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Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut

2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#254195
X-mass is not that far away......LoL








No take ya time make it worth doing, It will be better in the lng run......Iwas only digin' at how fast you were going with it. you have done so much in no time at all (because the car is so far away from you) mine is in the back shed and you have done more then me of late...............lol

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#254203
yes that would be one of the reasons why its soo far in to it mate the other is the week off i took
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#262398
slowly slowly its coming together heres some more pics. front right guard

passager front guard

repair left rear

drivers side heater channel

drivers side sill repair

drivers side heater channel again

right and left rear turrets

“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#262941
yes i am, so ill have him back on the road soon as im missing
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#264501
went parts shopping today got chaos his christmas present. all these goodies

hey astro or any one else from the hastings vw club, do you recognise the blue sbug im using as a donor body?
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#277793
just back from an intense 3 day session and its looking good but unfortunately my laptop is having a disagreement with itself and is on a little holidya so no pics uploading unfortunately till i get it back as im on my little brothers computer.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#282364
ive now got the laptop working again so here are some updated pics.
the right sill after repair

the right front guard

the right rear guard

the left front guard

the right rear turret

the right hand heater channel repair

the left rear turret

the left quarter

with the body and pan separated before the swap


the rear of the body

pulling the engine out of the other one to make the body swap easier

the old body minus pan

us changing the body over the old pan is out and now moving the new pan in


the old pan before the damaged body went back on it

the body has been changed and the pan has been scraped back to make sure its rust free. the new pan sitting under the body







the engine is now in the stand awaiting a rebuild with a new exhaust system to be built to allow it to breath better not that there was a problem with the old system just that im thinking two tail pipes running out the stock cutouts. i might even redo the fan housing and the covers on the heater boxes as well while we are at it. just to make it look neater. might even have to move the oil filler due to the alternator going in as well so watch this space

my tuck away exhaust


[Edited on 21-12-2004 by barls]
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#282417
Thank god I looked at this from work.

Damn, thats a lot of work and a good result so far for it!
'Ah, whatever................'

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#282422
yeah it was a lot of work but it will be worth it.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#282446
go barls go! it'll be back on the road before long!

in the owrds of a very bad 80's son "don't stop til you get enuf" or maybe get it done. :thumb
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#282455
yeah and after new years ill be going up for an intensive 2 week work period on it so it will be there soon
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#295022
got a little closer to having it painted. most of it is now sanded back in prep for painting and the new pan seal has been installed.
here some of it being installed




and after it was installed


the front shocks installed

found this while sanding back damn rust, some one before had filled it from the inside of the car with bog

with the heater fans installed and wired up

heres the guard that i cracked in the crash before the repair

after the first layer of glass

after the repair



preping the body. i started on the bonnet

just a few stone chips and paint layers



just before its final sanding

the doors got the same treatment



the roof was next it had rust spots in the paint so it coped a floggin to be sure


some stoneguard was sprayed under the guards on the body to deaden the road noise


every thing was then bolted back on the car to save my old man some space in his work shop



and just to round it out heres one more of my engine from a different angle
if any one is after those lovely leopard door trims for a kombi contact me

[Edited on 18-1-2005 by barls]
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut

2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#295083
lookin' sweeeet as

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#295421
barls wrote:
Che Castro wrote:Oooh nasty crash. good to see you're not giving up 🙂

These pics are convincing me more to get a roll cage.

I think i'd prefer to be in a jap car if i had to crash! 🙂
if i was in another one, pray to god it doesnt happen, id prefer to be in a bug thats straight, rust free in the turret and has inertia belts but thats just me. i like my steel to be thicker than it is in newer cars.
Newer cars are designed to crumple at the front, rear and sides to save your life, whilst maintaining a rigid safety cell in the middle. In the Bug's design days, that nice thick steel is a killer. VW made the steering wheel collapsable in the 60's but things like inertia reel seatbelts, full back head rests, effective brakes and padded interiors are foreign to early stock bugs.

I was watching Discovery the other day, and they have a great program on how research has made cars safer over the years. It used to be that crashes at above relative velocity of just 50 km/h were not survivable, but people now regularly walk away from frontal collisions with a delta v of near to 100 km/h.

I'd rather be in a modern car, with "thin" steel, brakes that work and airbags, than a old death trap any day.

Andrew

ps. Sorry about responding to a post that's more than six months old 🙂

pps. Good work on the new car!

VWFREAK VWFREAK

2,577 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#295436
Thats crazy Barls, you have been a busy boy.

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#295485
Good stuff barls - I know the pain your going through!! Keep it up, great progress pics....its always nice for people to appreciate the nitty gritty stuff thats involved in any repairs/resto - its easy to see a finished product and think its a piece of piss!

Good to see the type IV getting a run too!
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#295486
yeah it was pretty crazy week and a bit but its almost there now. thanks bones and moose for the comments it helps keep my spirit up while its happening and things are coming down around me. i also found out that the seats i bought dont fit too wide, so ill most likely sell them to someone with a kombi.
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins

4,936 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#295506
why does your engine need a rebuild? didnt u only put it in the bug not long before u crashed it?
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1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#295507
thanks das i just hope its all i dream it will be, but like all projects are they ever finished
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#295510
because it leaks and it was surpose to be rebuilt when i got it but not the way it leaks
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#295513
What size is it?

BTW, you're doing great, keep up the good work and get it finished. I am hoping to see it at the nats at easter.
"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#295518
its a bone stock 2L straight out of a kombi into a upright conversion and into my bug
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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Che Castro ankle straps

1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#295633
wow great progress so far.
Jon

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#296691
thanks jon it really jumped forward over christmas
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#304667
should be at the painters in the next 2 weeks
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#308418
going to the painters this weekend hopefully. still have to find seats yet though
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#315030
stll in the old mans work shop i think? will be going up there this weekend to sort it out. might bring back some pics
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#315080
its got its new skin just needs to get its new clothes
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,474 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#321388
after finding out that the panel beater doesnt want to do it now im looking for a new panel beater.
just got quoted $5000 and thats after ive done all the prep and am still waiting on the other quote
“We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.” Bill Hicks
the chaos project - click me