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 20bkombi
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 05:27 PM |
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Nice work Gary, love the way you think out side the norm on your fabrication work. It's a credit to you mate !!
It would be easy to copy or buy some parts but wheres the fun in that. Unless you can't buy the material cheaper than the product.
Sure you'll get the times you are looking for soon, keep at it!!
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| posted on July 29th, 2013 at 09:58 PM |
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Ladder Bars are finished and all joints sanded.Off to the painter tomorrow.Just one last fabrication job left now.Have to make something to fit a
handle so I can set the chute off.
Aaron-next time you go into your shed,have a look at what you have been producing then tell me you don't do things a bit different to most of us.Keep
it up.
Got the car set up on blocks now to give the bloke applying the wrap some room to move.
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| posted on July 30th, 2013 at 05:46 AM |
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Thanks Chris- you know that we will have to run together one day.
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Look forward to it mate.
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 08:30 PM |
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Finally got the wrap each side completed and wheeliie bars are painted.I used Jon Rathbone's car from England for my inspiration for the
design.Changed a a few minor things with different colours.I spotted his car in a Mag in 2001 and fell in love with it,so decided one day to build a
car and use those graphics.
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 08:36 PM |
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Looks great 
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 08:47 PM |
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Found another pic.
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| posted on August 25th, 2013 at 11:05 PM |
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i'm really liking this ride, totally different from the norm........well done
bitten by the bug..........several times
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| posted on August 26th, 2013 at 07:15 AM |
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If you keep going like this, Gary, you won't want to drive the thing.......it'll be too good.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on August 26th, 2013 at 07:58 AM |
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WOW! Looks awesome!
Now, stop dragging the chain and get out to the track!!
Don't be afraid, just take your time and sneak up on the performance.
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| posted on August 26th, 2013 at 11:43 AM |
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Looks sensational Gary!! Top Job indeed!! Now to get to the track and enjoy it!!
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| posted on August 26th, 2013 at 02:15 PM |
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Gary,
Just in time for the 4's, 6's and rotary nationals in late November Adelaide. It's on the Saturday before the Volksfest, you could make a full
weekend out of it! Show should be great at Elder Park this year.
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| posted on September 13th, 2013 at 09:48 PM |
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Got the chute mounted on new brackets.Had to move the exhaust to one side to make sure the chut didn't get any where near it.Blocked off the original
exhaust hole with some thin ally and a new sticker.
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| posted on September 13th, 2013 at 11:04 PM |
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Love the plate Gary 
Cheers
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| posted on September 14th, 2013 at 10:39 AM |
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Gary, will that little rope be strong enough to tow No. 8 Beetle?
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on September 14th, 2013 at 02:58 PM |
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It's high tensile Greg- but will have to fit a quick release at your end when everything becomes a blurr to you- let go before you shit your Fletcher
Jones.
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| posted on September 14th, 2013 at 03:06 PM |
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TOO LATE! I already did.....just thinkin' about it.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on November 6th, 2013 at 05:23 PM |
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Some progress( or lack of it ) with my car.Took it to a meet here last weekend,but still having issues with over fuelling.The bloke doing the tune
came across early to have a go at sorting it out.I have the injectors away being tested,but I think it is an ECU problem.I made a fuel tank from
stainless and mounted it on a sack truck with a lever type pump good for methanol- it works really well.It holds 60 litres which should be plenty to
get me into the finals if I ever get it going.
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| posted on November 7th, 2013 at 09:30 AM |
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Some progress( or lack of it ) with my car.Took it to a meet here last weekend,but still having issues with over fuelling.The bloke doing the tune
came across early to have a go at sorting it out.I have the injectors away being tested,but I think it is an ECU problem.I made a fuel tank from
stainless and mounted it on a sack truck with a lever type pump good for methanol- it works really well.It holds 60 litres which should be plenty to
get me into the finals if I ever get it going.
