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the people of the here and now

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/25394/the-people-of-the-here-and-now

ducky ·

lets talk vws". It looks all but certain the guy is taking my buggy. Pays deposit Monday OMG this was totally unplanned already having withdrawals

robnjo ·

did I miss something?......you selling your buggie? what you going to get???

ducky ·

Well I wasnt selling it but a guy from tassie wanted to buy it, I have another project in mind buggy of course but was thinking more for next year the offer just bought the project closer, so close in fact that I wont have a dub for valla. Call me Ducky Dubless

robnjo ·

bummer dude.....buy a banger off eBay for Valla😎

ducky ·

nah wanna save the cash for the next mean machine that lives in my imagination:blah

Bami ·

I suppose if the guy from tassie has his heart set on it, and you were already starting to think of getting a new project then it is meant to be.

Don't worry, I will be dubless for Valla aswell.

So what do you have your eye on for the next project or is it a secret?

~Bami

ducky ·

I thought that too bami, next project is a beefier manx

Anthiron ·

go baja:P

ducky ·

you kiddin right

Bami ·

sounds fun ducky - bit of bush bashing. So have you seen one you like or just got the idea in general?

ducky ·

a bit of both. Good friends who will help (a lot ) with build has a very cool one. I am really excited about seeing the wholebuild process from whoa to go and being involved in that.:blah

Anthiron ·

im not kidding....a baja has a roof and storage space thats out of the whether.....about the only bonus a buggie would have is the shorter wheel base.....u could build a nice baja with the proceeds from your buggie.......i personally wouldnt sell your buggie though its pretty shmick

ducky ·

A Baja can rust. No seriously I am a buggy kinda person if you love your baja power to you brother but me give me a topless day anytime.

Next project will be schmick too

Bami ·

It would be great to follow the process from beginning to end ey!

Make sure you post pics when you get the project underway.

Did your friend build the one they have?

Craig Torrens ·

ducky wrote:. Call me Ducky Dubless
No.......DUMB DUCKY :P

Craig Torrens ·

ducky wrote:a bit of both. Good friends who will help (a lot ) with build has a very cool one. I am really excited about seeing the wholebuild process from whoa to go and being involved in that.:blah
I'm building a buggy now.......................and yes there is a BUZZ doing it yourself and watching it slowly progress.

Costly though.😉...............but fun!

Bami ·



is this the type you mean ducky? (sorry, i am a little vw clueless still, only being introduced to the world of vw's recently)

ducky ·

kinda but not exactly

Craig why am I dumb?????

Desert Moose ·

Ducky, it good to see you have this post going and maybe people would know about the buggy if the old one wasn't deleted (but life go's on). I still think the baja1000 look would be a good one. :blah :blah

[Edited on 2-7-2004 by Desert Moose]

zac_smits ·

hehehe...the 'tomorrow people' equilvilant!!!


i like it..oo i'm trespassing...

i'll be gone

zac

Anthiron ·

i like my baja......im also sticking with the swing axle but am going to have a 1641 built from my 1600 twin port engine i have spare.......gotta make it look tougher before valla.:bounce

wacked1 ·

ducky wrote:next project is a beefier manx
please explain


[Edited on 3-7-2004 by wacked1]

zac_smits ·

You'll never get me!!!! hahahahahaha
:vader
:vader

Zac

ducky ·

okay back again been bush bashing on some bangers with kurt and gunter what a great day and night.

Zac you are welcome to the here and now.

Homebrand yes have decided to go IRS etc etc, that is one of the main reasons for changing machines

zac_smits ·

ooo bush-bashing...i remember diong that with dad when i was little!!!

that and hand-brake turns on the local dirt-roads. mad fun..it's always good fun..just like the avalon khanacrosses...

zac

p.s thanks ducky for the 'homely feeling' but i think i'll stick to the tomorrow ppl...hmm, maybe i should only post when i have something really useful to say...

yeh okay i'll do that.
night,
zac

Anthiron ·

im interested to know how much u are getting for your buggie ducky.....if u dont want to say thats fine but im wondering how much its worth....oh and rust is a bitch you got me there:P

robnjo ·

wacked 1>>"please explain"
do we have to?
:duh

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

:blah:duh:blah.... she's one hot momma! (who's the dude next to her?)....

Boozer ·

rust adds character.

Stanley ·

Do you guys and girls realize that the "people of the here and now" are always going to be a day behind "the tomorrow people"


Food for thought.....
:jesus

helbus ·

Hmmm what about yesterdays hero's? 🙂

Anthiron ·

or maybe you guys are just getting ahead of yourselves:alien

zac_smits ·

live in the present guys...we are deciding the future...you are living it...(but we do have robo living in the past with us!!!)

zac

Robo ·

He He
Just thought Id sneek in here and have a look while no one's lookin!!🙂
Rob...😎

MikeM ·

The people of the here and now... :duh but nobody is here now

Anthiron ·

im here

MikeM ·

no your not

Anthiron ·

sure i am

Boozer ·

maybe it should be called the "people of the over there and later" :duh i'm here or...there...apparently?:duh

handycam ·

well yesterday was never here and 2morrow never comes its always " 2day" :duh:duh:duh LOL

MikeM ·

who's what where? :jesus

handycam ·

thort that would make u think
:duh

zac_smits ·

i can only see mikem that's in here now...oh, and me of course..

Desert Moose ·

What about me :duh

I'm here.......... now

[Edited on 6-7-2004 by Desert Moose]

zac_smits ·

oo yes you are..but i'm about to leave....:P:P

(and mike has left as well...)

mass desertion, moose :P:P

zac

ducky ·

I'm here and it is all happening.

ducky ·

Hey mate good to here from you. Hope all is good

MikeM ·

I don't know where I am. But it appears I'm here now.

Boozer ·

i'm here and i'm listening to "The lengend of Wooley swamp"

sings- "If you ever go back into Wooly Swamp son you better not go at night
There's things out there in the middle of them woods
That'd make a strong man die from fright" *falls off chair*

ducky ·

Okay 2 days until my buggy heads south to tassie I can't believe it. Passed RWC with flying colours today. I just don't know if I can face valla without her

Desert Moose ·

Don’t worry Dubless it could be worse you could live in Perth and be not able to go to Valla.:cry

:P Plus you need to move on to bigger and BETTER things
:P :thumb :duh :blah

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

you can't delay sale till after valla ducky? one last hurrah?

ducky ·

No chance money is in the account transport organissed, new project began today

Bami ·

Oh Ducky, it will be sad for you to see it go but at least you've got the new project started already so you will have your mind on that.

ducky ·

you bet I just home my budget matches my dreams

Boozer ·

why do I have the feeling no one in here is listening to me?! *echoes* *echoes*.....................*cricket chirps in background*......................right. I'm going to bed then.:duh:thumb

[Edited on 7-7-2004 by Boozer]

ducky ·

I'm listening boozer whats happening

ducky ·

Man that is no good food poisoning sucks, put me in hospital last year.

ducky ·

Hey I need an Avatar that incorporates the words Ducky Dubless

warb ·

hey, fat boy your back....

zac_smits ·

hey boozer is almost at custom sig time!!!

3 to go mate... sorry, i'm distracted...so a gif/sig/avatar of 'ducky dubless'

got some thoughts..let me have a look.

zac

vwombat ·

Dude - if I start redesigning everyone's avatar's, everyone will have to chip in for a divorce lawyer. I don't want that. You know how hard it is to find a good woman when your a freak of nature with backwards facing neurons...

Maybe if I get a free moment, I'll make a bunch and distribute them amongst the hardcore freaks. Heather really needs hers animated I reckon'. Just don't put me on a deadline.

BTW don't you reckon that the forum could use a bit of spruicing up with some nice animated gifs too? What do you reckon the Gods would say to some pretty freebies?

Boozer ·

Ok what should my new sig thingy be? hmmmm how about Suicide baja driver?

Anthiron ·

ha ha thats sweet tim! and congrats Boozer

vwombat ·

ROFLMAO! Good one Frenzix! Mate that's cool. What are you building your gif's in?

vwombat ·

I use After Effects. It's funny going from making hi-res Cinema Adverts to widdle tiny gifs. It's like using a nuclear warhead to scratch your bum.

MikeM ·

Is she wearing Ice skates on Tarmac?

vwombat ·

LMAO - Good one Timmo! I'm touched in only the way you can touch me (i.e. not really at all).

BTW - I did yummo jobs O.S. but with tall poppy syndrome here, no-one will employ me. I'm starting my own company now. Screw 'em all!

Nice one about Heathen too! Where are you getting all this time from? I thought you were moving house?

[Edited on 8-7-2004 by vwombat]

vwombat ·

good one! if it doesn't have her ugly beast in it, she's not gonna like it.

Ahh, bludging. If I just didn't have this guilt!

ducky ·

You guys too funny, frenix your imagination is amazining

ducky ·

o no a dead mouse eeeeeek!

Anthiron ·

did u try mouth to mouth?

Boozer ·

um no comment.:duh:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke

ducky ·

spent the week getting the buggy ready for it's journey south. Have a day off tomorrow am looking forward to that.
Tracey and I are getting excited about Valla eventhough we shall be dubless. It should be another cold one so pack the woolies.

vwombat ·

Someone photograph this grrrl at Valla please. I just gotta know if the outside is as f*cked up as the inside (sorry Heather!).

vwombat ·

Don't diss my Daddy like that!

vwombat ·

I don't think he has the hardware to produce any sperm. Just estrogen!

Desert Moose ·

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:
frenzix wrote:urine

:cry don't call me that.... or were u just referring to sexy simmons? :puke

or if u read ur last posts were u eating urine again?
yukko, lemon sorbet never tasted so, yellow!

*$2 goes home now, thinks the neighbourhood kids are a little too strange*
I tought I would have a look at this thread to see what people were up to, but one look at this post and i'm scared.
:duh :duh :puke

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

:duh shhh moose they are all sleeping at the moment, dreaming bout thier dubs......😉 I am sure once the red cordial has worn off things will return to normal :duh:blah

ducky ·

you guys are crazy, am looking forward to meeting you all for real at valla.

vwombat ·

Just don't get any bodily fluids on you Ducks! They're highly contagious!

I'm in quarantine boo hoo!

Boozer ·

yeeeesss it ought to be interesting....

Desert Moose ·

ducky wrote:you guys are crazy, am looking forward to meeting you all for real at valla.

Valla :cry :cry :cry :alien
I'm so far away from the action :puke

ducky ·

COME ON MOOSE FLIGHTS ARE CHEAP NOWADAYS

Anthiron ·

hitch moose!........u could be the first cross-country hitch hiker........if u start now and stay in hostels u could make valla easily.

handycam ·

yes i do think it will be good 4 all of us 2 meet up and maybe have a :beer or 2 and have a laugh cant wait as i have a bit of driveing 2 do b 4 i get ther but it will b worth it :thumb:thumb

ducky ·

I have decided I need an avatar eventhough I am currently dubless, I do own a nice 1916 VW Engine.

Desert Moose ·

ducky wrote:I have decided I need an avatar eventhough I am currently dubless, I do own a nice 1916 VW Engine.
So what color is the new one gunna b

Desert Moose ·

how this for an avatar ducky

ducky ·

I like that as an avatar. The colour mmmmmmm should I say, okay it is going to be a variation of the new ford colour citric acid

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

ducky wrote:I like that as an avatar. The colour mmmmmmm should I say, okay it is going to be a variation of the new ford colour citric acid
do you have a sample? is it a greeie yellow or more orangy yellow? sounds exotic.lol. Now you have told the forum you have in effect put a ducky copyright on it so no one is allowed to copy :P

Desert Moose ·

Its frog baby sH*t yellow
its allmost the color of this :beer but a little greener

MikeM ·

Yeah my SubaManx was going to be that colour. My current "daily" car is that colour. Well almost, it's factory 1973 Nissan "Lime 112". When I first got the car 2 years ago everyone thought it was a crap colour, now that new Ford's us it everyone think it's cool. The irony of it.

Anyway, the colour has grown on me so I was going to paint the SubaManx the same colour. Guess I'll have to re-think that now, don't want two Manxs the same colour in the one state now do we? The SubaManx body is in primer for now so a final desicion hasn't been made yet.

[Edited on 13-7-2004 by MikeM]

ducky ·

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:
ducky wrote:I like that as an avatar. The colour mmmmmmm should I say, okay it is going to be a variation of the new ford colour citric acid
do you have a sample? is it a greeie yellow or more orangy yellow? sounds exotic.lol. Now you have told the forum you have in effect put a ducky copyright on it so no one is allowed to copy :P
Will try and get a sample

[Edited on 13-7-2004 by ducky]

ducky ·

I just reckon its bright and very very beach buggy, maybe outta fashion for a regular car but for a buggy timeless

vwombat ·

Hey Ducks! The abandoned wreck was blue right ?

(AKA - the one you shipped to some poor unfortunate in Tassie, where, let's face it, education is not as important as apples, incest and perfecting redneck culture. [See any post from "Volksfolks" as evidence - sorry Andy])

Anyway, "blue" - did you paint it that colour when you were single?

You're now in love. Is "slime green" the colour of love nowadays? Go red Grrrl! It will make the Manx go faster too.

ducky ·

the colour is decided..... Gues what me bought today????? a 76 poptop camper

vwombat ·

What's with this thread? It's been really tame lately!

Bollocks bollocks bollocks. Skirt wearing preachers with toenail clippings up their noses. Ah, that's better!

Ahm, by the way, is there gonna be some sort of competition between the People of the Present and the Tomorrow people at Valla? I think a race would be great. We'll always win, 'cause they'll be a day late.

ducky ·

hee hee,

Lets liven things up, afterall I'm less than thirty posts from the 1000.

Boozer ·

what sort of race should it be? Onroad offroad?

ducky ·

Wow very hard core and the evil look in your eye is way wicked

barls ·

you give out the impression of the kind guy that plays extreame tiddly winks:P:P:P:P

vwombat ·

Finally popped by the site. You do have a lot of time on your hands... All that AND the masturbating. Wow. I'm in awe!

Street thug is getting so passe. I think the whole world is going to go through a serious "Kids from Fame"/"Twisted Sister" retro mutant phase. Join the bandwagon, or remain culturally insignificant.

I've ordered a hot pink tutu, and a studded leather jacket, and that's just for the bay!

ducky ·

no marshmallow look with that pic, more like gangster rapper who may like his mum and hate everyone else

vwombat ·

Hey Tim - that whole "new frame on every click" html is a bit of a pain in the arse. Just being constructive. I'll have something for my business online within a month. Then you can do the same for me.

vwombat ·

Vanilla Ice with cinnamon ? (a metaphor for your rust prob's).

I would've called you Ice Pee. Or maybe Chuck up? We could start a group, disposable heroes of throwaway hijacked posts?

vwombat ·

mmmmm worms! Got any other parasites for us H?

vwombat ·

A geek I am not! Sometimes I frighten myself for knowing stuff tho'. It's just not in my profile. It also freaks people out who had assumed I was a failure of modern education.

Geez those worms tickle Heather. Couldn't you have wished them into some other place? It makes sitting difficult.

vwombat ·

*sigh's and feels all dispondantly sorry for herself*
Why don't you try:

feeling yourself, feeling sorry, and then feeling dispondant.

At least you'll feel good a third of the time.

Heather - can I switch the worms for flesh eating beetles or a bag full of dust mites?

vwombat ·

BTW i would feel myself, but seing as I have no hands and am typing with my nose, i don't appreciate your nasty sense of humour, downright mean I say!
As if your hands were the only part of your body you can feel with. Try the tongue, toe, pancreas or if all else fails, the heart. Oh yeah, you don't have one.
Ice ice lady!

vwombat ·

Hey Heather - I just realised your the only hardcore freak with less posts than me. Does the post count matter to you as little as it does to me?

They should donate my count to one of those ego tossers whining about learner dubber status.

vwombat ·

Should we be writing episodes of red dwarf?

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

It's the quality not quantity that matters wombat!

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

:P i am slow, post or two behind here.lol

barls ·

now theres a show that never goes out of fashion they should make more show like that

vwombat ·

Quality - what's that? Aren't we all dubbers? We wouldn't be if quality was important to us.

And anyway - who are you to judge quality? You don't even choose quality drugs. Just Ajax mixed with Thalidomide. Get over yourself lady!

barls ·

*lol* you smegheads

kombikim ·

hi I have just popped forward from "The People from Yesterday & Before"

I have Ajax , but no Thalidimide, if I mix the Ajax with Aktavite, will that be ay good?

vwombat ·

While this is going on - WHERE'S DUCKY? She is the one who wanted 1000 posts. Lazy good fer nuttin'!

Nipplenuts! I don't find that in the least humorous. And leave my deformed testicles out of this.

I'm going to bed now guys!

Nighty night!

BTW - I think I need to calm down away from the forum for a while. Talk again next week when I can afford electricity again.

kombikim ·

OK, I will give it a go but can't at the moment, I did get 4 chips up each nostril (thanks for the idea Tim)
but am now having trouble getting them out , too embarrassed to go to the doctor:cry

barls ·

i always found ardrox and crc 526 was good for a buzz at work. but thats just me im not happy unless im got grease up to my elbows

Bami ·

And the thread reaches an all new low.....

ducky ·

yes definately an all time low, sorry guys I crashed out had a big day and now I have a cold.
But I see you guys got along fine without me.

Frenzix man if you bored feel welcome to design me a new avatar I am open to suggestions????

barls ·

cool one mate whens that one getting added to the smilies

Anthiron ·

lol love the new look on the site frenzix lol cracked a smile.....PS: who likes my new avatar? i know the images are a bit dodge but its not too bad.

Desert Moose ·

frenzix wrote:Sweet ok, you didn't like the ducky dubless one?

Gotta Love that one Ducky..................LOL

Desert Moose ·

Hey frenzix that one looks cool,

This is one of the best smilies I've seen.....lol

ducky ·

hee hee

Love your work frenzix, sorry I hadn't seen the ducky dubless, but I like it

Anthiron ·

pod filter flange goes on the baja tomorrow......from 50mm carbie throat to 90degree angled polished alloy opening to 76mm pod filter.:bounce

Bami ·

Inspired by frenzix's avatar I decided it was time I had an animated one too. You like?

ducky ·

yeah bami its cool

ducky ·

Rubbed back the kombi today masking it ready for fresh coat of paint tomorrow. Tonight tracey and I have sewn up some new curtains and I've recovered the back cushion. Will do other 2 seats cushions tomorrow. Its coming along

vwombat ·

I liked the Type 3 shot. It was a thing of beauty. The new one's o.k., but I think you have more personality than that!

