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 RA28GT
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| posted on November 12th, 2009 at 09:27 PM |
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My 70' Fasty
Hey guys Im new to these forums and very new to Volkswagens!
I purchased my first VW last week because i was in need of a daily after selling my KE20 corolla.
Corolla:
1970 Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback
1.6 EFI Motor
4 Speed Manual
Extractors
14x6 steelies (stock is 14x4.5)
Great car overall that i picked up pretty cheap. Runs well and should prove to be a good daily.
Straight and no rust however original paint is cracking pretty badly in certain areas but still looks very presentable.
Plans:
Whitewalls - DONE
Lowered - HALF DONE
New dash pad
New drivers seat
General tidy up of interior
New number plates - DONE
Smaller front tyres
Accessories!
Any suggestions?
Heres the first day i got it:
Heres after a few days:
Since then.....
New 175/65's on front, dropped the back end two splines for funzies.
don't actually like it that much. May drop front end slightly more and come up one spline on rear for rake styles.
and today i have been busy!
Ive made new door cards, speaker pods, mounted deck in glovebox, new parcel shelf housing 2 10" subs.
Got some new bits and pieces including some eyelids, new shift know and horn button.
More pics soon!
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| posted on November 12th, 2009 at 11:17 PM |
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Sweeeeet, neat looking ride you now have and welcome aboard.
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Hey mate! welcome. Lovely car you have there 
just so you know, eye brows are not legal.
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 08:11 AM |
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Thats a neat fasty you got there, and love the old corolla, that looks sweet
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 10:07 AM |
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Nice score, a fair change from the Rolla! Will we be seeing this at Volksfest?
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 11:54 AM |
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thats a neat looking fasty welcome to the forum
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 12:21 PM |
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fast backs are really underated i have a soft spot for them ,and don't they look great with a bit of a fiddel
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 01:07 PM |
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Sweet ride, the white walls look a treat.......nice and straight, lucky find.
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 01:17 PM |
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fast backs are really underated i have a soft spot for them ,and don't they look great with a bit of a fiddel
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yea shark nose fastys are probably one of the least appreciated air cooled vws in aus vw community, dunno why as seen above they look good with an
altitude drop and some fat tyres
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| posted on November 13th, 2009 at 01:24 PM |
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Hey mate! welcome. Lovely car you have there
just so you know, eye brows are not legal.
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Ahh man their not legal? What are the chances of being picked on for them? I can understand why my hands are sliced up from putting them in!
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Nice score, a fair change from the Rolla! Will we be seeing this at Volksfest?
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Ill be around at Volksfest thats for sure, i just found out about it the other day. Any more details i can check out?
Fasty's do seem to be a little under-rated don't they? I have no idea why, its a great car and its going to look HOT once Im finished with her.
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| posted on November 14th, 2009 at 12:36 AM |
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Hey mate! welcome. Lovely car you have there
just so you know, eye brows are not legal.
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Ahh man their not legal? What are the chances of being picked on for them? I can understand why my hands are sliced up from putting them in!
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Nice score, a fair change from the Rolla! Will we be seeing this at Volksfest?
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Ill be around at Volksfest thats for sure, i just found out about it the other day. Any more details i can check out?
Fasty's do seem to be a little under-rated don't they? I have no idea why, its a great car and its going to look HOT once Im finished with her.
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I wouldn't stress about being picked up for them, just be aware of it, all the cool stuff we do to cars is Illegal, why worry....
As for volksfest, have a squiz here....http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=78003
Im heading down, i think i have one of my mates tee'd up with another car, and a HD video camera to film the drive there, can tag along if your keen,
the more Type3's the better i say!
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RA28GT
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| posted on November 23rd, 2009 at 07:04 AM |
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Hey Doc I'm keen to tag along! Just let me know the time and place!
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| posted on November 23rd, 2009 at 09:37 PM |
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Will do mate, where are you coming from? Im south, Colonel Light Gardens region, but not 100% sure whats happening with camera at the moment,
regardless, be cool to cruise down with ya! Are you entering or just going for a look?
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| posted on November 24th, 2009 at 07:00 AM |
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Nice Fasty RA28GT!! I dont know how i missed this thread up till now....but glad i have checked it out finally!
Shame my Notch isnt going at the moment, would love to rock up to Volksfest in a VW, but will still be going none the less!! I cant wait!!
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| posted on November 26th, 2009 at 07:55 AM |
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Will do mate, where are you coming from? Im south, Colonel Light Gardens region, but not 100% sure whats happening with camera at the moment,
regardless, be cool to cruise down with ya! Are you entering or just going for a look?
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Do you have to be a member to enter? In not Im in!
Im well north but i can always meet you somewhere?
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| posted on November 26th, 2009 at 09:45 AM |
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As far as Im aware, no need to be a Member, im not a Member and i plan on Entering! Will drop you a PM with my Details if your keen to catch up
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| posted on November 29th, 2009 at 12:30 PM |
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Took a couple new pictures today while i was down at Volksfest.
Got Camber?
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| posted on November 29th, 2009 at 04:41 PM |
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ra28GT??!?!?
You got one of those too as well hey! far out! nice collection.
My mate just sold his ra28, was no GT model though...
celica pride 
oh... and volkswagen too guys...
haha, (nervous laugh) yay for vws....
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears.
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta! |
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| posted on November 29th, 2009 at 07:57 PM |
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Pics arnt half bad mate, you missed the cruise down to the show, was good fun the drive down too!
