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 noonan
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| posted on September 1st, 2003 at 11:02 PM |
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Introducing my as yet un-named T3 wagon...
Howdy all,
Seeing as this is my first post on this forum, I thought I may as well introduce you all to my ride... but first a quick sad story to explain the many
um, quality lapses, on this one.
I previously had another square, a 73, that i bought when i was 17 and spent 2 years worth of weekends tinkering on it before he ["albert"]
hit the road.
Those weekends included a full strip down, and pretty much ground up rebuild, lots of new-ish bits and lots of elbow grease, and a full respray in
eye-melting yellow over white two-tone.
I clocked up craploads of miles in it, and was the toast of the town with my 'what the hell is that' mobile.
The 'albert' title came from the "PHAT" numberplates i had on it [you know, hey hey its faaaat albert...]
It was my number one toy, until late last year when some dick here on a holiday ran through a roundabout and straight into my read quarter...in a
rental car...and then drove off. This all happened overnight, while i was sound asleep inside my house and my car was parked on the street. sigh.
He later owned up, and i got a couple of grand insurance money, but it was a write-off - buckled the roofline. [he was driving a corolla so i dontknow how he drove away!]
so anyway, I then took my insurance money an locked myself in my parents garage until i had another cruise-worthy ride. A month after purchasing a
'71 beater from Volksking i had put in 30 days solid work [its handy being self employed] and ended up with this new one for around 3 grand
total.
Rough as guts when it comes to detailing, but good enough when she drives past to score a few looks, this is my new rock-mobile.
running a tired and pretty much stuffed 1835 and stock rims/tyres/carbies etc. it gets me from a to b, but regularly puts up a fight...
It clocks up loads of miles around Melbourne, so if you see me, gimme a wave.
I'll also upload a pic or two of Albert before he left me for the big garage in the sky...
Over and out.
noonan
[aka Steve Phillips]
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noonan
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| posted on September 1st, 2003 at 11:08 PM |
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saucy red...
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noonan
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| posted on September 1st, 2003 at 11:09 PM |
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| posted on September 1st, 2003 at 11:11 PM |
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Hey Steve, welcome mate.
Love the little avatar photo.:thumb What colour is the lower half of albert? Looks a peachy colour.
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noonan
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| posted on September 1st, 2003 at 11:12 PM |
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phat @ DOTV
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noonan
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| posted on September 1st, 2003 at 11:19 PM |
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[the yellow one is Albert, the Black one doesnt have name yet...]
The lower half is pretty much an apricot colour. It has some transparent red in it, so later in the day it 'blushes' to almost pink... a
completely custom colout i kinda made up on the spot and got mixed at Paintmobile in Preston...
due to the mix and remix process i now have over 4 litres of it left over.. so i'll do something with that one day.
My avatar is taken from the press shots for the late T3, but with my recolouring [from red] in Photoshop... I run a multimedia company, so thats my
thing... and the only reason i stumbled across the black/apricot combo...after seeing it i was sold, but always get the same "what the" look
when i explain it to people...
anyhow... here's Albert all smashed up.
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| posted on September 1st, 2003 at 11:50 PM |
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How did that happen????
Oh man!
nice type 3!
:thumb:thumb:thumb
1962 Type3 Squareback
1967 Type3 Fastback "Kermit"
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 12:24 AM |
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Very nice :thumb
I love the two tone, sweet |
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 12:37 AM |
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Nice paint job on the type 3 Variant....
Shame about the other one....
I suppose that is why Shannons the insurance people like to have their insured cars locked up safely at night time
Hey Steve,
How come You are using My surname as Your name de plume ....??
Lee Noonan (really it is) 68Autobug
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 01:36 AM |
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I love the colour combo, looks great!!
I tried to get your number plates last year, but got PHATVW instead!
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 11:43 AM |
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Thanks guys...
[68autobug] - Its a bit of a strange reason, but i'll explain it anyway... I suppose you all know the 80s golf flick Caddyshack? Well, i'm a
bit of a crazed fan of it, and the lead character's name is Danny Noonan. There have been noonan injokes bounced around my family for years... so
when it came time for me to name my newly formed Multimedia company, NoonanStudios was it.