Desert Moose ·

Well done , all three look the part.:thumb

ducky ·

Took some today just havent loaded them on yet. But we going great guns, a real team effort. A Mate is helping us with the paint job should be done by sunday sunset I hope. Cause it is my last day off before Valla

ducky ·

yes we will be, yahoo

ducky ·

before

ducky ·

blu

handycam ·

looks good ducky 🙂

Desert Moose ·

Very nice.......

will you sell it when the buggy is done....lol
looks to good to sell now:P

ducky ·

Everything is for sale Moose

handycam ·

LOL $2.63 homebrand u r a nut very funny and a grate drawer u should draw some more pics 4 us LOL :P🙂

Anthiron ·

hey 2 dollar.....did u have a bitch of a time getting the plug out of your gearbox to check the level? welded a 17mm bolt onto a socket to get the thing out but i cant budge it.....the 2 other guys who were with me (big guys) couldnt budge it! is there a trick?......all we ended up doing was the timing cause we couldnt do the gearbox oil and i cant seem to find these adjusting spurs to adjust my brakes🙁 even using the muirs book we know where they must be but u cant see them through the hole and cant get a screwdriver into where the should be!:vader ......they seem to sit a good inch and a half/ 2 inches below the hole. oh and the whole pod filter didnt work with the 3 incher cause there wasnt enough room under the kit for the length of pipe so we made a shorter flange and it has too much airflow and doesnt suck enough fuel so i have to get a smaller filter and make a better pipe fitting. untill then ive got the ol oil bath...........im having a rant cause i need to do this before valla. well the brakes and gearbox n e way. there we go im finished now.

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:did u have a bitch of a time getting the plug out of your gearbox to check the level? welded a 17mm bolt onto a socket to get the thing out but i cant budge it.....the 2 other guys who were with me (big guys) couldnt budge it! is there a trick
Hey, give this a go.
I have a 17mm hexbar but you should be able to use your bolt. put pressure on the plug then "TAP" the end of the bolt with a hammer.

ducky ·

I had a day like that with bolts but mine wouldn't go back to where they came from, a five minute job turned into a 30 min epic

ducky ·

Okay guys heres an update on our Big Blu
All bits back on after the respray
Goes in this week for new cv boots and service
Interior well on the way have recovered seats in rear and Trace is half way through curtain making, looking good and taking on character too

Anthiron ·

thanks 2 dollar and freinds. ill remove the wheels on my day off and put a stocker on to adjust them that makes sense about the holes being covered.......ill have another go at the gearbox maybe next weekend ill see if i can put it on the hoist at Eirinns fathers mechi shop.

ducky ·

cant wait til valla to see the beast Anthiron

Anthiron ·

ha ha im not sure u will be as impressed as u seem to think u will be its not actually that excellent......it has the potential though.....first thing when i get back from valla will be new A pillar bases.

ducky ·

All vw's are excellent mate, they don't need to be show quality. My new bus definately isn't

Anthiron ·

with new plugs, timing and carbie rebuild out of the way on the list before valla yet is:

Gearbox oil change
adjust brakes
get my new wheels off lil dub and onto the baja
engine oil change
Wheel alignment
and if possible after the 3 inch pod filter didnt work, get a smaller Pod filter and make attachment.

cant wait till valla
😎

how many sleeps now. will be great to meet you Ducky and everyone else i cant wait........i hope its not windy on the way down that would surely ruin the drive.

Anthiron ·

will be cool to see your new project too:thumb.....shame i wont get to see your old buggy.

ducky ·

Little blu is happy down in Tassie, I miss her but the big blu is taking my mind off it, and I have lots of little projects to keep me busy. Actually am quite buggered from 4 days of prep and paint and put back together and recovering seats etc, but like you can't wait til Valla, you're going to love it. Be sure to pack winter woolies

ducky ·

We are leaving at something like 3.00am on Friday should be in Valla for Breakfast.

ducky ·

yes true. I want to check out the kombi headlights before then, I haven't driven it in the dark yet.

Boozer ·

Anthiron's baja has a lot of potential. with a bit of work it will make a kick ass baja. :thumb please send money to this adress...:thumb

barls ·

but wait theres more if you ring in the next 5 minutes you will also get this free set of steak knifes.😎😎

Boozer ·

and wait there's more! pay by credit card and you get this free thing...that does this cool...stuff...and looks somewhat cool...did I mention it's free?

barls ·

me me i want to be the first one to try out this fabulous gift in my own house, please $2 can i?

Boozer ·

i washed it, but I'd forgotten how sticky that mud is up that way (my farms near there) and it needs to be done again. Also my interior hasn't been done yet, and there's mud over my guages and radio, and inside my speedo and on the roof...

barls ·

me me i want to be the first one to try out this fabulous gift in my own house, please $2 can i?

ducky ·

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote::puke:duh sowwy...lol

going great guns there ducky.....

Hey boozer have u washed ur car yet? I keep getting funny looks caus mine is still all dirty, (did hose engine etc off though.lol. wat a poser!)... hmmm, spose I better, keep leaving little clumps of dirt in carparks etc.lol

hey nick, wen u get ur bug up on hoist, check the rubber hose from brake fluid container to metal lines in front, I found mine was perished, so there was the tiniest bit of a leak which reduced braking...(may be fine, but u never know 😉 )
I had the same thing happen on the buggy

Anthiron ·

ok yeah ill check that....thanks for the tip

Anthiron ·

hey do i HAVE to bleed my brakes after adjusting or can i bleed them say the next day or something? like am i going to lose pressure in the line by adjusting which will be recovered by bleeding? or is the bleeding just so u bleed and adjust at the same time.......cause its kinda hard to bleed my brakes right now as i have no one to step on the pedal for me 🙁

barls ·

im sorry it must of been the effects of the red cordial since im not allowed to drink for another 7months or so. i agree with $2 you definately need to bleed if youve opened the system, it comes down to the simple rules of hydralics.

Anthiron ·

i know you need to bleed if you open the system i needed to know if i needed to bleed after i adjusted them. i will bleed them probobly on thursday but i should adjust them tomororw and i needed to know if i could adjust without bleeding but ill adjust away 2 dollar cheers......Oh and if i die its all on your head.......Just kidding😉

ducky ·

as far as I know you can adjust without bleeding no problemo

barls ·

is that what you are taking to valla is it? frenzix😀

Anthiron ·

some people are sick lol

barls ·

awww come on this is a perfect example of bush engineering:P:P:P

Bami ·

frenzix wrote:i could imagine this would be something $2 would be driving. Kindof like the munsters version of a kombi
AAAAaahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha

barls ·

well its nice to know that our tax dollars are going to a good cause then. i might go and buy some shares in spam then:blah:blah

Bami ·

Whats going on here?

ducky ·

Big Blu in today for service and new cv boots. Things are moving along nicely and we should have a comfortable ride for valla. I finished recovering rear action seat and all cushions, looks pretty sweet. have new lino for floor area and new carpet for front floor and kick panels. Will have updated pics soon.

Ps I have also bought a gearbox with superdif all new parts for the buggy project

Anthiron ·

its sounding good ducky:thumb

vwombat ·

mmm fairydust!

Boozer ·

with a photo like that you and Riian are gonna get on real well at Valla.

When I was talking to him about it at his house, I said that when we get there he's probably gonna jump out of the car and run off only to reappear three days later to go home.:thumb He agreed.

[Edited on 21-7-2004 by Boozer]

barls ·

mmm gurana tablets

Anthiron ·

Riiann used to be called Blackmath

barls ·

frenzix wrote:hey do they do anything at all?? i swallowed a whole packet of them and almost fell asleep from boredom!
3 or 4 at time and im think im a humming bird. these little tabblets helped me to do 48 hours straight but the crash at the end was bad:duh:duh

Anthiron ·

its all in your head

barls ·

it might be but thats half the fun. just remember that im not insane cause i listen to the voices in my head.😉

Bami ·

I thought they only talked to me :P

Boozer ·

Riiaan aka Blackmath almost certainly has the record of reaching 1000 posts the fastest, it was something like a month and a half!

barls ·

no they talk to me all the time, as a matter of fact they are telling me some thing right now. what? i should ..........

im am the angel of death, the time of redeption is near.
gotta go and find me a clock tower??

Boozer ·

have you seen my new one?:thumb

Boozer ·

i can put the other one on. it moves at one frame every tenth of a second!

Boozer ·

heyyy.. the colours do match. Kool!

barls ·

its better than calf shit brown

Anthiron ·

how much did u pay and exactly what did u have done to your brakes tim? my rear wheel cylinders are leaking:o not cool....will have to wait till after valla though.

Anthiron ·

hmmm rightio....i adjusted and bled my brakes today and the 2 rears are pretty slick from brake fluid....the passengers side rear is the worst.....still stops ok though.....the fronts are fine just the rears that are the problem.

barls ·

how the pad on the shoe? good thickness?

Anthiron ·

yeah the pads arent too bad.....just the cylinders are leaking

ducky ·

I did cylinders on buggy they bought $30 ish each

Anthiron ·

thanks ducky.

ill call micks after valla......i cant afford it before then

barls ·

you would want to get on to that one quick before too much fluid gets on the shoes cause it has the same effect as oil on a clutch, then you will have to replace the shoes as well

Anthiron ·

it all comes down to money......of which im going to be short until after valla.....so it will have to wait.

Anthiron ·

yeah ok tim.......ill prolly do a full overhaul of the rear brakes when i get back from the spectacular and replace the shoes, lining, cylinders and brake hose. should be a bit cheaper for only the rear.

ducky ·

clean down excess fluid with some carbie cleaner or similar did this in my old datto 1200 worked a treat till I could afford newies

Anthiron ·

i have used a bit of degreaser to clean them up a bit but they will just be the same in a couple of days.

barls ·

frenzix wrote:try vasoline.. ask $2 i'm sure shes got a stockpile of the stuff.
lol thats a good one frenzix

ducky ·

ha ha ha ha

vwombat ·

Hey Duckylein! What's with pics of the new beasts?

barls ·

yeah i thought it would. i use to have it on a sticker on the back window of my bug but its somewhere on the f3 with my sunglasses and one speaker.

barls ·

im still not happy with the background i think ill play with photoshop some more tomorrow


[Edited on 22-7-2004 by barls]

vwombat ·

Hey Anthi - you've been hassling Eirinn's old's about Valla, and you're taking her in a Baja with soggy shoes? Jeezus Man - if you survive the accident, you'll never survive her parents. Cant you just hock your bod on ebay or something? Say you're a virgin, and DON'T TELL EIRINN! Your cherry should be worth a good brake job!

BTW - Hiya Frenz!

Anthiron ·

lol i havent been hassling her parents. and its funny u should suggest that as some guy sold his virginity on Ebay not long ago for like 4 grand......thats enough for a whole new baja..................

Anthiron ·

it actually stops quite well after the adjusting which is funny considering.

ducky ·

:bounce ducky tired on a 8 day work stint and trying to fit in kombi stuff after work as well as keep you guys up to date. Wombie pics will come. You coming to valla you'll see her in the flesh

barls ·

ill be there on the sunday but im not sure what ill be in. it will ether be a blue 70s 1500 with excel seats and a 1600 with twin barrel webber or an grey excel.


[Edited on 22-7-2004 by barls]

Anthiron ·

we have to get a picture of yours mine and boozers bajas at valla heather.......side by side........some sort of scenic background😎

barls ·

hey frenzix
just found this one i think its a much better avatar for you
:P:P:P

Boozer ·

I'll bring my giant smiley face guy thing!

Anthiron ·

ha ha.....i have a feeling ill have the dodgyest baja in the pic though lol:P

Boozer ·

mine definitely won't be, with the new shiny front end it's looking too good!

Anthiron ·

hows your new front end going lee?.......i wish i still had my good front end that got wrecked by the truck🙁 .....the one i have now is shite......when i pick up whats left of the old one (the torsion arms on the drivers side are bent so is the steering box etc.....ill swap the tie rod ball joints over and stuff........get my new wheels off lil dub on sunday:bounce

Anthiron ·

wheels

barls ·

they will look nice on the baja

Boozer ·

it's great! The difference is unreal. I still can't get over it. With the wheels and tyres on the front now and a bit smaller than my 5 stud ones that have yet to go on so there's a bit more clearance to come. the ability to hit gutters (not the 90 degree ones) at 40ks and have a smooth ride is cool. where my steering used to wander all over the place, it's like driving a go cart now.

Anthiron ·

just gotta repaint them in white for valla :thumb should be sweet.

Anthiron ·

awww no fair i want good handling. isnt the new front 4 stud? how are u putting 5 stud wheels on?

Boozer ·

I've got a adapter plate and spacers, but they don't have any thread in them so we're gonna have to get something put in. Luckily we had these wheels and tyres off the country buggy.

Anthiron ·

i was talking to someone today ( the sister of someone i work with) she just bought a 72 standard beetle and i told her about the forum and about valla and stuff and she saw my baja and said "what happend to the back of it?" ....it was funny

Anthiron ·

isnt that illegal to have an adapter plate?

Boozer ·

as far as I know no. I've never heard anything like that.hmmm

Anthiron ·

im probobly wrong but i was under the impression it was illegal......ask buggy brad or someone. he usually seems to know that kinda stuff.

Anthiron ·

ahhh now there is a pan for sale with a disc front end for only 400bucks and i want it and cant afford it. :cry

barls ·

its always the way mate ive just been told that there is a 72 sbug for sale in maitland for $2 grand but i cant afford it and have already a daily driver.

Anthiron ·

i could do up this pan completly how i want it and then put my body on it and it would be awesome.:cry

barls ·

this is just the way of the world, its just is way the world blows you a rasberry

ducky ·

Anthiron wrote:im probobly wrong but i was under the impression it was illegal......ask buggy brad or someone. he usually seems to know that kinda stuff.
Yes strictly speaking it is illegal. However Lots of people run them I had them on the little beach buggy no problem, even passed safety cert and the guy was thorough and took wheels off to check brake cylinders

Boozer ·

chloroform.

barls ·

rope? and a good and solid door with a lock on it

Anthiron ·

so they are illegal.....so if u were in a crash and you had a bitchy insurance company they might not cover you............

Boozer ·

bummer. meh technically cutting and turning ur front end is illegal too as you're cutting a suspension component.

Boozer ·

electroshock treatment

Anthiron ·

yeah good point.....though not as obvious as adapter plates.

Boozer ·

true.

barls ·

you could practice interigation procedures😉😉

~air fooled~ ·

just dont start makin any home movies with em frenz.........😉

barls ·

yes no evidence it may seem like a good idea at the time but its not let me assure you it always bites you in the arse

~air fooled~ ·

what? the movies or the *stars*??? where do you live again barls?? let me just write that down here........

Boozer ·

:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke:puke

warb ·

~air fooled~ ·

yuuum yuuuuummmmmm. :cry:cry:jesus:cry:cry

barls ·

you are all starting to make sense it must be time to up my medication, i was talking about the movies. why cant i see what you posted frenzix

barls ·

ok now i see it thats not fair now where did you get that photo of me

barls ·

your terrible frenzix

~air fooled~ ·

i'm bowing out of this convo, me parole officer might get cranky. air fooled over and out..........haha

barls ·

no im just upset that i didnt think of it first, hows the van going

barls ·

hows the babysitting going? i just sitting around doing nothing cause im still on sick leave from march. so im bored out of my mind.

barls ·

lol sound like fun glad its you and not me. not the acca the navy i got really crook and spent 6 weeks in john hunter hospital after that crash i had, not that i was injured, im still recovering from glandular fever and wont be back at work till after valla.

warb ·

barls ·

ill be there on the sunday but i still dont know what ill be in. havent decided it will ether be a blue 70s 1500 modified or an excel. im got 1 less dub as of last week ive sold a vert to my ex metal work techer no less

barls ·

what do you think of this banner its a bit different to the other one. ahh the benifits of having a brother in graphics design i get access to cool stuff like full versions of photoshop 7

Desert Moose ·

frenzix wrote:
don't ask me where i found this

[Edited on 23-7-2004 by frenzix]
How did you get that pic of me...........lol:thumb

barls ·

already been said moose

barls ·

and here i was thinking that i had too much time on my hands.

ducky ·

this thread is going nuts absolutely nuts, where are your manners

Stanley ·

I think you guy's are just trying to catch us

Anthiron ·

only 10 pages to go mate:P

ducky ·

Okay seriously now, whats everyone up to today

handycam ·

i worked on the bug all day only a a few things 2 go now🙂🙂🙂

ducky ·

Hey there cam when do you leave????

handycam ·

on the boat wednesday night " car has 2 get a check over on monday as a engine cheak light has apeared on my dash hope its not 2 serious??? its runing fine so id say its not 2 big of a deal

handycam ·

hows the bus going ducky

Anthiron ·

i worked 12pm to 7.45.....did some wiring in the baja in the morning and im about to hit the sack cause its a 5.30 wake up tomorrow.🙁

Boozer ·

how's it all going with the baja?

Anthiron ·

well the engine bay is rewired, brakes bled and adjusted, timing done, carbie rebuilt, some wiring done in the front hood, new seat covers. would have the gearbox oil done if i could get the plug out. and i pick up the new wheels on sunday:bounce is there n e thing u need to do before valla lee?

Boozer ·

um clean all the mud off from the buggy bash, srew everything down that rattles, get a wheel alignment and rear tyres flipped, clean everything, bleed brakes and flush the system.

ducky ·

Got up early and did some work on the interior before work, we have 2 curtains left to make. Need to do an oil change will do that Tuesday on my first day off. She is looking pretty sweet for an old girl.

handycam ·

sweet" looked good blue in that photo 🙂

[Edited on 23-7-2004 by handycam]

Anthiron ·

was driving to work this morning and was just coming into town and there was a road works sign on the side of the road.....not a workman in sight and there was no reduced speed sign and as this was about 11.45 i figured it was lunch time and they were having a break so i just kept driving....the all of a sudden there is this trench cut accross both lanes of the road in front of me about 3 quarters of a foot wide and about the same deep. they must have been setting a cable or something but jesus christ i hit it at 60 ks with no warning the jolt through the baja was pretty harcore.....the workmen were down the road working on a roundabout i felt like throttling one of them:cussing

ducky ·

Hang on wasn't the warning the roadworks sign?????

