Well here she is.
She's just had her engine rebuilt - nothing fancy yet, all stock.
Body-wise she's ok. Stupid council in Geelong dropped a cherry picker on the roof a while ago (we think) and there are still a few dimples - don't know if they'll show up or not. Some rust in the usual places (bottom of doors etc) but won't really know till we get her stripped. She'd had a really bad paint job before we bought her a while ago.
Pan's stuffed as you'll see in later pics. The rear window was leaking for a while and stuffed the footwell behind the passenger and the rear parcel shelf.
Immediate plans:
Rebuilt balljoint/IRS pan with front disks (if I can bloody find or build one)
Koni's all round.
914 rims 馃榾
And maybe a Ragtop
Any suggestions?
[ Edited on 23-12-05 by ruckus ]
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Her Butt
[Edited on 21-10-2004 by ruckus]
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engine:
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bad photo of pan damage:
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Interior damage:
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roof damage - hard to see:
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wierd exhaust:
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Phew... and I'm spent! Sorry to anyone with dial-up.
The front bumber is all rusted up so we've gotta get a new one and some new mirrors.
Apart from that we want to fit some guages around the speedo (prob. tacho and 2-3 small ones) and maybe some sportier seats.
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ruckus wrote:Stupid council in Geelong
Got that right!! 馃槈
Love the engine bay pics!
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the exhaust looks like a tuck away quiet pack, but it looks like a nice car mate
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hehe, you know its a real dub when it has a Jabiluka sticker on it馃榾
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Wish my engine bay looked like that ! Probably would if I cleaned it .....
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Hi Rob
Sweet looking ride (dont worry a pan will turn up )
Got to have the anti estabishment sticker on a vw for sure
I am getting a headliner done at Car Trims pty ltd 1205 Toorak Rd Camberwell 98895183
Brent seems a really good dude and has done a shit load of volksy
There was a bay camper in there getting everything done and I was impressed with his work
He has to get back to me with total price of headliner and seats ( possibble leather in front ) but the headliner is $550 which sounds dear at first but not if have a look at the job in total
I reckon thats a days labour and materials ?
Catch ya soon
PS chewy you still got my jack cause you havnt told me what colour coopers mate
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Doc how much is leather going to sting you for the seats?
Now that sounds tempting!
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Anyone know how hard/expensive it would be to fix rust problems behind the back seat down towards the firewall?
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ruckus wrote:Anyone know how hard/expensive it would be to fix rust problems behind the back seat down towards the firewall?
Ye Rob you can buy the whole floor pan for about $ 130 and replace the lot or cut sections out
Or get an irs replacment pan lol:P
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oops $130 is for one side only
Leather seats have not got exact quote but I was talking ball park figure of $1500 - $2000 including head liner
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and coming (drum roll)... ragtop!
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ruckus wrote:Doc how much is leather going to sting you for the seats?
Now that sounds tempting!
well headliner and all leather seats front and rear $2200
could be 250 cheaper for vinyl in rear but have not decided yet but I am boots man and all if the funds are there
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Oh ye that roof will look sweet
I was sniffing around the post when you came up
whats happening with your pan?
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go the leather, you won't regreat it. Looks a million bucks and lasts longer.
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Bone Collector wrote:go the leather, you won't regreat it. Looks a million bucks and lasts longer.
Ye thanks boner my daughter thinks the same (it will be her ride )but my money lol
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beerdoc wrote:Oh ye that roof will look sweet
I was sniffing around the post when you came up
whats happening with your pan?
Just waiting for the boys at Volkspower to get back to me. They might have just what I'm after. If not then a date with low55 shall be had and a merry chopping and welding session will go down.
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I had the best day today! DOVW was so awesome and inspiring that I couldn't wait to get all the bargains I bought on. New bumper, mirrors, window winders and last but certainly not least THE 914S ARE ON!
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some other shots. I'm like a giddy bloddy schoolgirl!
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Bought a disk assembly for the front too so she's going to get the conversion and her dropped spindles done ASAP.
Many thanks to MR930 and Sax for the wheel related stuff this weekend.
Can't believe the only thing that went wrong was a big gash to my hand while changing the wheels!馃槧
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sweeeeeeeeeet
Does that mean I am of the hook to get your wheels down
cause it was going to be to much hassle anyway.
Ride is looking good mate
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Yeah thanks for the offer though Doc.
She's booked in to get the spindles and disk front and subsequent lower on friday. Cause the tyres are pretty big I think she'll sit pretty well with the drop the spindles'll give. Here's hoping 馃榾
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Be thankful Marty locked the Combo and hid the keys otherwise my 70 beetle would be wearing the wheels........lol
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hehehe. he mentioned you'd been staring at them mumbling: "...must have the precious..."
