I am finally a dubber.(pics of resto r posting here) :D

it came in today, on a truck. Delivery guys were great, they did a good $ deal, and so did Karmen (from here on avd).

I gots myself a noice blue 1967 baja. With some great spares, and already a few offroad mods. (gear box strap, kit, centrifugal air filter, barwork, phat tyres, spotties, blah blaH).

ANd very proud of it for the price i paid. The floor pan is next to awesome, the body is dam decent for the price. She needs a lil' work, has a little bit of rust in the a pillars on both sides, anyone know if you can get a piller panels?

But anyways, shes gonna go for a bull body resto, and i'm gonna clean up the pan and put a coat of that new rust bullet stuff on it (when i can get some and hav some spare $$ after uni).

Finally, i have the opportunity to walk, no just talk. Talk the talk, walk the walk, u get it.

Will bring pics later. I feel like an "am a be" rathe than a "one a be". Thanx so much for bug eyed babe (Refered me to Karmen), Karmen ( for the sale and great price, patience and putting himself out, ur a champ bernie!), and the delivery guys, Maryborough towing, i think it was, anyways, the drivers name was also chris, and used ot own a 74 bug.

[ Edited on 20/1/2006 by mynameischris88 ]

Good stuff Chris - look forward to seeing some pics.

By the way, i like the roller pedal i got. It hasn't got an 'spring' to go back to its original position when you put it down, i haven't looked yet whether its stuffed, Can see the acc cable movin fine, but if it isn't suppose to have that spring and keep a noice constant pedal pressure, would come in so handy as a cruise control on flat roads, or to keep at a near constant engine speed where you don't have to woryr about the acc pedal and just play with the clutch and brake on rough roads.

Interesting though, this car has more room than what i remember in my mates late super. It was way more easy for me to get in and out. Not sure if its just my imagination, or whether its one of the differences between pre and post 70 models.

Good to hear that the deal went well. Pics. please.

:thumb thats great Chris......will u hait ready for valla ?😁

have it is 2 words:duh

Yeah good on ya Chris, does this mean we are all in for another onslaught of questions now that you have the car in front of you?!?! :P

Bring on the pics.......

i will hav to get pics.

hait? Lol, dunno what u mean there, but be ready? Well, if thats what u mean, I honestly don't know. Its not that far from roadworthy and running, but i thought, while i'm at it, i might as well fix the whole thing up so i am sure that the body and pan are next to new and give me a decade or so before nasties come back again. Will rebuild the engine too. I know a few good books i will have to look out for for that. I htink the engine can wait though, cause its pretty good, just needs a 12 v conversion. Anyone know anyone who sells complete 12v conversion kits with everything?

My main goal, is schoolies 06'. I'm going as a toolie with a girl who took a yr off to give tafe ago, and hence got delayed a yr in her schooling. But mid yr klub fest would be noice. Money is my main limiter at the moment, and i'm not sure how much spare time i will get with uni.

But i can't wait too long, so i'm gonna put every spare second i got into the car. Am yet to give it a name or determine its gender. Lol

Lol, questions. Well, maybe just locations of parts or products. Just contacts. Maybe a few, but really, i'm gonna get some helpful books, do a short course on welding, and probably on fibreglass works, upholstery Lol, list goes on into what education would he helpful. mainly welding is my main concern.

But asking you guys? well, we all saw what happened last time i interogated the hell out of yas, Lol.

oh my god, It was so hilarious. mum saw my book, the jeff hibbards baja bug and buggies and saw the offroad racing cover, and with teh recent hire of herbie movies and herbie racing around, and seeing my car, she was complaining to dad worrying that the thing was a gut full big balls race car, even after dad reassured her. Seeing the kit and all, she was thinking high performance. Shes still worried i'm gonna be street racing and hooning despite being a 1300 rather than her 1800cc ford laser.

hav to say though, hooning in a 1600 is fun (in the backyard of my mates house).

I had the car out in the street for about 2 hrs till dad worked a way to get it up the driveway. The amount of heads turning to look at it was incredible. I had a great time, just watching people driving past, not concentrating on the road and checking out my baja. Already, simply being ur run of the mill baja, heads are turning. I luv it. :thumb

Pics!!

Yeah BAJAs turn a lot of heads when you drive around.


Marc

You little beauty.. Well done!

good stuff, now PICS!

