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OVAL PROGRESS SHOTS: Todays PICS 29/5/04
VWFOOL - April 24th, 2004 at 11:00 PM

picked up the new (1954) pan today and put my oval onto it, looking sweet now i gots tha wide 5. Im so happy, been wanting this for ages.
u can check out the pics on my site
http://vwfool.tk 

just click on RESTORATION PROGREES and follow the links.
thanks guys
sam



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51JAYCEE - April 24th, 2004 at 11:18 PM

Looking good same,
So soon it will look like this but with the oval window ;)

VWFOOL - April 25th, 2004 at 08:07 PM

maybe maybe, its a secret shhhhhh

VWFOOL - April 25th, 2004 at 08:10 PM

u dont know how much im stinging to get stuck into it mate, first thing on my mind wen i woke up this morning...

waltermitty - April 27th, 2004 at 05:38 PM

Nice link Sam , Best include Mum and here sandwhiches in the credits LOL.
Amazed at your progress , hows it t urned out.
Mitchell

VWFOOL - April 27th, 2004 at 06:06 PM

yes i cant forget ur darling mum and her sandwiches and vanilla cokes.
yeh we got alot done that day, i was so amazed. ryan decided to stay on and help us put the body back on, but it was too heavy for the 3 of us as we almost dropped it on its side. then james came round and we got it on. back at uni this week but should get more done in the next week or so.


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VWFOOL - May 6th, 2004 at 02:10 PM

latest shots
decided today instead of putting it all back together we will take the shell back off and degrease/repaint the pan and suspension, make it all look pretty... in black.

VWFOOL - May 6th, 2004 at 02:12 PM

another
damn i love this look

Unity-28 - May 6th, 2004 at 02:25 PM

Keep it up Sammy! IT gonna look the biz when Finito.

N!

Brad - May 6th, 2004 at 02:58 PM

Ok I'll ask WHY ???? Whay would you swap from IRS / Ball Joint to Swing axle king and Link ?

Surely not for wide 5 ? casue you could have run them on Ball Joint / IRS ?? I just don't understand why you would give up safety and ride quality without reason ..

What am I missing ?

matara - May 6th, 2004 at 03:40 PM

Brad,

I know you can put early Type 3 Wide 5 rears on an IRS rear end but what would you put up front to retain the 5 stud pattern on a ball joint beam? CSP kits are expensive, and Sherman kits are just for K&L? I'm interested to know how you might do it.

Thanks

Steve



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Brad - May 6th, 2004 at 03:47 PM

You use beetle drums..

Rear - Fit straight on. If they are from short axle wide 5 box then you run an inner bearing spacer to compensate for the shorter spline area and allow the nut to pull up tight.

Front - BJ spindles are smaller than K & L so you simply run a different bearing in the wide 5 drum to allow it to fit. I would have to check but the 4 stud drums may help here with bearings.

Anyway it is actually pretty simple. We use to change the buggies back to wide 5 when we first started playing BJ and IRS pans.

Unity-28 - May 6th, 2004 at 04:24 PM

MAybe sam Wanted the thing to be more period correct!

N!

matara - May 6th, 2004 at 05:01 PM

I think Sam is going for period correctness for whatever his resto secret is! (probably much more interesting than big brothers secret)!

I was thinking of going wide 5 on my cabrio as its on a 68 IRS chassis but I couldnt find a way of keeping the disks on the front and not running adaptors. I even enquired with John Sherman about using his kit on a BJ spindle but no go.

Its all academic now as I'm going down the Porsche 944 brake road so I can fit some 993 Turbo twists which is a whole load of fun and games too!

Cheers

Steve

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VWFOOL - May 21st, 2004 at 01:29 AM

here are some shots taken today, after a big job cleaning and painting my new pan.



http://www.newcastlevehicleexchange.com/web/images/newpan-096.jpg

http://www.newcastlevehicleexchange.com/web/images/newpan-097.jpg

http://www.newcastlevehicleexchange.com/web/images/newpan-098.jpg

http://www.newcastlevehicleexchange.com/web/images/newpan-104.jpg

http://www.newcastlevehicleexchange.com/web/images/newpan-125.jpg



more pics in detail on my website ofcourse: http://vwfool.tk 

thanks for the support guys
sam
vwfool

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XXX-1.8T - May 21st, 2004 at 10:12 AM

Go Sam!

kroozzn63 - May 21st, 2004 at 11:31 AM

lets see more sam give us some hints

VWFOOL - May 22nd, 2004 at 09:50 AM

hints at wat ovaltine, im not hiding anything...;)

VWFOOL - May 22nd, 2004 at 10:02 AM

thanks guys,
as u can see in the pics though, much of this is due to jasons help. just look at rhe way he lifts a 700kg car on his own, WOW! :)

VDUBXTC - May 22nd, 2004 at 04:50 PM

Thats the power of fat sam. I can lift anything with the help of my body fat.

moonlite6t6beetle - May 22nd, 2004 at 05:05 PM

Sam you know how much i admire your work... keep it up.

VWFOOL - May 23rd, 2004 at 11:43 AM

no no no Jason u spell it P-H-A-T.

thanks mate...

VWFOOL - May 29th, 2004 at 11:41 AM

latest pics from yesterday.
got the body bolted down, guards on and the engine in.

now i can see the light...
:bounce

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VWFOOL - May 29th, 2004 at 11:42 AM

another

VDUBXTC - May 29th, 2004 at 03:52 PM

This is becoming hard work helping Sam and trying to do my own.
Sam You owe me a keg mate. ;)

Dannyboy - May 29th, 2004 at 07:11 PM

Getting there Sam. Love the garage pics , reminds me of my folks place and a garage full of bits of vw's everywhere! Nice one.

Dan :)