my 71 s/c · Aussieveedubbers

vwpizza · 11 Mar 2009, 10:31 pm

my 71 s/c resto....
plenty of new metal here!!!!

more to come

cheers Dean..

vwpizza · 11 Mar 2009, 10:39 pm

more pics,after lowering and all new running gear.Now ready to leave CBB in Penrith and head back over to Monster Garage to finish off the body.luck CBB and Monster Garage are on the same rd now saves on towing😂

colonel mustard · 11 Mar 2009, 10:46 pm

Its not going racing is it?

vwpizza · 12 Mar 2009, 6:58 am

colonel mustard wrote:Its not going racing is it?

No not this one,The idea is to set it up with a mobile pizza oven and cater for partys and shows.

glider69 · 12 Mar 2009, 7:09 am

Got some blodgett pizza ovens that will fit nicely in the back

newghia · 12 Mar 2009, 11:41 am

Pizza at this years Nats Dino ?
what about the night before ?

squizy · 12 Mar 2009, 11:59 am

You big veedub pimp Dino.

colonel mustard · 12 Mar 2009, 1:05 pm

I love the way the exhaust looks. its great!!!
What capacity engine have you get running back there?? Enough to tow your racer?? looking awesome 🙂

vwsteve · 12 Mar 2009, 1:45 pm

looks like a lot of new stuff going into this one, guess you cant have a pizza ute breaking down along the road somewhere😎

vwpizza · 12 Mar 2009, 2:36 pm

gday,

Glider69,may be interested in your oven.ill send you a pm..

Noddy,how are you going?..I seen you on the m4 today!!!..I am keen to have a run before the Nats,I will put up a post and see if we get a response...

Squizy,Lets just say"Bitten by the Bug"well as long as its slammed...

Colonel mustard,the exhaust worries me a bit,it hangs a bit to low I would like to tuck it up a bit..I am running a standard 1600 T/P..No,No towing the car with this one,Ill leave the towing to the Touareg I like the comfort..

Steve,Yes mate spending a few dollars on the running gear, 4 inch Narrowed and adjustable beam,ball joints, drop spindals, Brake disc and callipers,adjustable rear,rebuilt 1600,rebuilt gearbox just about replaced everthing under there now.
My son will end up driving it in a few years so I want to make sure its right.If it does stop we wont go hungry😂...

cheers Dean....

vwpizza · 12 Mar 2009, 2:44 pm

a few more pics of Mikes work on the S/Cabs under side..

t2 · 12 Mar 2009, 7:12 pm

don't paint it!!! you need to resist the urge , you will not sell more pizza if you paint that truck!!!

speaking of pizza when is the next pizza cruise?

vassy66T1 · 12 Mar 2009, 9:30 pm

Love the S/C and getting very hungry just hearing talk about pizza ... a four seasons may be in order Sir.
Dropped spindles? Where from?

vwpizza · 18 Mar 2009, 8:40 pm

vassy66T1 wrote:Love the S/C and getting very hungry just hearing talk about pizza ... a four seasons may be in order Sir.
Dropped spindles? Where from?

Gday Marcus,

4 seasons coming up,no quote on delivery time tho😂..

Mike from CBB is bringing in drop spindles for my Bay from the States...

These are cast one piece spindles not 2 spindles cut and joined..

cheers Dean...

vassy66T1 · 19 Mar 2009, 4:59 pm

Cool!!

Will be interested to see them. I still have wide five with drums (only for performance) so you would appear to have later model discs or is it a disc conversion kit?

kroozzn63 · 19 Mar 2009, 6:34 pm

looks sweet nice n low

vwpizza · 20 Mar 2009, 9:37 pm

just a little more rust to cut out.WOW,that little spot under the windscreen sure turned out to be a little bigger then first thought,Owell just keep cutting...

Hey kroozzn,nice and low is the only way to go.I love em this way.

vassy,mine is a 71 as far as I know the disk brakes are standard equipment on this model,I am sure someone can confirm this either as being right or wrong.
I am pretty sure I am right as the bus was standard and untouched when I made the purchase..

vwpizza · 20 Mar 2009, 10:11 pm

just a little welding...she'll be right

vwpizza · 20 Mar 2009, 10:17 pm

love that tray........

colonel mustard · 20 Mar 2009, 11:13 pm

POR15 time?

vwpizza · 2 Apr 2009, 7:51 pm

more metal........

vwpizza · 2 Apr 2009, 8:01 pm

decided to replace the sills and bottom of both inner wheel archers.

vwpizza · 2 Apr 2009, 8:07 pm

Sills supplied by CBB....

