noticed a big old crack through the weld on the adjuster blokes…. fuck…. checked the other side…. exactly the same….



so out with the adjustable plates and the shorter torsions bars… half the guards off to get the bars past the guards and then back together with the original notched long snout plates…







much better… and a little lower to 😂

bitemeoz Officially Full-On Dubber

355 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#997845
very very very nice

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#997904
NUG637 wrote:correct, i sprayed the shell myself…. Al lent me his booth and let me go hell for leather 😎 beginners luck i think… haven't managed to get the same finish ever again which worries me cus i wanna fix a few blemishes as i have had abit of "bridging" in the concave corners of my deckled and hood which seems to be abit of gassing from the high build under the 2pac. Must of laid it on a little heavy in these area's. The only thing is i don't want the blends to be "rougher" if that makes sense as The setup in our shed might not be as nice as Das…. it laid silky smooth in the booth with Al's set up

The carpet kit is from Newton in the uk and i highly recommend it but next time i would spend a little extra and get the square weave. But that is a very minor change to what i got. I ask them to send out the kick panel pieces with no holes for the heater vents so i could put them in myself once i had the piece of carpet sitting where i wanted…. they sent out the alloy surround with the kit to finish of the edging for the heater vents…
Ah, well that was fortunate. Means he'll have a proper air dryer etc to take care of that problem. There seems to be a few DIY tricks for water removal using lengths of copper tubing finished with 2 or 3 filters of finer and finer screens with a final filter screwed into the sprayguns handle. Just a case of using the tissue paper method to verify the filtering results 🙂

Was thinking of Newton carpets. Expensive? Useful about the blank kickpanel pieces too.

Shame about those adjustable plates. I've heard many people say they fail and the block actually snapped off on many. Trouble of putting so much weight on a small area along with welding spring and normal steel together.

Glad you got it sorted tho with the old plates 🙂
madness is in the eye of the beholder 👍

Boozo Back in the bug

359 posts · joined Sep 2007 ·

#997914
lookin good 🙂
'59 or Kombi?....feeling confused

'59 bug
'68 bug
'82 import T3 BUS. aircooled

joesbuell Seriously Crusin Dubber

190 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·

#999222
Looks awesome!

Whats with the ford repair tool on the floor next to it 😉