Hey guys Im new to these forums and very new to Volkswagens!
I purchased my first VW last week because i was in need of a daily after selling my KE20 corolla.
Corolla:
1970 Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback
1.6 EFI Motor
4 Speed Manual
Extractors
14x6 steelies (stock is 14x4.5)
Great car overall that i picked up pretty cheap. Runs well and should prove to be a good daily.
Straight and no rust however original paint is cracking pretty badly in certain areas but still looks very presentable.
Plans:
Whitewalls - DONE
Lowered - HALF DONE
New dash pad
New drivers seat
General tidy up of interior
New number plates - DONE
Smaller front tyres
Accessories!
Any suggestions?
Heres the first day i got it:
Heres after a few days:
Since then.....
New 175/65's on front, dropped the back end two splines for funzies.
don't actually like it that much. May drop front end slightly more and come up one spline on rear for rake styles.
and today i have been busy!
Ive made new door cards, speaker pods, mounted deck in glovebox, new parcel shelf housing 2 10" subs.
Got some new bits and pieces including some eyelids, new shift know and horn button.
More pics soon!
Camo ·
Sweeeeet, neat looking ride you now have and welcome aboard.
colonel mustard ·
Hey mate! welcome. Lovely car you have there 🙂
just so you know, eye brows are not legal.
Goitsy ·
Thats a neat fasty you got there, and love the old corolla, that looks sweet👍
Doctor ·
Nice score, a fair change from the Rolla! Will we be seeing this at Volksfest?
71dub ·
thats a neat looking fasty welcome to the forum
greedy53 ·
fast backs are really underated i have a soft spot for them ,and don't they look great with a bit of a fiddel
dublover ·
Sweet ride, the white walls look a treat.......nice and straight, lucky find.
Joel ·
greedy53 wrote:fast backs are really underated i have a soft spot for them ,and don't they look great with a bit of a fiddel
yea shark nose fastys are probably one of the least appreciated air cooled vws in aus vw community, dunno why as seen above they look good with an altitude drop and some fat tyres
RA28GT ·
colonel mustard wrote:Hey mate! welcome. Lovely car you have there 🙂
just so you know, eye brows are not legal.
Ahh man their not legal? What are the chances of being picked on for them? I can understand why my hands are sliced up from putting them in!
Doctor wrote:Nice score, a fair change from the Rolla! Will we be seeing this at Volksfest?
Ill be around at Volksfest thats for sure, i just found out about it the other day. Any more details i can check out?
Fasty's do seem to be a little under-rated don't they? I have no idea why, its a great car and its going to look HOT once Im finished with her.
Doctor ·
RA28GT wrote:
colonel mustard wrote:Hey mate! welcome. Lovely car you have there 🙂
just so you know, eye brows are not legal.
Ahh man their not legal? What are the chances of being picked on for them? I can understand why my hands are sliced up from putting them in!
Doctor wrote:Nice score, a fair change from the Rolla! Will we be seeing this at Volksfest?
Ill be around at Volksfest thats for sure, i just found out about it the other day. Any more details i can check out?
Fasty's do seem to be a little under-rated don't they? I have no idea why, its a great car and its going to look HOT once Im finished with her.
I wouldn't stress about being picked up for them, just be aware of it, all the cool stuff we do to cars is Illegal, why worry....
Im heading down, i think i have one of my mates tee'd up with another car, and a HD video camera to film the drive there, can tag along if your keen, the more Type3's the better i say!
RA28GT ·
Hey Doc I'm keen to tag along! Just let me know the time and place!
Doctor ·
Will do mate, where are you coming from? Im south, Colonel Light Gardens region, but not 100% sure whats happening with camera at the moment, regardless, be cool to cruise down with ya! Are you entering or just going for a look?
Scarab ·
Nice Fasty RA28GT!! I dont know how i missed this thread up till now....but glad i have checked it out finally!
Shame my Notch isnt going at the moment, would love to rock up to Volksfest in a VW, but will still be going none the less!! I cant wait!!
RA28GT ·
Doctor wrote:Will do mate, where are you coming from? Im south, Colonel Light Gardens region, but not 100% sure whats happening with camera at the moment, regardless, be cool to cruise down with ya! Are you entering or just going for a look?
Do you have to be a member to enter? In not Im in!
Im well north but i can always meet you somewhere?
Doctor ·
As far as Im aware, no need to be a Member, im not a Member and i plan on Entering! Will drop you a PM with my Details if your keen to catch up
RA28GT ·
Took a couple new pictures today while i was down at Volksfest.
Got Camber?
bajachris88 ·
ra28GT??!?!?
You got one of those too as well hey! far out! nice collection.
My mate just sold his ra28, was no GT model though...
celica pride 😂
oh... and volkswagen too guys...
haha, (nervous laugh) yay for vws....
