Been to see the boys at Bond Roll Bars. They will make a nice strong 6 point cage, but with decent brake drums, (yes, I'm sticking with drums), hopefully it will never be needed!
Picked up the 'donor' car from Steve Muller, and now it's just a matter of time, as they say.
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
Excellent news Greg - great to hear the "getting back on the horse" process is moving along.
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PLEASE tell me you're going for basically the same look as the old No 8 ???
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01 New Beetle - gf's car, but I turn the spanners
Hope to get as close as possible to the 'old, blackish' look. I'd like to keep the car like the one I raced in the early '60s - Link pin, swing-axle, drum brakes, skinny wheels, etc. OK, I'm 'old-school', but it's my car! (If I knew how to put one of those smiley faces here I would)!
Cheers, Greg
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I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
Thank you for yesterday stopping by and having a chat really enjoyed it,don't have many car chats anymore since my Dad past.I forgot to show you we still have the old Mac rack you designed and made in the 80's.
Cheers Chris
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Greg,
We have been around so many years I reckon that we can spell it any way we would like.
I think it is great you want to keep the #8 black ball rolling. Going back to standard beetle fits the ageing criteria as well.
Cheers,
Bill.
58camper wrote:I think it is great you want to keep the #8 black ball rolling.
Hopefully more running and cornering than rolling tho !!!
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My toys
'70 Hillclimb Bug 'Jezebel' w/- Haltech EFI - http://bit.ly/VwTNtQ
'60 KG Coupe - resto kinda started
01 New Beetle - gf's car, but I turn the spanners
The rebuild is going - although I haven't really got a 'plan'. While the 'new' shell is at Redistrip (hope there will be some left when the rust is gone), I've been checking and straightening the frame etc. All pretty good, considering, and the Type 3 rear drums that I will be using have tidied up nicely. Hope to pick up what's left🥲 of the body next week, along with the Bond roll cage - then the 'fun' starts!😏Unlike some people on here, I won't need a heater😂, so I can be a bit creative with the sills.
Managed to find some 'old' black paint - want keep the 'blackish look' if possible.😂
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
Hi Greg, really great to hear you're getting back into the thick of it. I was at Wakefield Park back in May and was really enjoying your driving b4 the incident - very entertaining!! I snapped a few photos of the 'ol number 8 during your laps, if you want me to email them to you spear me a PM with your email and I'll shoot them through to you for the photo album.
I also went around on saturday, there was alot of rust in this car but greg is fixing it up. This car is gunna be a very nice car o watch go around the track.
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
