Oval progress · Aussieveedubbers

nbturbo · 21 Dec 2003, 11:21 am

Some pics of the final test assembly-have stripped it out now.It is booked in on Jan.5th for a swim in an acid tank to get rid of the funeral car look.Its going to be Double Yellow to be a mate for my New Beetle.

nbturbo · 21 Dec 2003, 11:24 am

This will be going in when it returns

mattie · 21 Dec 2003, 1:34 pm

very very nice nb look forward to seeing it when finished

Cam · 21 Dec 2003, 3:14 pm

Very nice! Love the German look 😎

Still love the funeral car look too 😉

Will make a mad ride, dude :thumb

cray · 22 Dec 2003, 9:56 am

those fenders on an oval makes baby jesus cry 🙁

himmell · 22 Dec 2003, 10:10 am

Hi nb turbo,

nice car, does that mean that u have the original fenders & W decklid. If so and your willing to sell em, U2u me, its xmas after all!

:tree:party:tree

vwtyp2 · 22 Dec 2003, 9:59 pm

hey Himmell,
I've got a W decklid, and a good LH F guard.

kombiluva · 22 Dec 2003, 11:08 pm

Hi turbo,
Just a thought about acid dipping; I have heard that if you acid dip a car there are ALWAYS places that your spray painter can't get to and that leaves bare metal exposed anfd that means.......rust.......or are you going to dip the car in paint like thay did at the factory?

Just my 2cents worth!

Have fun with the rest of the resto.

Regards
Mike

Cam · 22 Dec 2003, 11:42 pm

Yeah, check into media blasting dude.

Harsh call about the guards, Cray. I think aero guards look mad!!! I like it (a couple of things I'd change) but it's NBTurbo's car and kudos to him for building it properly and how he likes.:thumb
I reckon it has a wide body Porsche look to it, which I like. 'cause I like nice curves (asthetically) and cars that can take 'em (the road variety)😎

nbturbo · 23 Dec 2003, 6:51 am

The mob doing the acid dip will be applying an etch primer to whole car-it's the same as the black stuff you see on new body panels.I had the sunroof panel bead blasted-I told the prick how rare these are and how much care needed to be taken and he still managed to warp it-the panel beater went off his head because he had looked at first and couldn't believe how straight it WAS,and it was his suggestion to blast it.Yes I still have all the guards and deck lid.I bought it with the original rear guards inside as it had fibreglass ones fitted to cover the Porsche mags,but the deck lid has been louvered.I will be using the guards on my next project.

nbturbo · 23 Dec 2003, 7:04 am

Forgot this-I have also booked it to have Endrust squirted into all the areas where they rust before the painter gets to it. Will go into the heater channels,especially up front where the pipes come off for the winscreen demisters.

sikdub · 23 Dec 2003, 8:55 pm

When thats finished, you wont want the nb.
Too Cool.... 😎
Steven

modulus · 23 Dec 2003, 10:48 pm

nbturbo wrote:...I have also booked it to have Endrust squirted into all the areas where they rust before the painter gets to it. ...

It's looking very nice!

Is that the right order (endrust --> paint) or should it be vice-versa (paint --> endrust) in case the endrust drools and stops some paint adhering properly?

hth

gcorrado · 25 Dec 2003, 7:12 am

awesome! what wheels are those?

gcorrado · 26 Dec 2003, 7:07 am

kahn?

vw54 · 26 Dec 2003, 7:11 am

Nice looking car with Aerolook guards

Flintstones · 26 Dec 2003, 10:17 pm

Hi nb,

Looks like things are moving along with your oval. Keep up the great work!!

Cheers

Harko · 26 Dec 2003, 10:33 pm

We were going that route on our oval but some deadshite stole the guards ,He was an in the know loser because he moved 4 other guards off the pile and took the aeros from the bottom.
We know who it is and are waiting for the right moment or for the goods to be returned

Looks extremely good

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 7:45 am

Sorry-been to Adelaide for Xmas.They are Speedies,17x8 Holotype with Ford stud pattern.I cut the Speedie logo from the plastic locating bung in the centre and machined up 4 aluminium discs (1.5mm thick) the same diameter and got a signwriter to make up the VW logo.It's made from a reflector type material which makes them glow at night.I just used silicone to stick them back on to the original plastic locater.

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 7:56 am

Sorry to hear about that-a real pain in the arse because I know how much you had invested. You should not have them stored under other things because they are so thin and would be easily damaged.I don't have a lot of room for storage so have to keep them inside our Mitsubishi van until the painter will take them.Do you reckon the Prick who took yours will try to use them or sell them on?Good luck with situation.

vw54 · 27 Dec 2003, 8:07 am

Have you grafted the sunroof section into the roof yet???

