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 DubbinDan
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| posted on May 10th, 2007 at 11:49 AM |
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Looks great. Who's doing the work?
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dvs_vw
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| posted on May 10th, 2007 at 12:07 PM |
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Custom Off Road
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| posted on May 10th, 2007 at 12:56 PM |
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very nice find, enjoy.....
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| posted on May 10th, 2007 at 04:31 PM |
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Can't wait to see it from the front corner!
Sweet colour.
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posted by westi
That's mad Alan.
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333000
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| posted on May 10th, 2007 at 04:54 PM |
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Looks good Mick - cant wait to see more pics!
What are the spec's on the suspension on your '59? Is the oval much lower that it now?
I giving Pete the '65 tomorrow to do the opposite to mine - ie. raise the rear a notch, and see what he ca do with the front pre-rego change.
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dvs_vw
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| posted on May 11th, 2007 at 08:59 AM |
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the 59 is about a 1/2 inch lower in the back, but about a 1/2 inch higher in the front and no narrow at all. Both ride as good as each other, but this
ones steering is much tighter having just replaced everything! The rake on this one looks really good and suits the style I'm going for.
Ideally I'd like the 55 to sit about another inch lower in the back and front, so it would be quite a bit lower than the 59.
But something needs to be done about its wiring, its very sketchy, may get the whole car rewired by an auto eleccy soon, for safety sake.:thumb
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333000
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| posted on May 11th, 2007 at 12:11 PM |
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Also - another query for you...
Where did you get the roof rack for your '59 - 'classic vw' (I see on the web site they have both stainless and powder coated)? I want one asap,
and just want to know who got theirs where, how good the stainless is, for how much etc? SMS me if you would rather not post prices etc on the forum?
[0420 902 784]
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dvs_vw
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| posted on May 11th, 2007 at 01:14 PM |
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mines a powdercoated one, can't remember how much exactly as I bought a few bits at once, around $350-400 from memory.
Pain in the arse to put together by yourself, scratched mine a little doing so....but I guess that contributed to the slightly worn and used look of
the whole car so it didn't bother me really!
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| posted on May 11th, 2007 at 09:12 PM |
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awseome car good cut and polish to good to rat!preserve,preserve,preserve! drive and enjoy then slam the f*#k out of it 6'' beam and 3 clicks in
the rear that would be so so sweet again awesome find! 2 guns find a wall and head but it!...gently though
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dvs_vw
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| posted on May 15th, 2007 at 09:51 AM |
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awseome car good cut and polish to good to rat!preserve,preserve,preserve! drive and enjoy then slam the f*#k out of it 6'' beam and 3 clicks in
the rear that would be so so sweet again awesome find! 2 guns find a wall and head but it!...gently though
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thanks, but a cut and polish won't bring that matty green finish back to shiny. Its not that I'm 'ratting' it as such, I just call it a rat
because its ratty, not shiny, old, not clean and in pretty used condition. I plan to preserve, don't worry, but its not as good as some of you may
think from the pictures! She shall be slammed soon enough, just got a few more niggles to clear up before though!!!
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dvs_vw
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| posted on May 15th, 2007 at 09:57 AM |
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a few more pics from the weekend, just some quickies to chuck up.
got a yellow fog to chuck on, a venetian and a visor...gonna throw a few things inside aswell, so a few more things to accessorise with soon, but the
wiring is still a bit iffy and needs redoing, and a new clutch wouldn't go astray either.
But good fun to drive, liking this one as much as the 59 in a different way!
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| posted on May 15th, 2007 at 10:25 AM |
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Looking better and better - can you provide any insight on where to find good accessories - eg. yellow fog etc?
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dvs_vw
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| posted on May 15th, 2007 at 10:35 AM |
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egay is your friend...even US ebay, postage is a little more, but more to choose from too.
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dvs_vw
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| posted on May 29th, 2007 at 09:42 AM |
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Again some more of the 55, just some pics I took on the weekend after fitting some new bits
On another note, after having the oval rewired and everything working really well, even the interior light(!), I decided to chuck the 3rd brake light
in the middle for safety sake. The sparky tells me that the heartlights are actually the brake light and the main light is the parker, I wasn't
sure(anyone know?), but the hearts aren't really visible during the day so I had the other light put on, same round trailer style as the trashy
indicators, which I kind of like and it sort of works with this look.
And no, I didn't park under that billboard on purpose 
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| posted on May 29th, 2007 at 10:42 AM |
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hoodride?
cool pics man! love it
nick
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dvs_vw
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| posted on May 29th, 2007 at 11:09 AM |
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yeah the Hoodride stencils may have been shortlived, seeing as it seems to have all crashed a burned, but was a good site to be a part of for a
while!!
nothing a bit of wax & grease remover won't fix.
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