Anthiron ·

i wouldnt have wanted to hit this hole at more than 10kms/hr it was dangerous......everyone that hit it would need a wheel alignment. they should have had a reduced speed sign.

ducky ·

I must admit we are very glad to be travelling in a kombi and not a buggy I seriously turned blue last year, should be much more comfortable. And the camping part will be warmer too. I'm considering a heater as we will have electricity.

ducky ·

Anthiron wrote:i wouldnt have wanted to hit this hole at more than 10kms/hr it was dangerous......everyone that hit it would need a wheel alignment. they should have had a reduced speed sign.
Yeah I get the point now half asleep I agree should have been a speed sign

Anthiron ·

u kombi owners and your luxury:P .....ill be roughing it in a tent:cry

ducky ·

I have roughed it every other time. But will take the kombi warmth with pleasure. maybe I should use an electric blanket????

Anthiron ·

dont tease me:P

handycam ·

a baja kombi is next 4 me

ducky ·

Hey cam I've had one helluva nice one of those

Anthiron ·

i want one of those roof tent things for the baja.:bounce

ducky ·

Cool idea but I don't reckon the roof of a Baja is big or flat enuf

Anthiron ·

no its kinda like a big flat roof rack and u have a ladder at the back. u sleep on the flat roof rack thingy not the roof. and have a ladder at the back......someone made a post with a pic not long ago.

Anthiron ·

actually scrap that cause then i couldnt have a woodslat roofrack....and i really want one lol

ducky ·

Sounds cool,you wouldn't want rust in your roof rails though the whole thing might just fall in?????

Anthiron ·

the only rust in the baja is the A pillars.....just gotta replace them after valla and the car will be completly sound. unless there is some hiding somewhere for me but there are no bubbles or signs.

ducky ·

:bounce yey for the no rust in your baja

Anthiron ·

new a pillar peices (i have been informed) are 20 bucks a peice at micks and i can get a mate to do the welding. so after valla we have brakes and A pillars to do. at the moment i just put up with the annoying shaking noise when im on rough roads. (every road with in 20 kms of my place:P)

ducky ·

anyone know what power lead I need to connect 240v power to kombi outlet????

Anthiron ·

the A pillars heather. the front pillar where it meets the heater channel is rusty, got my new wheels today (off thorun) she is well in case anyone cares:P , put the 13 inch wheels on the front of the baja for now so i dont have a dodgy wheel on there n e more but it looks kinda dicky cause they are really really small.......oh well after valla ill put some new rubber on the 2 14inch rims and paint them white and all will be matching and sweet......>Eirinn kicked cowgirl arse at her state paint horse show.:bounce:party.......oh and did you know that u can fit 4 14inch wheels with wide tires on the back seat of a beetle:P

Anthiron ·

where is everyone?

barls ·

im here just busy sitting on my arse

Boozer ·

I'm still trying to work out where I am. all these flames, and guys running around with horns, and screaming people. gee it's hot in here too!

ducky ·

what the

barls ·

sounds fun down there but unfortunately im not allowed down there after my last attempt to take the throne of hell.

barls ·

was it some thing i said?????:duh:duh:duh

Boozer ·

no

Anthiron ·

hey whats with the forum....avatars are gone...........and the AVD banner is replced by some crapola standard one:o

barls ·

ok its not just me this time

barls ·

i say bring back the avatars whos with me

barls ·

helllloooooo? is any body here? am i all alone on this one? any body?

barls ·

ok at least your being honest sounds like youve been busy. do you want to do my bug??

barls ·

i meant the one that im driving at the moment, but it looks like the other one will get fixed cause i have found a body

barls ·

no its not as nice as a smooth roof. but it will live again. im sorry to hear about your head but i surpose thats what happens when you have an over sized head

vwombat ·

Hidy Ho! Lock up your medication. Daddy's home!!!

How's everyone? Frenz and Bami migrated yet? How's the plastic surgery and sexual domination of small mammals going Heather? Barls - you tuned your brain in to Beetlegeuse radio transmissions yet?

Damn, gotta go feed the young uns! See you soon.

Anthiron ·

where have u been wombat?

barls ·

no it wont tune in unfortunately. found out today that i start back at work next wednesday. they wanted me to start monday but i managed to talk them in to wednesday. hows the packing going?

ducky ·

hey there wombat where you bin at???? The Kombi is almost ready for southern journey. Did new kick panels and front carpet today as well as scrubbed the pop top clean. An oil change was also on the menu. ( did I mention I am now officially on Holidays) Trace is making some curtain ties and sewing the last curtain as I chat. Valla here we come

barls ·

sounds like your already to go ill see you up there on sunday. gota spend some time with my family in taree.

barls ·

ill go and get my white gloves out of the cupboard, $2 you get your shoulder length ones that you knocked off from the vet.:duh

ducky ·

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:You realise we will all be inspecting ur curtains and kombi interior decorating closely ducky! lol 😀
She is no show winner but a great kombi all the same and definately looks better than before

ducky ·

i'M enjoying this stopover on my return trip to buggysville

barls ·

i thought that would get a reaction from you. but seriously i know where a camper is and its not too bad apart form the engines in my bug and a couple of dents

barls ·

well its not going anywhere unless it gets sold but thats unlikely since ive only had 1 enquiry and that was by dubnut about a 70 deluxe. let me know ill be getting pictures of all the cars at the old mans.

barls ·

ok time for a change what does everyone think?

barls ·

ill get some pics this weekend, it not much to transport a kombi up there as its from taree. as for price ill get back to you.

vwombat ·

Sorry Guys, busy with the Family and all! Plus the Doctor's wanted to try a new therapy of electro-shock and labodomy. Don't feel any different tho' unfortunately!

barls ·

ask for the lithium mate its what turned most of the people i know around

barls ·

"Today a young man on acid realised that all matter is merely energy condensed into a slow vibration, that we are all one conciousness experiencing ourselves subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather."
i can not decide between these two. which do you think is better

barls ·

i mean my current one and the one i posted a little while ago. how did you know my red neck dreams

aggri1 ·

Speaking of people who need medication... I saw a two person reconsume effort at Green Week celebrations yesterday. I'm at Uni, see, and Green Week's kinda a piss-up.

Two-person reconsume procedure (for the uninitiated): one person feels very seedy, leans over to spew. Person two (drunk, not quite seedy), holds jug under spew stream of person one. Person two commences to drink from jug once person one has finished spewing.

There were also some standard re-consumes in the Centurion event. There weren't any really good helicopter spews either. The best spews were in the rogaining this year: running and spewing simultaneously!

Aaah, drunken stupidity. Not me though, of course!😉 Still, it was the shittest green week I've seen so far.

aUreL:beer

barls ·

dont get me wrong but im normally fairly sane but its just that this forum has warped my fragile little mind or it could be im just going crazy from sitting on my arse doing nothing for just under 5 months:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce

ducky ·

what is going on in here??? is this therapy

barls ·

no this is vwaa thats volkswagen addicts anonymous, you want the third door down the hall on the left, ask for frank.

[Edited on 29-7-2004 by barls]

aggri1 ·

Oh good, this is where I am supposed to be then...

I saw a real nice '78 deluxe yellow+white bus in Richmond last night. I like it! I went to have a snoop, and my friends just didn't understand at all.

barls ·

ok now i want you to say my name is aggri1 and im a vw addict. not that there is any thing wrong with it mind you

barls ·

actually if you want therapy heres where to go http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=25650

aggri1 ·

Oh crikey, not that post! I read that, but had to refrain from joining in, as I got too emotional! All those likeminded people and their beautiful volksies.

Hi, my name's aurel, and I'm ... I'm just here to support a friend, who's doing great, real great!

barls ·

close enough welcome to the nuthouse

aggri1 ·

Oh, thanks everyone, I couldn't have done it without you all!

Edit: need some sleep after Green Week festivities, so am going home. Have a nice weekend everyone. Spot some dubs!

[Edited on 30-7-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

so did we all make it back in one piece with our sanity intacked or as much as before for some of us. i can not believe that i turn up to the bbq and no one was there :cry

barls ·

yeah i was there at midday

Anthiron ·

no valla for me........fraid we had complications with Eirinns mother and headed back home after about half an hours driving. 🙁

barls ·

so we have all heard. but on the up side there will be another one:P

Boozer ·

yeah heard about that. damn. then there would have been another baja.

barls ·

saw your baja but not you boozer

Anthiron ·

yeah i know but ill be there in 2 years, rain hail or shine!:cussing sorry i didnt get to meet you all. hey boozer you wouldnt happen to have some rear drum brakes ( wide 5 ) lying around doing nothing would you. i got leaky rear cylinders on both sides and will need to replace shoes, lining and cylinders........thought maybe u had some parts u might wanna sell.

Nick

Boozer ·

dude! I was wearing a T-shirt with Boozer written on the back in Nico for the first day and a half, then I was running around with a german army motorbike helmet on with a guy in a swiss trenchcoat and helmet

as for the rear drums? Anthiron I'll look around but i can't think of anyhting atm.

vwombat ·

Whassup? Back again, again!

Good to see they haven't increased the price of your medication yet. Hopefully Latham will stick to his guns. It's fun pissing off Johnny and corporate America!

How was Valla guys?

barls ·

it was not bad on the sunday when i went up. started back at work to day so i should be more sedate in the next week. plus they uped my meds

vwombat ·

When's the patent on pot run out? I'd like to make a generic brand of weed!

I don't smoke it personally, but there'd be good money in it. All the politicians have smoked it!

barls ·

that explains how they can talk shit all the time. hows the weather up there

vwombat ·

Not bad! I wish it was like this all year round. I'm dreading summer tho'!

I'll have to do a burn off soon or we'll be crispy come the next hot day. We're the only green corridor (or brown as the case may be) for wildlife amongst several paddocked farms. The only benefit's are that you burn in a bushfire, and horny Koala's keep you up all night. Bloody hippie I am! How'd I get onto this?

barls ·

its not too bad down here but i think that the koalas would have trouble staying in their trees

Anthiron ·

thanks for looking boozer.

Cheers
Nick

barls ·

no i dont think i did meet you $2. you probably would have warped my fragile little mind.
got this pic for you

ducky ·

Hey everyone I am back from Valla and my extended holiday trek. The kombi went like a dream. Bloody cold in Armidale good to see family. Valla was fantastic!!!!! Caught up with a few mugs from here.

vwombat ·

Anyone checked out the agro over the new beetle in the Valla threads?

I've done gone and put my foot in it agin! Dubnut wants to punch me I think. Probably Moniek and Tracey too. Oh well!

Lee Noonan has done the clever thing and just shut up. Nobody claimed I was ever clever tho'. Onward and upward!

barls ·

was i one? i was there on sunday for the bbq.
oh well vwombat its just that they are touchy for some reason.

[Edited on 5-8-2004 by barls]

Anthiron ·

yeah i saw that wombat i wasnt gonna get involved....sparks are flying

vwombat ·

You didn't make it Mate? What was the story? Your naked arse could've been up there too!

Anthiron ·

lol.......yeah....got about half an hour into the trip and eirinns mum was doing the guilt trip thing to her on the fone and eirinn got pretty upsett about going against her wishes so when we stopped at a servo we didnt keep going with the rest fo the guys a gals. so no valla for me.....ill be there ion 2006 rain hail or mother in laws for shizzle though!

barls ·

ill see you there mate

ducky ·

did anyone notice i am back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

barls ·

:duh oh ducky your back when did that happen :blush

Desert Moose ·

Well hello all, its been a while since I have posted on this thread. Good to see it still going strong and Ducky 1065 posts, you were about 750 when it all started well done....lol

So whats been going on apart from Valla ?
I've been in Hospital (all is well now) and I got a new (1970)Kombi Panel van 🙂

ducky ·

hey desert, well you know I sold my buggy now have a temporary kombi very nice pack indeed. Hospital dude no fun.

handycam ·

HAY DUCKY IT WAS GOOD 2 MEET U 🙂

Anthiron ·

what were you in for moose? hope it was nothing serious.

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:what were you in for moose? hope it was nothing serious.
Neh just a hernia op'. thats like a drivethru service these days. The only problem is I can't lift for 6 weeks so I can't put my motor in the Kombi and go cruizin' oh well.🙂

Anthiron ·

but u can spend 6 weeks making it look pretty so that when u get the motor in and cruise around people will turn their heads:P

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:but u can spend 6 weeks making it look pretty so that when u get the motor in and cruise around people will turn their heads:P
Its a $300 kombi, people turn their heads now :P and laugh. I think makin' people laugh is a good thing (thats my excuse anyways) 🙂

Anthiron ·

ha ha fair enough:P

barls ·

ok $2 how about this one its complete with datun 1600 $ 150 take it away

personally i think this is more your style cause its like the baja. sorry to here about the trip to hospital moose, im sure you will be fine and back out there terrorizing the neighborhood very soon.

[Edited on 6-8-2004 by barls]

Desert Moose ·

hey barls, do you have some hup caps for my bus ?

barls ·

maybe what ones are you looking for? my old man has a shit load of stuff.

Desert Moose ·

This is the wheel and I need all 4


[Edited on 6-8-2004 by Desert Moose]

barls ·

ok waiting waiting waiting arrr bugger this waiting im going to get me some lunch

barls ·

got bored and started looking on the net, i think i may have found my new avatar

barls ·

it needs some work with rust replacement pannels in the rears corners and near the front bumper but other than that its pretty solid last time i looked

ducky ·

Comon $2 save yourself the effort and get my little bewdie......


Okay gang the work on the Buggy began today..... Working on what I have so did a lot of degreasing engine bits and polishing others. I'm on the hunt for a cheap rolling pre 7=68 pan close to home. it is so exciting

Desert Moose ·

ducky wrote:Okay gang the work on the Buggy began today..... Working on what I have so did a lot of degreasing engine bits and polishing others. I'm on the hunt for a cheap rolling pre 7=68 pan close to home. it is so exciting
What motor are you gunna run ? and can you tell us your plans or whats it gunna look like or are you keepin' it to your self till the end

barls ·

Desert Moose wrote:This is the wheel and I need all 4


[Edited on 6-8-2004 by Desert Moose]
he said he may a couple of silver frosted ones but not a full set. the bug ones will fit on end but you need the proper ones for the other. but he cannot remember which way it goes plus hes drink my beer.

[Edited on 7-8-2004 by barls]

Desert Moose ·

I will have a look for some mags them.....lol

barls ·

old mercedes wheels fit on so start looking, the old man sure hes got a set of wheels at work so ill get back to you later if he does and what he wants for them.

Desert Moose ·

hopefuly not that much because I only paid $300 for the van. So don't rush 'cause I'll look for free bee's first........lol

barls ·

not a problem.

jenz58 ·

Wah!!!! You guys are catching up very fast on us!!!! :vader😀:sandrine

barls ·

good isnt it :blah:blah:blah:blah

jenz58 ·

...I'm not going to aid your progress any further!!! :duh :jesus

barls ·

jenz58 wrote:...I'm not going to aid your progress any further!!! :duh :jesus
awwww come on why dont you want to help us. :cry:cry:cry

Desert Moose ·

Its not about who's got the biggest is it :cry

barls ·

yes its about quality not quantity

jenz58 ·

Definitely about quality....:tree

barls ·

thats why im here :beer:beer:beer

barls ·

thats me im here ill admit it

jenz58 ·

Nah...I don't want that!!! I lost a couple of hundred last time they pulled our thread.....:jesus

I'll return to my people now.....😉

barls ·

ok off you go now play nice :blah:blah:blah

jenz58 ·

yada yada yada :P

barls ·

that ok we dont need padding for our post we have class and brute force on our side

vwombat ·

Hey Barls - we need to clean that avatar up man! It's posted bigger earlier in the thread isn't it?

ducky ·

hello gang, how is all?????

Worked on the buggy project yesterday mmmmmmmm it begins in earnest.

Heather hands are dirty nails a mess I am at one with my dub

barls ·

sounds like fun mate have you decided on an engine

ducky ·

yeah 1916 vw thats what we were working on yesterday

barls ·

nice but i prefer a 2L type 4 but lets not get into that debate

Desert Moose ·

Hey ducky what box are you gunna use ?

barls ·

hey moose hows the kombi going

Desert Moose ·

I can't do anything at the moment !!! But I'm gettin' all the stuff together now.
I mad sure the stove and fridge worked today but thats about it.

barls ·

sounds familiar with whats happening with my sbug. im doing the figuring out what i need for it. most of it is salvageable from beast my first sbug

Desert Moose ·

I'm not going to far with the bus, just going to get it going and have some fun (I've never owned a kombi before) I was going wreck it at first as its rough and I need a box, arms and rear hub's for buggies/parts but I can get 6mth rego in WA so i'll take it on holidays this summer :P then well I don'No

barls ·

i said that with my first bug but 5 years later and over $15000. only a crash stopped that, well slowed that down for a while

Desert Moose ·

Neh, the race car is almost done and I'm looking at doin' up an old Notch soon so I don't think so. Plus kombi's aren't my thing

barls ·

fair enough ill just stick to my bug till i can get my old mans ghia

Desert Moose ·

now thats a car you could send some money on .........lol

barls ·

not that it needs much just a 2L type 4 motor and a stereo. but it will be nice to have beast back on the road but it wont happen before the end of the year. so ive got time to decide what to do to it

Boozer ·

squeegee

barls ·


did you say some thing boozer

CoopGirl ·

I just wanted to be a part of this thread. I hate feeling left out.
I'm sitting here during my lunch break, twiddling my thumbs. :duh

barls ·

well welcome aboard coop girl. we hate leaving anyone out

CoopGirl ·

Thanks Barls!

I am as bored as bat S*%T here and there was nothing else current that I could add a post to so I decided to join in on this one. :bounce

barls ·

and why not ive just knocked off work for the day and just surfing to see what i can find

CoopGirl ·

You lucky bugger!! I'm stuck here in the city till 5.30pm, then I'm off to Strathfield to pick up my baby boy then home to Hinchinbrook. Probably won't get back home till about 7.30pm...... and I left there at 6.15am!!

