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benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#810844
SpLiTmEiStEr wrote:LOOKS AWESOME MATE, ill be un packing in a few weeks, see if i can find that old rego form i had and radio block off
cheers
Hey thanks Andrew,

Its been great fun working on it, took a bit of patience getting it on the road, but well worth it. Gets a hell of a lot of attention like you said it would.

Would be great if you can find that stuff, i'm interested to track back through the history of the car, the old rego papers will go a long way to helping.
No i'm not repainting it.

Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#812343
Did you get the brakes fixed Ben?

benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#812392
Pollywaffle wrote:Did you get the brakes fixed Ben?
Hey dude,

Its in at Tires n More Stanmore as we speak, they are looking over the whole brakes rig and seeing what could do with replacing. It was also slouching lower in the front right corner so they are having a look at the shock in there to see if its shot.

Hopefully hear from them today with what they found. Fingers crossed for a cheap fix.

Painted yours yet ? :P
No i'm not repainting it.

Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#812410
Ah good good. I'm happy it's in the workshop. Fingers crossed it's not too pricey.

I was hoping to paint this weekend. The notch is also in the workshop having a load of repairs done 🙁 We're at $1,100 so far and climbing!

benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#812412
SHIIIIIIIIITE! Thats gonna sting.

Funny thing about it though, once your in it and driving , you wont even care about the cash. Unless you run out of fuel and dont have money for a refill. 🙂
No i'm not repainting it.

Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#812413
Haha. Yeah when he called me I had a little heart attack in my office. But then I realised that I haven't spent any money on the engine or anything mechanical. He's doing a big list of work that will make the car drive loads better. Although, this bill will dip into my funds which woulda been going towards an oval 🙁

benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#816105
Still tinkering, added flappers and D plate. Couple of weeks ago had master cylinder replaced and 1 rear cylinder replaced, all rubber breake hoses replaced.




I wanna protect the patina, (Ankor Wax or Clear paint) but the bonnet needs to be attended too first, I think its a replacement cause its still glossy, (rest of the cars paint is oxidized), not the same shade of gray and there is this horrible bright yellow paint under the gray. The paint on the bonnet is also BADLY sunburnt, cracking and flaking off. So i started rubbing it back.


No i'm not repainting it.

Ollie Yeah Buddy

840 posts · joined Oct 2009 ·

#816112
My mate doesn't usually like beetles or the sort. He's a Mitsubishi Evo guy.
However he sent me a photo of this parked at Carriage Works and said, "THIS IS AWESOME! Make yours like this!"

Props 🙂
Follow the Photo Fun:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=95238

- '70 1500 Beetle (The Clean One)
- '76 1300 Beetle (The In-between One)
- '69 1500 Beetle (The Mean One)

AzzA_teu Casual Dubber

44 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#816115
Love this car. You picked up gem (you already know this).
Hope you find a way to protect the patina without changing the aesthetic too much.
Great work 😀

AJPerkins Commited Dubber

54 posts · joined Jan 2010 ·

#816116
What a sweet car!!! I am jealous mate!

benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#817617
This should make some of you laugh.

Took my bug into the mechanic across the road on Saturday for oil and plugs, go it back , car sounded different, better, lots better, like a VW, and not a sick one, and it has about 40% more power.

Asked the Mechanic what he did to it, he said nothing, just oil and plugs, but #3 spark plug was faulty. hasn't been firing at all, now all 4 plugs are firing.

Best xmas present I could have asked for. 🙂
No i'm not repainting it.

XXX-1.8T Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,113 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

#818301
Car looks awesome hopefully will see it around

benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#828177
Thanks Liam for lending a hand this morning, (by hand I mean trailer and green monster truck) Hopefully this will be the last time I have to trailer her away for repairs, dropped out to Adam and Mike at RAW this morning, having a rebuilt 1300 put in.
No i'm not repainting it.

benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#831658
Paulc1964au wrote:Ben,

Hows the car going with the new engine?
G'day Paul,

Cars going great, few tiny teething murmers, but its all settling down nicely, funny about old cars, as you put more and more new bits in them, the oldest parts really become more obvious, but all in all its holding up quite nicely.

Its very zippy ... we kept the old split case transmission in there, which has the ratios to suit the 1200 engine, but now it has the rebuilt 1300 in it, sometimes I wish I had herad rests ont he seats :P It max's out at about 100-110kph, but getting there is SO much fun, i think it surprises a lot of people when they see a 53yo beetle beat them away from the lights HAH. 🙂

Things to upgrade next will be hallogen bulbs for the headlights , left rear drum has a creak in it.. need to get that looked at, new gear box if this old splity case ever packs it in.. Maybe a switch to 12volt. And run it out to RAW fofr a tune up now its all settled down.

Good times 🙂
No i'm not repainting it.

benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#834278
Right, so with all this rain I have been having a bit of a mare trying to commit to a rust prevention / rain repellent / polish.. So i bit the bullet tonight, after a lot of reading about different methods of application , techniques, results and combinations, I ended up going with Ankor Wax, Brushed on, then 10 mins later rubbed even with a soft cloth, then after another 15 mins buffed up to a shine, the I followed that up with a Meguiars wax, let that set on top and polished up ..

I only managed to get half the car done tonight .. Came up pretty sweet so far.

Before..


After..



b.
No i'm not repainting it.

benjicon Officially Full-On Dubber

266 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#834284
Paulc1964au wrote:Awesome look forward to seeing it on Saturday
We'll be there .. Thats why I am getting stuck in this week so she is presentable for Saturday 🙂
No i'm not repainting it.