Have you got all the bits. make sure you add the drain tubes into it as well. they were origionaly lengths of plastic tubing

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 8:28 am

No-will be done after it's been dipped-the whole back half of the frame is only glued to the original roof section.It's actually only welded to the body around the opening.I kept all the original drain tubes which are still in good nick,but will replace them.I haven't decided where to run them yet- might alter where the front ones go.

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 8:54 am

Yes-getting a rush of blood.I am back into the fuel injection again.Have made up a surge tube for the tank and its being welded in at the moment-will pick up early next week.I finally got the tank back last week from another crowd who were welding in a ring for the guage unit-they had it for at least 12 months and what a bastard of a job.I asked for it to be Tig welded so it would be neat looking and they had some young prick weld it with Mig who obviously needs lessons.As I told the bastards,I have a Mig and could have done a job that bad-thats why it went there.Any how have found some one else with a Tig and asked if I could watch him weld-his work is good.I am making a new intake manifold and have found a different method of holding down the injectors.Am using a bakelite looking clamp from a 6 cyl. Nissan which means the fuel rail can be more flexible to allow a better fit into the engine bay.Still using 4 lt Ford injectors but have machined off the plastic that holds the O ring for the fuel rail and can just push a hose over it and clamp it off.The injectors can now come around a bit towards the front of the car and won't hit on the body.Will keep you posted

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 8:59 am

This will have a bottom welded to it and hang out of tank 50mm.Fittings will face L.H. side of car

vw54 · 27 Dec 2003, 10:16 am

The front tubes ran down into the front pillar area and drained into there. thats a good place but i would expand the opening by cutting the whole lower section of the pillar away so water escapes easy.

therear went into the section beside the rear seat from memory so make sure the drain holes on the lower sill section are clear. I would use the stock positions for the drains.

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 10:34 am

Thats what I didn't like-so will run the fronts out into the front wheel well area.Where they go thru' the body will use rubber grommets and run the tube down to the floor pan level.The rears of this car ran into cavity behind the rear side trims.I thought I may be able to let them drop into the engine bay and run out like the later big window drain tubes did.

vw54 · 27 Dec 2003, 10:49 am

yeah you could do that for the rears ... longer tube required... but its only plastic i dont think that would be a problem.

didnt the front go into the pillar area ???

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 10:59 am

Yes-but it had all rusted out so couldn't even figure how they meant for the water to escape.That area is always pressure with rusting so figure will keep sunroof water away.The rear had also rusted out but it looked like it just fell into that cavity and couldn't see how it was meant to get away.I would like to see it drain away outside of the body.It's easy and with grommets stops water getting back in.Main job I think would be to make sure the drain openings up top are always clear especially if they are parked under trees.Mine will always be put in the shed with a cover

vw54 · 27 Dec 2003, 12:39 pm

So your grafting the sunroof into an Oval shell.... What distance are you going to fit it from the front screen,??? I think this would be critical as you need to get in the right area...

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 2:59 pm

Not using the windscreen for a reference point.We are using the "B" pillar and measuring forward.There will be a larger area between the top of screen and to the opening of the roof because of the smaller front screen.

vw54 · 27 Dec 2003, 7:09 pm

Yeah OK that will work i was think the other way for some reason.... but no harm measuring forward

Make sure it dont look too odd by being either back or forward out of position...

I saw a mustang once that the guy put a roof in and he had it way to forward..
if you can sit your seats in the car as well maybe that might give another idea.

Keep up the good work

nbturbo · 27 Dec 2003, 8:47 pm

It's got to go in exactly the right position for the curve in the roof to line up.Will probably get some distortion when they make a new lip around the opening,but they are good at their job so should be able to get it right

nbturbo · 12 Jan 2004, 9:29 pm

Trailered it to Adelaide last Monday for it's swim and had to take the NB down today for it's first service,so called in to check on my baby-it's now bare metal and not one piece of rust to be found and only one small bit of bog on LHR 1/4 panel covering a small dent-about 50mm by 80mm.Bloke reckons he's done dozens of Beetles and this is the cleanest one he has ever seen.Turned out to be a good buy.Forgot to take a camera.