Desert Moose ·

you gotta love that sydney traffic

barls ·

its one of the advantages of having been really crook, they cannot send you straight back to work on a full work load and days. its great

CoopGirl ·

Luck you.... well lucky that you have half days, not so lucky that you have been crook.

Desert Moose ·

barls wrote:its one of the advantages of having been really crook, they cannot send you straight back to work on a full work load and days. its great
Yeh but I work for myself (my boss is a....lol) so no ones gunna pay the bill's :repuke

CoopGirl ·

I'd love to work for myself.... or at least be able to work from home. Then I wouldn't have to worry about getting my grandparents to look after Jack all the time when I am called in to work. And I could work in my pyjamas!!

barls ·

ive got a job like peter, government its great. the forces, better, navy excellent, sit around drink coffee and do nothing

barls ·

only 50 more posts to go

Desert Moose ·

all that in 2 months............ man wipe your chin I think you have been dribblind:P

barls ·

its all about quantity and me going off on some tangent and then having to explain myself a couple of times. its ether that or ive had some meaningful conversations with some nice peoples

CoopGirl ·

or with yourself! :thumb

CoopGirl ·

When I talk to myself I can never get a straight answer :o

barls ·

CoopGirl wrote:or with yourself! :thumb
you get the best conversations that way. no arguments, no wrong answers.
plus you only crazy if you answer yourself 😉😉😉😉

Desert Moose ·

you three are nuts!!!!! I can hear the voice's but I konw its not me😠

[Edited on 9-8-2004 by Desert Moose]

barls ·

i like the little voices they are good, whats that, kill ...... , yes they are good

CoopGirl ·

you get the best conversations that way. no arguments, no wrong answers.
No arguments??? Bloody hell, I argue with myself all the time but I never know who wins.

barls ·

ok that might just be me

Desert Moose ·

well, 600 posts on this thread ducky :alien

[Edited on 9-8-2004 by Desert Moose]

barls ·

ok it could just be me thats crazy but its doubtful i pretty sure that most of the people hear the voices its just that some of us act as they instuct.
and im nearly at 1000 it must be like a record for how quick ive risen

[Edited on 9-8-2004 by barls]

Boozer ·

no Riiaan was faster. I have voices too! cept a few of them are in German and keep mentioning Volkswagens...

barls ·

mine are telling me its time for the revolution. the age of the volkswagen shall be once more

Anthiron ·

went and looked at that red 67 bug for sale on here for eirinn on sunday joele seems adamant that he will get 1500 for it even though its been for sale for a very long time and people have rung up many times and then not bought it. the things i noticed wrong with it:

. many small rips in the headlining as well as a large tear about 15cms/15cms that hangs down

. top section of rear seat needs recovring.

.fading paint

.the drivers side front indicator has been positioned further forward than the passenger one on the guard which makes it look pretty dicky.

. medium dent in drivers side front guard with paint missing.

.clutch shudder even when u let it out slow, feels like oil on the clutch.

. blows a bit of smoke when started

. flat spot in low revs from 009 dissy. very noticable in 3rd

. steering is a bit funny u turn the wheel and it kinda hits a stiff bit where it catches and then u can move it further, needs new bushes.

. the drivers door sags a bit though the A pillar is good its just the hinges

it has a 1600 twin port with a 30 pict solex that is off an old alfa or something its not off a bug so i dunno.

it does go alright and stops well however 1500 is too much i told him 1300 and it would be seriously considerd but he wont go down from 1500 so he has no sale.

Nick

[Edited on 9-8-2004 by Anthiron]

barls ·

ah well there are plenty more out there mate i know i looked at one for $2500 and it had more rust in it than the ones that i know are sitting out at old bar near Taree. some people have know idea about price, but on the other hand my old man picked up a semi auto bug with no rust for $500

Anthiron ·

oh it had a little bit of rust in the gutter on the passenger side on the end at the rear of the car........over all it wasnt a bad car....though i didnt like driving it that much but eirinn did. just too much money for what it is.

Desert Moose ·

yeh nick, the steer/box will cost about $$$ to fix plus gards and so on. thats ok if you get it cheap but not top dollar

Anthiron ·

yeah i know moose though eirinns father is a mechanic. still not worth it though.

Desert Moose ·

I did see one around your way on ebay Cheap and it looked good. I almost bid on it because my oldies live there and I could use it when I visit....lol

Anthiron ·

yeah was it a pinky redish 61 cause i think it looks good though it jumps out of 4th gear, there is also a silver 68 which seems really good but has obviously been owned by an idiot who has put air scoops on the boot lip....yes thats right folks air scoops into the storage compartment........you would get paid out on every cruise lol.

barls ·

theres more out there mate you have just got to sort the crap out from the rest

Desert Moose ·

what about a notch

Anthiron ·

i wanted a notch before i got the baja. but eirinn has her heart set on a beetle.

barls ·

i know where theres a really smick bug for about $3000

Anthiron ·

untill she sells her horse we are talking around the 1500 mark maximum after she sells him it could be a couple im not sure. but we will find something nice for her.

barls ·

im sure you will mate

ducky ·

Desert Moose wrote:well, 600 posts on this thread ducky :alien

[Edited on 9-8-2004 by Desert Moose]
who would have thought we were up to it

ducky ·

hey everyone, need your help. Lookin for a cheap early pre 68 beetle doesn't have to have a motor basically I want the pan for my buggy project the cheaper the better. Anyone know of anything????

barls ·

nope i dont

vwombat ·

C'mon - you've got a Bay - what else do you need Duckster?

By the way - where are the pic's?

barls ·

woohoo 1000 postd this is sooo coool now for a custom title

Anthiron ·

theres a pinky red 61 on ebay with everything for prety cheap u could buy it and sell off the motor and gearbox and stuff and try to make a profit other than that i got nothin.

Nick

ducky ·

yeah saw that one nick do you remember where it was at again?????

Anthiron ·

i think it was brissy.....owned by the same dude who had a silver one that someone had put air scoops on the luggage compartment lol. ill try and find the link.

Nick

Anthiron ·

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35227&item=2486152076&rd=1

barls ·

has any one see or heard from frenzix?

Anthiron ·

not for ages......perhaps hes in the middle of the big shift.

barls ·

ether that or hes gone missing? how long before we can put his picture on a poster on a telegraph pole

Desert Moose ·

I think you'll find their still movin' house (and maybe no power up there......lol):o

ducky ·

I think he is still moving, I am disapointed i didnt get to catchmup with him at Valla. He took of early I tink?????


By the way got me a pan for the project.

barls ·

where did they move to? cessnock? just thought it was strange that he hasnt been around

CoopGirl ·

Maybe he doesn't want to be found.....

He could be in hiding!

ducky ·

Nah someone like him couldn't hide or keep quiet for long

Desert Moose ·

ducky wrote:By the way got me a pan for the project.
Good on ya Ducky......
Was it a car or a pan

barls ·

yeah thats how i knew he hadnt been here it was tooo quiet. hows the search going ducky

ducky ·

I got a pan organised through BajaWes Pan only. Would have liked a bit more but this will save some effort on the stripping and wrecking side of things. It is in good shape so its a very positive start.

barls ·

sounds good mate im just waiting for my body and then the fun can start.
jeeeze it quiet here * tumble weed blows past*

CoopGirl ·

Wish I could get a new body.

Desert Moose ·

CoopGirl wrote:Wish I could get a new body.
God and your's is only a 76 pan....... how do you think I feel I'm runnin' a 69''' :P

barls ·

ive got an 80 pan does is that good :P:P

barls ·

was it some thing i said???? :duh:duh

CoopGirl ·

I'd just like a newer model..... with a little bit of perkiness to it.

barls ·

id like one that hasn't had such a hard life. late nights, long drinking session and work can be hard on a body

CoopGirl ·

This is getting depressing in.

Can we change the subject?

Barls, I leave this job up to you.

barls ·

sure what else is happening out there peoples. i know that frenzix is in hiding, $2 is playing with her alfa and muttering to her self and ducky is searching for parts. maybe i should do some thing. hey Anthiron just had a bug turn up in taree that would be perfect. see this post mate
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=27117

barls ·

can i have some or is that the coolant out of the alfa?😀

CoopGirl ·

barls wrote:sure what else is happening out there peoples
I'm still trying to sell the Charade and get my hands on a VW that will fit me and my tribe in it.

barls ·

im trying to organise a complete restoration on a slightly squashed sbug in taree without leaving sydney. tricky hey

CoopGirl ·

Trannie Juice???? I'm gonna report you to the humain society for putting trannies thru your juicer! Do you have to pick out the sequins before you drink it?

barls ·

ok now that your all topped up $2 hows the alfa now after you worked on it

CoopGirl ·

Well it's another day and another post.

What a way to start the day.... cup of tea, toast and the VW Forum!!

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!!!!! :bounce

Anthiron ·

hey barls i take it this car is near you somewhere? if so then i suppose its a long way from Eirinn and I........more details might be more appealing lol.

wheres taree excuse my ignorance.

thanks for the lead though

Nick

Anthiron ·

oh and top of the morn. to you coop girl.

CoopGirl ·

Morning Anthiron!!

Taree is near Forster, Tuncurry... Umm..... Nabiac???
Does that help??

Put it this way, it's not even remotely near you.

Anthiron ·

yeah i know where forster tuncurry is.......hmmm i think we will pass barls.:P

thanks coopgirl

Nick

barls ·

afternoon coopgirl from your way Anthiron taree is closer by about an hour than foster but hey i thought it might be worth a look anyway.

Desert Moose ·

Hey Ducky, where did you get your Glass from and how much ?:jesus

[Edited on 11-8-2004 by Desert Moose]

Anthiron ·

we'll find something for her on the sunny coast i saw a heap of bugs in the trading post while i was looking for my car.

barls ·

well good luck mate i know that you will find one its just a matter of time. but about the coincidences i mean you saing that it was hard finding one and one falls in my lap pretty much

Anthiron ·

how are u going with getting your crashed bug back to its former glory did u get that body u were after....the green one?

barls ·

im going all right got the old man going up this weekend to look at it and pay for it but it probably wont be at his place till the week after. got told to day that i have too much leave owed to me so i think that i might take a week or two and work on it.

Anthiron ·

cool😎

barls ·

hows the baja did you get your a pillars fixed

Anthiron ·

not as yet......havent got many shifts at work lately cause i had a week off for valla which didnt end up happening for me anyway and only had 2 shifts last week:cussing. so i gotta save the bikkies in the next few weeks to do my brakes and a pillars........man i wish i had money being broke sucks. especially when u own a volkswagen.

barls ·

yeah i know what you mean i still can remember what it was like before i joined, back when i worked 2 jobs and only got paid for one the other i got work on my car. now its similar cause i lost an allowance when i came off the boat and that was like 9-10 grand a year.

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:man i wish i had money being broke sucks. especially when u own a volkswagen.
Hey Nick where abouts are you anywere near Toowoomba

Anthiron ·

im about 3 and a bit hours from toowoomba desert moose.

barls ·

ive now got a spray painter and a colour now just working on ascetics of the interior, i.e. seats and trims.

Desert Moose ·

A little bit to far !!!!!

Anthiron ·

whats in toowoomba?

barls ·

hi peoples whats happening

CoopGirl ·

Huh... see... you thought there was more going on over here when there isn't at all!

barls ·

a mock up of beast i might rename him chaos what do you think?

CoopGirl ·

I love the colour!

CoopGirl ·

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That's what JuniorDragster had to say about the matter.

ducky ·

Hey barlsy nice thing you did helping out Splittiechick

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:whats in toowoomba?
I was going to offer you a few bucks to pic something up for me but don't worry. thanks anyways

ducky ·

What you chasing in toowoomba????

Desert Moose ·

ducky wrote:What you chasing in toowoomba????
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2486060398&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT

Desert Moose ·

its local pick up only and it ends in 40min

Anthiron ·

sorry i couldnt help u out desert moose......kombisaint is in toowoomba perhaps he could help u out. but if it ends in 40 mins u prolly wont get onto him in time.

Nick

Desert Moose ·

yeh, thanks anyway

barls ·

ducky wrote:Hey barlsy nice thing you did helping out Splittiechick
anything to help out a dubber. hows the buggy going

ducky ·

slowly but surely, still chasing quite a few bits

barls ·

sounds similar im down to interior and seats

Anthiron ·

hye ducky ive got some large (not elephant foot) 71 super bug rear tail lights and the front indicators if u want em. the lenses are cracked in all of them and would need new lenses and the chrome is old and not looking the best but 25 bucks and u can have em. these are still on the car atm.

Nick

Desert Moose ·

Hey Ducky, your ebay name is not spunkyspatula is it .....lol

barls ·

does anyone know an alec brown.

Anthiron ·

yeah thats kombisaint.......i bought my wheels of him

barls ·

cool cause i got an email from him

ducky ·

Anthiron wrote:hye ducky ive got some large (not elephant foot) 71 super bug rear tail lights and the front indicators if u want em. the lenses are cracked in all of them and would need new lenses and the chrome is old and not looking the best but 25 bucks and u can have em. these are still on the car atm.

Nick
Are they rusty on inside ( besides surface) chrome will get redone lenses replaceable????

ducky ·

Desert Moose wrote:Hey Ducky, your ebay name is not spunkyspatula is it .....lol
its duck*66

Anthiron ·

ill take them off tomorrow provided they will come off lol and take some pics for you.

barls ·

have you been terrorizing that poor alfa again $2.

ducky ·

Anthiron I'm not sure if they are the right ones but the pics will help verify

ducky ·

Hey heather you live an hour from pluto dont you????

ducky ·

I bought my gear box at valla for $80 bucks

barls ·

nice i love a bargin

Anthiron ·

the front indicators are the same as the ones on my baja and the rear lights are larger than the 60's ones u are probobly after.

Desert Moose ·

ducky wrote:I bought my gear box at valla for $80 bucks
Did they know you took it.........lol:P

ducky ·

pic

ducky ·

heather get back on ya meds gal

barls ·

now its rum is it yesterday it was coolant and auto trans fluid, damn you have diverse tastes

Anthiron ·

these have the square bottom.

Anthiron ·

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Anthiron ·

i also have the speedo in M/ph with an in built fuel guage if u want that as well ducky.

[Edited on 11-8-2004 by Anthiron]

ducky ·

Thanks Anthiron but not what I am chasing. Doing a new VDO digital speedo mmmmmmmm accuracy

Heather check em out for me and check back

barls ·

ill got to beat $2 for those dice ill be the big spender at 50 cents

vwombat ·

You guys are powering on here. I'm a bit dissappointed that you're all being so civil and kinda helpful. No mention of gene splicing, plastic surgery disasters or whipped cream in ages. What happened to respecting drug induced and/or brain-injured drivel?

Anyone know what's with Tim and the city folk/hippy life double agent crew? They sell the house in Sydders? Do they have power and internet access in northern NSW? Or does the little guy keep getting tired on his treadmill? Did they make it to Valla?

I seem to be having withdrawl symptoms from freaks of similar calibre. Heather just outclasses us all. It takes a Frenzix, Vwombat, extremely drunk lil dub, Barls, and XXX-1.8T combined just to be measured on the same scale. I gotta get me one of those Baja thingos. Do they come in suppository form? Or just the really freakin' big pill version?

vwombat ·

Sorry Ducky - forgot you! Gasp - how could I? You're also in a class of your own. But it's real class this time (a response to your utterly classy and intelligent move to purchase a Kombi wombi).

barls ·

just the big freaking pill version unfortunately $2 and lil dub took all off the other kind. i have the gene splicing going on in the back ground * turns around and beats a cage and screams "get back"* sorry their getting a bit restless since they have completed their quota of wallets for the day. i might have to ether up the quota or change them to soccer balls

vwombat ·

I take that back about the Duckster. She's gone and posted the Bay for sale! What's the world coming to?

As for the quota's, why don't you try 'em out making car undies? The car bra's seem pretty popular, and all those bare arsed baja-ites really need to learn some civility. Especially Heather!!!

barls ·

good sugestion ill go and tell the gimp the new design and get them all working right away. hows the kombi anyway

vwombat ·

We're talking frilly and pink right? Nick will want something racey and speedo-ey probably? If Thor ever get's one - she'll be needing custom skid marks. I guess I'm just trying to say, there will have to be a range!

My Bay's soldiering on. He's a trooper!

As for Ducky - I'm not really that cross. She's one talented Grrrl, and she probably set's all her cars free in a better condition than when she got 'em. Good on ya Ducks!

barls ·

so thats 1 pink and frilly, 1 speedo and 1 with skid marks check the monkey/ rats are on it now look at the little bastards go. good to hear about the kombi got a start on the bug its been renamed chaos for the rebirth and should be up and running before the end of the year

vwombat ·

Dude - your post count is awesome. Methinks the little Monkeyrats have got you working for them!!!

barls ·

it might be like that or it could be 14 hours a day for 2 and a half months averaging 30-50 posts a day. but most likely the little bastards have been on here when i havent been looking. yes thats it and it explains that mail order bride as well. excuse me ive gotta go put the fear off death in them.
* walks over to the cages and picks up a set of jumper leads hooked up to 115v and ................*

jenz58 ·

OOOOOUCH!!!.....*delayed reaction to electric shock*....lucky I had rubber boots on.......

Night guys......:sandrine

barls ·

okay im back i dont think those little bastards wont be doing that again any time soon. what did i miss??

vwombat ·

A mail order Bride is better than a Male order Bride in my books anyday. Things not working out between you? She cant have married you for the project? Or can she?

I'm off to bed. Thanks Barls - good gettin' freaky again!

barls ·

not a prob catch you later mate i might go as well

Desert Moose ·

I see why you had to go to bed....... you hands your poor hands 85 posts in one day........:P:thumb

barls ·

it was 75 the day before :duh

Anthiron ·

holy shite i love my wood heater.....its gotta be a good 28 degrees in here😎

Boozer ·

wood heaters are the best! we've got two, one for at home and one up at the farm! Our dogs literally sleep on them.

