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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 09:00 PM |
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my new hillclimb circuit beetle
I thought its about time that i start a new thread on the circuit race section and show you guys and girls my new project as most of you know I wrote
my 64 beetle off in what was a will beginners mistake and put it into a concrete barrier...anyways I found myself a 69 semi auto bug that was a roller
and in old 2 PAC primer and also caked on sound deadener underbody stuff,ggrr "what a pain"...the body was pretty straight but has previously had a
hit in the front left and also has a sunroof cut out.... So here is some pics...
The old ,banana beambug
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Had to cut the reef off ton get the cage out
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Bent torsion bar and spring plate
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The new
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Because race car and I'm pretty much in sports sedan class I thought I'd cut some weight out..
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Cut some more weight out of the doors and thinking about cuuting some more... [/URL]
My first attempt at some patch work.this was my first time welding thin panel...not perfect but this is a race car not a show car...
And this is the start of my removable rear end...
I'm going to use my old deck lid a valance...
And some insperation/motivation,lol...just a few cars I'm lovin right now
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Not all volksy but nice cars that's for sure...
Here some cage work..the 2 slip joints on the door bars took me half a day to get right... Damn I was frustrated....
Thought I'd strengthen it a bit by doing some seem welding as I have taking a lot of stiffness out by removing the inner skins..
And the fun part trying to fill these gaps,hhmm
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So that's about it for now..so feel free for advise or any ideas...
Thanks for looking
Fabo...yeehaa....
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colin
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 09:24 PM |
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Really good to see you with a project and plenty of motivation.
Now you can build an even better car than before using all the knowledge and experience you learnt.
Cheers Col
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 09:30 PM |
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good to see you're back on the bike so to speak.
You sure hit that barrier hard! Didn't look too bad at the time but major damage by the looks of it. look forwards to seeing it run.
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 09:32 PM |
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oh, forgot to say I think your rear end detachable system is great. Is this your idea or have you seen a similar set up before?
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 10:14 PM |
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Wow, the shell has certainly had the "weight loss" treatment ! Good to see you going sports sedan Chris 
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 10:27 PM |
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oh, forgot to say I think your rear end detachable system is great. Is this your idea or have you seen a similar set up before?
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I stumbled across the idea on the pommy vw site I think...
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 10:32 PM |
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Wow, the shell has certainly had the "weight loss" treatment ! Good to see you going sports sedan Chris
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I had really no choice Craig,I was running in it previously as my car was unrego'd and so this will be also.I had a chat to some cams guys and
department of transport about getting it rally rego'd so I can at least drive it to selected events but I would have been doing it dodgy as it was
not ever going to do rally events but can be rego'd like this...we do have improved production but never got put in this class and never thought to
raise the question till now..doh...
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 10:39 PM |
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Ah well, at least you get to have fun building a light car that you can run slicks on !
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 11:01 PM |
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Top stuff - hope you enjoy the build mate
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 11:17 PM |
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Torsion bars bent too ouch. Nice start. Steering rack conversion for tight and quick response? Good luck
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| posted on August 7th, 2013 at 07:16 PM |
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Done a wee bit more on the cage this week...only have to run a bar between the two rear stays and weld in pads and the lower a
pillars....yeehaa,progress.....
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| posted on August 9th, 2013 at 10:15 AM |
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looking good Chris ..... great to see that you are back into it . good luck with the build mate
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| posted on August 10th, 2013 at 07:43 PM |
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Looking good Fabo.... Are you planning to run any cage supports back to the frame horns or to the frontend?
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| posted on August 11th, 2013 at 11:49 AM |
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Looking good Fabo.... Are you planning to run any cage supports back to the frame horns or to the frontend?
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Nah,I don't want to ad anymore cage ,that steel is bloody heavy.I'll make some chromoly supports up though..........
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| posted on August 16th, 2013 at 11:33 PM |
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Out of interest, where did you get your cage from initally? (for the old car) Was it a Bond kit or all custom?
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| posted on August 17th, 2013 at 01:04 AM |
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Alloy race Fab in ossy park built it but i won't recommend him...chronic customs bent up my new hoop for me..they were great to deal with....you
could get front and main hoop bent up then the rest of the bars are straight and easy.....