[so now i get emails to "steve noonan" all the time... and dont bother explaining to people why]
oh, and the house i was living at had no garage, so i was stuck with streetside parking. not anymore though. the new one is off the streets an tucked
away at night.
[phatbug] - i hope it wasnt too late in the year that you were looking for my plates, as i havent had them on a car since November. They're kinda
for sale now, best offer, i have em in the Selling forum here now...
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 05:34 PM |
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Thanks Steve for the "Noonan" story....
very interesting.... and if You ARE rich, then We are related......
from One Noonan to Another.....
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 06:15 PM |
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looks great. unreal colour scheme. will keep an eye out for u!
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 07:53 PM |
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Cool!
What's prize do we get for writing in the speech bubble in the pic above?
Pay your debts, CxxT
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noonan
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 10:02 PM |
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ah, the speech bubble.
That was an emailed pic to tell my friends my car was dead... the funniest quote was gonna get a cruise in the new one or something.. but i only got 2
attempts, and neither of them were funny.
thanks for the comments guys, looks like my plan to have an individual, yet still good looking colour scheme has done its job.
see you on the streets...
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 10:15 PM |
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It'd make me look twice, nice ride :thumb
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| posted on September 4th, 2003 at 02:13 PM |
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what part of Melbourne are you from????:P
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| posted on September 4th, 2003 at 05:54 PM |
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top ride noonan...
:sandrinehere's a good life wish for the new one.
welsomee to the forum, mate.:thumb
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| posted on September 5th, 2003 at 01:24 PM |
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[purple...] I'm originally from sunbury, so thats where the yellow one spent most of its time.
moved to nth melbourne a while ago, and thats where it got written off.
i'm living in west melbourne now....
thanks for the welcomes.
i guess i better wash the new one now, in case someone looks out for it... and see's that its dirty as all crap this week...
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| posted on September 15th, 2003 at 10:13 AM |
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I used to see albert around kensington a fair bit but then i saw your new one in Nth Melb and thought it was the old one with a fresh look.Sorry to
hear about the accident.
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| posted on September 15th, 2003 at 01:30 PM |
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hey kustom...
yeah, i get alot of that... people in sunbury asking why i repainted it...
i can see why, as they're both late models, same wheels, accessories etc...
the black paint job was a rush job, so i have plans to respray it at regular intervals with different bottom half colours... green, beige etc. maybe
even an all black look... but i think i'll wait until summer before i start sanding and spraying again.
** currently respraying a 1978 mazda 323 hatch for my sister... all black, with some flames planned... hafta wait until that is done and outta the
way.
steve
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| posted on September 15th, 2003 at 02:49 PM |
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i have seen albert parked in the back streets behind johnston street near brunswick street
am i right????????
what happend to him??????? as in after the crash, u stripped it i hope !:bounce
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| posted on September 16th, 2003 at 12:40 AM |
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Sorry to hear about your other one. Two tone rocks! :thumb
Steven
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| posted on September 16th, 2003 at 12:01 PM |
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hey skewy.... yeah cos i live in north melb and my T3 is my dsaily driver, they get parked and driven all over the place...
i was paranoid for a while about parking it dark streets etc, but once i got a detachable faced stereo, then i figured there wasnt much people would
wanna steal off it, and if they took the whole car it shouldnt be too hard to spot driving around....
the shell of the yellow one is still in my back yard in sunbury.
i stripped the chrome off of it for the new build, and used the engine/shocks brakes etc. as they were all in good condition...
Its destined for a wreckers soon, i'll strip off things like the dash/gauges/side glass etc but the body is twisted and no good to anyone...
unlsess they want to cut off the front half [but its a late model, and not that desirable]
thanks again for the compliments...
twt tone does rule in my opinion, i just cant see em in any other way now...
i want to build a rat one next, but i dunno how i'm gonna swing rat two tone, unless i find one somewhere....
steve
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| posted on September 17th, 2003 at 10:33 PM |
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A rat 2 tone, now thats a good idea. Dunno how to do it? Hows about primer grey Vs Red oxide. :thumb:thumb:thumb
Steven
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| posted on September 18th, 2003 at 11:20 PM |
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when u mix the paint put too much setter in so it reacts then give it a light rub over the bubbles and a very thin coat of clear to
'protect'
thats what i have been thinking lately !
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