BTW, if you think ya Baja turns heads, wait till you get a buggy. 👍

good score chris. Glad the referrals helped.

And yes...bring on the pics!!

11CAB wrote:Yeah good on ya Chris, does this mean we are all in for another onslaught of questions now that you have the car in front of you?!?! :P

Bring on the pics.......

LOL. Don't mention the war!

Way to go Chris. Glad that you've finally tracked something down.

good on you chris.. look fwd to the pics..:thumb

Pics, yeah pics! VW pics.

My neigbours kid (now three years old) is at a stage now where he asks 100 questions in an hour if you let him. I limit him by saying he is only allowed one question per hour from each one of us.

He asked once. "Is it time to ask my next question?"

I said "Yep, and that is your question gone now for this hour, see you in another hour" 🙂 😂

Don't read me wrong Chris, I am not saying you are like a three y/o.

Not three anyway 🙂

Nah mate, kits ok, i get ya, no offense taken at all. Lol

Speaking of 3 yr olds, my placid lil' bro is now annoyin the heck outta me. Every time i go out side now, he asked if he can go play with 'herbie', and everytime i go to it to ahve a look at the car, he opens the door and sits in it pretending to drive, and don't get me started on his compulsive hugging and talking to the bug that he does, Lol.

I don't mind, but the gunk on the floor makes a mess on his feet.



Anyways, heres what u wanted, PICS!!!
:P:thumb

[ Edited on 19/1/2006 by mynameischris88 ]

Shes in need of work, not too bad at allthough. Little structural rust, heater channels solid enough to support a whole man. (been walking on em to make sure.)

Am gonna do a full resto. The thought of a clean, fresh 1st car sounds great and appealing to me.
It will be the body i will be focusing on more than anything. Not sure if i should do any mods, i want to, but $$$ coming in just suck. Its enough to support me and a resto, seeing i got no kids or family to support, and only have ot pay $40 board a week.

Or maybe just get it basically roadworthy, and save for a buggy. hmm. I wonder. Ideas ideas ideas, so many.

u aint fixed tha door yett
wht r ya doin??
the roller pedal is fine just wait till u got the alt and attach the spring etc over the cable after ya put the tube thru tha fan shroud etc
the pedal will return fine.
some local dubber will have mercy on u.

my dogs loved that car ...no no no not for wees but layin in the shade...... c ya

mynameischris88 wrote:By the way, i like the roller pedal i got. It hasn't got an 'spring' to go back to its original position when you put it down, i haven't looked yet whether its stuffed, Can see the acc cable movin fine, but if it isn't suppose to have that spring and keep a noice constant pedal pressure, would come in so handy as a cruise control on flat roads, or to keep at a near constant engine speed where you don't have to woryr about the acc pedal and just play with the clutch and brake on rough roads.

Interesting though, this car has more room than what i remember in my mates late super. It was way more easy for me to get in and out. Not sure if its just my imagination, or whether its one of the differences between pre and post 70 models.

Chris , the room is due to the unorthodox but good Torana Seats i feel

the room is due to Torana Seats mate

i get ya. 😀

I haven't fixed the door yet, have been wondering whether i was gonna give it a respray or not. and i don't wanna put things together if i'm gonna respray it. But i think i won't, and keep her the least roadworthy and registered as i save to slap a buggy body on it.

Just gotta work out the mounting for the lower door hinge on the driver side. its rusted off and just floats (the lower hinge floats)

i will put the door together tomorrow anyways.

Good luck Chris.. If you could bottle passion and sell it, you would have all the $$ you need.. I am sure there will be a great bug parked in your driveway before too long.. You deserve it.

budget respray i hope, a proper one will cost a packet, i know how it is to support an automotive hobby whilst on shitty student wages.

well i wasnt a student... just supporting myself whilst living out of home with roommates who decided they pay rent whenever they felt like it

thanx all. Hmm, any ideas about the caning of passion? I got alot to share Lol :thumb:P

yeah. i'm trying to budget, doing a DIY acrylic. Can u buy second hand paint? :P

oh what the heck. if i'm gonna fix the rust, and want a baja thats gonna last till i get enough $$$ for a buggy body, i might as well, do a full respray and tidy up. Good practice and experience i say.