Anthiron ·

wouldnt they get burnt:duh

Anthiron ·

gotta try to figure out why my baja is mis firing every now and then today if i can,........mechanic came to pick up another one of our cars today (needs a new harmonic balancer) and i asked him about the heads but he said it sint making the noise that would tell him they are loose so ill pull the plugs and check the gap settings and stuff.

Nick

Boozer ·

yeah you'd think so but they don't, they're not on it but about two centimeters away, they get so hot it's uncomfortable to touch them.😠

Anthiron ·

the fur must protect them

Boozer ·

maybe, but since these dogs are the spawn of satan they must like it or something...

Anthiron ·

ha ha ha ha

Anthiron ·

i wish i just had 400 bucks to buy a pan thats for sale to fix my brake problem 🙁 anyone wanna buy anything off a 71 super.......pretty much everything can go except steering componants, wheels, motor and gearbox.

barls ·

sorry mate just bought another 72 sbug so ill be doing the same in a couple of months

barls ·

festys set will be finished in a week if the monkey rats dont play up again. found out this morning that the put my soul on ebay. right any suggestions as to how to punish them?

barls ·

nahhh did that last night but they enjoyed it tried shock therapy but that hasn't worked

Anthiron ·

leaking brakes arent cool are they heather🙁

barls ·

no thats not good, it must be going around cause my dubs playing up backfiring again and running rough when cold. its not good to be going through crows nest and back fire but it is funny to watch people duck for cover 🙂

vwombat ·

Hi Dr. Nick!

Leaking brakes are absolutley cool for the anarchic death brigade. If you want to live and not kill others, then they're probably not cool.

Why does it seem that you can fix all engine probs with your Baja, but the brakes stump you? General hopelessness? Or is it just financial?

How're the undies goin' Barls?

Anthiron ·

i am not in the fiancial situation to pay for parts at the moment wombat other wise i would have it done by now. lack of shifts at work lately have left me without brake money and i only drive my car to work at the moment pretty much because i dont like drving it the way it is......beleive me im nto suicidal but at the moment i dont have another option.

vwombat ·

Man - I know that song! Just paid rego. And the kids need new shoes. Definitely put off the kids thing for a while Dude.

barls ·

they are going slowly got one set done but the little bastards went nuts and i came back and one of them was wearing them on his head. :duh what makes it worse was that the rest of them decided to wrap him up in them resulting in a mass brawl. so it may be a little while before they are done

barls ·

vwombat wrote:Man - I know that song! Just paid rego. And the kids need new shoes. Definitely put off the kids thing for a while Dude.
dont worry i plan to, just imagine little barls running around *shudder*
it scares me just to think about it

vwombat ·

To quote Michael Jackson "You are not alone...." in the shuddering that is!

barls ·

yeah ok fair call on that one btw how are the nuns

Anthiron ·

im not sure i understood your last comment re: my brake situation wombat but beleive me if i could afford it i would fix them right now. if i had another car to drive i would drive it so as not to be driving a car with dangerous brakes but i dont have another car. Im 17, i live by myself and dont have the money to fix them its as simple as that. i dont LIKE drving it the way it is but i have no choice. some of us have low paying jobs and drive a beaten up 62 baja because we cant afford to fix broken things and live at the same time. if u can figure out how i can fix my brakes and pay for food and petrol with the 65 bucks i have to spend untill wednesday next week im all ears.

Nick

[Edited on 12-8-2004 by Anthiron]

barls ·

found this on the net it may help $2

barls ·

sorry nick just messing with your head there are two conversations going on here

barls ·

sound like your having fun up there $2.

barls ·

it made you smile thats a start im sorry but your just too far gone for me to help :blush

barls ·

ok get that anger out but remember not to hit him too hard he might fall to pieces. btw i think vwombat needs a beating as well. i think he misses his pummelings

barls ·

:blush no thats not what i meant i meant you were too far up the coast to help. yeah thats what i meant

BiX ·

so fill me in on the last 31 pages? whats this all about?

Anthiron ·

its duckys answer to the "tomorrow people" thread. its not really about anything just whatever is happening.

barls ·

its just a lot of little threads in one mate but its more fun to tell thor to read it all. i know i havent, ive read about the first 5 and the last 8

BiX ·

well whats the last few pages been talking about?

Anthiron ·

ummm....car undies (like car bras).......heathers fixing her water cooled beast.........my rear brakes need fixing.......ummm.....duckys buggy project.........what else.

barls ·

my cars rebirth gene splicing me loosing my mind

BiX ·

speaking of rear brakes, I drove around for a few months with no rear brakes at all. made it very interesting. I raced at valla in 2003 with no rear brakes!!!!

barls ·

that would make things very interesting mate. sorry no ideas about a title

aggri1 ·

barls wrote:... its more fun to tell thor to read it all ...
Oh OK, fair enough. I saw that synopsis thing.

I just finished a three hour tute at Uni on how to use a program called Fluent.

I went camping last weekend. At the Cathedrals though...

Oh and one more thing: the Black Knight has finally been killed - took us three goes. (He's a rat that kept bleeding on the floor in the process of escaping the traps).

(Oh no, it's all about me me me isn't it!)

Um, Kilsyth pick-a-part has no more busses at all! (12/8/04) (Now finally there's a useful piece of information!) And what a shame about surfbus hey! Poor old flamin' kombis! I can only imagine what pain you're in! (Typical of the insurance people to put in fineprint hey!) Grrr, insurance people!

What else is new?

BiX ·

iam thinking "dirt demon" ?

barls ·

not much getting my sbug back on the road, harassing people, causing chaos and mayhem at work and bludging

BiX ·

who do I ask for Custon title

barls ·

andrew(vanderaj) is the guy i asked

aggri1 ·

Now what was that about gene splicing? There are only three instances of 'gene' on 'this' page (last bunch of posts)(pre-me, that is) . So what's going on there?

I'd like to fix up stuff like our relatively poor vision with some sort of bio-improvement, perhaps gene splicing. I mean, other creatures have smaller eyes that work better, surely there's plenty of room for improvement.🙂

Another favourite of mine would be gills - I like water. What else could we fix?

Oh and BiX - how's a car handle with no rear brakes? You notice much?

[Edited on 12-8-2004 by aggri1]

BiX ·

What about nan technology? i reackon its better than gene technology.

barls ·

what about the crossing of two species to create a better animal. :blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah

aggri1 ·

Desert Moose wrote:
frenzix wrote:
don't ask me where i found this

[Edited on 23-7-2004 by frenzix]
How did you get that pic of me...........lol:thumb
Time we brought this back. Frighten off the ones that just come for a quick visit.

barls ·

yes good idea * insert really evil laugh here* and we are catching as well * insert insane laugh here*

aggri1 ·

BiX wrote:What about nan technology? i reackon its better than gene technology.
Actually yeah that'd be grouss too! We need little nano-bots that go into the bloodstream and just burn fat that they find. They need to be careful that they don't overheat the body. Ideally, they grab some fuel, head to the surface layers (skin), combust there, and head back for more fuel. This would allow us to go skiing/boarding in t-shirts and shorts (my preferred attire) finally! (Can you tell I'm from Melbourne?) This would solve the problem of obesity: you just need to give the 'big-boned' people some sort of cooling mechanism (ie - move to Melbourne). Eh, actually, um... Melbourne's probably not cold enough. Maybe Tassie?

barls ·

yes lets move a lot of people to melbourne then they would have a decent population down there. im sorry i dont mean to bag melbourne but i had a bad experience living down there

aggri1 ·

Ya don't need a lot of people to have fun. Besides, Melb's not that small. And, isn't Ballarat the largest inland city?

barls ·

yeah probably but where i lived down there was crib point so the whole victoria thing does nothing for me. and dont get me started on the weather

aggri1 ·

Yeah well, the weather. The rainforests are nice when it's wet.

While I'm at it... anyone know what this means?

Aurels-Computer:~/Builds aggri1$ g77 binmerge.f -lm -lc
binmerge.f: In program `MAIN__':
binmerge.f:134:
READ(nfil,REC=NREC,END=6,ERR=98)(DATA(K),K=1,NDATA)
1 2
Conflicting I/O control specifications at (1) and (2)
Aurels-Computer:~/Builds aggri1$

Got me stumped.

Strangely, (considering it's wet here) a mate of mine was saying as how it's the QLD cars that are all rusted out. Maybe there's often winds coming from over the ocean, carrying salt? I guess humidity doesn't help though does it?

EDIT: oh I just saw the pooey forum move the (1) and (2) to the start of the line. They were under REC and END.

[Edited on 12-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

is that on a pc or a mac? yeah it is just that im a warm weather person i like cairns and darwin in the winter.

aggri1 ·

I love warm weather too. Nothin' like a 40degree day with a hot dry northerly blowing strong. When your eyelids feel like they're frying it's warm enough. I was happy in Adelaide summer two years ago. Got there: 40. Next day: 42! Yeah. Like I said, I like shorts and t-shirts.

That code stuff was from a mac (not a real one, it's using crap-os X, some Unix crap). Does that matter though? (gcc 3.3, f77 version 3.4.1).

Anthiron ·

its obviously code to do with AVD because it has your AVD username in the message....when did u get this message and what were u doing?

barls ·

ill get my little brother to look at it when it gets home. i dont mind the new os x but i just dont like the support thats given by some of the companies out there not to mention any names in the business software range.

aggri1 ·

naah, nothing to do with avd, I just use that name everywhere, so I only have to remember it once!🙂 My bank loves that kind of efficiency.

I was actually trying to compile some code I got from NASA. To do with ephemerides. For a Uni project. I'll be executed if I can't make it work (OK, that was an exaggeration).

Hey, the Tomorrow people thread is winning, lets get busy. (They've got 9 pages, here there are only 8 (with my settings)). EDIT: Oh cool, it's 9 now - barls' post did it!

[Edited on 12-8-2004 by aggri1]

Anthiron ·

ok well u have a setting that is conflicting with another setting somewhere.........thats about the best i can give u.

aggri1 ·

Thanks nick. You mean a compiler setting of some kind? Or a setting in the broader sense (like bash being pooey)?

Would zsh or something make any difference?

Um I wonder what happened in the world today? SBS news (which our house watches) is on now - 6:30pm AEST. I'm missing it! OH NO!

barls ·

not a problem they are only 50 posts in front. its apparently a conficting statement in lines 1 and 2 according to my little brother

aggri1 ·

Hmmm, thanks. The thing is, (1) and (2) are both on the same line... ie:-

READ(nfil,REC=NREC,END=6,ERR=98)(DATA(K),K=1,NDATA)

is all one line.

EDIT: the 1 is under the R in REC, and the 2 is under the E in END.

[Edited on 12-8-2004 by aggri1]

[Edited on 12-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

not a problem mate we will catch them

aggri1 ·

Yep, no post there since 6:48. We're on a roll! (Oh oh, I've gotta go soon!)


EDIT: I've got another one... Different piece of code.

Aurels-Computer:~/Builds aggri1$ g77 testeph.f -lm -lc
testeph.f: In subroutine `state':
testeph.f:945:
PV(J,I)=PV(J,I)*AUFAC-PVSUN(J,1)
1 2
Too many elements as of (2) for array reference at (1)
Aurels-Computer:~/Builds aggri1$


[Edited on 12-8-2004 by aggri1]

Anthiron ·

well (1) and (2) are conflicting...there is definatly a problem with the code. what exactly are u writing in?

barls ·

im lost i have no idea about this 🙁

aggri1 ·

Well, I just downloaded this source (it's fortran 77) from a NASA site, and want to compile it. I don't care about the code itself. I wish that these Unix people could just distribute runnable programs instead of source! :cussing But anyway, binmerge is supposed to combine ephemeris data files. testeph.f is supposed to make sure the files are OK, and contains subroutines that extract data.

I don't know anything about programming though!🙁

We're catching up - and you nice people are legitimately helping me with a problem!🙂

barls ·

its not a problem

aggri1 ·

Hey any good docos on telly tonight?

barls ·

no but charmed is on

Anthiron ·

i can write HTML and Visual Basic and a miniscule amount of java im just trying to work out using basic techniques what would be wrong. promlem is i dont know how this coding works. all i can work out is that somthing is conflicting with (1) and (2). the maths of it is wrong somewhere as it says that there are too many elements fot the array of (1) at (2). are u sure this is working code and not a work in progress? perhaps consult vanderaj he is down with the funky shite regarding code.

Nick

aggri1 ·

well I just noticed that all other 'nrec's in the document are in lower case: is the following statement true:

nrec=NREC

? Maybe I'll try that this evening. (The mac's at home, not here).

Charmed hey barls? Hmmmm? Where's that sceptical looking head icon thing when you need it?

Good old html coding. I remember learning a bit about that when frames were just being developed - ie - when Netscape 1 was normal, and only new versions could do those fancy frames. How things change. How about LaTeX? Might need that for the thesis! Yikes.

barls ·

so what else is happening

aggri1 ·

Hehe, yeah cool barls.

Um. I was wondering... Anyone know why battery and brake warning lights flicker at high (>3000) engine speed? Stock bay bus.

Anthiron ·

the simpsons is on......

Anthiron ·

battery could be because for some reason your genny doesnt charge at that rev range for some weird reason......the brake lights now thats just werid......see my baja doesnt have brake warning lights....do these come on if your brakes dont contact properly or something?

aggri1 ·

I liked the st. pat's (?) day Simpsons the other day. That's a good one.

I'm not at home now though, so won't be watching any Simpsons this evening...

Something smells like smoke in here. Not rubber or bad-smoke, like a nice smoke smell. I wonder what it is?

Anthiron ·

does your bus have an alternater or a generator?.......dodgy wiring will be the problem somewhere id say. has it always done this?

Anthiron ·

incense?:duh

aggri1 ·

Um, the bus is a 74 (1800): it's got an alternator that means, I think (?). It's always done this since I've owned it, flickering above (about) 3000, and below about a few hundred (like when it's about to stall - but that's normal isn't it? Well, I'm not sure why the brake warning light flickers too.)

Anthiron ·

OMG herbie was just on the simpsons in an auto film museum

aggri1 ·

Yeah don't they all have a VW in them somewhere. I remember the priest guy driving a kg in a flashback once. Don't remember any busses though (I haven't seen all that many simpsons).

Anthiron ·

what exactly does a brake warning light tell you when it works properly
........if it has an alternater it shouldnt flicker at all perhaps u have a dodgy regulator or something.....im just guessing here U2U 68autobug he will tell u he seems to know everything else about auto electrics.

ducky ·

you guys speak another language I only speak volkswagenisms

barls ·

i have no idea about this there could be a number of reasons for this ranging from the altenator t the regulator

ducky ·

maybe when out of fluid???

Anthiron ·

perhaps. all i know is our subie doesnt have one and my 62 doesnt have one. so im at a loss

Anthiron ·

why is my petrol filler neck/cap on the passenger side of the car but every other early bug i see has it on the drivers side?:duh

barls ·

good question do you know that we are only 20 posts behind now

barls ·

hello is any one there *strange echo*

ducky ·

Modifications on bugs VWs etc is at epidemic

barls ·

sound good is it? now im confused

barls ·

hey Anthiron have you seen this one http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=27276

Anthiron ·

yeah already looked at it.....really after something with a 1500 + engine.......for a bit of power........besides those people are confused a little bit as they say its an S bug but its a 70 model and they didnt make S bugs till 71 (august 70 or soemthing) and its a 1300 when an S bug has a 1600 TP lol

CoopGirl ·

Barls, you should be a used car salesman!

barls ·

may be i should. its ether that or i have too much time on my hands but i like the sound of barls' bugs and buses. ok mate just thought that id bring it to your attention

barls ·

top of the morning to both of you. that bug could be a 70 standard with a 1600 in it

Anthiron ·

it says that its a 1300

aggri1 ·

Hey there, sorry for abrupt disappearance yesterday, I accidentally pushed the power button (as ya' do).

We're only twelve posts behind. Look out tomorrow people, here we come!

CoopGirl ·

Idle hands are the devils playground.:duh

barls ·

ok not a prob im obviously not reading properly. whats happening today guys

barls ·

CoopGirl wrote:Idle hands are the devils playground.:duh
that was a cool movie

aggri1 ·

Oh I got a class in about forty minutes.

What else is happening?

Hey aren't you back at work now barls? After five months off or somethin'?

barls ·

yeah but today im working on my compentency log so that im 100% qualified so ive already been to work for about 30 min and knocked off. i was 1 week short of being off for 5 months so life is good

aggri1 ·

Nice. Well I've been at Uni for five and a half years now, and some people say that's a bit like a holiday. Of course, I would disagree because at times it's a lot of work indeed. The summer break is really nice though. But I'm almost done now, and had better start looking for work...

Oh - does anyone know what kind of skills a garage (mechanic) would be looking for in a potential ... eh ... like trainee person kinda thing?

barls ·

willingness to work and learn, not minding the fact of getting greasy and dirty, good with their hands and must be mechanicly minded

CoopGirl ·

Good morning to you too Barls!!

I'm at work in the city again today.

aggri1 - You spend 5 years at uni and you want to be a mechanic???
A "trainee" mechanic is called an apprentice and you go to TAFE and work at the same time for 4 years.

aggri1 ·

Oh yeah that sounds reasonable. See I'll soon have (yeah I will!) a degree in mechanical engineering, and I want to think about all sorts of possibilities, ya know, keep all options open.

I quite enjoy working on my bus, but have very little actual skill or practical experience, that's why I'd need some sort of traineeship position.

What work are you in barls? (Ya probably said elsewhere didn't ya, but I forget). Was it defence stuff?

(We're only a few posts shy now!)

barls ·

i was almost a mechanic specializing in vw, but the navy accepted me so it didnt happen but i still dabble. hows work today coop girl?

barls ·

electronics technician specializing in hydraulics and pneumatic is my job but most of the time i play with the armament on the ships

CoopGirl ·

Work is work.... I'm opening mail at the moment and I can't tell you how exciting that is!! NOT:duh

barls ·

sounds like my days where im working at the moment. it starts off with polishing bright work then we hid till 10 and then have a break and start hiddding again. it suck i wont to go back to the ship at least i had some thing to do there

aggri1 ·

Opening mail hey? Well it might be fun if it wasn't addressed to you, wouldn't it? Then again, the kind of person who'd pay you to do that might be an unsympathetic kind of boss (the mafia boss from the Simpsons comes to mind - I love that character).

