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 DieSchnelleKafer
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| posted on August 28th, 2010 at 11:17 PM |
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1956 typeIV build
hey guys, after the long wait due to complications we finally brought my 56 home today. here is a progress video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u6fysjaiRw
ok so heres the story, It starts when my dad was a lad... he met the local vw mechanic, kevin. anyway after years of owning volkswagens and driving
them my dad formed a good relationship with kevin, when the shop was still open (it shut down about 3 years ago) me and my dad went in one time, i
remember that i wasnt really allowed to come into the work space but this time i got a peek in there. There sat in the corner of kevins workshop was a
gutted looking vw beetle, my dad told me it was special but how would i know!. Fast forward a couple of years and ive caught the bug! so i thought if
im going to do it for the first time lets do it with style!
After searching the web and looking through the classifieds with no luck i thought i would quiz dad about that "special vw" and as it turned out
this special beetle was an oval, which my dad had tried to buy apparently. so i thought there was nothing to lose and rang kevin, it turned out he was
thinking of selling it.. What timimng!.
we went to have a look at it and the offer was to good to refuse, the deal was done and $2000 was withdrawn from from my bank and proudly put in
kevins hands.
the body and most panels had been hand sanded down ready for priming but never was primed. so crap loads of rust built up. it came mostly complete but
not assembled. First im going to get it licenced and drive it around, then save up and do the full paint job and restoration.
Wish me luck!
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| posted on August 29th, 2010 at 10:08 AM |
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NICE
We have a 56 
http://aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=41539
Rose racing her Red Oval
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QTMMjfYuC8&feature=channel
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OZ Towdster
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| posted on August 29th, 2010 at 05:46 PM |
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Look's to be a good solid car , well done , hope you have all the guards etc as oval parts are getting hard to come by !!!!
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
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| posted on August 29th, 2010 at 08:40 PM |
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Look's to be a good solid car , well done , hope you have all the guards etc as oval parts are getting hard to come by !!!!
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hey guys, thanks for the replies i have all the fenders and pretty much all the parts but not one of them havent been tweeked with...
Blair
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| posted on August 29th, 2010 at 10:55 PM |
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Looks like a great project you have there
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| posted on August 30th, 2010 at 10:00 AM |
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Looks like a great project you have there
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if only i could have gotten something like your 55 for the money i paid for this haha.
cheers
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| posted on August 30th, 2010 at 11:49 AM |
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Looks like a great project you have there
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if only i could have gotten something like your 55 for the money i paid for this haha.
cheers
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Yeah we got a bargin with our red oval, I think it was about $8000 already to go, new motor etc.
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| posted on August 30th, 2010 at 09:06 PM |
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Update
did some work on it today, cleaned the left heater channel and left floor pan ready for por 15. going to order some parts from wolfsburgwest, door
mechanism left and right and striker plates to get the doors closing going to also make a start on the right heater channel and floor pan. also on the
weekend going to prep the body for a coat of primer to seal it off
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| posted on August 31st, 2010 at 12:25 AM |
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Wish i could have payed a lot less for mine to r
well saves me having to do all that hard work
Good to see your getting stuck into it do you have a time frame to get it finnished?
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| posted on August 31st, 2010 at 04:38 AM |
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there is a bloke up here with a 56 oval that wants way to much for it fronts been damaged rust in doors (top and bottom ) pillars front guard is
bogged to the front appron floors rusty and he wants 6 k for it what a dreamer just a early shell is difficult up here most of the cars were used in
land fill by those so called car lovers in the ford and holden clubs some times it makes u cry 
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| posted on August 31st, 2010 at 09:52 AM |
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looks pretty tidy mate, good score!
keep posting those progress pics!!
Scarab (aka: Paul)
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| posted on August 31st, 2010 at 07:45 PM |
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all por 15-d
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| posted on September 4th, 2010 at 10:34 AM |
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Nice job so far!