[ Edited on 19/1/2006 by mynameischris88 ]

[ Edited on 19/1/2006 by mynameischris88 ]

you can buy new bottom door pillars from mick motors

Chris, if I were you, I'd fix the rust and then just enjoy the car. Go do a motorkhana or two, go offroad with some other guys and get the hang of a Baja. Then build the beastiest buggy the world has ever seen!!!🤘

Congrats on ya first dub.

Thanx guys. Hmm, will have to make a call to mick motors then.

Yeah pete, i finalised my decisions. Gonna strip her all down and fix her up, clean all rust, on body, and pan, on everything, make it like new.

Have started stripping the interior and getting ready to lift off the body off the pan. Inspecting everything, this car i got was a dam bargin, everything is good, the chassis and body is solid, and hardly at all any structural rust. The heater channels are intact all the way through, solid as a rock. Except the outside at the front of the a pillars.

Should i do a diary of my resto on this thread or another?

Oh well, will say what i have done so far. My bros, father and I pushed the car up to the back yard, just before it started raining. been raining all day. (hard for a resto). Cause we aint got no titan shed, i had to improvise. 'Borrowed' my brothers 6 x 3 m good thick tarp, put it over the car, and got tent poles, rope, and pegs, and made a temporary car port. It keeps dry in the rain, got the fence to protect rain that comes in with a breeze. I did put another loose tarp though over the front end for extra protection.

So, got taht done this morning, and have been stripping the interior. Got all seats out, rear seat brace bar thing for the bottom part, took of the steering wheel and other fat solid cylinder things for it, Took out carpet, soundproofing stuff (who eva used it previously used door mats for soundproofing, as well as one for the headlining, quite hilarious, but teared apart easily, making a hell of a mess. Um, took out all seatbelts, rear board and woodern braces for that (some fibre board that was over the storage compartment. Just made it a bare pan from the inside.

Seeing i didn't have a big titan shed or a fully enclosed carport (the tarp), I put it all in the small, tight backyard shed and in a box trailer of ours (both waterproof). Umm, took out fuel tank, disconnected all that wires and piping on it. Disconnected steering wheel shaft, gotta move something thats not budging at the end of it, will put some wd40, then was dinner time.

Getting prepped to lift off body. Got more photos too.

Its interesting, the car is very very simple. (like any classic bug i guess). Things are so easy, and i haven't even got any books to assist except Jeff Hibbards baja bugs and buggies. Commonsense, and observing its all that i find that is needed. Isn't it great how it is that simple? Will need the books though when it comes to rebuilding it all up, i think i would wanna get reference texts to help me, cause i wanna put it back together right.

Am getting no help from any of my family, my parents neva done a resto, they neva had a vee dub either. Am a lone ranger here. Which makes me feel a little proud of myself. its good to get that self esteem and confidence. By the way, you wanna lose weight and get exercise, try a restoration using no electronic or air tools when it comes ot dismantling. 😀

heres my temporary car port: :P

my headlining. U can clean ur feet on it at the same time 😀

Its gone now.

mid day progress

by the way, was having a geez at my motor, been wondering this for a while. there is a piece of pipe, just hanging, not connected to anything on either end.

You guys know what It may be too? I was thinking, maybe it used to have an external oil filter fitted. I put my finger in the tube, no real greasy residue, Maybe long gone. tough piping though.

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anyone know what this mount is suppose to have one it? its got another one on the other side, can see in the previous photo.

Was guessing maybe it was to mount somehow with the stock exhaust and help support it. I dunno, thats just an amature guess of mine.

Any ideas?

the rear all cleared:

the first tube is your crank case oil breather which connects to your oil bath air filter if stock filter is used or u can do what i did and get a little breather filter that hose clamps on next to the oil cap.

the second item is a heat riser tube which keeps your manafold from icing up in colder weather by letting some of the exhaust rub up under the manafold.

Nick

hmm. thanx Nick.