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 04:43 PM |
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Have done a bit more the last couple of weeks...
Cage is all done now,just have to make my rear fork bars which will be tied into the cage with rose joints...
Welded up the fuel filler flap
Welded in my old dash panel from my crashed bug
I have removed the strip that holds the bonnet and deck lid rubbers
I was going to use my old deck lid so I removed or the inner skins to take some weight out and found all this bog which is just a big hole covered up
so I'm going to leave it for now as that shape to weld up is beyond me.I might look into getting a fiberglass deck lid..saves some work......
That's it for now...I have a guy coming around before October to weld up the sunroof for me and show me some tricks or two.I'm thinking about making
a stand for the body to make work a little bit easier to access and I can sit on a seat,lol instead of curled in a ball and seizing up....I could go
on a bit more but back to the cave now...layers...
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 05:58 PM |
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Looking good Chris
A tip for the future, the strip that holds the rubbers can be easily removed with pliers and just pulling it off (no need to drill holes and weld).
You can then use a flapper disc to finish off the edge, removing any left over remains of the strip.
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 07:02 PM |
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Good work mate
Cheers Col
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 07:58 PM |
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No need to make a stand for the body.... I have a body trolley you can borrow Chris.
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 08:55 PM |
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Thanks guys for the comments
Humpty,fark yeah,luv you..... 
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| posted on August 26th, 2013 at 09:52 AM |
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Looking good Chris!
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| posted on August 26th, 2013 at 10:10 AM |
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Great to see this one progressing dude !!!
Welded fuel filler flap... presume cos you're going fuel cell ???
Also that bend in dash bar from crash... faaaarkkkkk....
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| posted on October 24th, 2013 at 11:56 PM |
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Took me easily over ten hours getting the decklid from this to filler then etch primer,never again,lol....
Johno from south of river can up and welded in the roof section for me,thanks bro...
Made some room in the engine room for a 2 Ltr catch can/breather...
Some mug,me,after what I think is a good enough filler job...
 
Engine room seam sealed
Another 200gms out
Almost striped and etched inside the cockpit
Front quater had to go
In with the new
My mounts for the oil coolers
 
And so much more to go...
Fabo
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| posted on October 25th, 2013 at 12:27 AM |
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Some lower sections repaired.made my own lower A piller section.. 
These are the pads that go behind the feet on the cage,instead of using nutserts for the bolts I just welded nuts on to save money from buying a
nutserts tool etc... 
This is where I'm thinking about mounting my dry sump tank.I'd cut a hole out and drop it inside the cab but you fill it up from up top.I'm still
unsure as I want to do more events with passenger onboard,,hhhmmm.if not I'll put it next to me to help better balance the car from some fat belly
man,lol....
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| posted on October 25th, 2013 at 08:08 PM |
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Yeah.... You still owe me a ride in that car ya bum.... Don't forget the leg room!
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| posted on October 25th, 2013 at 08:16 PM |
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Yeah.... You still owe me a ride in that car ya bum.... Don't forget the leg room!
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Jeez I thought old people loose there memory,well I was wrong,lol.....
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| posted on November 12th, 2013 at 09:36 PM |
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Looking good.
BTW, there is a cheaper and more efficient alternative available on the oil coolers if you run dry sump. I used a cheapie intercooler and modified the
ends to take an fittings.
It takes about 2lt of oil and as there is little to no pressure on the dry sump return line there is no risk of popping the cooler.
Previously I had two big setrab oil coolers, with the intercooler the oil temp dropped with about 15'c. We rarely see over 100'c on a hot 30'c day.
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| posted on November 13th, 2013 at 10:16 AM |
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Thanks for that Louis,I'll see how mine goes and if temps are too high I'll try what you have done..BTW how's the stroker motor going??
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| posted on November 13th, 2013 at 03:30 PM |
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Worked a little on it last night. Should get the engine fired up this weekend on the stand and get one heat cycle on the heads to they can be
re-torqued. Then I need to build the exhaust header and boost pipes.
End of Dec she must be running and tuned.
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