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Fireman Bens 1970 VW Beetle KRZ 608
Harryman - July 24th, 2005 at 09:28 PM

Gday guys I thought I would post up my first beetle project. It is a 1970 Beetle with a 1600 TP w/ Webber carby and extractors. All work completed by me and my mate Barry Richard (Near Father In Law). Barry did the spray job in my shed and a dam lot of panel beating. He did a magnificant job and it turns heads just with the paint job. This is the first car I have ever done up in my life and I have learnt so much. However it is all rewarding this is my daily car and it has drop spindles frnt w 135r15's and 205r15s rear which is also lowered. It has sony duel face headdeack w 10 inch sub and 6x9's as well as two amps to power them along with a 13plate battery. Custom door trims, full carpet kit, velour interior and front seats out of a holden jackaroo. The Paint Colour is Ford BluePrint. It still has a few things left to complete as I have just recieved some rear pop out windows and front and rear window rubbers. It now has a D Emblem and other assorted bits here and thier. Once it is finally finished I will take a good pic and post it for you to look at. There are many more parts that are on the car which I have left out if you are interested ask and I will reply back with the details. The first picture below is what we started with bieng bad panels, rust rust and more rust and some of the finished project

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Enjoy and please comment if you wish any suggestions would be great as I am no expert and we are doing up a convertable now...
All the best and thanks for the interest Ben Dickens Melbourne Victoria HMAS Cerberus nn[ Edited on 24/7/2005 by Harryman ]

pod - July 24th, 2005 at 10:31 PM

man ,that is one shmick bug, congrats on the good work:spin:

PrettyBlueBug - July 25th, 2005 at 06:49 AM

It looks very nice..... but that could be because it's just like my Beetle! Tehehe ;)

ruckus - July 25th, 2005 at 11:54 AM

Very tasty Ben!


Love the deep rear rims.

DIY-DUB - July 25th, 2005 at 01:51 PM

I love it, looks gr8

squizy - July 25th, 2005 at 04:43 PM

Nice looking ride dude. And this was your father in law that helped with this? Sounds like you married into the right family. Good job. :thumb

mscabrio - July 25th, 2005 at 06:52 PM

Congratulations ! Ur bug looks awesome !

beerdoc - July 25th, 2005 at 07:05 PM

Looks sweet, pop outs will look trick!

GoLfMan - July 25th, 2005 at 07:58 PM

very tidy i love it:bounce:bounce:bounce

Che Castro - July 26th, 2005 at 10:50 AM

wow very clean car. paint looks great too. nice work

Harryman - July 26th, 2005 at 09:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Pretty_Blue_Bug
It looks very nice..... but that could be because it's just like my Beetle! Tehehe ;)


Yeh the colour is very nice I have seen your bug at the show at yarra valley I think... Nice Ride mate I originally painted it this colour two years ago with the wrong painting instructions backed into a fire hydrant at my work and decided to do the whole thing again. A Dam heap of work but the result is very nice....

decked dubby - July 26th, 2005 at 11:16 PM

Great looking bug:thumb Nice stance too:yes:

Fossil - August 10th, 2005 at 12:57 PM

nice ride - well done

Special Air Service - August 11th, 2005 at 10:40 PM

Very nice Mate