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himmell - November 7th, 2004 at 05:33 PM

Hello folks

A pretty momentarse occasion for me, after 16 months of late nights ive got my 67 on the road. I got it for $700 after it was sitting in a shed for a few years. Did all the panel/paint myself, took it back to bare metal & painted in ppg acrylic, my first attempt at painting a car and im pretty happy with it, not perfect but better than expected. also painted the pan/beam in por15, replaced most rubbers. Redid all the brakes, bearings, seals etc. painted the seat frames and re-upholstered the seats, intstalled a custom headliner (vinyl snakeskin :P) plonked in a 1600 dp than i recoed after making the bell housing more accomodating. Re-wired to 12 volts. The only thing I didnt do was weld in the avis adjusters on the beam, so thanks volksaffair fellas :thumb. Got the chromework redone and had the steel rims powdercoated.
goodies include 6v popouts, delswift mirrors ( from bocka64), unity spotties, rear venetian.

cheers, Chris

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/jenchristo/coco2.jpg

[Edited on 7-11-2004 by himmell]


himmell - November 7th, 2004 at 05:34 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/jenchristo/coco3.jpg


himmell - November 7th, 2004 at 05:36 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/jenchristo/coco4.jpg


dragbug - November 7th, 2004 at 06:00 PM

Congrats on a good looking Dub!
Its such a good feeling to see a finished product,More so when you put most of the work into it yourself.
Good to see another VW saved from being taken to the scrapers.


bugboymatt - November 7th, 2004 at 06:19 PM

mate you done a very nice job on your ride.
congrats


himmell - November 7th, 2004 at 06:27 PM

Cheers, thanks for that!, the only problem is that its been pissing down here in Melb. and I'm not too keen to take it out in the wet. Its also good to annoy the wife again after hiding away in the shed after so many months:party


Canni. - November 7th, 2004 at 06:28 PM

very nice :) is the colour pearl white?


himmell - November 7th, 2004 at 06:33 PM

The sides are antarctic white (vw colour). the rest of the car is a beige/green colour, PPG code 3846 grey spectrum.


BanoraBus - November 7th, 2004 at 06:38 PM

Smick looking bug, well done.


buzzbug - November 7th, 2004 at 07:51 PM

wow that is great,
well done mate.


65busser - November 7th, 2004 at 08:42 PM

Schweeeeeeeet..!!!! Nice and clean. How effective are the front indicators?


himmell - November 7th, 2004 at 09:18 PM

The indicators seem to reflect pretty well within the housing, I thought the vicroads fella would pick up on it but he didnt mention anything about it during the inspection.

[Edited on 7-11-2004 by himmell]


Dasdubber - November 7th, 2004 at 09:26 PM

Bloody fantastic effort! Full credit to you on an excellent resto. Simple but very effective!


ikube - November 7th, 2004 at 09:28 PM

Awesome Job! Very Very Nice Dub!


karmen - November 7th, 2004 at 09:37 PM

thumbs up from Qld
a clean machine
any engine bay pics
and what are the whitewalls...//?


himmell - November 7th, 2004 at 10:34 PM

Thanks for all the feedback, ill try and get some more pics but I dont have a digital camera, borrowed my neighbours for these pics. The whitewalls are just those flaps that sit on the rims, cant remember his name but I bought them off someone from this forum.
cheers, Chris


CB Hotdog - November 7th, 2004 at 10:37 PM

She's gorgeous - keep going back for another look....


62deluxe - November 7th, 2004 at 11:41 PM

Schweeet mate. Top job.:cool:


sean68 - November 9th, 2004 at 12:56 PM

Nice one Chris
finally get to see it after all this time
bet jen keeps stealing the drivers seat :vader
will be down in melbourne on the weekend of the 10th dec so i'll try and come round to say gday
once again nice job......have to get mine finished now:cool:

cheers
sean


squizy - November 9th, 2004 at 01:25 PM

That is really sweet. Great job. That two tone with two really light colours looks a treat.

Squiz....


Fossil - November 9th, 2004 at 01:41 PM

Sweet and Kool - great job


adnesiac - November 9th, 2004 at 02:02 PM

yep i keep going back for another look too!!!

clean, tasteful and bloody sweet....love the color combo!
look forward to seeing it cruzing around melbs....


BLUE_62 - November 13th, 2004 at 04:09 AM

That is one hell of a nice looking 67. If my 62 looks half that good when i am finished i will be wrapped. A credit to ya boss. :cool:


himmell - November 13th, 2004 at 06:23 AM

Thanks for all the comments, much appreciated :beer. Hopefully get to meet some of you peoples at the DOVW.

cheers

[Edited on 12-11-2004 by himmell]


Midlife crisis - November 13th, 2004 at 07:27 AM

Very kool bug

Marc


sikdub - November 13th, 2004 at 11:25 AM

Wicked Style! :)
Steve


PHAT BUG - November 13th, 2004 at 10:42 PM

Love it!


kustomkool - November 16th, 2004 at 05:54 PM

Well done Chris im gonna drop over tomorow.Hey where is the sticker on the rear window ie:oildrippers?


silver - November 16th, 2004 at 06:35 PM

Very nice job I hope mine looks that good when it's finished


himmell - November 16th, 2004 at 06:52 PM

Hey Damo drop over tonight or thursday, were tied up for tomorrow night.

cheers!