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 tar76
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| posted on September 30th, 2013 at 05:06 PM |
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"Obey your Dreams"!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on November 24th, 2013 at 01:48 PM |
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Well yesterday we all but finished up the front droop stops , and reduced the front top spring packs back to 3 full leafs only which at this stage
feels like a nice spring combined with the 2 1/4 arms .
With that done and us needing to get the car rolling so we can move it around for an incomming container of gear from the USA we also refitted the
left rear torsion bar and wheeled it outside for a look at the adjusted stance .
At ride height i should have around 430mm under the torsion housings with 100mm droop from there and 200mm up travel .
Yes the rear guards are going to need some work to centre them over the wheels but the arches also need to be moved out so no biggy to also move them
back the required 40mm too
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| posted on November 24th, 2013 at 02:13 PM |
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What a fantastic ride. You are doing great work.
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on December 22nd, 2013 at 12:58 PM |
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Finally recieved our container from the states so Christmas has come early here
My HID headlight kit which will be fitted into a pair of genuine KC Stainless Steel Dayligters
Speed hut Gauges , including a combined Tacho / GPS Speedo , Oil pressure , Oil Temp , Cyl Head Temp , Volts , and Fuel , with all senders
A genuine Bosch Alternator and tig welded wide fan
A Jamar Pro X shifter with reverse lockout
Also unpictured at present is a set of Jamar hydralic fiddlers/ turning brakes , various size bump stops , some new cylinder tinware that i will
insert the cylinder head vane out of a german set into , a 36 hp doghouse fan shroud and some LED tail lights
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on February 2nd, 2014 at 06:58 AM |
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Bit more work , have set up the upper bump stops and limit straps in the rear
And cut out my centre consul to fit in the hydralic turning brakes , sorry forgot to take anyphoto's of the finished mounted item
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| posted on February 2nd, 2014 at 11:35 AM |
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great work Andrew!
the light at the end if the tunnel is getting brighter!
good stuff
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on June 1st, 2014 at 08:48 AM |
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Long time no posts , no excuses but i have been working on it !!!!!!!
Have cut and folded most of my new fuel tank out , which uses the triangular void that it fit's into better than the original round tank and the new
tank should hold around 55 to 60 litres , sorry no photos' of this yet
Yesterday we also finally got stuck into the rear mudguards / fenders which we have moved out approx 50 mm and back 55 mm to cover my large rear
stance .
The plan with the guards / fenders is to cut ,modify , and clean up the existing guards , use these as plugs for a mould ( the existing guards are in
very poor shape have been modified a few times already and weigh way to much ) and produce a couple of sets , ie one set to go on the car and a spare
set .
Any way here are a few pics of the progress so far
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on August 20th, 2014 at 05:06 PM |
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The front guards on my Towdster starting to take shape to cover the wider stance and longer up travel
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| posted on August 22nd, 2014 at 08:38 PM |
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Good evening all. DAMN I'm jealous of this would love 1 but have to make do with the kombi. this will looks good with the guards finished what colour
are you going to paint it. keep up the work. take care
ernie
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on September 7th, 2014 at 08:29 AM |
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Bit more done lately and some other stuff starting to get finished off .
The rear infill panel and modified Trimil Bobcat exhaust .
The front skid plate which will have a 250mm x 220mm hole cut into and ducted up to my engine oil cooler to give it good clean cool air
Not that you can see much of it but the alloy fuel tank in place
The modified Jamar brake and clutch pedals and Pauls custom made throttle pedal which will keep the floor clear
The centre consul with jamar X shifter
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| posted on September 7th, 2014 at 11:04 PM |
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Nice read Andrew, great work.
Love the twin hand brake levers 
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on January 23rd, 2015 at 04:57 PM |
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Ok it's been a while again since the last post , but still moving forward , will let the pictures speak
Designed , cut , folded and fitted a dash panel
Mounted the oil cooler , it's a Towd , space is tight , and i didn't like the idea of the oil radiator drawing hot air off the top of the gearbox
and or the hot from said radiator getting drawn into the cool air inlet on the fan shroud
Cut and folded up some headlight brackets
The alloy fuel tank in place , with the cut out area in the bottom to get around the hydralic lines of the fiddlers
MMMMMMMMMM Starting to get the final items welded out
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| posted on November 7th, 2015 at 08:04 AM |
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Well have finally got the rear guards home and fitted to the car , i just have to make some tabs up today to hold the inside edges of the bottom of
the arches to the chassis to stop them bouncing around
Now hopefully the front guards arent to far of being done also and i can finally break this baby down and send it out for paint and powdercoat etc
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| posted on November 7th, 2015 at 07:09 PM |
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Looking good Andrew. Nice work!
68 Baja - It's a growing pain!
58 Baja ute - and the pain spreads!
85 T3 Kombi - still growing
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