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New carbies on: 36 Dells.
Big thanks to Ali (primate).
[Edited on 13-1-2005 by ruckus]
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Seems the more money I spend the rattier it gets. Had to pull the left front quarter forward alost two inches which revealed a heavily crumpled and bogged-up fender. Replacement was quickly found, but it's getting rattier by the day :thumb
[Edited on 18-1-2005 by ruckus]
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Here's the revised ride height with dropped spindles and 175/65s front and 195/65s rear:
Could do with a bit more though, what do you reckon? :thumb
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A little extra bling doesn't go astray either.
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Looking good Rob, having seen that particular bling before.
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Lookin good.
It's got a nice bit of attitude.............
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Thanks mate. You should hear the growl when the dells get active now. That's attitude! :thumb
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Elmo the rat
Happy new year rob
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is there a program that allows you to draw up Beetles and the such (referencing your previous post of the ragtop). How much did the brakes + droping cost?
E:
Dropped spindles cost about $570
Disk kit was $150 or so at DOVW.
Plus fitting and your right arse cheek starts to feel quite warm.
I've got some spare rotors if you want them. Then you'd need spindles and calipers and you'd be set!
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oh and ruckus has photo shopped in the rag top from the kombi 1. u cant get a ragtop in the bugselecta
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Popouts are in. One side took 1/2 an hour and I thought: "Oh, that's ok. The other side will be quicker. Bent hinge, an hour and a half, and one gagging fit later (torch in mouth and two screw-drivers) the other one was in. Serves me right for getting cocky!
[Edited on 2-3-2005 by ruckus]
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Oh and there's a new addition to the family too.
And no-it's not a super, but it is a 74 according to the compliance plate but flat windscreen and bj-disk front end. I'm only in it for the pan really and I assume it's gonna be ok?
[Edited on 2-3-2005 by ruckus]
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Got some racks today. Will post pics tomorrow but kindo look like this:
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Thats awesome my I can buy bigger items now lol
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yeah and they'll travel in style too
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Mate keep your eye out for another set of 914s I am liking them more an more
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Ok pics of racks and some other random bling 馃槈
And finally got the clear indicators sorted:
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Still needs to be dropped a bit more and hopefully should have a semi-auto pan for her soon.
Pity about the rag but that might turn out ok too...
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lookin good rob馃槈
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Looking very nice, Rob.
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PS You should get some rear spats lined up! They looked really cool on Sprintstars hooptie....
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I dunno if they'd look tough though on a late bug?
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lookin good mate, those clear indicators on the rear are something i havent seen before!
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Drop it more!
Very Nice ! 馃槈
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Working on it Don. Hopefully at the end of the year it will be getting:
Semi-auto pan
Steel sliding sunroof
narrowed adjustable beam
Paint work.
Just got to justify/find the cash.
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christ rob.. same bling as me lol.. but u beat me to the decklid rack!!.. i got a fairly cheap set of 914's i can get later this year aswell:P
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Originals or repros Damo?
Geez our cars'll look like twins!
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they do hey! we'll hafta get them together for a cruise around 'bok hill' 馃檪
original 914's... from a 4 cyl running a 6 cyl馃檪 bloke at work is restoring his.. he's gonna convert it to the porsche 5, fuches.. cos the original 6 cyl 914's had the 5 spokers, not the beetle 4 馃檪
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He doesn't have an extra one of the 6cyl engines just lying around too does he?
hehehe
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Starting to have some interesting theories on paintjob...
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Have alot of homework ahead of me too. I have lying around:
Adjustable Beam
Full audio setup
Full set of seats from a 205 Gti
Semi-auto pan coming from SA (hopefully)
Steel sliding sunroof clip (hopefully)
Going to be a busy summer. Lucky teachers get so many holidays eh?!
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Ya killin me he Rob I hate the wait U got u2u about pmgbus:kiss
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Gday ruckus good to see you still have the passion to do your little beast up mate, I have had no luck trying to get the silver trim that goes near the gas cap but I have installed rear pop out windows, new gearbox and some other extras here and thier good luck mate Ben Dickens, once you get that beam in let us know how you go at times I wish I still had it, it makes you car ssooooo low it looks really good mate.:馃槀馃榾馃檪
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Thanks Ben
Doc: still waiting for the reply from ragged. I've let him know about the transport, he's juct trying to see if he can get it done fast enough I think.
Fingers crossed.
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that paint will look awsome rob, the suns starting to come out, so no excuses soon
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Elmo's older sister found her new home with me this weekend. Much more long-term so I wont even bother to go into it yet.
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auto?