colonel mustard · 2 Apr 2009, 8:08 pm

Nice white bug there.... 🙂

vwpizza · 2 Apr 2009, 8:22 pm

well a least it will be rust free now.....😂

Hey Darren,I think it will need paint....🥲

I must thank Mike from CBB for letting me take up residents in his work shop and take over one of his car hoist(that hoist sure makes life easy).Its been great ...

vwpizza · 2 Apr 2009, 8:31 pm

Yes,I have been a busy boy......

vwpizza · 2 Apr 2009, 8:35 pm

colonel mustard wrote:Nice white bug there.... 🙂

Nar,not my cuppa tea....

vwpizza · 2 Apr 2009, 8:42 pm

But wait there is more........🤪

vassy66T1 · 3 Apr 2009, 10:13 pm

Good man ... doing such commendable work for a lovely sc ...

Love it man, it is inspiring

kombibob · 3 Apr 2009, 10:18 pm

love it! the best thing to come to avd for a while now👍

t2 · 4 Apr 2009, 7:54 am

vwpizza wrote:well a least it will be rust free now.....😂

Hey Darren,I think it will need paint....🥲

I must thank Mike from CBB for letting me take up residents in his work shop and take over one of his car hoist(that hoist sure makes life easy).Its been great ...

next time i see you i am going to stick anchovies in your ear , you only need to paint the new bits

vwpizza · 10 Apr 2009, 7:26 am

kombibob wrote:love it! the best thing to come to avd for a while now👍

Thanks Bob,
that is a big call,inspiring all the same.
I have added this photo I was thinking you may like it,the photo was taken a few days before El Concreto made the move North...

cheers Dean...

vwpizza · 10 Apr 2009, 7:30 am

t2 wrote:next time i see you i am going to stick anchovies in your ear , you only need to paint the new bits

now,that is really going to sound fishy.....😂😂😂

kroozzn63 · 23 Apr 2009, 8:09 pm

looking good

urban_myth · 18 May 2009, 9:04 am

i would measure your narrowed front end against a stock one. 4 inch narrowed usually brings the seal caps within 10mm off the end plates . yours appears to have at least 30mm gap which means its only narrowed about 75mm. worth measuring

urban_myth · 18 May 2009, 9:19 am

have your dropplates in the rear had extra bracing welded to them at the top of the plate down to the trailing arm. if not i would highly recomend cbb do this or else these plates will eventually bend especialy if any weight is carried.have the adjusters been fitted to the spring plates as there doesnt appear to be any adjust bolt

vwpizza · 22 May 2009, 11:12 pm

finishing off all metal work,now time to knock out the dings and make it straight..

vwpizza · 22 May 2009, 11:23 pm

I was going to replace the doors, but I am having a go at repairing them...

vwpizza · 22 May 2009, 11:31 pm

few more door pics..

vwpizza · 22 May 2009, 11:36 pm

sorry,photos a few and far between due to phone camera sh&^%ting it self...

vwpizza · 23 May 2009, 12:09 am

urban_myth wrote:have your dropplates in the rear had extra bracing welded to them at the top of the plate down to the trailing arm. if not i would highly recomend cbb do this or else these plates will eventually bend especialy if any weight is carried.have the adjusters been fitted to the spring plates as there doesnt appear to be any adjust bolt

Gday Jason,

Thanks for showing interest in my S/C...
Yes ,the beam is a little under 4inchers(3.78 I think or something close to that) which i had been corrected on before.
No,adjustable spring plates were not fitted when photo was taken.
Mike has designed these drop plates so I am quite confident that they will be safe and carry the weight I will be carrying.
Mike has done a lot of custom work on my other VWs and I am very happy with the quality of the suspension,motor and gearbox that he has built for me,so I am no stranger to Mike and CBB,I guess that is why I am back there giving him all my hard earned cash .

cheers Dean...

vassy66T1 · 23 May 2009, 9:14 am

Looking good Dean. Keep up the work and keep the pics coming 😎

Caroneten · 23 May 2009, 1:55 pm

Where did you get the ute tray sections from and also the headboard and the sill repair sections? Have a dually wioth similar rust issues and was wondering before the fabrication began..

Looks great by the way
Brendon

vwpizza · 26 May 2009, 11:55 pm

Caroneten wrote:Where did you get the ute tray sections from and also the headboard and the sill repair sections? Have a dually wioth similar rust issues and was wondering before the fabrication began..

Looks great by the way
Brendon

Gday Brendon,
The tray sections came from Classic VeeDub and Vintage Veedub both are in Sydney.
The head board was made up by Monster Garage in Penrith and the Sill sections came from CBB in Penrith.
Hope this helps.
cheers Dean..

t2 · 27 May 2009, 6:16 am

spreading the love , way to go looks great

OberonViking · 29 May 2009, 9:54 am

Looking good. Can't wait to see it done.

vwpizza · 17 Jun 2009, 8:35 pm

getting closer to paint now......

squizy · 17 Jun 2009, 10:26 pm

Looks good mate.

