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 boersch
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| posted on April 18th, 2005 at 08:58 PM |
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my '57 Oval
just got home after a 6 hour round trip to pick up my dream oval!! never been so happy in my life :kiss
better pics in the morning!
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boersch
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boersch
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boersch
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boersch
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| posted on April 18th, 2005 at 09:12 PM |
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looks awesome, congratulations.
i remeber wen i brought my oval home, took me a while to come to terms with the fact i now owned an OVAL!
still hav a grin wen i go out to the garage. any plans?
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boersch
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| posted on April 18th, 2005 at 09:54 PM |
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yeah i know what you mean.. still can't believe i finally got one 
so far plans are:
get it registered and on the road
then:
slam it
white walls + dress rings
get interior re-upholstered
start saving for discs and fuchs!
it's a '57 all original except for 3point seatbelts installed and new battery tray welded in.. no rust.. still have original 36horse but it
currently runs a 1200.. cant wait to get it on the road!
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| posted on April 19th, 2005 at 12:35 AM |
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Glad to see I'm not the only one who felt this way when an Oval had just been bought, spent the hour and a half on the way back home trying to
believe that I had one now, and mine's an undrivable POS!!! For the time being anyway. No rust eh?? I wasn't so lucky. Nice car, like to see it
when its lowered, enjoy just driving it in the meantime!
1954 Oval long term project going nowhere
1958 Beetle drag car project
1959 Beetle project I need to sell one day
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| posted on April 19th, 2005 at 12:40 AM |
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just loved gazing at the dash, seeing the back window thru the rear mirror, all that cool stuff that goes with them
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| posted on April 19th, 2005 at 12:21 PM |
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schweet as :sandrine
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| posted on April 19th, 2005 at 05:52 PM |
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Great score.
Nothin's better than an Oval. Enjoy!
Rob...
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| posted on April 19th, 2005 at 07:46 PM |
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Congratulations on the purchase, look great . . I look forward to seeing some more photos in daylight. Know how you feel as I bought an oval last
September and really like a piece of history. Are you going to keep it std ?
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| posted on April 27th, 2005 at 08:59 PM |
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Turns out it's a cut'n'shut jobbie.. not as "all original" as he insisted. Not much you can do about that unless you want to take a panelbeater
around to every car you look at :P Seemed like a decent bloke, even said he was in the club of vic but meh. At least there's no rust (yet) and I
won't feel guilty about modifying an original car.
Now the plan is to put it on a later model floorpan with disk brakes, 12V, 1600 twin port etc.. lower it and find some nice 4 stud wheels! Any
suggestions? I'm liking detailed sprintstars and porsche 2 liters...
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| posted on April 27th, 2005 at 09:00 PM |
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here's some piccies from last week
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boersch
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boersch
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| posted on May 1st, 2005 at 08:02 PM |
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So what`s been cut and shut??
Thought you might have meant Oval section into a Big back window model but it`s got an Oval Dash.
Gra.
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| posted on May 1st, 2005 at 08:12 PM |
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Nice one. Looks all oval to me. Got all the hard to find bits. Some nice little accesories too. VDO gauges and the Hella semaphore replacers.
Steering wheel is cool too
Still on the original pan???
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| posted on May 1st, 2005 at 08:47 PM |
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Hey boersch congratulations!!! How exciting for you.....have fun
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| posted on May 2nd, 2005 at 03:57 PM |
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Cut'n'shut from just behind the windscreen in between A and B pillars.. in other words it's 2 ovals stuck together. Had the work checked and it's
safe... The guy who sold it reckons he didn't notice anything which I reckon is &^*(# seeing he got it stripped and painted it himself... Wasn't
after a fully original anyway so I guess I'm happy. No way I could tell if the pan's original.. and if it is - to which of the 2 ovals? :P Even the
"original" 36 horse he gave me ended up being a 59 but I couldn't expect any more I guess!
Enough whinging.. "Fritz" should be on the road within a few weeks, can't wait!
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| posted on May 2nd, 2005 at 04:11 PM |
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despite the cut and shut its a very ncie oval u hav there. i dont mind that steering wheel either, very nice, congrats
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| posted on May 2nd, 2005 at 04:12 PM |
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id keep it on the OG pan too, just my opinion
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| posted on May 2nd, 2005 at 04:45 PM |
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I would've preferred to keep it on OG if the rest of it was original too. But all of the old running gear is rooted and will need replacing within 6
months so it's easier to swap over to later model with all the goodys now. Get to keep the original steering wheel, seats, etc so you will only be
able to tell it's on a later pan by the stud pattern and the straight shifter Gonna miss having wide 5 but these 4 stud BRMs are growing on me....
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| posted on May 3rd, 2005 at 10:04 PM |
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Get the drums drilled to Porsche 5 stud and bang some Fuchs on there :thumb
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| posted on May 3rd, 2005 at 11:15 PM |
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I love it how you're so stoked about having an oval that you take fotos at night with a flash light! I felt the same way when i drove mine home from
the country with bugger all brakes - still cant believe I have an oval! Good score dude!
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
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| posted on May 11th, 2005 at 09:14 PM |
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finally got rego today!
i LOVE this car!
look at the stance! could go a few inches lower at the back though, something to do on the weekend
i'm excited
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| posted on May 11th, 2005 at 09:14 PM |
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think i need a new digital camera
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| posted on May 11th, 2005 at 09:16 PM |
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TNY 000, good timing eh?
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| posted on May 11th, 2005 at 09:17 PM |
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the 1600 in this car hammers compared to the old superbug
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