I don't know what is up with that loose tube.(Not connected to anything on either ends)

Maybe something non stock has been used, or just other parts are missing. Will have to have a look. But thanx for solving the mystery for me 😀 :thumb

whats not connected? tthe heat risers or the breather tube?

breather tube should run up from the crank case near the dip stick, thru the filler bit and then the metal tube pops out the top there and the rubber tube connects from here to the air filter. if u arent running a stock air filter or an air filter with an oil breather port then u can get a little breather filter. u ditch the flexible tube and fit the breather to the metal pipe coming out next to the oil cap.

if its the heat risers u are talking about they should connect to the exhaust headers just near the exhaust ports on the rear two cylinders and the pip runs under your intake manafold and is just a connecting tube between. it doesnt go anywhere as such just lets some hot gas pass under the intake manafold to prevent icing up.

some people remove the heat risers and block off the fittings on the headers as in a perfect world colder air fuel mixture means that the particles are closer together and therefore u can fit more in the cylinder. more fuel, more bang, more power.

in theory yes but in pracitce if u arent a peak revvs and everything is perfect u will end up with a poor atomisation in the fuel mix and it will run jerky etc in cold weather.

thanks. ur answer helped with all.

Just looking at a few internet texts right now. Heaps of useful info on dubs over the net.

trust me, it is very irritating. Can't jack up the car at all. (ground to soft, car would probably fall off it)

I took out the engine and the rear barwork without it, a million times harder and really brings the worst outta people 😬

i even had to pull the engine out without a jack, had to stack 2 bricks and a piece of wood, pull hte engine out till it cleared, then slide it down by tilting the wood. So annoying.

[ Edited on 22/1/2006 by mynameischris88 ]

Don"t rush Chris and take plenty of photos ( to help you reasemble later ) none of us became overnight experts/mechanics and at 38 i am still learning things every day ,as an old man once said '' a day you don't learne something is a day wasted "" ,yes i know i need to spell . Westy

yeah, i'm trying not too. Been working on it about 8 hrs each day that i can. been 2 days so far. Trying to do as much as i can before uni starts (then progress is really gonna slack off). And can't spend money one resources till uni $$$ is all saved up. SO that gets in the way of progress and new methods need to be improvised.

Spose with all this use of stuff around me, be good practice for finding useful tools when it comes to field repair on those long offroad trips, Lol. 😁

Congrats! Another blue baja! We can form a gang!🤓

yep, blues good. Luv blue. Dunno what colour i'm gonna respray on. But it will be light colours, be good for those hot days under the sun while bajain' though simpson desert or maybe through a dakar :P Lol (I dream alot)

Ok, Am thinking of customisations, and realising the expected dollars its gonna consume. Will go baja, but am doing a full on restoration and don't wanna waste this opportunity while i have the car apart to do customisations rather than put it off and wait till i get the body off the pan if a few yrs or decade or so. (wateva comes)

am thinkin' of a rear convert idea. Am still deciding. With barwork. The car will overall then weigh more with the barwork and the body lift kit fitted (to strengthen the car back). that extra weight will decrease performance, but just means i will have to upgrade to in the engine. :P hehe.

Was photoshoping, just for looks of the rear convert idea, nothing major. have heaps more decisions to go. Purpose of rear convert is to allow more access, and perhaps the possibility of the rear area being used for a rear seat, or even having a temporary ute tray fitted for extra storage. maybe. Dunno.

heres the photoshop:

So far, the body is off the pan, that was an interesting exercise.

Body is almost stripped, just got a few wires, glove box, and the usual on the dash.

The pan is pretty good. Got a gapin' big hole in the tunnel near the front (near the pedals). Looks roughly done, thats gotta go or get tidied, one or the other. Will probably put in custom offroads hands to restore that up and give it a fresher look, and if enough dough is put on the line, an IRS conversion too.

Heaps of ways to do em up, it all comes down to the dollar.

Heres a quick snap i got. will ave to get betta progress pics tomorrow mornin.

Looking cool... another Baja ..

you need an Iguana Pan :thumb

iguana pan ay? gimme the info :P lol

UR the only comprehensive offroad dub supplier i know of that is close to me. Would luv to have a pan that clean and solid looking like that. done as a swap for my pan? or u take my pan, and make it into that or something? or all nu?

I got bent rear forks on my pan 🙁

how much for that pan brad as u see it in that pic all done? not including box or brakes?

Resto update. Not much restoring, but stripping/pulldown almost complete. have learnt alot. A dub doesn't look as complicated as i thought it was. Very easy to understand. so far... Lol

Thanx to all on here, special thanx to the previous tips and assistance/recommendations to fellow avd people so far, especially manx_xtc with the engine removal, working out whats stuffed, and the tranny removal, + body removal, and 1stcarbug too. (round of applause). Wouldn't be up to here if it wasn't for them, but i have heaps to go.

