We saved an unfinished project as he was left sitting for years with no paint and had lots of surface rust.
We took 20 hours to sand all the rust off and we just painted him with $79 tin of clear paint, put him all back together and added a 1916 motor and his a goodie

Nice solid oval that gotta b happy .M

in car video @ Portland vw drags 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyKvJfeJZI0 

some more racing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfhMFKsTKJA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 

Rose made it to the finals , but red lit and come 2nd
she also won fastest female.

looks great!

what is the name of the workshop it is in?

That's our workshop Ian Rose Automotive Services at Rutherford they are all our bugs we mainly work on the usual family car not vw's as a rule as there's not enough around to make a living from.

We do put on a vw run once a year at the workshop check out the link below

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=88518 

Anything with the words Rose and Nude,
has got to be worth a look!

Haha

Btw would look pretty slick on some fuches

No where to hide bodywork imperfections with a paint job like that. Nice job!

there's something about bare metal ovals....
cheers
D

they go faster
with no paint

Quote:

Originally posted by Flintstones there's something about bare metal ovals.... cheers D

Great look. Very nicely done

just got back from Gunnedah drags.
next weekend Rose will be racing at the Day of the drags .
At Eastern creek drag track.

Gunnedah Drags youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/user/avwnut#p/u/1/yyJ0Wn-9o8s 

How did the times and speeds compare with portland Ian?
This will be a good comparison for future reference.

Man that was the bargain of the year from CT - I was too slow....but glad to see it went to a good home!
Al

At Gunnedah the track was hot so I didn't have good starts as I had a lot of axle tramp best time a 9.9 at Gunnedah and Portland 9.6

Not much spin off the start to much grip at Gunnedah. It was hot 30dec

I seem to always get my best times at Portland.

It will be good to see what times I get on the 1/4 mile at Sydney this week end.

I'm so pleased to see what Ian and Rose have done with it. It almost brings a tear to my eye.

It took me longer to remove the gearbox from my '56 than it took for Ian and Rose to turn the '54 from a dust collector into what you see above.

It's a lucky little oval.

It doesn't have time to collect dust now.

YIKES

What a great looking oval....

and all that rubbing back Rose....

I hope Ian helped You... lol

That car really stands out from the rest.... EXCELLENT...

Great Racing Rose....

Lee

Rude n SMOOOOOTh just like my Orange SMOOOOOOOOOOOOthieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

and my head......

No doubt you are a champion Rose.Cheers Les

6 RACES, BEST RACE 15.530 GOTA BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
rOSE KNOCKED OUT THE GREY HOT ROD AND GREY VAL PARKD IN FRONT OF HER IN THE PIC BELOW

great racing get some LEAD out

It was heaps different racing on a 1/4 mile track
to use 4th gear or not to use 4th gear so close to the finish line so in the end I didn't use it.

My time sheet with my best 60ft, reaction I was having a little sleep


Here's some vids of a great day of racing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lygvyq9dP70 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmfkHZF02v8 

http://www.youtube.com/user/avwnut#p/a/u/0/_7BN0tQZ1sk 

That's an amazing car! Like a VW/Delorean/Airstream Caravan!

Love It!