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Nah oval
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Lower........
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Yeah-yeah I know. Just waiting on tyres... and narrowed beam... and irs pan... ah sh!t it's never gonna be bloody done! 馃榾
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where are the photos from vw sat knackers ?????
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Doc's busy in Shepparton being a bogan :P
Have to wait 'til he gets back.
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ruckus wrote:Doc's busy in Shepparton being a bogan :P
Have to wait 'til he gets back.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII,m Back
Check your email
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Thanks doc.
The Oval in its new home.
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hey ruckus
both beetles look sweeeeet!
i've got a die tp press the ribs for the battery pan if the irs is gonna need em, bit cheaper than replacing the whole floorpan. got em on my oval , you'l have to have a look sometime
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gee that guy in the monkey shirt is that a self portrait:P:P:P:P
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wheres the photos of the van doc and no photos of you ya big stud of a man
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Hey Marz thanks mate. Judging by the info you gave the other day I think we might be spending a bit more time together eh? 馃
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Can someone tell the man with the Monkey t-shirt to pull up his duds, I don't wanna see his reg grundies! 馃ゲ
BTW, love the oval, dare you to leave the paint as is and put everything on. Mmmm, ratty...馃憤
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Consider that dare taken. Was part of the condition of sale from the monkey man in question.
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yeah sweet i'l have to come round sometime and check out elmo, n' show u my ratus ovalus
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Cought elmo in the flesh and its one nice ride ruckus
Looks a lot tougher than pics
I hope Hank didnt charge for 2 blokes working on him the other day:P
:beer
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Doc shouldn't you be out losing braincells at that time?!
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man those wheels look great on elmo you back at work yet
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Nah not technically, although Elmo and I are back up in Melb as I've got heaps of work to do before school goes back. Teachers get too many holidays - yeah right!
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Elmos new pan proir to works
Your good teacher ruckus
Did ya like that?
[ Edited on 3-10-2005 by beerdoc ]
[ Edited on 3-10-2005 by beerdoc ]
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Hey nice work Doc. You must be a good student mate 'cause all my students just say I crap on too much 馃お
Being a geek does pay off every now and then.
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time to slam it
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Yeah that's coming. The narrowed beam you see here is going to be stored for the oval (down the track). The adjustable beam I bought from Ben the fireman (harryman) will go on this and once I've got the tyres sorted I'll have to think very carefully about what carpark to use at work because of entry/exit angles 馃槈
Can't wait. This will be done in two weeks!
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Its a
bit lighter in the front now
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somebody had a heavy brake foot
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THE oval
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Ruckus I cant stooooooooooop with this photobucket
shit You have created a monster
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Not with the photobucket, but by leaving that pan there!
Look at you go you madman!
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Hey Doc here's the go-pedal I was talking about. Might be a bit tricky as it wouldn't be as easy as just knocking the pin out of the hinge, but we'll sort it out eh?
It's 244mm long, 46mm wide; so a bit different to the standard one. I was thinking we could even graft the back of the standard one onto the back of this one?
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Great stuff - can't wait to see it progress over time!
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i hope you are practicing your spanner skills knackers dont worry about paying me back for lugging the pan home it didnt damage the gates on the single cab ! the doc said he wouldn't mind fixing me up with that payment he was a little frisky when we were fitting the extractors on the single cab today over and out putty lips:P:P:P
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So what are u saying Pusher I get 2 HJs
On a seroius note score Elmo some newly powder coated arms
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Holy hell! Where did they come from?
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sorry man hospitality humor then again i could always start making seedy jokes about you being a teacher and shit essae:thumb
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where did they come from and some bastard bet us to those splitty doors doc
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On another note. Look what someone found!
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good work white boy you gonna get it?
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Dunno yet. I've got to find somewhere for the other oval yet! :cussing
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a mate has found a shed here in gtown and is looking for a few guys to share the rent i will keep you posted
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Cool sounds like a good option.
Lots of work done this weekend. I don't have any pics, but many lessons were learnt. Turns out both pan halves need to be replaced, one of the trailing arms had to be cut (in various ways) to get the sucker out and there is pretty established rust right down the tunnel.
I'm just glad I've got good mates to help me out. Many thanks to Beerdoc and CAFFINEPUSHERMAN for all the help yesterday.
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here is some pics of our adventures and finally captured on film the yeti like beerdoc .see gas axe always best way to get it off heheheheh:sandrine i like a man with a slow hand
the doc "i think i stood in it ruckus"
ruckus "now where does this bit go?"
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Look whos doing all the work
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#$%@ arm
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Man did this arm take some getting off
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Pan has been idle for some time and both floors will be replaced but after a shocker start we ended up with rear end tiedied up (your not touching my rear end Ruckus) and master cylinder mount repaired
there you go doc come on baby light my fire what happened to you last night no visit?
