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 psimitar
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| posted on August 28th, 2014 at 10:55 PM |
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Very nice 
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lunar_c
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| posted on August 29th, 2014 at 01:00 PM |
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I hope I have the opportunity to build an air cooled dub with my future kids one day! Great build, thanks for sharing. No faulting your panel work
from me..
6 Dubs in and counting..
1966 1300 Deluxe Beetle in polar white.
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grinderman
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| posted on August 30th, 2014 at 06:27 PM |
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Supercheap 'spraybooth' and dirt floor always challenging for optimum paint finish 
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| posted on August 30th, 2014 at 06:31 PM |
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Unbolted the rear sliding door support and found some stress fractures so the mig had to come out.
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grinderman
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 09:31 PM |
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Progress !
We have been busy over the last couple of months so here are some updates
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 09:34 PM |
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Stone guard used on lower sections and sound deadener in wheel arches
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 09:37 PM |
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Gone this far now have to keep going. Interior floor stripped and primed
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grinderman
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 09:40 PM |
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Engine bay painted
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 09:45 PM |
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Took it to 'the factory' for painting of the lower section, 5 coats of debeer 2 pac (fiat turquoise)
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grinderman
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 09:52 PM |
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If buttercup comes up as good as my last respray I will be happy, it was nice getting some complements at action day in wynnum.
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 09:55 PM |
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TMI headliner getting fitted and some D.I.Y. internal trimming
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grinderman
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 10:00 PM |
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Greta has chosen a bamboo timber floor for looks and practicality which I layed over a masonite base
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grinderman
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| posted on October 27th, 2014 at 10:03 PM |
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Color sanding and buffing started
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modnrod
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| posted on October 28th, 2014 at 05:31 AM |
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Nice.
It seems half your life gets taken up with getting these things straight doesn't it?
Looking good. 
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grinderman
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| posted on October 28th, 2014 at 12:46 PM |
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Yes modnrod so many hours on the sanding boards. It ain't perfect but time is always the enemy.
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grinderman
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| posted on April 12th, 2015 at 08:03 PM |
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Long time no update
Well buttercup has been on the road now for a few months and is about 90% finished so I thought I'd put up a few pics. The quick respray ended up
being a major rebuild (which seems to be common) with the paintjob costing about $1100 in materials and that turned out to be one of the cheaper costs
in the build. All thats left is mostly mechanical and suspension improvements. Greta absolutely loves driving her bus and the positive comments she
gets everytime makes the long build time worth it.
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grinderman
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| posted on April 12th, 2015 at 08:09 PM |
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A couple more
Last year was a big one with the 57 and the 69 both put on the road. You could count the number of days I had off on one hand
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oldskoolguy
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| posted on April 12th, 2015 at 08:57 PM |
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Looks really nice, well done.
Good colour scheme too.
Rob.
"The best trophies are stone chips"
1969 1500 Beetle "Otis"
2008 Golf GTI
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adlbeetle66
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Custom Title Time!
Under the car.........again!
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| posted on April 13th, 2015 at 08:30 AM |
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Very cool.
Greta is lucky to have a kombi at that age.. I'm younger than that and I only have a beetle! 
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pete wood
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| posted on April 13th, 2015 at 03:46 PM |
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Champion work there. Great to see so many old cars going BACK on the road.
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wombatventures
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| posted on April 16th, 2015 at 08:05 AM |
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Awesome job mate. Great to see good work ending in such a top ride.
You've got one lucky daughter.
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shaven
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| posted on April 17th, 2015 at 06:56 PM |
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mate you have probably heard it a 1000 times... but thats beautiful. congrats on all the hard work, its paid off. the paint job... WOW
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends"
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grinderman
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| posted on April 17th, 2015 at 08:02 PM |
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Thanks guys, it just shows that if you have enough determination good results can be acheived without trade qualifications or a lot of tools for that
matter. A grinder, random orbit sander, $120 3in1 spraygun, speedfile........not much else. Same for mehanical, these machines are so simple a mug
like me can give the bus a top end rebuild on the side of the road. I love em !
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| posted on April 18th, 2015 at 12:11 PM |
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a shed the size of my local football park and a forklift helps as well
Seriously love the lowlight
Colour is BEAUTIFUL
Futue te ipsum!!!
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grinderman
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| posted on April 18th, 2015 at 04:05 PM |
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Yes Bizarre, a friend of mine (who owns the splitty) owns a sheetmetal business and he does my fabbing and welding but he hates bodywork so he gets me
to do that and I get the rust sorted properly on my projects with no money changing hands. Its a good arrangement. Would love a large workshop in my
backyard but single income family and house renovations have put it on the backburner.
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1cut808
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| posted on April 19th, 2015 at 09:36 AM |
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Getting some colour on it must make it start to feel worthwhile!
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