I know what you mean about parts being molested. I'm rebuilding (insert: "at a snail's pace") a 57 Oval too. Sourcing replacements can sometimes
be either tricky or costly (or both) but hey, at the end of the day its another oval back on the road which must be a good thing 
Can't wait to watch your progress
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| posted on September 4th, 2010 at 10:07 PM |
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Update
this is an awsome way to dry a heater channel out when in the middle of por 15 process. update this channel has now been painted... i know that this
may look like a botch job but for now i just want to seal the metal up and get it passed over the pits
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| posted on September 19th, 2010 at 08:30 PM |
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well not much progress so far, being 14 has its bad points im not getting enough money! and if i work more then i will have not much of a life. so the
cheapest way i can get a restored car is to just save up and get it painted and do a body off resto all at once.. it will take me a while to save up
but are collection of vw's lacks a restored one.
there is a pic showing were some guys have drilled some holes to mount a sun visor 
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| posted on September 19th, 2010 at 08:33 PM |
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oh if you ask i painted the roof with the por15 process.. i swear by that stuff
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| posted on September 24th, 2010 at 05:07 PM |
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Good to see another 56 making its way back onto the street, keep up the good work.
Mine started off the same colour (summer blue) and condition, a bit of elbow grease and it will be a great car again, see my thread.
Cheers
Paul
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| posted on September 25th, 2010 at 09:08 AM |
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I wish that I had gotten a start on my bug at 14! I don't think my parents would have allowed it.
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| posted on September 27th, 2010 at 05:47 PM |
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Good work Blair ... keep it up. Most youth are too busy playing Xbox (including mine) to get stuck into something like this. Full credit to you.
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| posted on October 4th, 2010 at 11:46 AM |
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dtm has arrived, fully sihk!
hey guys thanks for the nice comments.. yes i can see why people usualy start this sort of resto when there a bit older, its hard work! and as far as
work goes, i went on a holiday and had to cancel a few shifts so when i came back they only gave me 3 hours a week! my bullshit siren is screaming. so
because of the lack of money the progress aint going to fast
SO onto the fun part, pictures will tell all
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| posted on October 4th, 2010 at 11:49 AM |
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pulley and altenator stand.. orgasmic
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| posted on October 4th, 2010 at 10:11 PM |
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Awesome shiny bits bet they would be a good inspiration.
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| posted on October 5th, 2010 at 06:40 AM |
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can i ask why u decided to use Jake rabys
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| posted on October 5th, 2010 at 03:09 PM |
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we used jake rabys kit because it provides even cooling to all 4 cylinders, another personal reason is that theres not many around australia, and
everyone uses the porsche stile which is now sortoff getting boring. oh also compared to most of the porsche stile kits this is pretty cheap
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| posted on October 5th, 2010 at 03:29 PM |
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lookin' good!!!!!!!
1958 Beetle (currently restoring)
Mk5 Golf Pacific TDi
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| posted on October 5th, 2010 at 07:47 PM |
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Keep it up Blair. I like what you are doing.
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| posted on October 7th, 2010 at 09:55 PM |
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Nice one mate, good to see you going type 4 and the DTM's rock, i'm up to my third one now. What size engine you building?
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
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Nice one mate, good to see you going type 4 and the DTM's rock, i'm up to my third one now. What size engine you building?
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have a 1800 motor that i got from the same guy who sold me the car, i want to bump it up to 2000cc put a webcam mild grind cam in it. efi and a CSP
python exhaust system aahhh dream on
all comes down to how much i earn haha
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| posted on October 9th, 2010 at 01:02 PM |
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Nice go for 1911cc if you can use the 66 stroke crank from the 1800 and use kb 96mm pistons run a web cam 494 grind and for heads go for 42 x 36 mm
valves and seats with single heavy duty springs and cromoloy retainers, set compression at 8.5-9.0:1 and your off to a great start. I got a 2056 to
build and my 2270 to build also all parts from my mate Jake Raby, been to his shop twice now and worked there both times. any questions just ask me,
be glad to help.
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| posted on October 9th, 2010 at 10:22 PM |
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sweet man,look forward to the updates.
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