Fire off any shots of mine while you were floating about? I didnt grab anyone that was looking or taking shots of mine to chat, was socializing with
others and spoke to those that grabbed me for a chat...
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| posted on November 30th, 2009 at 12:10 AM |
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Great to see another type three out there. They are great cars.
Yours looks like a very nice one, hope you have rust proofing on the to-do list as type 3's suffer from it quite badly.
Bad spots are all around the guards, window rubbers and fresh air vent.
If you have a good one, it's worth protecting them from the elements!
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| posted on November 30th, 2009 at 07:24 PM |
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That is one serioulsy nice looking fasty mate! Keep up the good work!!
Scarab (aka: Paul)
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I put some early model bumpers on my fasty the other day. I still need to adjust the front as its on an angle, but overall i like them so much better
than the big ass late model bumpers.
Had to modify the shit out of the front brackets to have it fit and sit quite flush (without the big safety thing that sits behind the original
bumper).
Let me know what you guys think!
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Nice! It never crossed my mind to do that, cos i have a collection of late bumpers... plus I reckon id have to have the Overriders on it...
Nice jobs on the tinting the lights too! Im officially stealing that idea.... What did you use?
Might have to let you know when i get mine back on the road, and get a couple of late type3's together for a photoshoot...
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Nice! It never crossed my mind to do that, cos i have a collection of late bumpers... plus I reckon id have to have the Overriders on it...
Nice jobs on the tinting the lights too! Im officially stealing that idea.... What did you use?
Might have to let you know when i get mine back on the road, and get a couple of late type3's together for a photoshoot...
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Its a product called nite-shades. Its illegal of course, but actually works quite well. I actually don't like it on the front lenses, Rear looks
good.
Im chasing some over riders for the bumpers now, can they still be brought new by any chance? probably not, ill just have to hunt around!
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Nice! It never crossed my mind to do that, cos i have a collection of late bumpers... plus I reckon id have to have the Overriders on it...
Nice jobs on the tinting the lights too! Im officially stealing that idea.... What did you use?
Might have to let you know when i get mine back on the road, and get a couple of late type3's together for a photoshoot...
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Its a product called nite-shades. Its illegal of course, but actually works quite well. I actually don't like it on the front lenses, Rear looks
good.
Im chasing some over riders for the bumpers now, can they still be brought new by any chance? probably not, ill just have to hunt around!
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Ill swap ya some front lenses for the tinted ones if your keen!
Are they the early bumpers that were on ebay?
Overriders... not 100% sure... but the more i look at the car, the more i like it... the bumpers... the tinted lights... What size tyres are you
running on the rear? It ties together nicely...
Rossko has most of the overriders left on the planet i think...
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| posted on December 21st, 2009 at 10:26 PM |
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Ill swap ya some front lenses for the tinted ones if your keen!
Are they the early bumpers that were on ebay?
Overriders... not 100% sure... but the more i look at the car, the more i like it... the bumpers... the tinted lights... What size tyres are you
running on the rear? It ties together nicely...
Rossko has most of the overriders left on the planet i think...
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Yup these were the bumpers off ebay. Picked them up on Sunday.
Im going for a clean look with this fasty, not nearly as exciting as your rat look but i like it. (although im on the lookout for a rusty dub for my
next rat project)
I like the early bumpers much more for the look im going for. Ill swap the indicators if you like thats easy.
Tyres on rear are 195/75/14 Huge sidewall, thinking about changing my tyre sizes around but not certain yet.
Rossko only has 6 overrider's, pfft thats just not enough haha.
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Ill swap ya some front lenses for the tinted ones if your keen!
Are they the early bumpers that were on ebay?
Overriders... not 100% sure... but the more i look at the car, the more i like it... the bumpers... the tinted lights... What size tyres are you
running on the rear? It ties together nicely...
Rossko has most of the overriders left on the planet i think...
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Yup these were the bumpers off ebay. Picked them up on Sunday.
Im going for a clean look with this fasty, not nearly as exciting as your rat look but i like it. (although im on the lookout for a rusty dub for my
next rat project)
I like the early bumpers much more for the look im going for. Ill swap the indicators if you like thats easy.
Tyres on rear are 195/75/14 Huge sidewall, thinking about changing my tyre sizes around but not certain yet.
Rossko only has 6 overrider's, pfft thats just not enough haha.
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haha 6 on the front, 8 on the rear!
Im considering changing to early bumpers, if some come up, ill look into it, but im not going out of my way!
Early in the new year, we'll catch up and swap the indicator lenses over... Might get some tips from ya on tinting my rear ones too... Wasnt sure if
you had used the Nite Shades stuff... that stuff has been around for donkeys!
195 on the rear you say? any scrubbing at that ride hight? I have a few ideas up my sleeve and am wondering if i can get 225's under the rear guards
on mine... Guess we will have to wait and see!
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With passengers a tiny tiny bit. It just depends on what offset wheels your running. You were you planning to put the 225's on? Thats dropped 2
splines on rear but doesn't look it because the tyres are very tall.
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The 225's will go onto standard Type 3 rims... They are 225/50/15... odd size i know... i dont take passengers, no back seat.... My torsion bar is
parallel to the ground, no idea how many splines... Would love to go lower though... Front will come down while engine is out too... maybe the rear as
well, not sure yet...
The tyres fill out the guards well on yours though, gives a wicked stance...
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How wide are the standard rims? 5" or 5.5"?
Im thinking about going for a similar tyre, something wide but lower profile and adjusting height from there.
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