Flintstones · 13 Jan 2004, 5:49 pm

Hi NB,

You've come along way with you oval now, it's really starting to take shape.
Lucky man you are with that sunroof. I've been looking for years...extremely difficult to get a hold of.

cheers

nbturbo · 13 Jan 2004, 8:40 pm

You are right-but a long way to go yet.Have just finished for the night-machined up some injector pockets from 19mm round bar and have trial fitted one into a modified Type4 fuel injected manifold.Have cut of the original pipes off flush with the cast end that bolts to the head and drilled into the side of it to mount the injector boss-looks like it will work ok.Can weld some pipes back into the cast end to still end up with a centre throttle body.This looks like no cutting of the engine bay.Will take pics

Flintstones · 15 Jan 2004, 9:42 pm

NB, if you have the fuel injected manifold, don't these have the injector bosses already incorporated into it, unless there is something I'm missing??? or are you using a different type of injector......

nbturbo · 15 Jan 2004, 10:30 pm

You are correct-but those holes are too small and in the wrong spot-injectors hit hard on the body.I can plug them and fit the bosses higher up so everything clears the body The fuel rails I made were the biggest headache,but I can now use fuel hose onto the injectors,so allows flexibility with the rails.I have found a real small pressure reg.from a Toyota with the right value-also much better for room issues.Have to machine up a small boss and weld it directly into the end of my rail.

typ-fre · 16 Jan 2004, 10:38 am

its looking goood

dom

Flintstones · 16 Jan 2004, 7:54 pm

Ah..now I'm with ya, body clearance.

I was checking out the pics of your surge tank, where are you going to mount that?

nbturbo · 16 Jan 2004, 9:05 pm

Goes into the bottom of the original tank-will have about 50mm hanging from the bottom.Have drilled holes in it that will be 110 mm from the bottom of the tank and facing the front of the car-should keep fuel in it under acceleration when tank gets low.Can have 10mm supply pipe and will use 8mm for return.

nbturbo · 29 Jan 2004, 10:39 am

Brought my Baby home from Adelaide yesterday after the swim.It is now at the painters being undercoated.It was in black etch primer when I picked it up.Have had 1 mudguard painted in Double Yellow to check the look.I am putting the car in the Motor Show here in Feb. as an unfinished project.Mine is the only one entered so far-should do OK then

Cam · 17 Feb 2004, 3:59 pm

Must be satisfying to see the body bare know that most of it is downhill (in a good way, ofcourse) from here🙂
Can't wait to see more pics. This car should be awesome!

nbturbo · 18 Feb 2004, 10:02 am

Yes it is good to see some progress.Have put guards and bumpers and all lights back on for Motor Show this weekend.It is in grey 2pack primer now with one yellow guard.Booked in for mid March to get sunroof fitted and the full paint job.Have just had new laminated front screen cut and all side windows being made new with a bronze tint in the glass.Will get that stick on window tint put on the Oval.All 1/4 window frames and pivots being rechromed. Looking for completion by Xmas this year.

nbturbo · 27 Feb 2004, 8:00 pm

This is how it went to the show

nbturbo · 27 Feb 2004, 8:02 pm

Our 5 cars entered as a Family Group

Flintstones · 27 Feb 2004, 9:50 pm

You got a Val as well!! awesome man :thumb
My dad had one like that. Didn't have it for too long though. He did have a VC for ages, still like those 😀

nbturbo · 28 Feb 2004, 6:58 am

Yeh-had one of those years ago and a VG.

Cam · 5 Mar 2004, 8:31 pm

Man, that rear shot is hot as!
That exhaust is a mad idea too. Plus Porsche fans look the buis.

Flintstones · 5 Mar 2004, 11:59 pm

Hi NB,

a few weeks ago I was checking out a VC with 20" wheels, mini tubbed, and twin turbo v8 with a perspex bonnet to show it all off!!!
really nice looking car :thumb:thumb

so is the oval at the beaters now?
Cheers

nbturbo · 6 Mar 2004, 10:47 am

The VC sounds like a real beast-is it a street car?The Oval goes in mid March.Two full resprays B4 mine.They are still trying to get their head around fitting the sunroof and how best to attack it.

Flintstones · 6 Mar 2004, 7:04 pm

yep the VC is street rego'ed.
Engine I believe was built by Solo Hercules and the turbo setup was fabricated by Pac Performace.

Not long to go now!!!!
Cheers

Alex Holzl · 7 Mar 2004, 6:33 pm

ive got the same car with the same front areos but smothies on the back... Looks awsome man!!! :thumb:thumb

nbturbo · 8 Mar 2004, 7:48 pm

Picked up all my new glass today.Had all the 6 side windows made new in a bronze tint and toughened with the legal markings etched in the glass.Front screen is laminated with a slight tint and is also marked to show its legal.

nbturbo · 28 Apr 2004, 1:14 pm

Things have slowed up a bit-need all the spare cash for a deposit on an investment property and the painters are up to their xxts in work any how.Finally got my laser cut engine lid badge back and will now tidy it up and send it away with the Deluxe one to get coated in 24c gold like the others.

nbturbo · 28 Apr 2004, 1:15 pm

Another

nbturbo · 28 Apr 2004, 1:20 pm

Another

XXX-1.8T · 28 Apr 2004, 1:30 pm

lookin sweet:beer