The RestoRod - Norwegian slammer
DrLaban - June 23rd, 2009 at 07:07 PM
Greetings from Norway 
Just registered here. Looking forward to see what you guys are doing to your aircooled rides in Australia.
Here's som pictures of my ongoing project which will be on the road in a week or two.
Total rebuild the last two years. FLAT savannah beige. Full air suspension modified to lay the whole car physically on the ground. 4,5x15 in front and
8"15 widen steelies rear. Shaved doors. Bronze colored windows all the way around (incl. windshield)
Custom bumpers and exhaust. Bumpers will be flatt white as the wheels. +++++++
Bumper under construction. The WHOLE bumper will be flat white so don't mind the red details on the US-bars.
matberry - June 23rd, 2009 at 07:17 PM
Dude very cool ride
Welcome to AVD
trickysimon - June 23rd, 2009 at 07:24 PM
That colour in flat is AWESOME!
DrLaban - June 23rd, 2009 at 07:25 PM
Thanks, guys! 
h - June 23rd, 2009 at 07:29 PM
schweet!
Pumba - June 23rd, 2009 at 07:51 PM
Wow that looks great,like what you done with the ashtray??? very clever cheers shane.
DrLaban - June 23rd, 2009 at 08:06 PM
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Wow that looks great,like what you done with the ashtray??? very clever cheers shane.
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That's my AshPod 
I have installed an iPod in the ashtray that is the
only sound source in the car. Direct connected to a 6-channel amp under the hood.
When I close the tray you're not able to see that the car got a sound system at all.
the woofers are hidden behind the rearseat and I have also made a custom wall under the dash where the front system is hidden.
The whole car is silenced with FatMat.
DrLaban - June 23rd, 2009 at 08:15 PM
The only place where the paint is NOT flat, is the chassi. Kinda funny 500+ hours of work before I even started working on the body. And I did not have any rust repairs at all.
A picture from the build up..
Jack Schit - June 23rd, 2009 at 08:31 PM
I just soiled my trousers...
cesiumfrog - June 23rd, 2009 at 09:09 PM
wow....very nice! love those little details. well done.
Wannavee - June 23rd, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Bloody hell! thats sensational.Colour is perfect,congrats fella
colonel mustard - June 23rd, 2009 at 11:02 PM
looks sick. engine / box details!! more pics!!!!!! what exhaust is that? looks amazing
bugking - June 24th, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Again WOW, that is just cool. I've never seen that style before, it's inspirational. And the negative camber with those wheels!
and good to see AC/DC has made it to Norway
DrLaban - June 24th, 2009 at 06:49 AM
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posted by colonel mustard
looks sick. engine / box details!! more pics!!!!!! what exhaust is that? looks amazing
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It's a SEBRING exhaust, but I have changed the tailpipes to 2,5" and opened it more. A deeeep og pretty loud sound in it.
The engine is still the original one. 1200ccm 34hk
The plan was to build a powerful engine next winter, but I've just got my hands in a 1965 microbus deluxe, so I'm not so sure anymore.
DrLaban - June 24th, 2009 at 06:51 AM
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posted by cesiumfrog
wow....very nice! love those little details. well done.
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I love details. And when I post the final pics you'll see more of them.
DrLaban - June 24th, 2009 at 07:08 AM
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posted by bugking
Again WOW, that is just cool. I've never seen that style before, it's inspirational. And the negative camber with those wheels!
and good to see AC/DC has made it to Norway
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I always try to build something "new". I'm tired of all the cars with the same old look/story. My motto is "DARE TO BE DIFFERENT"!
I love old rods and I wanted to mix the rod style with the resto style. There you got the project name, The RestoRod.
I also love extremly low cars. This is my second car with air suspension.
Modified frontbeam to be able to lay frame head and floor on the ground.
In other words, I don't need any parking brake *laughing*
My previous project was a 1985 Golf 1 Cab. The worlds first golf cab with removable roller bar! Also with air suspension. I did a LOT of bodymods on this car. If you know this model you'll see them if you take a close
look
This is how VW SHOULD have made this car.
But..enough watercooled!!
VWFREAK - June 24th, 2009 at 08:54 AM
Nice, low sheen paint looks sweet as 
VWCOOL - June 24th, 2009 at 09:01 AM
Top work Dr!
bugking - June 24th, 2009 at 05:57 PM
just wondering..............how do you open the doors?
and do you have any pictures of the mechanism behind it all.
DrLaban - June 24th, 2009 at 06:27 PM
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just wondering..............how do you open the doors?
and do you have any pictures of the mechanism behind it all.
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I am going to use a solenoid and a remote controll (which also is able to raise and slam the car). I'm doing this setup the next few days so I can
post som pictures of it later.
Bought a so called "shave door kit" / "popout door kit"
DrLaban - June 24th, 2009 at 06:47 PM
Question regarding the Aussie Flash trim --> http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=77408
Craig S - June 24th, 2009 at 07:57 PM
Tried to look at the website you have on the window but it seems that it's just the front page at the moment. Any plans to expand it?
DrLaban - June 24th, 2009 at 08:04 PM
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Tried to look at the website you have on the window but it seems that it's just the front page at the moment. Any plans to expand it?
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Jepp, when the car is done I'll post some official info/pics on the cars site
But it is possible to read about the whole build up @ vwvortex
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3808554
izac - June 24th, 2009 at 09:23 PM
that is absolutely awesome man! never seen anything like it... love all the custom bits and piecesyou have done to it 
DrLaban - June 24th, 2009 at 09:33 PM
A couple of pics from the build up...
The air management:
Speedo and pinstriping @ dash:
Silencening with FatMat:
57 Chook Shed - June 25th, 2009 at 05:03 PM
Love it!
Birch Green - June 26th, 2009 at 07:58 PM
Damn... nice!
Looking forward to seeing more updates.
Gringo_54_oval - July 19th, 2009 at 07:15 PM
shiit!freekin love that golf dude looks mean.and the bug looks unreal aswell.you got 5 stars from me bro
DrLaban - July 21st, 2009 at 03:08 AM
Howdy folks,
I´ve had summer vacation and I´m struggelig a bit to get the motivation back.
But I have worked with the bumpers and things are starting to look good.
Yesterday I layed some more füller on both bumpers. Here´s two good and "thick" layers on the rear bumper. This is done to make the profiles
around the tubes etc perfect. The same "trick" is done on the front bumper.
And today the front bumper got it´s first layer of flatt matt. The paint is not dry on the pics so it is not completly flatt.
vassy66T1 - July 21st, 2009 at 09:47 AM
Very very cool
It really makes me want a beetle as a cruiser again ... but how many cars can you own??