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 Nevada51
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| posted on July 29th, 2007 at 10:01 PM |
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Exhaust & Muffler
Initially I planned on getting the exhaust system ceramic coated, but after much research I decided to go with POR-15 Hi Temp paint instead. Whilst
the POR-15 is not cheap, it was about a quarter of the cost of ceramic coating. I understand that this stuff works really well if the surfaces are
prepared well, so I had the exhaust system powdercoated and then I sprayed on the Hi Temp paint.
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| posted on July 29th, 2007 at 10:11 PM |
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Assembly
I've been a bit tied up with work lately so not much progress has happened on the assembly, but heres a couple of shots of the rear so far.
Putting stuff together thats really clean on a car is great, but the downside is that you don't want to scratch anything while doing so. I'm glad
this isn't a show car, as that would add another level of difficulty to the project :duh
That's more POR-15 Hi Temp paint on the drums. I was going to go with black, but I had heaps of the silver left from the exhaust, so I thought what
the hell.
Next step will be to assemble the rear brakes...and take off the bearing on the left rear wheel as I forgot to put the spacer behind it didn't I.
D'oh! D'oh! D'oh!
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| posted on July 30th, 2007 at 10:08 AM |
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Looking good mate - very tidy work!
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| posted on August 17th, 2007 at 01:39 PM |
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Got to love those tins
Nice to see the Bellamy's tins in use, you'll have heaps of em mate so don't be scared to chuck em out. LOL
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| posted on August 17th, 2007 at 08:51 PM |
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posted by BUGBOY
Nice to see the Bellamy's tins in use, you'll have heaps of em mate so don't be scared to chuck em out. LOL
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But they're so good for storing stuff in!
The pan is progressing, brakes are coming together, new heater cable, accelerator cable, clutch cable all now fitted. Clutch cable was a b!tch to
install, and thats without the body fitted. Not looking forward to changing it on the side of a road one day. Makes me think I should have put an
access hole in the tunnel before getting it painted...but then it would have been original would it! Next on the agenda is the front brakes and
bending the brake lines - hopefully this weekend..... I plan on overtaking Craig's build in VWMA 
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| posted on August 17th, 2007 at 08:56 PM |
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Looking good mate - very tidy work!
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Thanks mate - your green beetle was awesome and the Type 3 is looking great too - it needs to be slammed with some earlies on it :thumb
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| posted on August 27th, 2007 at 08:47 PM |
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A quick update - I've assembled the front brakes - new shoes, new wheel cylinders, new german master cylinder - and have just about completed
installing the brake lines. Doing the brake lines is a real PITA - I can only imagine what it would be like to do while the body is on the car!
Bending the lines was relatively straight forward - did it by hand (thumbs :thumb :thumb are killing me today though). Not sure about other brands
but I used Wolfsburg West lines, really good quality lines, but it seemed that none of them were the correct length (yep I ordered the correct kit)
which, combined with bending the lines in 4 dimensions (the fourth dimensiion did come in to play I am sure), added to my frustration.
Still looking for a piece of heater channel and green front seats - see my wanted ads . Am also looking for a master cylinder push rod (bit that attaches to the pedal cluster and pushed the brake master cylinder in. u2u
me if you can help out with any of these things. Cheers, Cam.
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| posted on August 27th, 2007 at 09:40 PM |
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Brake lines
Was the kit you got for RHD or was it a LHD kit you ended up with?
I'll have a brake cylinder plunger rod for you here.
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| posted on August 29th, 2007 at 07:57 PM |
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Was the kit you got for RHD or was it a LHD kit you ended up with?
I'll have a brake cylinder plunger rod for you here.
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You're the man Nathan - I'll fix you up for it when I get the semaphores.
Re the brake lines, it was from WW so one would assume LHD but everything should flip fine I would have thought.
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| posted on December 10th, 2007 at 08:35 PM |
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Its been a long tine since the last post and, well, things are progressing veerrrry slowly. Here's some pics of the heater channel repair.
Fortunately there was only one section at the right hand rear side that needed to be replaced. Here's a pic of the body on Nathan's rotisserie in
the process...
Heater channel in the process of being clamped up ready for welding:
After welding - didn't get a bare metal shot but thanks to Bugboy's welding skills there ain't no filler involved in this repair at this point 
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| posted on December 10th, 2007 at 08:41 PM |
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Next on the agenda was installing the engine, however I've run in to a problem whereby the small riser tube from the exhaust at the left hand side
hits on the heater tin (where the screwdriver sits in the photo below. WTF is that about?? Its a 36hp exhaust and original tinware - Any suggestions
would be appreciated!
Hopefully the car will be driving by Christmas - this has got to be the worlds longest rat build....