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Wow that looks shit hot¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| posted on January 10th, 2014 at 09:29 PM |
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Have come to a standstill with this thing-just about over it.I have had some help from Pat at CB just before Xmas.I was that pissed off with what was
happening with the bloke here doing the tune-I decided to ring Pat and see if there was anything he could help me with.We loaded a "join me" program
into my laptop and after about 30 minutes of run time,he had the thing sounding like a monster (awesome in fact)He loaded a new spark table and fixed
the timing problem that was causing it to hold a really high idle speed after each time it was revved. The 02 sensor had already shit itself from
running flooded for ages,so he got me to put a new one in and if I could get it onto a dyno,he would finish the tune off.At this stage I have locked
in Saturday 18th for him to do his stuff on a Dyno I found here.I have done a few more things to my trailer after watching Rod perform miracles on
his.I made my rear door drop down to be the ramp,made some drop down rear legs so the car can be loaded with the trailer off the car.I have also
fitted some tubes to the ramp so that I can roll the car back to do any work under the engine if needed.These are the same frames that go under my car
when it needs to be lifted at the track while the engine is running with nobody in the seat.Made some ally ramps to put behind my ute to back onto, if
I need the arse of the trailer to be lower.There are 2 of the black rollers at the rear for sliding over gutters and spoon drains.I have 4 inch
dropped axles,so it will be doing some grounding out I suspect.I have some big gas struts for the ramp if needed-it's not too bad now and it is only
having some 3mm ally checker plate-will see how I feel about having to lift it by myself.
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| posted on January 10th, 2014 at 09:35 PM |
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When I get my car back here,I am going to load it onto the trailer,add everything that's going to be on board,then do a load test at the coupling to
work out where to locate the axles.I made a sub frame from 60x6mm angle to mount the spring hangers, which is tack welded in place at the moment.I
will cut the welds to shift the whole assembly into the correct position to give me my ball weight,then do a final solid weld.I am going to clad the
whole thing in that 3mm ally sandwich panel.
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| posted on January 11th, 2014 at 08:36 PM |
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very cool, like the tricks you've incorporated
cheers
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| posted on January 12th, 2014 at 07:28 AM |
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Gary, are you and Rod having a 'Trailer Building Competition' 
Is it only to carry that little 'ute, or part of the 'courier service'
Looks typically impressive.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on January 12th, 2014 at 08:28 AM |
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Good luck with the tune, looking forward to seeing it at the track.
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| posted on January 14th, 2014 at 07:41 AM |
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Very nice story with Pat at CB. I am having good service too.
Good luck!
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| posted on January 14th, 2014 at 09:04 AM |
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Wow....on a mission.
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| posted on January 14th, 2014 at 06:59 PM |
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Wow....on a mission.
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It's becoming an epic journey.I think I see that small glimmer of light at the very end of the tunnel.We will see if the session with Mark or Pat
happens next Saturday morning.
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| posted on January 14th, 2014 at 07:03 PM |
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Is it only to carry that little 'ute,'
Yes Greg,just for the little ute.Plan on putting in some comforts for me as well-good lighting,good tools,air compressor,gen set and an air
conditioner.
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| posted on January 21st, 2014 at 03:17 PM |
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Wow....on a mission.
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It's becoming an epic journey.I think I see that small glimmer of light at the very end of the tunnel.We will see if the session with Mark or Pat
happens next Saturday morning.
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Well this session didn't occur.Due to a misunderstanding with the Lad here helping me with the laptop work,I ran it Friday night on the dyno with
some load, and blew a flame hole out of number 3 cylinder to head sealing face.He was not happy with me-I was only to run it in 1st gear to ensure it
sat OK on the dyno.He was going to do power runs with Pat on Saturday morning.Another fuxxxn setback.
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| posted on January 22nd, 2014 at 10:29 AM |
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Ouch!! Sorry to hear!! Troy and I with the help of a few others spent close to 6 odd hours on the dyno and only got one power run done with boost.
The joys of a new motor!! Oil leaks, exhaust gaskets leaking, manifold gasket leaking etc etc. by the time each little thing is fixed ready to go
you've wasted another 30-45 minutes trying to work on a hot engine lol. Back we go in a few weeks time to get it all sorted. The one thing Troy has
constantly stressed to the tuner is to keep afr's super safe on the rich side of things. Rather sacrifice a little power for a nice safe tune that
isn't going to hurt the engine every time you take it out of the trailer.
Good luck with the repairs!! Hope the damage isn't too bad!!
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| posted on January 22nd, 2014 at 01:59 PM |
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I feel your frustration.Where I stuffed up-I didn't realise that Pat had completely scrubbed the previous tune and loaded a generic base tune.He then
did his stuff and got it running up to needing to put some boost into it.I thought it still had the previous tune to run it with boost-bad mistake.It
blew a lot of oil out the pushrod tube seals,and I discovered last night that 3 lash caps had jumped out on the other head and one was smashed to
pieces. The rockers have damaged both number 1 cylinder valve stems.It's all a learning curve .
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