I've gotta go soon, so have a nice day all.

(Oh I thought of something... I saw a Vanagon, nice two-colur paint scheme, for sale for $700 in Melbourne's south east the other day. Now that sure is cheap isn't it?!)

Oh and another thing: the people of the here and now are officially ahead of the tomorrow people!:beer:party

EDIT: Tschuess!

[Edited on 13-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

waahooooooo we are number 1 we are number 1 :beer:beer:beer:beer:beer

CoopGirl ·

:party:party:party:party

barls ·


so what does everyone have planned for the weekend

CoopGirl ·

I could possibly be buying a new car, then it's washing and cleaning and a family birthday party to go to on Sunday.

How about you?

barls ·

not much washing and cleaning and watching my gf play softball on saturday. then next week try to change where im working and get some time off to work on the bug body i just bought

Anthiron ·

driving to Eirinns after work on saturday, having dinner with her at my mums place on saturday night. possibly ordering the stuff for my brakes.

CoopGirl ·

I am also hoping to get some good shut eye time on the weekend. I need sleep!!

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:driving to Eirinns after work on saturday, having dinner with her at my mums place on saturday night. possibly ordering the stuff for my brakes.
What parts do you need Nick,

CoopGirl ·

Wow...... it's gone quiet in here again.

aggri1 ·

NOOOOOO, the tomorrow people have regained the lead!

Incidentally, I'll be studying.

Perhaps an analysis on the flight speed of an unladen swallow.🙂

CoopGirl ·

It's been quiet in here so I've been joining 'the others'.

aggri1 ·

Oh no, that's a shame.

Well, how was opening mail? Find any goodies?

CoopGirl ·

No goddies.... no letter bombs :cry

Thanks for the sympathy $2


But now it's HOME TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See ya's all later.

aggri1 ·

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:...dribble.. 😉 ...
Hmmph! Dribble! Surely never!

EDIT: here's the Chapel St. (in Melbourne) Cruise thread: http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=26368

EDIT 2: here's the thread about a show in Adelaide: http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=23690

EDIT 3: I gotta go now, so have a nice weekend everyone. Drive safe. 🙂

[Edited on 13-8-2004 by aggri1]
[Edited on 13-8-2004 by aggri1]

[Edited on 13-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

aggri1 wrote:NOOOOOO, the tomorrow people have regained the lead!

Incidentally, I'll be studying.

Perhaps an analysis on the flight speed of an unladen swallow.🙂
african or European?

barls ·

im sorry i took my laptop down for maintenance and then couldn't work out my little brothers computer

Boozer ·

how about we talk about something interesting?

barls ·

ok you start then mate

Anthiron ·

Desert Moose wrote:
Anthiron wrote:driving to Eirinns after work on saturday, having dinner with her at my mums place on saturday night. possibly ordering the stuff for my brakes.
What parts do you need Nick,

New for rear:

Wheel cylinders
linings
shoes
and possibly drums

barls ·

has anyone seen $2 recently

Stanley ·

I saw her last weekend when she dropped off my dash for me'
Said something about getting an Alfa on the road.

barls ·

so shes still torturing that poor thing is she

Stanley ·

I think she's trying to get it running so she can do some work on the baja

barls ·

good luck to her then

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:New for rear:

Wheel cylinders
linings
shoes
and possibly drums
I'll see what I have here and you can have it (if the post isn't to much) I Let you know in the morning or do you need to do it this week end.

Oh is it wide5 mid 60's stuff ?

Anthiron ·

oooh wow thanks moose your a champ. its wide 5......its a 62 bug.:bounce

Nick

Anthiron ·

oh and i dont need it specifically this weekend i just need to do them soon cause it dont stop all that well at the moment.

Nick

barls ·

how erinns search going any way mate

Anthiron ·

rang up about a 72 super in brissy but it was too rusty. other than that fruitless....after she sells her horse and she has more money to play with we will seriously search.

Nick

barls ·

yeah its hard to find one under $2500 thats reasonable i found that when i was looking for my body. i must of looked at at least 50 cars in three months. is there anything particular shes after ie a particular model of bug

Desert Moose ·

Cool, I'll have a look for you tomorrow. I know I have a set of fronts almost new (One weekend old) cyl & shoes with 1/2" ford studs in the drum, but i'll see about digging up some rears:thumb

barls ·

hey moose whats happening over there mate

Desert Moose ·

About to eat my dinner .....lol:P

barls ·

cool ill let you go then damn that time difference

Desert Moose ·

yum, yeh at least it's not daylight saving.....😠 they still don't like it over here (f.n.why).

barls ·

yeah i know it use to suck when id try to call my mate when he lived over there

Desert Moose ·

yeh, my oldies still live over there and by the time I get home their in bed......:cry

barls ·

so hows everything over there mate

Desert Moose ·

Good, wouldn't live anywhere else:P

and there ?

barls ·

not too bad i would like my sbug back on the road but you cannot rush these things

Desert Moose ·

So I see your back at work...

:P(I still got 3 weeks):P

barls ·

lucky you its good that im back the walls were starting to close in on me. it wasnt the work that i missed but the people i worked with. how the buggy and kombi

Desert Moose ·

well thats the bit that gets me... can't work on the cars(can't lift anything) and no money comin' in to buy new bits. So not a thing has happened to them in 3 weeks:repuke but I got the roof rack of the kombi so its in the back yard, not on the street but still can't get it into the shed because I have 2 chassis gig's and a buggy in bits in there. anyway only 1 1/2 to 3 weeks to go and I'm hopin' the doc says 1 1/2:thumb

Desert Moose ·

I just had to pay for my wife Marni to have her nails done as pay back for doing stuff on my cars ...........lol ( ain't love grand):kiss

Desert Moose ·

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote:was not inferring you are a henpecked manslave.lol 🙂
ohh bugger:P

Desert Moose ·

Hey Ducky, Is this your new Buggy............lol

zac_smits ·

wow!!! you guys must be spinning a lot of shit lately...just look at the number of vies and replies!!!

(sorry i have been on the forum for a week or so...i must be in shock!)

zac

barls ·

yeah we do but we enjoy it and it passes the time. you welcome to join us if you want

Boozer ·

yeeessss....come join ussss....

Desert Moose ·

But we care :kiss

barls ·

yes we all care join us become one of us one of us ONE OF US!

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:oooh wow thanks moose your a champ. its wide 5......its a 62 bug.:bounce

Nick
Sorry mate, no joy on the rear stuff (it's all a little dodgey) but I'm getting a 65' bug on friday and I'll see whats on it. I still have the front parts if you need 'em

ducky ·

Desert Moose wrote:Hey Ducky, Is this your new Buggy............lol
but way cool

ducky ·

Picking up my pan tomorrow, it is coming together

Anthiron ·

are u sure u dont want the front stuff? i wouldnt be after the drums if they have ford studs as id just use the wide 5 drums ive already got.....but sure if u dont want them i wouldnt say no but seriously are u sure u want to give me parts u have obviously paid money for? if the answer is yes:P then ill wait and see what you have for the rear if u pick up this bug. you are a real champ Moose and just let me know the shipping cost and ill get it to you. oh and if u make an appearance at valla 2006 then the beer is definatly on me!

Nick

barls ·

hows everyone weekend going at the moment

aggri1 ·

Havin' a great old time actually barls. Went out last night. And this morning, I found out that an absolute legend of Ska, rocksteady, reggae era music is gonna be playing in Melbourne in October. And, it's less than a week after my birthday, AND the day after my last mega-assignment of my Uni life is due! It's a calling.

Next I'm going to go out scavenging in the hard rubbish collection! It's sunny here in Melbourne!

How about you?

barls ·

not much went out and watched jebidah play last nite they went off and im counting down the days to my bday which is in 12 days

aggri1 ·

Oh good one. Is this the kind of birthday that stirs mixed feelings of happiness and 'oh no not again', or are you still young enough to relish every one?

barls ·

still young mate its only my 24th so its not too bad but next year could be another story and you. are you dreading the next one as well?

aggri1 ·

My October one will be 24 too, I think. Um, 80... 2004, yep, 24 in Oct. Still OK, but like you said, 25 starts to sound rather over the hill. You know, I bet there are a few oldies (you know, those over-30 people😉) that will have a different opinion about these things.

Anyway, enjoy the reat of the weekend, I'm off to scavenge! (And my housemate made a quiche!)

Cheers folks,
Aurel

barls ·

not a problem cya

Desert Moose ·

Anthiron wrote:are u sure u dont want the front stuff? i wouldnt be after the drums if they have ford studs as id just use the wide 5 drums ive already got.....but sure if u dont want them i wouldnt say no but seriously are u sure u want to give me parts u have obviously paid money for? if the answer is yes:P then ill wait and see what you have for the rear if u pick up this bug. you are a real champ Moose and just let me know the shipping cost and ill get it to you. oh and if u make an appearance at valla 2006 then the beer is definatly on me!

Nick
Yeh, look it’s no problem at all. Its only takin' up space here and I modify my brakes all to disc's now anyway. Plus maybe one day you can buy me that beer.......lol:P As for the rear, I'm gunna wreck a couple of old bugs in the coming weeks so I'll see what I get.🙂

Oh one thing the backin plates are modified so you'll need to use yours (made the centre hole bigger and the three bolt holes are moved)
:thumb:thumb

CoopGirl ·

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

Frenix, where did you move too?? You paint a lovely picture of the place.

vwombat ·

Greetings fellow brain damage victims! Especially Bumpkin Boy Frenzix! how'r those Grits comin' along?

ducky ·

frenzix wrote:oh my this thread is going insano, Im back but on dialup so will not be posting as much as is tooo damn slow.. Sorry to miss alot of u guys at Valla.. with the little man and some family most of the time so couldn't do the rounds, plus i don't know what the hell most of you freaks look like. Is that enuf excuses? cool. I'm gonna try and make it to the herb festival in lismore though... need to stock up on some stash.

We are settling into our new place feels so damn good to be in a slower paced town of 500, mad views , scenery, rainforest, beaches nearby. But don't want everyone from the cities coming here do we?

Good one mate, so is the big move complete???

Catchya all on the flip flop.

ducky ·

Okay Project Central Update 200

Pan purchased, mighty good looking speciman ( thanks BajaWes) it is a very early pan and the condition is exceptional, almost ashame to cut it>

Still looking for an early model wreck for all the bits, I reckon this will be cheaper than sourcing bits.

ducky ·

missed you at valla, tried to find you, I think I met your beetle in the parade????

CoopGirl ·

I was just cleaning the bathroom and cleaning out the draws in the vanity when I realised that cleaning is a serious health hazard. I went to pick up an old razor and there was a stray razor blade poking out and I sliced the top of my finger on it. Man did it hurt!! And talk about bleed!!! It's not very deep so a bandaid will fix it but it has made me come to the conclusion that housework as a whole is a health risk.

Just thought I'd share that with you all.

Baja Wes ·

ducky wrote:Okay Project Central Update 200

Pan purchased, mighty good looking speciman ( thanks BajaWes) it is a very early pan and the condition is exceptional, almost ashame to cut it>

Still looking for an early model wreck for all the bits, I reckon this will be cheaper than sourcing bits.
Glad to see it go to a good home.

You know you could build a Baja, you know they're much cooler 😉 I guess the joy ride hasn't turned you yet 😀

barls ·

damn and i just put his pic on a milk cartoon

Anthiron ·

well if the backing plates are modded then dont worry about sending them cause all my stuff is stock but yeah ill take the other gear off you hands. could u find out how much just to ship the front stuff u already have and ill transfer postage money to you for that and then after u wreck the bugs if there is anything worth while ill get that off u seperately thanks heaps.

Nick

ducky ·

Baja Wes wrote:
ducky wrote:Okay Project Central Update 200

Pan purchased, mighty good looking speciman ( thanks BajaWes) it is a very early pan and the condition is exceptional, almost ashame to cut it>

Still looking for an early model wreck for all the bits, I reckon this will be cheaper than sourcing bits.
Glad to see it go to a good home.

You know you could build a Baja, you know they're much cooler 😉 I guess the joy ride hasn't turned you yet 😀
Yes it was great loved it in fact , but at heart ( yes I have one) I'm a buggy kinda girl.

barls ·

nice to see your new project is under way im still waiting for mine to get to my old mans

ducky ·

what project is that barls?

barls ·

the rebirth of my sbug

Anthiron ·

oh barls i guessed your lyrics.....tool - sober :bounce

barls ·

i have no idea about yours though it sounds so familar but the mind isnt working today

Anthiron ·

ill add some more for you.....

barls ·

still no idea ill be kicking my self later i think

Anthiron ·

i added a little bit more....

barls ·

god damn im stupid try my new one

aggri1 ·

Hey there, what section is this lyric thing in? (Where's the post?)

It's sunny here in Melbourne. oh yay, what a dAY!:party

barls ·

its nice up here now that the rain has abated

CoopGirl ·

Wow... I found this way back on page 5!! What's goingon guys?!?!?!

Anyway, Good Morning Everyone. Great weather for ducks here in sydney.

aggri1 ·

Strangely enough, it's the third sunny day in a row here in Melbourne. Lovely, although the air's still a little on the coolish side.

The tomorrow people are once again kickin' this little thread. Oh....

I think I heard of a few datto powered busses now, I wonder why: there's someone with another one wanting to sell it... My sister's got a real 180B. Goes pretty nicely considering it's age, although you notice how loud it is when you stop and get out of the car! Almost unkillable!

CoopGirl ·

I used to own a real 180B too!! Mine was named "The Gymp" cause the colour was called Gympie Gold. I bought it when I lived in Adelaide and had it shipped up to Port Stephens when I moved then took it back to Sydney with me. I sometimes regret ever selling it... it was a tops little car. Now I need to sell my charade. I hate all the malarky that goes on with selling a car 😠

barls ·

yeah my old mans got a 70 kombi with one in it and its for sale look here
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=25319

barls ·

hey coop girl just knocked off work hows your day going

CoopGirl ·

You lucky bastard!! I'm still here.... at work today in the city. Wish I was sleeping.

Did you have fun counting your little nuts.................................... and bolts?

barls ·

yes it was very stimulating. got me an alternator for the bug yesterday

CoopGirl ·

A freebie or did you have to pay for it?

barls ·

got it for $180 complete

vwombat ·

Hey Barls'ter! - How much for the 71/2 Bay? It's the blue one isn't it? What needs doing? What's with rust? Any interest for the Deluxe?

Greetings to the bubble belly babe also! (What's that all about? Gas emissions?)

CoopGirl ·

Is that good?? I have no idea about the cost of parts and stuff. I leave all that up to Matt. I guess I had better start learning for myself!

CoopGirl ·


Greetings to the bubble belly babe also! (What's that all about? Gas emissions?)


LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish it was only gas emissions!! I happen to be 34 weeks pregnant.🙂

vern74 ·

Just about ready to pop !

CoopGirl ·

vern74 wrote:Just about ready to pop !
I sure am... and after I do pop I think I will change my mood to something like yours. I haven't had a drink in 2 years!! (I've been pregnant for almost 2 years now)

vwombat ·

OMG - Isn't 2 years the gestation period for an Elephant? Who HAVE you been seeing? Talk about your penis envy (me that is).

vern74 ·

You deserve to get well and truely pissed ....bloody hell 2 years of pregnancy thats nearly as much as an elefant !
Soon you will have 2 under 2 bugger that
We had 3 under 2 cause we had twins the second time around and our first was ony 22 months
They are now 7 and 2 x 5 so much much easier

vern74 ·

hahahahahahaha
I bet an elefant has a big one
Now I have envy

CoopGirl ·

vwombat wrote:OMG - Isn't 2 years the gestation period for an Elephant? Who HAVE you been seeing? Talk about your penis envy (me that is).
I don't know about penis envy.... HotRodMatt is the 'dick' in our relationship.

Vern - We will have 2 kids under 11 months.

vern74 ·

Holy shit

Good luck ....almost the same as twins really

barls ·

its not bad considering the kit sells for about $300-400

barls ·

there not much in it the steering box, insterment cluster and engine have been taken out today, it has a fair bit of rust in it and its an auto. my old man said its just a shell basicly and if you have a good sense of humour it would be worth it. is this your next project

CoopGirl ·

vern74 wrote:Holy shit

Good luck ....almost the same as twins really
Thanks Vern!

vwombat ·

Congrats!

Man - we had 18 months between ours, and that was hard.
The first year is Hell, and then they start playing with each other, so it's great in the long run. Best of luck! What's the gender mix?

Funny that Vern and I both went for the elephant angle. Too many documentaries methinks.

As for HotRodMatt as big daddyo - I cant have penis envy there. We all know about that "car as a replacement for small genitals" thing. Hotrodder's are almost as bad as ricer's on that one (just stirring). He's just a frequent visitor with very active tadpoles!

Good one Guys! And best of luck! You going the drugs? I'd question your intelligence if you don't.

vern74 ·

I can't say I remember the first few months after we brought the twins home. My wife was in hospital for 10 days after the C/section. I took 6 weeks off work mainly to look after the oldest one. They were breast fed for 4 months so I had no need to get up at night.
Yep was a piece of piss

vwombat ·

my old man said its just a shell basicly and if you have a good sense of humour it would be worth it. is this your next project
Ahm, probably not if that's the case. Fair bit of rust means moth eaten pan etc right? We are talking about the 71 and not the deluxe?

vwombat ·

BTW - What size engine was it running on the auto box?

CoopGirl ·

vwombat - Be nice about hot rodders.... I'm one at heart too. As for the drugs, well last time nothing worked so I went for a 36 hour labour full of pain. What was that all about?!?!?! I hope I sneeze this one out ( crude and rude.. thats me!).

I think our main problem is going to be keeping Jack away from the new baby (don't know the sex... was all tucked up when we wanted to see), he just wants to smack babies in the face. He is a rough nut!

barls ·

vwombat wrote:
my old man said its just a shell basicly and if you have a good sense of humour it would be worth it. is this your next project
Ahm, probably not if that's the case. Fair bit of rust means moth eaten pan etc right? We are talking about the 71 and not the deluxe?
no just a lot in the sills and that area i havent looked at it for a while as we have had it so long i think since 97. it has the sliding window in it as well. it was a 2L

vwombat ·

Hotrodders - It's just that if I had the cash, I'd probably be one too, and I have small genitals (hahahahahaha). Just to prove the point!

