Over the weekend we transformed our beetle to a BAJA.
Lots of thanks to Tom, Sue and William-- Traumin
Micheal and Moniek-- ibmoknegawsklov and-- Mrs M
for all their help and that fact that we used Tom, Sue and William's shed
Oh I nearly forgot to thank Ted the supervisor
Once again thank you all very much.
So here are the pictures
First the before photos nn[ Edited on 30-8-05 by Midlife crisis ]nn[ Edited on 30-8-05 by Midlife crisis ]
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Before 2
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Parts off
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parts off
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parts off
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parts off
11CAB ·
Good to see those safety boots.... 😂
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parts off
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a cutting we go
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the back is gone
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Someone stole the front of the car
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A new bonnet
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the back is missing
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Now we have a front end
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back guards are on
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Nice front Bar work
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ready for test drive
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on the road for the first time
pod ·
that looks magic, will look better all one colour good job😁
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At home putting the engine lid on as the one we took down to fit on, would not fitnn[ Edited on 30-8-05 by Midlife crisis ]
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Now none of the work could have been done with out
Ted the supervisor
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ROTORBUG ·
Nice one.
Interesting exhaust (over instead of under the head runners)
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Thanks people
the safety boots put the budget over the top
A new paint job by Xmas
Marc & Kath
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Yea the exhaust were once cannons and were changed over to a single exhaust
Marc
kombi_kid ·
looks like some of the cars aboriginals drive around here with every panel different colours!! good to see a bunch of forum mates cutting up another beetle!! good work fellas come up tops!!
cheers
rhys
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It was suggested that we paint the wheels yellow and the roof purple, but thought against a Bennetton paint job. Will be painted around Christmas a blue color, close to Suburu blue
handycam ·
with a paint it will look grate well done
71EJVan ·
Great work. Nice set of bars also. This bring back memories of my 3 Bajas I had in the 80s. Converted one in a weekend.
It's pretty exciting seeing a transformation from a road car to something that you can get a whole lot more excitement out of. For the purists looking at the cutting pictures it was probably like listening to fingernails scratching down a chalkboard🙄
Look forward to the painted pictures.
Brendan
pete wood ·
Love it, love it!!! 😀
Sandy ·
Ah memories...
Seeing this makes me want to build another one.
I love that barwork, especially the front.
Did you have to raise it at all to fit those rear tyres?
bugeyedbabe ·
go the baja....
loe the idea...have a bbq...and off road a vehicle....(just hope ally doesnt see it and get ideas for edith.....)
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Thanks everyone .
The rear tyres are 31x10.5 M/T. They fitted under the guards with out raising the car.
But will be put coilover shocks front and back in the next week or so and lift the back by one notch aswell. Now we can't wait for the end of October as this will Igor's (BAJA) first off road trip at Crystalvale park.
Yes it was a great weekend not only did get to spend a weekend with some good friends, we got to play with a beetle and ended up with a BAJA.
Marc & Kath
seagull ·
WOW looks the part from Perth , looks like a low cost package that will do the job very well .
seagull 👍
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It was most definitely a low cost package deal....................car was found on the side of the road sitting for a loooonnnnngggg time and when a club member approached the owner, was told that if it was taken away we could have it for nothing. Club member knew we wanted a Baja, so passed it on. Blue kit cost $120 and $50 for 4 rims and tyres. Swapped the 14" front rims and tyres for a Baja exhaust, and all the guards and bumpers for the front bumper and cage. Got the 2 front 15" rims for $20 (needed sandblasting and painting) and bought the front tyres for $100. How low cost can you go!
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Well had some more fun with the BAJA today first up I took to the channel that holds the front boot seal with a hammer and chisal and chopped it out . Then I got some pinchwall and seal and pushed that over the lip to seal the boot lid.
Next was hook up the donaldson with a bit of fiddling about it is hook up .
Marc
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Oh and forgot to say that we had to build an engine out of 4 different Type 3 engines to go into the car..............Number 4 conrod was hanging out of the case, in the engine that came with the car.
Marc says it was a special ventilated racing case??????????? 😉
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bloody brilliant! i say leave the paint how it is! love the look hahaha.... ive always loved rough lookin cars though!! congragulations marc and kathy!
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thanks Air Fooled it does make it easy to find in a carpark painted like that hahaha
Marc
Boozer ·
sweet! Looking Good!
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You will have to get to the meeting next Friday to see it in person, Boozer.........Coorparoo Maccas when you have finished work!
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great work guys 👍
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Well I hope you have recovered Mark, it was a big weekend!!!! See you soon Tom and Sue
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Been working on it all week and definitely still paying for it.............but it was worth it wasn't it Tom. Never cut up a car before.............certainly enjoyed that bit
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work is still going ahead rear coil overs on front on next weekend.
Quickshift aswell next
weekend
Marc
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That is one tuff ride, I can just imagine the fun that you have had in it.
Cheers Jon
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Hasn't been off road yet as we are still doing things to it................but it will definitely be having fun at CrystalVale near Murwillumbah, when the club goes camping and off roading. Anyone who wants to come is more than welcome.
Kathy
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Well it's only 5 sleeps until "IGOR" has his first offroad drive will have photo's.
Hopefully lot's of mud!!!
Marc
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Hi Peoples
It's been a while since I up dated this thread so hear goes.
Over the past week I put another front beam in as the old one was a ball joint drum brkaes and had sagged on the right side after a few trips off road.
I also put new bearings in and a new steering box I had laying around as the one I Took out of IGOR felt very tight in places.
and pumped out all the old grease in the beam boy was it s*$t house looking grease, all nice and clean now.
Below are the pictures.
Marc
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Sandy ·
Bricks on grass hey? She'll be right! 😉
Nah seriously, enjoy the discs. Has the new front end got adjusters
or anything? Looks like you've got new guards since I last saw it, you'll have to post a picture of the complete car.
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Yah got a new set of front and rears (New to Me) rears are wides.
When we paint it I have a set of wide fronts to go on.
The drum brakes were good never had any trouble with them I am just getting lazy and don't wont to adjust them all the time 😁.
Sadly no adjusters, when we put the kombi geabox in I will have adjusters done then.
and hopefully this one won't sag on the drivers side.
Bricks are good LOL I always get the jack set up under it aswell.