11CAB · 17 Jun 2009, 10:43 pm

Looking good

mitchellgolds · 22 Sep 2009, 6:46 pm

Heya Dean, Just a quick question. Were your new tray floor panels made up or are they an "off the shelf" item?
Cheers Mitchell

colonel mustard · 22 Sep 2009, 11:45 pm

Painted yet??

vwpizza · 9 Nov 2009, 9:59 pm

mitchellgolds wrote:Heya Dean, Just a quick question. Were your new tray floor panels made up or are they an "off the shelf" item?
Cheers Mitchell

...I had them made...cheers

vwpizza · 9 Nov 2009, 10:02 pm

colonel mustard wrote:Painted yet??

I have had a few set backs with my nicci work and have had the whole car sandblasted and restart again,hopefully I will have some picks of it painted within the next month...cheers Dean...

foobah · 10 Nov 2009, 9:37 am

Gorgeous. Looking good. Gotta do my front floor pans before next rego... if only I had a mate with a hoist...

4kombiswilldo · 6 Mar 2010, 9:44 pm

gota love a lowlight ute, great work on the welding, nice

vwpizza · 17 Apr 2010, 10:23 pm

its been painted........

t2 · 18 Apr 2010, 8:05 am

nice one looks like new, is the roof a different colour?

jjwebb123 · 18 Apr 2010, 9:56 am

goto love utes.Suppose to be going out to this blokes place today to look at one he wont part with.fingers crossed.👍
looking great.i think you just persuaded me to be a panel beater.LOL 😵

vwpizza · 18 Apr 2010, 1:00 pm

t2 wrote:nice one looks like new, is the roof a different colour?

yeah a pale green pastle colour......

vwpizza · 18 Apr 2010, 1:04 pm

a couple more pics..sorry about the poor quality.....

t2 · 18 Apr 2010, 5:52 pm

looks great dino, who did the body and paint work?

kroozzn63 · 18 Apr 2010, 9:37 pm

looking good

vwpizza · 18 Apr 2010, 10:00 pm

t2 wrote:looks great dino, who did the body and paint work?

I did the metal with help from Damo. Steve and Mark from The Ultimate Strippers sand blasted it and redid the nicci work(that I had done poorly to thier standards).They also painted it in thier oven.

squizy · 19 Apr 2010, 10:38 am

Right big boy - nice work. Now time for the next Pizza Cruise.

mikew · 20 Apr 2010, 7:50 pm

Love it!! what's the colour? looks like lotus white??

Good job.

vwpizza · 20 Apr 2010, 11:55 pm

squizy wrote:Right big boy - nice work. Now time for the next Pizza Cruise.

Thanks Squizzy......How about a Cruise the night before the Nationals same as the past two years....sounds good to me.....

vwpizza · 20 Apr 2010, 11:56 pm

mikew wrote:Love it!! what's the colour? looks like lotus white??

Good job.

Thanks Mikew.....not sure what the colour is I selected it off colour cards....

cheers Dino...

vassy66T1 · 21 Apr 2010, 6:57 am

Looking great Dino.
How is reassembly going? No scratches now 😉

HotRodMatt · 21 Apr 2010, 8:52 am

vwpizza wrote:
squizy wrote:Right big boy - nice work. Now time for the next Pizza Cruise.
Thanks Squizzy......How about a Cruise the night before the Nationals same as the past two years....sounds good to me.....

Dude you'll be tired from the Day of the Drags...

jjwebb123 · 21 Apr 2010, 9:42 am

Loving this project.

vwpizza · 22 Apr 2010, 2:57 pm

having fun putting it back together...what day is it on Hotrod?????

t2 · 22 Apr 2010, 6:54 pm

where is the badge? dont forget to put that on there..

vwpizza · 22 Apr 2010, 9:22 pm

t2 wrote:where is the badge? dont forget to put that on there..

No badge here.....

Kombirod · 29 May 2010, 3:06 pm

Any more pics, great looking S/C.

Can you put up a pic of your exhaust please/

cheers

Bizarre · 29 May 2010, 6:30 pm

I love stock/plain colours

THAT looks sweet 👍

vwpizza · 5 Feb 2012, 11:31 am

It's been awhile but still progressing..

rossdanialnaumov · 5 Feb 2012, 7:23 pm

Nice SC mate! Look forward to seeing it finished.

vwpizza · 5 Feb 2012, 11:11 pm

Cab floor

vwpizza · 5 Feb 2012, 11:18 pm

Doors

vwpizza · 5 Feb 2012, 11:22 pm

Hoodlining is in

vwpizza · 5 Feb 2012, 11:25 pm

New rims and tyres are on..

vwpizza · 5 Feb 2012, 11:28 pm

rossdanialnaumov wrote:Nice SC mate! Look forward to seeing it finished.