Alot is stuffed on this car. Body is ok. rust is pissing me off, gotta weld up that, a bit to do, and have alot of cracks/fissures too around the body metal as well.

floorpan? well. oh god. hmm. lets see, forks are pretyt much stuffed, can't really be bent back, too weak i rekon, especially if ones cracked, gearbox looks like it needs a rebuilt/recondition too. looks pretty grimy, dirty and oily. The mix of those 3 aint good (saw by undoinga few bolts of the axel).

The corners of the pan are rusted. and pretty badly. THe front beam, will hav to check, butmay suspect some slight bendage. ( i hope not).

But the engines gotta go, gearbox go, chassis go, maybe the front beam too, which means i might as well go a fresh complete chassis, but that costs money. will see my opportunities. Maybe get good 2nd hand parts and restore em up myself. rather than new from companies and manuafactures, cause this is a 1st and probably prefer the cheaper alternative. can't be bothered sitting and waiting till i save up heaps (which would probably take about 6 months.)

But yeah, heres pics of what seems to be going on. doesn't look that much different i guess, but a few dozen extra hrs of work.

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[ Edited on 31/1/2006 by bajachris88 ]

Hey Chris, got off the computer and go and work on your Baja........and can you stop photoshopping my pics please......:P

Stolen backyard pics....:P

Lol. :thumb

backyard must be the place to be when restorin' & bajain' this january. 😀 How much u pay for that lift kit? by the way, whats used on the lift kits to lift up the front body bolts and the body bolts on the rear shock mounts? OR they just ignored when putting hte kit on?

anyways, interesting project comin' along. Been in the yard for hrs today, and only been on the PC this evening :P. I do sometimes do work at night, but bad lighting & mozzies get the best of me 🙁 Almost running out of stuff to unbolt and pull off. Almost.... Lol



hey, whats that lil buggy in the background of ur 2nd pic? ( u still want it? :P)

whats goin on ere 😎

Chris! When's your baja gonna be finished so we can roadtrip it to a beach somewhere with a few friends, some smirnoffs and a tent?! lol 😵

Man! this is really old skool.

Hey Joh, this actually is not my current baja. My current one is a 1969' beetle, this was my old 1967. I bought the 69' as a standard bug that i am building up as a baja. the body kit has been fitted.

To end the story to this thread... its quite unfortunate, but the car was sent to the metal recyclers. I bought it off a man called Bernie, who used to be known as Karmen off the avd forum. And i'm gonna finally let it out in public. Bernie ripped me off.

I payed $750 for the baja, said it had only a little bit of rust, slight funny noise in the engine, and a bent tie rod... I bought it sight unseen, and trusted in the hope of his own good will. (Especially for a really religious Christian dude, u would figure u could trust him!) Was told to sand back, a little bog, play with the motor, and fit a battery, and i would be set. Was told it came with torana leather hi back seats, gearbox strap etc, didnt need much for rwc (apparently) and was all good to go.

WELL!!!

The rear forks of the chassis, where what caused the funny engine noise... the flywheel of the motor was half grinded out, supa split up swing axle boots with sand in it, the right rear fork was not only bent, BUT CRACKED OPEN so that it was hanging off and the gearbox/engine was only supported by one side..., so the so called little rust to repair involved welding in a new bottom windscreen section and A pillar, and the motor had oil all ova it like it blew a a heap of seals...

The supposed gearbox strap was nuffin but a bit of chain tied around! and i wouldn't have got the baja rwc'ed easily cause it was not certified, and the torana leather seats (which were cracked and dead) where welded onto the seat mounts and therefore would need engineering plates and crud. (rather than just a cheap blue plate)

It was a total wreck. Lost all my $750. all i have left of it is the hollow tube that covers the steering column, makes a good breaker bar. All the other spares that came from that car were just either damaged, weathered, aged or not working. absolute pile of rubbish.

This was quite a sad story. This was my first vee dub, and was suppose to be my first car. An old man took advantage of the keen 16 yr old child i was. absolute bastard.

foxy_fuchsia wrote:Chris! When's your baja gonna be finished so we can roadtrip it to a beach somewhere with a few friends, some smirnoffs and a tent?! lol 😵

i don't need a finished baja to get up to that though Miss. Joh 😂