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| posted on December 10th, 2007 at 08:43 PM |
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Slow progress is still better then no progress dude.
Will all be worth it in the long run.
Looks great so far (would still rather an early 356 though  )
Reub
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| posted on December 13th, 2007 at 09:12 PM |
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Thanks Reub - I would have to agree on the 356 call - I want a Speedster next
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| posted on December 13th, 2007 at 11:05 PM |
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Speedsters are nice...but I'd have a coupe anyday instead...
One day...I wish...volksies are here to stay in my household I think...
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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 07:53 PM |
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A quick update - the body is back on the pan at long last, the engine is back from being overhauled and in the car - a few minor pieces to go before I
can finally drive it. Firewall deadener material (what was left of it) was removed and the firewall polished - photos don't do it justice
The wonders of CLR. Check out the difference in these rear guards
one on the left looked just like the one on the right before hitting it with some CLR and rubbing compound and polish.
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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 08:16 PM |
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Nice. What's the other oval tucked away in the shed?
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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 08:43 PM |
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That'd be Bugboys oval rag project - my shed's only built for one
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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 08:57 PM |
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Great work so far mate....
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| posted on August 10th, 2008 at 12:51 PM |
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Its been a long time between posts, so a quick update is in order. After setting myself a deadline of getting the car on the road by the time we
moved out of our place, I ended up puching that deadline to the limit and got it registered the morning the removalists came round to take our stuff
to our new place.
The car needed some new rear tyres for the RW so had to mount these on the rear....
So itended up looking like this when going for the registration inspection:
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| posted on August 10th, 2008 at 01:11 PM |
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The first order of business after registration was sorted was to lose the Baja height, this called for a 4.5" narrowed front beam (with shock towers)
- thanks Nathan .
If you ever wondered what a Michelin 155 on stock wheel looked like on a narrowed beam (well I never did, but I guess someone might!), this is it:
This set up scrubbed on the outside of the guard and the headlight bucket on one side running this set up. Due to lack of spare time I have had to
drive the car around like this (ie ridiculous rake look) for the last month or so.
Yestderday, I finally got around to mounting the front wheels (with Continental 145-65-15's), and lowering the rear.
Check out the ride height!! Its now a little low for my liking, but the beam is set up on its highest adjuster, so my only option would be to mount
the stock spindles and lower the beam. I guess I'd get a little bit more tuck to the fron wheels if I did that.
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| posted on August 10th, 2008 at 01:22 PM |
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Looks the buisness
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| posted on August 14th, 2008 at 09:03 PM |
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Finally got around to some more posting some more pics
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| posted on August 14th, 2008 at 10:02 PM |
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Looks very sweet mate....
...still loved your 356 though 
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| posted on August 15th, 2008 at 03:16 PM |
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Wow :o You've put a hell of a lot of work into this one, mate. Sets the standard for all the patina'd cars out there
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| posted on August 16th, 2008 at 01:08 PM |
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Great to see a Rat done properly.
Very nice
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| posted on August 16th, 2008 at 03:16 PM |
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Again, well done and thanks for the PM reply bout the rear tyres. Is it possible to get a photo of the narrowed beam and where the upper shock mounts
sit in relation to the body. I have a 2" narrowed beam on mine and the uppers just miss the inner guard area. Do yours now sit inside the inner
guards, like under the fuel tank area??? I have no idea.
Thanks, Kev.
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| posted on August 17th, 2008 at 07:16 PM |
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wooooooow Nevada you must be happy with that, it looks awesome! I love the roof rack! 
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| posted on August 18th, 2008 at 01:49 PM |
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Wow such an awesome car.
Am loving this.
Well done.
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| posted on August 18th, 2008 at 07:15 PM |
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Thanks for the replies. For the sake of completeness the tyre combo is 145-65-15 Continentals on the front and 205-65-15 Yokohama A Drives on the
rear. Glad I didn't go any wider on the rear as I reckon I may have run into scrubbing issues and might have been borderline unroadworthy prior to
the rear drop. No scrubbing at all at the front Would have liked to
have run Michelin 135's on the front, but was concerned about having the rim too exposed to curb rash so the 145s were the way to go. They would
provide some much needed height at the front though.....
Kev, I'll take a pic of how the beam sits near the inner guard on the weekend. It was a tight fit, but no body mods are required. Despite it being
so low, it handles a treat. The beam rides pretty stiff, but I have brand new oil filled shockers on the front which doesn't help. Apparently worn
shockers are the way to go.
vwkg: You've got an awesome car there (I think it appears in the background of a few of my pics on this post )
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| posted on August 19th, 2008 at 11:10 AM |
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Thanks Nevada.
Yep, I did spot my car in the back of those photos, recognised the location from some I was sent before I bought it.
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