Zelda the '73 1303S

SebastienPeek · 2011-06-14T10:06:19+00:00

I came into possession of a 1973 L Bug for my first car on the 15/5/2011. I called her Zelda after the very first Nintendo 64 game that I ever played... Then, when I found out that Zelda was a German name, it was confirmed that that is what she would be called. Like every build thread, let's get some photos up on here! I took the following photos the day I got her. Then of course, here are some photos of her engine. Very dirty when I first got her and she's missing her tinware as well. If anyone knows of where I can grab a dress kit for her, someone tell me! I also went interior photo crazy. I wanted to find every little nook and cranny that was either dodgy looking or just looked in dire need of fixing. I also noticed that the roof lining is very dodgy. Seems the last owner or some previous owner has tried to redo it and has forgotten to put the interior light back in! I also found and took a photo of the uncovered wires under the dash. Previous owner installed a little sound system, so this could be the cause. Like I said, the sound system is very dodgy looking. Currently it is lying flat instead of upwards. There isn't much else to say other than last Friday, her exhaust fell off. Was very loud to say the least. She's currently having a sleep over at GHR Motors and I'll hopefully be picking her up tomorrow evening! I'm thinking the first thing I do to tidy her up is clean up the interior. So, in other words, replace the head unit, clean up the roof lining, replace the padded dash with one that isn't cracked (images coming soon) and get myself a nice looking parcel shelf for the rear, mounting speakers and grabbing a subwoofer to shove in a box underneath. I'm also thinking about going back to stock rims. If anyone could send me the details about the exact hubcaps and sizes, including width (my front tires seem to rub on the guard when at full lock), I'll get around to going stock as soon as possible... One last thing, you may have all noticed that the rear taillights aren't, well, stock to say the least. Seems at some stage she had the rear fenders and rear bumper replaced with some sort of LH Torana kit. Want to replace them soon...

Turbo54 Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 · 26 Mar 2013, 11:41 am

#948947

What do you mean you dont get it anymore? I know of a 60's body around the place if your keen.

Read this Seb, speaking from experience I know where your at. Those VW people are a weird bunch.

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=54585

T54

C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Mar 2013, 12:13 pm

#948949

Hi Sebastian

I hope you stick to be around here and be inspired and then when the time is right you can jump in with both feet.

Cheers Steve

SebastienPeek Custom Title Time!

1,657 posts · joined May 2011 · 26 Mar 2013, 12:28 pm

#948952

1303Steve wrote:Hi Sebastian

I hope you stick to be around here and be inspired and then when the time is right you can jump in with both feet.

Cheers Steve

I'll be sticking around Steve, I'll be watching for a good starting point that is for sure.

Thanks!

The sold one, '73 VW 1303 - Zelda
The project, '74 VW 1303 - Gretl

ragged Just ask if you need HELP!

478 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 26 Mar 2013, 12:38 pm

#948955

No, I'm not helping Sebastien anymore. I will not air my disappointment in public other than to say I am bitterly disappointed. I wish Seb all the best in the future, and just ask that anything he says on social media is the truth. I hope one day Seb will share with everybody the opportunity he was given, well in excess of 300 hours of my time, any parts that I had lying around, workshop space, all the tools you could dream of, we fed him and even hosed him off in the back yard and gave him a clean change of clothes to send him home clean. And I didn't charge him one cent.
Good luck Seb.

Turbo54 wrote:What do you mean you dont get it anymore? Dave isn't helping out anymore? I know of a 60's body around the place if your keen.

Read this Seb, speaking from experience I know where your at. Those VW people are a weird bunch.

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=54585

T54

Turbo54 Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 · 26 Mar 2013, 12:45 pm

#948957

Hi Ragged, I have edited out names from my post and I suggest you edit the above post. Social media can come back and bite us all one day.
Also when I wrote 'Those VW people are a weird bunch.' this is directed at the whole community on and off the forum, not yourself personally.

VW's in Adelaide is such a small part of the car scene that one day you will bump into each other and hopefully it will be back to normal.

T54

C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.

Dub_Life Slammed & Awesome Dubber

77 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 26 Mar 2013, 3:42 pm

#948979

Thats a shame mate, don't worry about fixing the rust in it, plenty of rusty vws driving around, just drive it its a cool looking car as is!

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 27 Mar 2013, 6:42 am

#949055

SebastienPeek wrote:I'll be selling everything I can and then probably taking the car to the scrap metal place.
The pan is in okay condition, and the heater channels are fine. Maybe someone will want the pan and shell, not sure yet.

Put as many of your stock parts back on it to keep it as close to complete as possible and a viable project for someone.

Put it on ebay and gumtree, someone will take it, project bugs of any sort are getting harder to find now, you will have no trouble selling it.

To someone who likes bodywork there is about 2 weekends work in getting that body up to scratch.

Far far worse ones sell on ebay when the sellers don't think its an old "rare Volswagon" car and worth elebenty million dollars.

SebastienPeek Custom Title Time!

1,657 posts · joined May 2011 · 27 Mar 2013, 9:29 am

#949063

Joel wrote:Put as many of your stock parts back on it to keep it as close to complete as possible and a viable project for someone.

Put it on ebay and gumtree, someone will take it, project bugs of any sort are getting harder to find now, you will have no trouble selling it.

To someone who likes bodywork there is about 2 weekends work in getting that body up to scratch.

Far far worse ones sell on ebay when the sellers don't think its an old "rare Volswagon" car and worth elebenty million dollars.

That's the plan Joel. I've got it ready this morning to take the engine out as that has already sold minus the exhaust.

I'll basically sell the pan/shell as is with stock suspension in it and what not, rolling if I can get some wheels and someone should take it.

Aha that is definitely true, I love those eBay listings, I think they're great for a laugh when you're feeling really depressed about the whole situation.

The sold one, '73 VW 1303 - Zelda
The project, '74 VW 1303 - Gretl

sander288 "Bolt-on Master"

1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 · 27 Mar 2013, 9:31 am

#949065

I know where your at seb; but think a little longer term. If you can store the car do so!!!

I have thought about selling my bug for a while but I'm just going to throw a blanket over it and store it until I can afford the time and money to make it "whole". I've had mine since I was 14; so this year is it's 11th anniversary.

BMW R65 LS
1967 1300 Deluxe
Swing-axles FTW ❗

SebastienPeek Custom Title Time!

1,657 posts · joined May 2011 · 27 Mar 2013, 9:42 am

#949067

sander288 wrote:I know where your at seb; but think a little longer term. If you can store the car do so!!!

I have thought about selling my bug for a while but I'm just going to throw a blanket over it and store it until I can afford the time and money to make it "whole". I've had mine since I was 14; so this year is it's 11th anniversary.

Unfortunately I don't have the room to store it at the moment, nor the money to pay to store it somewhere.

Which means that, angrily, I have to part her out and sell her. She'll always be my first car and all that jazz, but life goes on and one day I'll have another project car to do.

For now, I'll just enjoy the luxuries of a newer car. Today I drove into work with windscreen wipers that work and the air conditioner on. I even popped the sunroof for a bit instead of turning the demister on.

The sold one, '73 VW 1303 - Zelda
The project, '74 VW 1303 - Gretl

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