Doctor ·
Pics arnt half bad mate, you missed the cruise down to the show, was good fun the drive down too!
Fire off any shots of mine while you were floating about? I didnt grab anyone that was looking or taking shots of mine to chat, was socializing with others and spoke to those that grabbed me for a chat...
Andy ·
Great to see another type three out there. They are great cars.
Yours looks like a very nice one, hope you have rust proofing on the to-do list as type 3's suffer from it quite badly.
Bad spots are all around the guards, window rubbers and fresh air vent.
If you have a good one, it's worth protecting them from the elements! 😎
Scarab ·
That is one serioulsy nice looking fasty mate! Keep up the good work!!
Scarab (aka: Paul)
RA28GT ·
I put some early model bumpers on my fasty the other day. I still need to adjust the front as its on an angle, but overall i like them so much better than the big ass late model bumpers.
Had to modify the shit out of the front brackets to have it fit and sit quite flush (without the big safety thing that sits behind the original bumper).
Let me know what you guys think!
Doctor ·
Nice! It never crossed my mind to do that, cos i have a collection of late bumpers... plus I reckon id have to have the Overriders on it...
Nice jobs on the tinting the lights too! Im officially stealing that idea.... What did you use?
Might have to let you know when i get mine back on the road, and get a couple of late type3's together for a photoshoot...
RA28GT ·
Doctor wrote:Nice! It never crossed my mind to do that, cos i have a collection of late bumpers... plus I reckon id have to have the Overriders on it...
Nice jobs on the tinting the lights too! Im officially stealing that idea.... What did you use?
Might have to let you know when i get mine back on the road, and get a couple of late type3's together for a photoshoot...
Its a product called nite-shades. Its illegal of course, but actually works quite well. I actually don't like it on the front lenses, Rear looks good.
Im chasing some over riders for the bumpers now, can they still be brought new by any chance? probably not, ill just have to hunt around!
Doctor ·
RA28GT wrote:
Doctor wrote:Nice! It never crossed my mind to do that, cos i have a collection of late bumpers... plus I reckon id have to have the Overriders on it...
Nice jobs on the tinting the lights too! Im officially stealing that idea.... What did you use?
Might have to let you know when i get mine back on the road, and get a couple of late type3's together for a photoshoot...
Its a product called nite-shades. Its illegal of course, but actually works quite well. I actually don't like it on the front lenses, Rear looks good.
Im chasing some over riders for the bumpers now, can they still be brought new by any chance? probably not, ill just have to hunt around!
Ill swap ya some front lenses for the tinted ones if your keen!
Are they the early bumpers that were on ebay?
Overriders... not 100% sure... but the more i look at the car, the more i like it... the bumpers... the tinted lights... What size tyres are you running on the rear? It ties together nicely...
Rossko has most of the overriders left on the planet i think...
RA28GT ·
Doctor wrote:Ill swap ya some front lenses for the tinted ones if your keen!
Are they the early bumpers that were on ebay?
Overriders... not 100% sure... but the more i look at the car, the more i like it... the bumpers... the tinted lights... What size tyres are you running on the rear? It ties together nicely...
Rossko has most of the overriders left on the planet i think...
Yup these were the bumpers off ebay. Picked them up on Sunday.
Im going for a clean look with this fasty, not nearly as exciting as your rat look but i like it. (although im on the lookout for a rusty dub for my next rat project)
I like the early bumpers much more for the look im going for. Ill swap the indicators if you like thats easy.
Tyres on rear are 195/75/14 Huge sidewall, thinking about changing my tyre sizes around but not certain yet.
Rossko only has 6 overrider's, pfft thats just not enough haha.
Doctor ·
RA28GT wrote:
Doctor wrote:Ill swap ya some front lenses for the tinted ones if your keen!
Are they the early bumpers that were on ebay?
Overriders... not 100% sure... but the more i look at the car, the more i like it... the bumpers... the tinted lights... What size tyres are you running on the rear? It ties together nicely...
Rossko has most of the overriders left on the planet i think...
Yup these were the bumpers off ebay. Picked them up on Sunday.
Im going for a clean look with this fasty, not nearly as exciting as your rat look but i like it. (although im on the lookout for a rusty dub for my next rat project)
I like the early bumpers much more for the look im going for. Ill swap the indicators if you like thats easy.
Tyres on rear are 195/75/14 Huge sidewall, thinking about changing my tyre sizes around but not certain yet.
Rossko only has 6 overrider's, pfft thats just not enough haha.
haha 6 on the front, 8 on the rear!
Im considering changing to early bumpers, if some come up, ill look into it, but im not going out of my way!
Early in the new year, we'll catch up and swap the indicator lenses over... Might get some tips from ya on tinting my rear ones too... Wasnt sure if you had used the Nite Shades stuff... that stuff has been around for donkeys!
