My new 76 toy · Aussieveedubbers

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:23 am

got this 76 last year and decided to put it back on the road, a little rust and paint required

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:23 am

Rust

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:24 am

took it for a run around the block

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:25 am

why did VW put this foam in the pillars

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:25 am

even the front skuttle had some cancer

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:26 am

had to gett he cutting wheels out to open it up

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:28 am

cut out sheet metal

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:29 am

had to fit a new rear beaver panel the engine had cause it to rust away

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:30 am

Some new metal in the roof line

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:31 am

this was a quicky only took about 12 months to get it finished

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:32 am

its nice to drive didnt have to touch the motor or gearbox there great

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 9:32 am

Buggar its nearly the same colour as my 65

whatnow · 15 Sep 2006, 10:39 am

damm i hate rust, i'm glad earlier models don't rust there as often.

looks v nice now.

VWCOOL · 15 Sep 2006, 11:29 am

Good work Dave!

Bizarre · 15 Sep 2006, 12:15 pm

hate giving praise to you Dave 😀 but VERY nice! very stock.

Pity it wasnt a 75 then it would ride nise to boot! 😂

What you going to do with it??

Resting smoothie for a while??

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 1:37 pm

I dont think i could handle the Strut front ends LOL

Yeah the Smoothie is going to get a new engine 1835 n fuel Injection over the next few months

I am currently re doing my Garage shelfing so i can fit more junk ( VW stuff ) in there should be finished i 2 weeks or so

Bizarre · 15 Sep 2006, 1:48 pm

Cool - What sort of injection??

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 5:04 pm

Microtek MTX 8 Fuel n Ignition Commondoor Injectors n Nissan throttle body etc etc etc

vw54 · 15 Sep 2006, 5:04 pm

But GARAGE is 1st

Euro_67 · 15 Sep 2006, 10:58 pm

go the '76. The last and best of the beetles

vw54 · 19 Sep 2006, 8:17 am

yes its fun to drive

vw54 · 29 Mar 2007, 10:50 am

just finished a set of Sprintstars for my daily driver

vw54 · 29 Mar 2007, 10:51 am

there a pain to mask up for painting

vw54 · 29 Mar 2007, 10:52 am

Thanks to Ollie from Melbourne for getting me some nice EMPI decals for the caps

vw54 · 29 Mar 2007, 5:53 pm

I 4 got to ask

Black or silver wheel bolts ???? whicjh looks better

pyr0 · 29 Mar 2007, 5:55 pm

silver and very tidy work 👍 looks good

jenz58 · 16 Apr 2007, 12:20 am

... did you do anything to the interior Dave

Looks neat ... I bet you spent some time on the wheels...nice

vw54 · 16 Apr 2007, 7:25 am

No the interior havd been protected by seat covers and wasnt too bad

I did spend some time on the wheels all the masking up pity i had to do them at work LOL Thanks Jen

GASBNR · 16 Apr 2007, 10:44 pm

David,
I'll post a pic of mine with the chrome bolts you got me,
are they the caps?
your welcome
Cheers OL

cab1303 · 17 Apr 2007, 9:21 am

very nice 76, love the front bumper! my repro bumper was hit on the front left and is now crooked, the bastards!! Anyways it was a repro, so the original rubbers don't fit properly 😠 Sprintstars are so cool!!