Nah, I respect anyone who treats metal with such respect. Long live the Rodder's. Never met one I didn't like!

vern74 ·

Go the c/section
Little bit of pain afterwards (apparently) but 10 minutes and you are outa there in recovery while the nurses look after the bub and dad.

vwombat ·

How much then?

And you'd say that the sill rust is a major job? Technically I should be working more on my current ride, but I'm just happy keeping him going. It'd be nice to have something to play with on the side tho'.

How much did you get for the 2L?

I wonder what Frenzix home delivery would charge for a run like this? Taree to SEQ??? Hmmmmm!

barls ·

if you want wombat i can get dad to look it over and tell you exactly whats there and rusty

CoopGirl ·

I don't need to know the size of your pecker!! LOL I'm sure your missus would be impressed with you talking about your peepee on the net! LOL

barls ·

vwombat wrote:How much then?

How much did you get for the 2L?

I wonder what Frenzix home delivery would charge for a run like this? Taree to SEQ??? Hmmmmm!
he got a carton of beer for the 2 L and its in my sbug, not sure its costing me a couple of hundred for my body which is coming from grafton to taree. ask him
as for a price hes going to get back to me with that

vwombat ·

LMAO!!! Nah - she's used to me. She just groans and shakes her head.

I just feel now that I have to denegrate myself to save people from feeling bad about my ragging. Anyone who'd take me seriously should pause for a brief shot of LSD.

vwombat ·

A 2L in an Sbug. What other mod's have you go planned? And who are you out to impress?

I would've given him 2 carton's to leave it in, and 2 carton's extra for the body! Damn my luck!

vwombat ·

Hey Heather - I edited this tv program in Germany about Urine therapy. Works wonder's evidently. There's this whole group of people who snort it, drink it, and inject it. I've seen some of the before and after pictures, and the results looked impressive on some medical problems. Don't know about the effect on metal tho'. Cant smell any worse than the fish oil!

barls ·

ive had the 2L for a while in the one i wrought off, but its too long a list for here. it helps when you know someone in the trade. i dont think he can be bribed that way. ill get back to you with a state of the thing and price later if thats ok. ill u2u it

CoopGirl ·

vwombat wrote:Hey Heather - I edited this tv program in Germany about Urine therapy.
You are a freak!! LOL

vwombat ·

KEWL!

The deluxe still there too?

barls ·

yeah they both arent going any where at this stage so they will stay there in all their glory.

vwombat ·

Takes one to know one Supey Doopey Coopey Woopey!

We're doing well to bridge the gap to the tomorrow's today.

CoopGirl ·

Nothing could fix my fried brain.

Soopey Doopey Coopey Woopey???? WTF! LOL

CoopGirl ·

Sick pic... but very funny!

barls ·

you may what were you using fish oil for any way

barls ·

does action man know your seeing him as well

CoopGirl ·

So it's partially my fault for saing the 'P' word... sorry $2. 'll let you have desert tonight.

barls ·

so you did something bad. build a bridge, get over it an then burn it

CoopGirl ·

Mmm.. fire! :bounce

barls ·

yes the great cleanser

CoopGirl ·

Totally off the subject ....

I just got an email of pics taken today of 2 whales in Darling Harbour!!

barls ·

yeah that doesnt surprise me at all we have sailed past some in sydney harbour

aggri1 ·

Wow, are these two discussions getting crossed? Sounds funny guys.

CoopGirl ·

We are funny people agrri!! :party

aggri1 ·

Sure are.... Sure are.

I respect that.😎

barls ·

thanks for that :bounce:bounce

CoopGirl ·

Did you hear that..... we've got respect!!!

barls ·

wahoo *dances around the room * ok thats more than i get at work how about you

CoopGirl ·

Well I just had a woman hang up on me and I get constantly abused by callers here so a bit or respect wouldn't go astray!

barls ·

your not a telemarketer are you

CoopGirl ·

Not really...... I do work with telemarketing companies, but people ring me for help.

barls ·

thats ok then cause i hung up on one a little while ago.

CoopGirl ·

Barls, that is the most sensible thing to do... same as direct marketing in the mail... don't get all worked up about it.... throw it in the BIN!!!

Sorry.... just needed to vent.:cussing

barls ·

the bin :duh that would be the big round file in my house 😀 although i did volunteer my little brother for market research the other day

ducky ·

okay your founder is here, what is going on. Me knee deep in spare parts looking for a light at the end of the tunnel but someone keeps turning it off.

CoopGirl ·

I've done some market research before... $50 , free feed and you sit there and talk!

barls ·

not much heather is off her meds again i think. coop girl and i are just spinning it about telemarketers

barls ·

yeah thats what he said but his was a hay fever cure

CoopGirl ·

i've done one about ciggies (when I used to smoke) and one about booze!

Oh hail the almighty Ducky!! Found the light switch yet?

barls ·

all i have to say ducky is do not go in the light my son

CoopGirl ·

:party............................ got a light??

Hahahahahaha

barls ·

ohh this could go on for hours but ill try not to do it. so any way ducky hows the project going last we heard you got a pan

ducky ·

yes got a pan now searching for a body

barls ·

ok good luck with that search i think you have enough posts telling people that your looking, i think i counted 3 is that right. what else are you looking for

ducky ·

$2.63 homebrand baja wrote::cry *$2 passes round hat in hope to get $2500 to buy andy42's twincab so he won't rip it to bits....* I seen it,, I want THAT one now.......lol

(I hate the buying and selling section,, i am a lttle kid in lolly shop who has spent pocket money on useless playthings...and has nun left 4 the good stuff :cry )


ahemmm....cough... ok ducky looked and found indicators,, they're ratty as all hell, the plastic lenses need replacing, bit rusty and beaten up... but for nothing more than postage you can have them for $0.00 ! bargainnn moitee! (u2u me wif details so i can get ur address and do some serious stalki...err i mean can send them to you! 😉 )

pic one....
Will you be at action day or postage is good

Desert Moose ·

I have been away for a bit (6 pages) I had to go out to Kalgoorlie, so what’s happening?
Have you got a body yet Ducky, and how is it being back at work Barl’s?
I see Bami and Frenzix are back with us.

barls ·

work is not too bad

barls ·

hows the healing going then

Desert Moose ·

yeah good,

Had to drive the bloke working for me out to Kalgoorlie over the last 3 days and stand and watch him work.......lol . but I see the Doc tomorrow, so fingies crossed.:P

barls ·

good luck with the doc tomorrow mate hopefully its what you want

ducky ·

back again guys, I see you mob are chatting furiously along.

Desert Moose ·

hey ducky ' how is the new buggy goin'🙂

barls ·

yeah we are just powering along. its like wall street in here

Desert Moose ·

barls wrote:yeah we are just powering along. its like wall street in here
without the Money............lol:P

barls ·

yes soo true i could do with some more money

ducky ·

Desert Moose wrote:hey ducky ' how is the new buggy goin'🙂
searching for another body the one I have a bit dodgy, so wish me luck

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

:bounce good luck ducky :bounce :thumb

barls ·

:vader may the force be with you on this one

Desert Moose ·

I can get a copy for ya'

Desert Moose ·

thats a new copy for about 2k (in WA)

ducky ·

I need all the help I can get, I am pretty heart set on a original manx and as you know very hard to come by so please keep your eyes and ears open.

Other than that I went on a fishing charter yesterday 40 kms out to sea got very green but caught huge fish.
Back to work tomorrow I'm beginning to dislike my job a lot.

barls ·

ill look down here for you

ducky ·

Moose please explain???? Copy How good ??? New ????

Desert Moose ·

ducky wrote:Moose please explain???? Copy How good ??? New ????
well its a plug of a original manx but the guards are 2" bigger and the humps in for the rear lights are a little better.
New as in any color you want in gel (no metal flake). but its in Perth so the cost of shipping will kill you😠

ducky ·

any pics????

Desert Moose ·

ducky wrote:any pics????
No.... but I'll go take some on the weekend if you want one, plus help you with gettin' it shipped.

ducky ·

Be interested to see what it looks like thanks for your help moose

vwombat ·

Hey Barls - Ducky is a Daughter - not a Son. Maybe a Sunshine?

So Ducks - you've got a pan and a motor and that's it? The Bay go yet?

And what is your job anyway? You're an ex-chalkie huh?

ducky ·

Yes an ex teacher and now manager of a camping and outdoor super store.
Yes I have pan motor and some bits even a deep dish steering wheel. But would like a body to make it complete.

Showed the kombi to someone today, I think they liked it they were very posh wanted it for an Art Gallery promo type vehicle go figure????

Thanks for the gender correction I was having a chuckle to myself, sunshine works for me

Desert Moose ·

Showed the kombi to someone today, I think they liked it they were very posh wanted it for an Art Gallery promo type vehicle go figure????
[quote/]
those arty farty types have the same money as us(its all good.....lol):P

vwombat ·

Your work's are truly work's of art. I'll be interested to see what you and the Mooseman can put together in terms of mutated manx's. That'd be one for the national gallery huh?

ducky ·

yeah I know money is money but asked really dumb questions, anyway I survived the grilling felt like the car was at a job interview.

vwombat ·

BTW - can you believe that this thread has caught up with tomorrow? At this rate, here and now will be ahead of tomorrow, tomorrow. Spooky!

Wont that discrepancy in the space time continuum cause problems in terms of immediate universal distruction? I guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow?

ducky ·

:alien what are these tomorrow people like anyway I'd rather be a here and now kinda girl😀

Desert Moose ·

hey ducky,
I rang the guy with the bodies it's $2200 with all the glass(dash, hood etc) NO window or metal dash frame.

they look real good better them the real thing because of the guards and he will bring one (running) over on the weekend for pic's:thumb

vwombat ·

I've never even read the thread... They're probably all trekkies! Nah, that's too mainstream Sci Fi. Maybe they're Whoies?

I wonder what they all talk about? Do you think that they're a secret Al Quaida Cell? Can we crack their code for Paranoid King Johnny?

Speaking of which, is anybody else pissed off that Australia is now an even bigger target in a holy war because of the stupidity of the Liberal Party? I forget momentarily, and then it comes back to me, and geez I could punch that idiot Howard. Don't get me wrong - they've done wonders with the economy (tho' at what cost?).

Oh what have I started now? I'm off to bed. Night Moose boy! Night Ducky Sue!

Desert Moose ·

vwombat wrote:BTW - can you believe that this thread has caught up with tomorrow? At this rate, here and now will be ahead of tomorrow, tomorrow. Spooky!

Wont that discrepancy in the space time continuum cause problems in terms of immediate universal distruction? I guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow?

yeh but see, its tomorrow for you already but still today for me......umm now 'em I here or there..... I'm lost.......lol

vwombat ·

I guess that means - we die earlier Ducks! Grab Trace and give her a hug. It's all over. I'm off to my Babe too! See you later greasers! (meant with love and respect)

CoopGirl ·

Well let me reserect this post from the bottom of the pile.

Good Morning Everyone of the Here and Now. May your day be productive in a VW way!! :bounce

[Edited on 18-8-2004 by CoopGirl]

ducky ·

Good Morning Coop Girl

CoopGirl ·

What are your plans for the day ducky??

ducky ·

sposed to be going to work but finding hard to get there, have a sinus infection yuk

CoopGirl ·

Ewwwwwwww.

I've got a bit of a cold and Jack is rather 'snotty'. I'm trying to get him to have a sleep before his big day out at soft play, however I have put him down twice and he still won't go to sleep (little bugger).
I need him to sleep so I can finish my cuppa tea, get dressed and blow dry my hair!!! How inconsiderate of him! LOL

ducky ·

very incodsiderate, try overdosing baby panadol hee hee

CoopGirl ·

Nah.... I gave him a bottle instead. He still doesn't want to sleep but at least he isn't cry ( as loud).
I hate that he can't understand that he should have a sleep so he can have a better time playing at soft play. I wish babies where born with the ability to understand what we say. Maybe in the future.... :alien LOL

Boozer ·

what are his view about Pirates Vs Ninjas? I'm a Pirate guy myself. or the one and only Ninja Pirate!

aggri1 ·

Oh good morning all. I too am stoked that we'll soon be ahead of the tomorrowers. Yeehaa!

Seems no-one took you up on "is anybody else pissed off that Australia is now an even bigger target in a holy war " wombat... Either we all agree, or are refraining to avoid becoming involved in our own internal civil war... Or perhaps - look around carefully - we refrain because we don't want to draw attention to ourselves (you know, that internet communication filtering terrorist watch machine the yanks have). Which raises the question, why were you trying to bait us into revealing ourselves as the social malcontents that we are? Who you work for dammit? I SAID, ARE YOU A SNITCH? YOU WORK FOR BIG BROTHER BUSH DO YOU? I'm watching you wombat!

🙂 Regards, Aurel

aggri1 ·

Oh hey there... for anyone who hasn't seen this thread, a few people posted funny pictures. Not of whatever it was that was rescued from the bush after standing for however many years, but still...

Oasis: "Are they Porsche telephone dials on the baglady's ride?" Good old baglady, that was a good shot there $2.

Like I said, there are some funny people here.

barls ·

im sorry ducky i knew but it didnt click last night i wasnt with it.

aggri1 ·

Wow it's quiet today. I guess everyone is working. I know I'm not, at the moment.🙂

barls ·

im here as well so hows uni going

aggri1 ·

Oh well, there's a fair bit of stuff to do at the moment. But we got heaps of pressure gauge calibration done early this week, thankfully. We're going to measure some tide levels in the Snowy River estuary. That will be fun. Only downside is that two minibusses (ie - generic hire things, not kool volksy busses) have been organised, and the lecturer is not keen for us to take our own cars: going for a run in my bus back out that way would have been great fun.

I've been reading some threads about big tyres.
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=20595#pid205445

EDIT: I found this on the trading post web site.
Volkswagen Kombi 1969 $1,000 VIC
Volkswagen Kombi 1964 $4,500 VIC
Volkswagen Kombi 1958 $5,500 QLD
Volkswagen Kombi 1967 $11,000 QLD
Volkswagen Kombi 1967 $11,000 QLD
Volkswagen Kombi 1962 $12,000 QLD
Volkswagen Kombi 1967 $20,000 QLD
So what's the deal with queensland? They hoarde the splitties up there do they? That '64 in Vic was owned by someone that sold a '61 too. It's been for sale for a while now I think.

Hey - someone I know reckons queensland cars are often real rusty, anyone know why this might be the case. Humidity? Is he full of crap?

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

theres nothing happening here that hasnt been mentioned already

aggri1 ·

barls wrote:theres nothing happening here that hasnt been mentioned already
Heh? Whaddyamean? I guess this topic has done a fair bit of beating around the bush, but still.😀 If we don't talk (write) crap, what else are we gonna do?

CoopGirl ·

Well I'm back!!! Jack had a great time at soft play and is pumping out Z's as we speak. Ahhhh..... peace and quiet.

I've got a guy coming to look at the car this arvo at 3pm but he has been harrasing me on the phone to make it earlier. A bit scary. Think I might enlist the services of my big, hairy, scary neighbour just incase this guy turns out to be a weirdo.

aggri1 ·

Hi there!

Good luck with the car sale coop.

I'd better go now, I do have some work to do after all, at 2pm. Speaking of work... My housemate got sacked yesterday. Too bad hey?

Cheers all,
have a nice arvo. Aurel

barls ·

good luck on selling the car. is there something about buying a car at this time cause after months of tire kickers on the blue 1500 i get 2 enquiries in like 3 hours and they are both serious. ive also almost sold the sbug im driving and a kombi at the old mans

CoopGirl ·

Why did your housemate get sacked??? That totally sucks... unless they did something wrong or deserved it.

aggri1 ·

oops - still here...

Um he was working at a council here in Melbourne. Didn't like it too much. At least he doesn't need to get up at 5am anymore, is what 'the good news' was. He said that.

Tschuess, I'm really off now...

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

:duh yup i would get the neighbour over coop, you never know.. if ur intuition is making funny noises,,, better to be safe than sorry.. even if it ends up being nothing,, you won't b nervous when doing the big "my car rocks" sales speil.. good luck!

Desert Moose ·

love the new avatar $2.63.......lol:P lov it:thumb

CoopGirl ·

Thanks $2..... this guy has been really pushy and rude so I think the neighbours help will be needed.

I too love the new avatar pic but I did like the angel better.

barls ·

just notice the new avatar cool is that a self portrait?

CoopGirl ·

OMG!!!!!!! Barls that's rude!! :blush

barls ·

its all right she knows im kidding. so what else is happening? (sorry heather i couldnt resist)

CoopGirl ·

Barls, get out of the navy and get into used car sales!!

Just spoke to the neighbour and he said he'll straighten the guy out.... his wife said to tell the guy that's comming over that the neighbour is my husband! LOL They are tops people. Oh, and I have someone else comming to look at it at 6pm tonight. I hope someone buys it soon.

barls ·

im seriously thinking about it but i still have 18 months and a few days left on my contract so ive got to just think about it for the moment cause im getting about $80grand a year once everythings factored in(medical, dental and rent assistance)

CoopGirl ·

Lucky bastard. Am I safe in assuming that you have finished work for the day?? Cause I just can't see you typing away and trying to sort out your little nuts (and bolts) at the same time. 🙂

barls ·

yeah that would be a safe assumption and they wont give me net access at work ether.

ducky ·

barls wrote:im sorry ducky i knew but it didnt click last night i wasnt with it.
It happens all the time

barls ·

ok i wasnt really with it last night i think working is knocking my mind around hows the weather up there sunshine

ducky ·

I am going through a career situation, heres the thing, Am currently managing a camping store 21c but do all the work of the manager 1st in charge but dont get the pay. The job is under challenging me at the moment. I am a teacher by education but havent taught since 99, took long service never went back ( Taht job literally made me ill, had Chronic Fatique) Now I'm just doing and am bored with it somewhat, I dont get up excited to go to work but does anyone?????

barls ·

not me mate, well sometimes but thats usually in another port or country

CoopGirl ·

Hmmm.... gone quiet again :duh

barls ·

but im still here. but it is quiet in here

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by barls]

barls ·

how about this one coop girl
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=27577

pyr0 ·

hey you mind if i jump in here guys its kinda quiet out ther 🙂

pyr0 ·

hey you mind if i jump in here guys its kinda quiet out ther 🙂

CoopGirl ·

Barls... I'm all for people doing that.