195 on the rear you say? any scrubbing at that ride hight? I have a few ideas up my sleeve and am wondering if i can get 225's under the rear guards on mine... Guess we will have to wait and see!
RA28GT ·
With passengers a tiny tiny bit. It just depends on what offset wheels your running. You were you planning to put the 225's on? Thats dropped 2 splines on rear but doesn't look it because the tyres are very tall.
Doctor ·
The 225's will go onto standard Type 3 rims... They are 225/50/15... odd size i know... i dont take passengers, no back seat.... My torsion bar is parallel to the ground, no idea how many splines... Would love to go lower though... Front will come down while engine is out too... maybe the rear as well, not sure yet...
The tyres fill out the guards well on yours though, gives a wicked stance...
RA28GT ·
How wide are the standard rims? 5" or 5.5"?
Im thinking about going for a similar tyre, something wide but lower profile and adjusting height from there.
tar76 ·
nice ride dude!
Scarab ·
hey you bum!! I had my eyes on those bars that were on Ebay!!!!
I guess its like the old saying....."He who hesitates is lost!" 😂
they do look nice on your Fasty though mate, well done.
All the best and have a good Christmas
Scarab (aka: Paul)
Doctor ·
RA28GT wrote:How wide are the standard rims? 5" or 5.5"?
Im thinking about going for a similar tyre, something wide but lower profile and adjusting height from there.
No idea on how wide they are... ill measure my spares today some time...
195 seems to fill the guards nicely, i run 165/65 i think on mine... but given i have 3 sets of rims, im always open to trying other things!
I really want to go lower on mine, but need to change engine over and do a few other things first and decide from there... I think the folks are getting sick of the gouges out of the road and driveway at home allready!
RA28GT ·
Small update
Been doing a few things on the dub over my week off.
Dropped front end a spline (now 3 total)
Polished Paintwork / Bumpers / Wheels
Fixed Drivers Seat
Tidied up wires under dash
Fixed loose steering Wheel
Re-Aligned bumpers
Fixed Bonnet latch
So overall just a big tidy up.
After i cleaned her i took her for a drive and snapped a couple pictures:
Doctor ·
Looking good man...
Really making me want to do my taillights now!
Seeing that shot of your rear tyre fitment makes me wonder if my new ones will fit.... could be interesting....
DaveCarter ·
very cool fasty mate. I love the corolla as well. A mate of mine had a ke55 and is in to ke70s right now. I love all those old rollas
waveman1500 ·
Awesome car, and awesome pics!
RA28GT ·
DaveCarter wrote:very cool fasty mate. I love the corolla as well. A mate of mine had a ke55 and is in to ke70s right now. I love all those old rollas
The old rollas make great cars, their simple and most are bullet proof.
Doctor wrote:Looking good man...
Really making me want to do my taillights now!
Seeing that shot of your rear tyre fitment makes me wonder if my new ones will fit.... could be interesting....
Did you end up getting your 225's? I have a certain point at the rear that has only 1-2mm clearance! Any passengers and it scrapes around corners.
Doctor ·
RA28GT wrote:
Doctor wrote:Looking good man...
Really making me want to do my taillights now!
Seeing that shot of your rear tyre fitment makes me wonder if my new ones will fit.... could be interesting....
Did you end up getting your 225's? I have a certain point at the rear that has only 1-2mm clearance! Any passengers and it scrapes around corners.
Nah, not yet, might go 205's.... 225.s might be seriously pushing it... Seeya this week sometime
RA28GT ·
Ive been busy with alot of small things on the dub lately.
First off i got some new door trims from doc. They were red but i have dyed them black, I also made new backing plated as the originals were warped to hell.
Made a new parcel shelf (subs and stereo are gone)
Fixed broken speedo cable
Also threw in a picture of the height of the front end. I'm sorry sway bar but your going to die!
Scarab ·
mate, that is looking really nice!! Congrats!
Scarab (aka: Paul)
RA28GT ·
Heres a couple snaps from a show i entered tonight!
It was a hot rod, rat, custom, pre 1970 show down the main street of Tanunda, absolute hundreds of cars and around 4000 people!
I happened to be the ONLY VW at the slow!
Most people seemed to like it 🙂
boristherat ·
Most people liked it because it's freakin fantastic....that's why! Looks cool and the Tanunda street show is always a cracker. Any other pics of what was there?
By the way.....you did very well to get in front of the VW dealer....v cool😎
RA28GT ·
boristherat wrote:Most people liked it because it's freakin fantastic....that's why! Looks cool and the Tanunda street show is always a cracker. Any other pics of what was there?
By the way.....you did very well to get in front of the VW dealer....v cool😎
I didnt get many other pictures as there way just too many people! Must of been around 5000 people down there? It was hard to get a clear shot.
I was pretty proud to get out front of the vw dealer 🙂