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junkyardoval - December 7th, 2003 at 12:43 AM

A few photos are posted at
http://photo.starblvd.net/junkyardoval 

Hope to hear it run before Christmas.

Baja Wes - December 7th, 2003 at 10:41 AM

I've been watching this one for a while, looking like fun :)

Hope you get to run it soon, then take it for a spin (and a spin it will be) :D

reub - December 10th, 2003 at 11:00 PM

Hey Ernie.

Great to have a look at some pics mate.
Hope it asll continues to go well!!!

Herbie - December 11th, 2003 at 01:10 AM

Thats what I'm talkin about!

Way to go, I love it.

Cheers Tony

bugboymatt - December 19th, 2003 at 05:50 PM

:bounce:D:bounce:D:bounce:D
LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

kombi_kid - December 21st, 2003 at 07:53 AM

what do u reacon that 911 gearbox can handle??? was it hard to fit onto a beetle pan,where are you putting the intercooler and last but not least what did it set u back?
cheers
rhys
p.s. that is the ultimate rat looker!

junkyardoval - December 21st, 2003 at 11:57 PM

Hey Kombi
I have been told I will break the 911 trans. But, I don't plan to dragrace the car. It is for the road. I got lucky on the whole thing. Car $40.00,73 pan $0.00, trans $225.00, engine $400.00, adaptor plate $0.00. Has taken almost 4 years to find all the parts.

Ernie
:)

junkyardoval - December 22nd, 2003 at 12:02 AM

Sorry
The trans was no real problem. Lots of measuring and I usually do things 3 times. " Not right, maybe, and this will work." I plan to take the body off and take more photos at Christmas. My father-in-law will be here with his digital camera.

Ernie

kombi_kid - December 22nd, 2003 at 12:13 PM

f@#$ thats cheap for all them parts especially the motor!!!!
i would like to see it go!!
cheers
rhys

junkyardoval - December 31st, 2003 at 10:57 AM

A little update. No photos. It was cold out and my wife didn't think taking photos was the way to spend Christmas. My friend didn't get the wiring harness finished so I didn't get to fire it up. The good news: He is working on the harness this week. YAHOO!


Ernie

reub - December 31st, 2003 at 11:36 AM

All in good time hey. Would have been nice for Christmas but what a way to start the new year hey.

junkyardoval - January 4th, 2004 at 11:24 AM

Found a Porsche 933 in a salvage yard today. I now have a tach, 150mph speedo, clock, amp guage, and the multiple guage with the fuel, temp and idior lights. $11.00 for all.

YAHOO!

Ernie

tonyg - January 4th, 2004 at 04:19 PM

g'day junkyard oval,
Does this super cheap wrecking yard have any vanagons? Looking for seat swivel bases, interested to know as #2 son is in usa at present but he is anything but a tech head, knows nothing about cars and is not interested in them at all. I hope he can get some for me.
tonyg

junkyardoval - January 5th, 2004 at 12:34 AM

I will check. Have a friend with a couple Vanagons.

Ernie

pete wood - January 16th, 2004 at 05:06 PM

Hey Junkyard,:thumb
what rear trailing arms are you using there?
Porsche?

junkyardoval - January 17th, 2004 at 12:35 PM

Everything came from a 1988 Porsche 944.

Ernie

pete wood - January 17th, 2004 at 04:25 PM

So is the 944 torsion bar rear or did you modify the spring plates?
Also, how did you get the inner mounts made up for the diagonal arms? Is it Porsche or Beetle or what?:thumb

junkyardoval - January 19th, 2004 at 12:16 AM

The torsion bars are gone. The trans was moved forward 4 1/2". The center of the car was cut which did away with the torsion bars. The firewall was moved forward about 14". Tubes come off the torsion tube and back and up for the top shock mount. The spring plates are stock Porsche 944. The arms are aluminum so I made a steel plate which bolts onto the back side of the arm with the rear two bolts for the spring plates. This plate curves up and back toward the axle for the bottom shock mount. It would also be possible to make a mount from aluminum plate and weld it onto the arm for the bottom mount.

Ernie