But let me clarify something.... direct mail or direct marketing is when you are asked for by name ie: Mr Joe Bloggs. All the other stuff is just marketing / advertising.

If you want to stop MOST of the direct marketing you get be it by phone, mail, email or SMS all you have to do is write all your details down

Name
Address
Phone
Email
Mobile

and add, I wish to opt out of the call, mail, email and sms services.
Send this to:

Reply Paid 464
Kings Cross
NSW 1340
(You don't need a stamp)

and within 6 weeks your name will be added to a Do Not Contact register which can stop a large percentage of direct marketing.

barls ·

yeah i dont have a problem with it its just when it the one that are scams that piss me off. you can not stop them cause its like spam emails they just start again from some where else.

barls ·

hey pyro whats happening

CoopGirl ·

Barls, you can stop them. By legislation, if you request that they take you off their mailing list / phone list they have to oblige. Otherwise, if they continue to harass then you can make a formal complaint to the Australian Direct Marketing Association.
Or, (I wish some people would take this advice) just throw it in the bin or hang up on them!!! Some people make such a big deal about getting direct mail sent to them. It's easy.... throw it in the bin. I can understand telemarketing P'ing people off... especially when they ring at diner time or late at night or don't take NO for an answer.

Stanley ·

you want quiet try the samba it takes days for the posts to roll

barls ·

yeah but thats my gripe for the day just sitting here eating gummy bears and by hell they are addictive ive almost gone through the whole packet

CoopGirl ·

Go for it pyr0!!

aggri1 ·

With regard to being sent rubbish (adds), I call them up and tell them I don't want it. They usually have such a number. And I mention that we have a "No Junk Mail" sticker, and if I get another thing from them I'M GOING TO COME DOWN THERE MYSELF AND .... oh, um never mind that.

Hehehe, we're struggling with FLuid Mechanics.

Edit: Ah, welcome pyro.

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

i might be able to help you with that one as a hydralics and pneumatic maintainer aggrl. yeah they dont like the "if i have to come down there" one do they

CoopGirl ·

The "No Junk Mail" sticker only applies to pamphlets and such... If the letter is actually addressed to YOU then it's called direct mail and the mail man isnt' going to know that its crap.

As I said.. the best thing to do is send your details to the reply paid address. If you ask them to remove you they have to.

CoopGirl ·

Gummie Bears ?!?!?! Why aren't you sharing?!?!?!

pyr0 ·

damn i turn around for 2 seconds and its buisy again :P

aggri1 ·

Hey woohoo! We're ahead of tomorrow again!

Nah, I was kidding about the add thing. I'm not an aggressive type. I politely explain myself - after all, the person at the other end is just doing their job.

We're supposedly learning how to use a program called Fluent. It sucks.

CoopGirl ·

aggri1 wrote:I politely explain myself - after all, the person at the other end is just doing their job.
Well that would make a welcome change!! Most people ring while they are massively agro and I cop an ear full!

barls ·

havent done it sorry.
well about the gummy bears they are actually unbearables which are the sour bears man they are good, do you want some coopgirl cause if you do you need to come and get them

CoopGirl ·

I'll pass... thanks anyway Barls. It's Matt that likes the sour lollies. Are they your dinner or desert (or entre??)?

My dinner is a Potato 'n'gravy Mash Snack Stop and Apple Cranberry Juice. Not alot of thought went into this evenings meal.

aggri1 ·

Mmmm, I am getting hungry. Maybe because I've only eaten an apple since breakfast. I've got another apple here actually. Sounds like nice gummi bears. Mmm, gummi!

Edit: I've got a nice chilli con carne to eat at home...

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

CoopGirl ·

aggri..... Eat something you fool!!!! :bounce


Why don't people use the chat room??

barls ·

entree. dont know whats for dinner.

barls ·

my mac doesnt like the chat room for some strange reason

CoopGirl ·

If I Matt was home I would have had something a little better but cause he isn't here it's what ever was the easiest.

aggri1 ·

Chat room doesn't work from Uni computers.:cry

CoopGirl ·

What are you still doing at Uni aggri?!?! Don't you have a home to go to?!?! lol

barls ·

CoopGirl wrote:If I Matt was home I would have had something a little better but cause he isn't here it's what ever was the easiest.
yeah its the same here if its just me its what ever is easiest but im one of the few guys my age that can actually cook well and enjoy doing it, thanks to my mother.

CoopGirl ·

Matt can cook. My dad can cook too ( baked beans on toast!). But thursday nights Matt does his own thing and I can't be bothered cooking for myself.

barls ·

fair enough. i might check up tomorrow when my body is turning up so i can take some time off and work on it

aggri1 ·

CoopGirl wrote:What are you still doing at Uni aggri?!?! Don't you have a home to go to?!?! lol
Yeah I do, but we only just now finished working on a tute problem. And that was only because the comp' lab we were working in shut down (I have moved next door). I'll go home and eat something soon.

Look what I just saw: it's a close one.

THE TOMORROW PEOPLE (Pages: 1 2 3 .. 12 ) Robo 1129 5175 19-8-2004 at 06:51 PM
by Robo
the people of the here and now (Pages: 1 2 3 .. 12 ) ducky 1129 5005 19-8-2004 at 06:51 PM
by barls

edit: Of course, it's different now...

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

yes its good isnt it but i think we are just ahead now

CoopGirl ·

I noticed it before too! LOL

aggri1 ·

Yeah a little ahead - fewer views though.

I don't mind cooking, but am pretty crap at it. I have a few standard meals that I can make, and expeditions into unknown territory usually end in disaster - especially if I try to improvise!:puke

I make bread too: usually it's edible, and sometimes it's quite nice.

EDIT: oops, I don't mean to imply that I've ever made myself or anyone else sick from food, just that it's usually not tasty except for my three or four standard meals. The puke icon thing just means it tastes bad... 🙂

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

they are catching up again but seriously what does everyone have planned for the weekend

CoopGirl ·

I am cleaning house on Saturday and hopefully selling my car.

Sunday I have an all day Scrapbooking thing to go to. A very 'girly' thing to do. Probably the only 'girly' thing that I do.

aggri1 ·

I'm going out and doing uni work when I wake up. Not that exciting.

Last week was hard rubbish collection - I got a few spare bikes. One was a racer, so I took it's rear wheel and put it on my mountain bike. Yeah the brakes don't fit, and the mudguard had to come off (interference, since racer wheel is larger diameter). But I can go FASTER now. The gear ratios were too slow before. Yeehaa! Hoon time. I think I might go for a ride if the weather's nice(-ish).

aggri1 ·

"Cleaning house", that's an interesting idea. I wonder what's all involved. I mopped the floor once!😀

Edit: Actually I mop the floor more often since our rodent house-mates moved in!

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

well im going to padington markets on sat morning then out to cherrybrook to pick up some parts and a quiet night with my girl. sunday there is something planned but i cant remember what

CoopGirl ·

Currently my house looks like a bomb has hit it and it is starting to P me off but I just haven't had the energy this week to do anything about it. Hopefully the energy will return on saturday.

aggri1 ·

Sounds nice and cruizy barls. Is it still raining up there?

Hey I was doing some recon and found this:

Robo: ... so we can stop this silly race thing, don't know what they are pulling. Our thread is for us to ... bla bla bla!

Hehe, we'll show them!😉

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

CoopGirl ·

It certainly is raining in Sydney. I think that's why the second guy that was comming to look at my car didn't turn up (didn't bother to ring either :cussing).

barls ·

on and off but its not to bad i just got bagged by $2 on the other thread, i guess i had it coming after the comment about her avatar

CoopGirl ·

I told you that comment was nasty! LOL

ducky ·

back again had a sickie today man I'm bad

aggri1 ·

That sucks when people don't show up but don't even call to let you know. We had a new house mate moving in, he kept putting us off. Then I called him, and "oh sorry, I moved in somewhere else"! What a dodgy bast--d.

More recon:
"Thats what I like about us. We have stuck together for quite some time. I would hate our thread to get canned!
Rob..."

CoopGirl ·

Welcome back Ducky!! Are you feeling any better?

barls ·

just a thought if this thread gets canned id loose most of my posts. it not good you sick ducky hope you feel better soon

CoopGirl ·

I'm outta here.... need to wash bottles and pack Jacks bag for tomorrow.

Night all... talk tomorrow!

aggri1 ·

barls wrote:just a thought if this thread gets canned id loose most of my posts....
yeah, that sounds about right.

Hey 'pulled a sickie' combined with 'man i'm bad' sounds like someone was perhaps not quite entirely unwell. Hope you're better if you were sick though, disease sucks so bad!

Edit: ah cheers coop, cya later.

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

aggri1 ·

Hey homebrand (can I call you homebrand?), where'd ya get the grouss photo?

EDIT: it's not the same baglady as here is it?

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

so im forgiven $2.
yeah it helps when there are 4 or 5 of us and ive used the last 5 months to learn how to type properly so now all i have to learn is how to spell and ill be right. hows festy anyway

ducky ·

Who said it was ever a competition between us and those tomorrow folk. The essence of the thread was to be treated as equals, remember the original post was wiped out and I fought for acceptance on the same terms as the tomorrow people now we have acceoptance don't blow it by encouraging elitism:blah:blah:blah:jesus

barls ·

fast orange should take care of the hands the rest is in the hands of alchol

aggri1 ·

ducky wrote:Who said it was ever a competition between us and those tomorrow folk. The essence of the thread was to be treated as equals, remember the original post was wiped out and I fought for acceptance on the same terms as the tomorrow people now we have acceoptance don't blow it by encouraging elitism:blah:blah:blah:jesus
Oh OK, sorry, I have to admit I was involved. (But we're still ahead you know. Not meaning anything, that's just how it is....😉) I must have missed the early years of this topic. Anyone care to do a 'synopsis' (yeah the last such proposal resulted in 'go read it all', but hey, it's worth a shot!)😀

Live well laugh often love much - that's a handmade sign on our wall! My housemate's a hippy, and he's cool.

barls ·

yeah ill put my hand up as a guilty one as well. but it was also happening in theirs as well.

$2.63 homebrand baja ·

ducky wrote:Who said it was ever a competition between us and those tomorrow folk. The essence of the thread was to be treated as equals, remember the original post was wiped out and I fought for acceptance on the same terms as the tomorrow people now we have acceoptance don't blow it by encouraging elitism:blah:blah:blah:jesus
mine was all tounge in cheek and I do hope the tomorrow peeps understand that.. I also think the post in question was in turn yanking the forum chain a little.

barls ·

but i could do with another hobby knitting you say ill look in to it *walks off to find some wool*

aggri1 ·

Ok, we're all clear then. (?)

Hey, I read some of page 1, and I realised that I don't actually know what makes a buggy a buggy. No, more: what's a buggy. Like is it a beetle pan/mechanics, with some plastic on it?

Sorry I know I'm clueless, but at least we can get kinda back to the post's origins. (I feel bad that I might have upset someone, I don't like doing that).

aggri1 ·

barls wrote:but i could do with another hobby knitting you say ill look in to it *walks off to find some wool*
Oh hey have you tried sewing? Recently I've been sewing up all sorts of stuff. Fixing my sheep (they cover my kombi seats), shorts (can be worn in public again!), sleeping-bag-with-rip. Only thing is that I don't have a sewing machine, so I do have sore fingers and can only go slowly. I love fixing stuff.

barls ·

its a brand of hand cleaner one of the best on the market

aggri1 ·

Oh googling hey $2? Hmmm... Sounds like boredom to me!

Look what I found in another thread (the PNG one by airfooled):
Bone Collector wrote:I lived in PNG (Boganville) for ...
Heh, and I thought that Boganville was another name for Frankston! Bouganville. Franga is a kinda outer suburb of melbourne, it's dodgy. They play classical music in some public areas to discourage the druggos and kids and stuff. There's a nightclub with a revolving dancefloor.

I usually find that clothes washing powder gets grease really fast, you can scrub/scour until it all dissolves.

[Edited on 19-8-2004 by aggri1]

barls ·

club 21 i know the place it sucks

barls ·

most auto suppliers have it in stock and it works the best it will get the grease and gunk off

aggri1 ·

'Hey there, anyone know where I can get some orange 'round here?' Yeah good one.

I'm off, going home, making tracks. I think it's about time to eat something. Mmmm, chilli con carne.

Cya folks, have a nice night.

barls ·

not a problem i know this stuff works cause it what my old man uses and ive come out with grease up to my elbows and this has got it off. :blah

ducky ·

aggri1 wrote:
ducky wrote:Who said it was ever a competition between us and those tomorrow folk. The essence of the thread was to be treated as equals, remember the original post was wiped out and I fought for acceptance on the same terms as the tomorrow people now we have acceoptance don't blow it by encouraging elitism:blah:blah:blah:jesus
Oh OK, sorry, I have to admit I was involved. (But we're still ahead you know. Not meaning anything, that's just how it is....😉) I must have missed the early years of this topic. Anyone care to do a 'synopsis' (yeah the last such proposal resulted in 'go read it all', but hey, it's worth a shot!)😀

Live well laugh often love much - that's a handmade sign on our wall! My housemate's a hippy, and he's cool.
The synopsis is that one night tongue firmly planted in cheek I asked the site for assistance in bumping my post count by blah blah blahing bout nothing the post was a huge success in one night we posted 26 pages nevertheless it was wiped by the powers above I and others were accussed of wasting bandwidth and discussing non VW topics. I argued with moderators and had the post eventually reinstated on the grounds that the thread was no different to the Tomorrow People while we waited for the return of the missing post the People of the Here and Now was born. Its about fun for those of us that cant get chat its about chatting with mates. Nevertheless I am Glad we are in Front.

ducky ·

wheres everyone gone

vwombat ·

I SAID, ARE YOU A SNITCH? YOU WORK FOR BIG BROTHER BUSH DO YOU? I'm watching you wombat!
Actually, I'm Georgie's siamese twin. I look even uglier (yes, it's possible), and got about 99.99% of the brain during the separation process. Does that answer some lingering questions you pinko lefty scumbag!!!???

And what's going on with the tomorrow's? Did someone go get silly again?

ducky ·

no silliness here just inquiries re our origin

MickH ·

ducky wrote:no silliness here just inquiries re our origin
An EGG???? Hows it going Ducky??

ducky ·

good mike yourself? long time no see

MickH ·

Yeh...not to bad. Started the buggy rebuild so I will be busy for the next 2 weeks to get it finished. Painting the pan Saturday.....CAN"T WAIT!!!! Severe withdrawal!!

ducky ·

i too am buggy building, currently looking for a manx shell

vwombat ·

Remember your roots Ducky. This thread would be nothing without silliness!

MickH ·

Yeh...I saw some of your posts.....what udder parts do you need??? Have you settled on a motor yet?? Oh do tell!! Show me yours and I'll show you mine!!1 Will be "visiting" at the end of October so will have to catch up...

ducky ·

the more the better, after all your right it is at the root of what is this thread

ducky ·

new avatar

ducky ·

Motor is built its a 1900 ,pan in progress. Pics soon. Yes we will have to catch up. Any manx shells up your way you could bring down with you?????

MickH ·

there are 2 that I know of but they wont sell:cussing

ducky ·

damn!!!!!!:cry

Boozer ·

I don't open my email for half a day and i get home and i've 147 of them because of you freaks! Good work!

vwombat ·

The eyes are a little bit too close set for my liking. You'll never sell the bay with that shifty look!

MickH ·

hiya wombat
:blah

vwombat ·

147 emails - what ARE you selling?

ducky ·

Boozer wrote:I don't open my email for half a day and i get home and i've 147 of them because of you freaks! Good work!

Boozer ·

nothing, i just put the "recieve email on reply" thing on.

vwombat ·

Hey Mick - without the avatar, I'm lost Mate.:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah:blah

ducky ·

okay what other bits mmmmm A h beam with link pin king pin preferably with adjusters
Disc Brake front
Type 3 Rear Brakes
Steering Column Steering Box etc
taillights
front lights
winscreen
dash holder assembly

MickH ·

would have been a LONG bike ride....

vwombat ·

By that I mean - now I have my identities in check!

MickH ·

I've got spare tail light if ya want them..with bases. Would you like me to post them??? Will just need painting. Lenses are VERY good

ducky ·

Goodnight all sorry fallin asleep

MickH ·

nighty night....sweet dreams

MickH ·

Yeh I'm outa here as well. BIG day tomorrow

vwombat ·

C'mon Mick - Electro Shock therapy doesn't make tomorrow a BIG day.

vwombat ·

Hey Duckster - seen this?

http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=27609

Might be some good playthings for you?

CoopGirl ·

vwombat wrote:Might be some good playthings for you?
I thought with that comment it might have been a link to an adult website! LOL

barls ·

after noon coopgirl how are you today

CoopGirl ·

Barls! Home already mate??

I'm Super! Thanks for asking ( said in the tone of Big Gay Al from SouthPark)

How was work?? My last day here stuck on reception!! YEE HAA!!!

barls ·

not too bad did stuff all, so where are you working as of monday ie which department?

CoopGirl ·

Barls, I'm not working as of Monday. Well I still have my Thursday casual job until I pop but this one was just casual for 2 days a week. I used to be employed full time here but got retrenched last year the day after I found out I was pregnant. It's good that they still call me back for casual stuff. I might get a couple more days here and there over the next couple of weeks but the reception job is over with.

barls ·

ok is it that soon that there will be another little dubber floating around. yeah it is good that they still do that and i suppose the couple of days out of the house keeps you sane

buzzbug ·

gee its tough knocking off at 1230 hey mate:P

barls ·

what do you mean i was out the door just after 11 today but half days friday are good. whats happening buzzbug

CoopGirl ·

Less than 6 weeks to go Barls.

I think I have 2 guys fighting it out over buying my car. One is comming on Saturday morning to get in before the other one that comes in the afternoon. Car gets sold to highest bidder ( and preferably the one with CASH!)

barls ·

sound good and hopefully one will buy it then you can get a vw 😀