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 Karmann 78
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| posted on October 19th, 2003 at 06:48 PM |
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My current and last (first) project
These first two pics are of my current project. A 1978 Karmann Cabrio. I bought it from a guy in Queensland earlier in the year who had just
imported it out from California. It had a fuel injected engine but somebody did a poor job at converting it to a carby. I saw a fi unit on ebay and
bought it so the engine will be fi again. I also bought an a/c unit for it which was removed from a l-bug in america.
These pics are of my old beetle which I restored, but not to the state which I will do my current bug to. It got 100% new rubbers, reco engine/gearbox
and new
paint. It also had quarter window pop-outs.
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vw_carrera
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| posted on October 19th, 2003 at 07:26 PM |
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You appear to be very thorough, nice work and welcome to the forum. |
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baybuscamperkid
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| posted on October 19th, 2003 at 08:35 PM |
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nice work, the karmann looks like it will come up a treat!
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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vdbleu2002
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| posted on October 19th, 2003 at 08:49 PM |
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I love anything with a Karmann name to it. Looks like it will be another great car for our roads. Keep us posted
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pyr0
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| posted on October 19th, 2003 at 08:59 PM |
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how long have you been workin on this one it seems to be coming along nicly at the moment:bounce
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Karmann Bug
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| posted on October 20th, 2003 at 09:57 AM |
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(I have two login names.)
I have had the car since march. Progress is going soo slow because I am no longer a student and I go to 21st all weekend and don't get up till
2pm. I have decided to clean up and spray all the non-visible parts body parts of the car. But will ship it off to someone else to do all the exterior
panel beating and final painting because I want this car to be the best in Australia but dont have the money to pay somebody else to do 100% of the
body work. (I did all body work and spraying on my old car.)
I am still looking for another rack and pinion bug which I can use as a donor car, because I still need to get the metal located behind the dash
chopped out and a rhd version welded in. From this car I can then get the rack, dash, pedal assembly, wiring harness and many other parts just for
spare.
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vw_addict
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| posted on October 20th, 2003 at 02:05 PM |
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Welcome to the forum!!
The cars look great and cant wait it finished. Keep up the good work!!!:thumb |
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Doug Sweetman
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| posted on October 20th, 2003 at 02:13 PM |
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Like wise - great work and welcome.
Curiosity question - are you converting it to RHD ? If so, as it sounds like you are building a concourse car, where are you getting the dash
recovered / reubilt etc ?
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Karmann Bug
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| posted on October 20th, 2003 at 04:14 PM |
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I have to get the car converted to RHD. I am pretty sure that the car has to be 30 years or old for it to be registered LHD.
When I can find one, I will buy a RHD rack and pinion bug, where I can get the dash out of it, but have not even started thinking about a place to get
the dash restored.
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PHAT BUG
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| posted on October 20th, 2003 at 09:45 PM |
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Your old bug wouldn't happen to be Kim's (Golde 60) would it. Now riding with a lowered front?
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squizy
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| posted on October 20th, 2003 at 11:10 PM |
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Is this Graeme who sent me the email re air con?
Squiz.....
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Karmann Bug
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| posted on October 21st, 2003 at 08:45 AM |
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My old bug still looks the same, seen it near colonial stadium few weeks back.
Not me re- air con.
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