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Shit my garage looks messy
Good photos off the phone
Last night was a disaster.Could not get away from party early absoluoty shaged and being on call could not drink myself out of being tierd :beer
[ Edited on 9-10-2005 by beerdoc ]
[ Edited on 9-10-2005 by beerdoc ]
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why the hell are ya cuttin the arms off ? is this the quick way to get em off or something
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Marz wrote:why the hell are ya cuttin the arms off ? is this the quick way to get em off or something
Got the other side off with out any drama but the bush in the arm was solid on the bolt
I assure you this was the last option but Pusherman would have gone the hot spanner a lot earlier馃檯
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Yeah Marz we do things real easy in G-town :p
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the gas axe makes me hard馃槀
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Ruckus has taken the fuel price head on with his version of Fred Flinstone Bug. Pan rust converterted and awating new pans
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Converterted
Yeh ok we did it twice:beer
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At least we are now left with the good bits. Just got the box out of the car after a lengthy battle with the biggest bloody Redback I've ever seen! Gave me the shivers after remembering having that side of the box against me when taking it to the car.
Ah well... off to Bunnings 馃檪
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Doc: just to let you know I haven't been slacking off.
Still the fine bits to do so I'll have to get a brush for the drill i think.
Oh and the case prefix is 'AH' which I think means that it is an early super
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Great work:thumb
Just because it doesnt get seen doesnt mean it cant be clean
If yoiu bring an apple on Sat you will go to the top of the class
Courtney said "cool"
[ Edited on 16-10-2005 by beerdoc ]
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nice work boys i will come play again soon need vw time the angry dwarf got very upset as we spent sunday driving over melbourne buying kg parts :o so i have to make it up to her and its her birthday this weekend i havent had the heart to tell her the car is at the panel beaters she is so gonna kick me in the nuts
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:duh ouch!
:kiss
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New pans
And a bit of mucking round with some bling bling
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Yeah Doc that'll keep 'em guessing. Thanks again for all your work Yesterday. When I was asked what I got done later on I had to say:
"Well Doc did this and this and this..."
(Em) "And what did you do?"
"I can't remember doing anything other than pushing down on a hammer"
馃
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You cheeky bastard! I didn't realise the extent of the bling! :P
BLARP!
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Ye sorry to give you the bums rush but hopfully nothings on next week and we can :beer
I made them an offer they could not refuse
Unless u mean the gearbox
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gee doc those wheels would look nice on my karmann
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Hey I'm in the process of talking him into letting me have them for the Oval...
Get in line bitch 馃榾
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well i eat meat you da bitch ,bitch:P
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Ah, wouldn't that make YOU the bitch?
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i did what i did inside to get by its hard for an immigrant in your oppressive white bread system
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Finished
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lookin good rob!
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Damn it felt good to see that sucker done!
Thanks again for all your help Doc.
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the evolution of Elmo...
[ Edited on 27-11-05 by ruckus ]
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Hey Ruckus,
finally you've got the right idea....................
and now its looking great
And love the esky's;;;;;; 馃槀
rossko
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This is just the beginning!
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Damn straight! This wasn't even the REAL surprise we had planned!
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well you'll be keeping that surprise to yourself then??????
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All in good time my friend, all in good time.
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most likely after those reports are done,,,,,,,,,,,
and you've finished them? right?
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Your car is sweet as, Ruckus!! Was great to see Elmo in the flesh! :thumb
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ruckus wrote:All in good time my friend, all in good time.
Getting a bit cagy mate like us bus boys:beer
I LOVE ELMO
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Thanks PBB, and congrats on the award.
Paint looks too damn clean in those pics. Think there's still plenty of work to do.
And yes Rossko the bastards are done... smartarse
hehehe
Oh and before Empi gets on here again:
Thanks for the extra bling, and I know it will be going lower now the tyres give me a lot more to play with. 馃榾
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Elmo is very cool! wasn't he the one behind the TinkerBeetle on the cruise?
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Yup that's the one 馃榿
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she is definatelty looking good
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Because I didn't have another grown up in the car, and the kids were in the back playing on their gameboys, the pic isn't the best....and I should have had my eyes on the road LOL
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Cool, action shot. hmm can see too much under the car though... hehehe
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Good too see Elmo making an appearance in Issue #9 of the VWMA
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What the?!
I'd better go get it!
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Hank has made a start on the pan
Lowered and doing drive shafts one of yours is nackered
c u saturday
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Awesome! I'll have to give him a ring to see if he needs any of the stuff off the wreck in my yard.