. Thanks,so do I...cheers...

Aspro · 6 Feb 2012, 4:56 am

Love your work pizza man. Looks great. Don't forget to sort out that stance. 😉

vwpizza · 20 Feb 2012, 3:50 pm

A little more progress.

vwpizza · 20 Feb 2012, 3:53 pm

Aspro wrote:Love your work pizza man. Looks great. Don't forget to sort out that stance. 😉

.....cheers Aspro it was actually on stands in the last photo...LOL..I still need to lift the rear a little..

h · 20 Feb 2012, 4:57 pm

sweet SC! hmmm

vwpizza · 27 Feb 2012, 8:29 am

Trim pics

vwpizza · 28 Jan 2013, 9:47 pm

This is the other sc I was talking about, the gates and tray are in being painted at the moment,hoping to have it back for the cruise in Febuary...

vwpizza · 19 Dec 2013, 6:23 am

Gates are finally finished,that's one job I would never undertake again..

Scottkombi · 19 Dec 2013, 7:32 am

Sensational finish!

Love it and a very well saved SC kombi low-light

vassy66T1 · 19 Dec 2013, 8:00 am

Awesome Dino 👍👍👍

vwpizza · 20 Jan 2014, 10:20 pm

Canopy fitted,not to sure if I like it tho!!!!!

johnharte · 21 Jan 2014, 12:04 pm

Got any better shots of the canopy on?

Great thread though Dino!!

Scottkombi · 21 Jan 2014, 3:03 pm

Love the canopy.

Single cabs look their best with one.

Sort of like a snail with a shell....without one they are just a slug!

Looks awesome!

No Dunes · 21 Jan 2014, 4:37 pm

Nice one Dino , Who made the Canopy
If you dont like it I will grab it off you for my Single cab

vassy66T1 · 21 Jan 2014, 7:20 pm

I understand where you are coming from Dino
I do think the canopies are good ... give it some time to see how you feel.

vwpizza · 21 Jan 2014, 9:52 pm

Drop spindles are in...

vwpizza · 21 Jan 2014, 9:53 pm

johnharte wrote:Got any better shots of the canopy on?

Great thread though Dino!!

I'll get some when the weather clears..

Kuchster · 21 Jan 2014, 9:53 pm

Do you need a hand to lower it??

vwpizza · 21 Jan 2014, 9:57 pm

I think I'll get to like it.
I brought it in from the States cost a fortune.
I've always liked the canopies I'm really just not sure on the colour now..

vwpizza · 21 Jan 2014, 9:59 pm

Kuchster wrote:Do you need a hand to lower it??

I think I'm good for this one Rob,the Country Buggy on the other hand needs an adjustable K/L beam if you have one???

Kuchster · 21 Jan 2014, 10:02 pm

Haha
No worries i'll make a brand new one for you, how many inches?? Im running an 8 inch in mine..

vwpizza · 22 Jan 2014, 6:09 pm

Does it need to be narrowed to have slammed?

newghia · 22 Jan 2014, 7:26 pm

No, but it will allow for better turning / tyre clearance if you do...... What happened to the other pic you were going to send me ?????

Kuchster · 22 Jan 2014, 9:03 pm

Nah not at all, put adjusters in the original beam if you want?

Not sure that the 8 inch beam has allowed me a better turning circle.. haha

vwpizza · 22 Jan 2014, 11:40 pm

newghia wrote:No, but it will allow for better turning / tyre clearance if you do...... What happened to the other pic you were going to send me ?????

Been working I'll get around to it sorry Steve!!!!!

vwpizza · 22 Jan 2014, 11:42 pm

Kuchster wrote:Nah not at all, put adjusters in the original beam if you want?

Not sure that the 8 inch beam has allowed me a better turning circle.. haha

I'll come and see you Rob,maybe 4inch narrowed,I've gotta drop them wheels to you anyways....

spearsy · 8 Feb 2014, 1:49 pm

Maybe dye the canopy black to go with the wheels might change your mind on it.

vwpizza · 13 Mar 2014, 12:00 am

Nice day for a photo shoot......

IWL_86 · 13 Mar 2014, 10:47 am

Can't way to see what jay comes out with 🙂

vassy66T1 · 13 Mar 2014, 5:12 pm

That is a great pic 👍

11CAB · 14 Mar 2014, 6:45 am

👍

matberry · 15 Mar 2014, 8:23 pm

Looks great mate