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 Gringo_54_oval
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| posted on June 1st, 2009 at 11:01 PM |
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Yeah camo thats cool. maybe abit lower.
this is the look im after, with empi 5 spokes. does any one know the owner? - they read my mind!
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hey thats my beetle,i lowered it even more
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bugking
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| posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 08:15 PM |
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painted in platinum grey
Painted the 58 in the garage on the weekend, and i'm very happy with the result. So much so that i'm not going to recycle the old nuts and bolts! a
call to Vintage will fix that issue. The next step is to put in a new beam and reassemble the jigsaw asap, without a careless srcewdriver causing any
damage!
Excuse the rubbish quality of the photos but you get the idea. I'll take some in the daylight on the weekend.
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bugking
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| posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 08:26 PM |
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and then..
Hey Trickysimon, small world! seems everyone i talk to lately has a beetle! turns out even my boss at work has one. Love to go for a cruise when shes
done. Is there a vw club in wagga?
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| posted on June 3rd, 2009 at 08:54 PM |
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Yeh there is a local club. I keep forgetting to join it though 
http://www.geocities.com/riverina_vwclub/
Car looks great btw! 
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bugking
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| posted on June 20th, 2009 at 07:08 PM |
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front done
well after many late nights the front end is together, with new beam, steering arms and tierods. just need to sort out the wheel alignment and bonnet
geometry, it doesn't quite lock.
but here's the pictures we all want to see.
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| posted on June 20th, 2009 at 09:35 PM |
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looks great man that beam looks good enough to eat! 
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| posted on June 21st, 2009 at 10:35 AM |
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i wouldnt suggest doing that...
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| posted on June 21st, 2009 at 10:40 AM |
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just wondering, how much paint did you end up using and what was the cost? i had thought of painting mine in the same colour but the cost of 4 litres
of the platinum grey was close to $700
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bugking
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| posted on June 21st, 2009 at 01:08 PM |
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platinum grey paint cost
I used Debeers paints/Octoral ( from Holland ) from the local ford dealer.
Octoral primer 3ltr $70.
Code D7X / 2R2R, 4ltr base colour $258
hardener 1ltr $29.
Octoral clear coat 5ltr $90
Octoral clear hardener 2.5ltr $48
All up including sandpaper and plastic etc cost around $650
Still got about 1 ltr of base coat left and 2ltr of clear. Hindsight would tell me to use another litre of primer and not have large sections of old
red oxide primer, because it had a bad reaction in places, which had to be resanded. Overall it is a really good garage job, which is what i wanted
for a daily, but it wont win any prizes at a show!.
It was a great learning experience for next time.....oval!
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vwrallycar
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| posted on June 21st, 2009 at 03:03 PM |
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thats interesting, the price i got was for the 4L of base coat only, no clear which was another $200+
car looks the goods too, its such a nice colour on an old beetle
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cesiumfrog
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| posted on June 21st, 2009 at 03:50 PM |
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hey kingsley, from one backyard spray painter to another....nice job!
yes there is a small but keen local club, mainly social outings on a sunday plus the odd cruise to nationals or DOVW etc
http://www.vdubber.com/groups/orca/topic/--2009-06-08.htm
contact me if you want details
phil
ps that colour is saying nice wheels and slam me.
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bugking
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| posted on June 21st, 2009 at 07:32 PM |
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thats interesting, the price i got was for the 4L of base coat only, no clear which was another $200+
car looks the goods too, its such a nice colour on an old beetle
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yeah paint prices can be extreme. glasurit quoted me $2000 for primer, base and clear! which is fine if you have a show car. i guess debeers isn't
considered a high quality paint, but it was easy to apply and nice and shiny.
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bugking
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| posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 11:40 PM |
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engines in
It took an hour to get out, only 10mins to put back in!
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| posted on August 28th, 2009 at 08:07 PM |
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nearly there.....
The 58 went to the mechanic today to get a roadworthy done. Hopefully there aren't and dramas and i can finally take her for a drive in a week or
two.
here are some of the latest pics
not sure if i want to put the over riders on....
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trickysimon
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| posted on August 28th, 2009 at 08:15 PM |
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Can't wait to see this around town
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bugking
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| posted on September 10th, 2009 at 07:05 PM |
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finally on the road
Betty the beetle, as she has become known, got her number plates today.
I have to relearn how to drive a manual again, and how to drive a beetle aswell !
Im guessing it's normal to have such along time between changing gears, it's been awhile since I have driven one.
otherwise it is a pleasure to drive, for a car that hasn't been driven for 15 years.....
Ill post some better pics later on
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| posted on September 11th, 2009 at 04:20 PM |
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Nice work mate.....that is really looking the goods!! Well done!
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| posted on September 11th, 2009 at 04:50 PM |
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that is very cool man congrats!
paint looks schwwwwwweeeeet! 
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bugking
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| posted on October 13th, 2009 at 04:33 PM |
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I recently moved house to Nowra, so it was a perfect chance to take Betty for a roadtrip. I only planned to nurse her along at 80kmph since she
hasn't been driven for years. But she wanted to sit happilly on 100! Until a slight upwards gradient that is, 90-80-70-60, then back down the hill,
70-80-90-100. Beetles' are fun aren't they!
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| posted on October 13th, 2009 at 04:47 PM |
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looks killer man! nice photos
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| posted on October 13th, 2009 at 09:19 PM |
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ROAD TRIP!!!!!! love it mate, well done. Betty is looking seriously cool
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| posted on October 13th, 2009 at 11:03 PM |
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posted by vwrallycar
thats interesting, the price i got was for the 4L of base coat only, no clear which was another $200+
car looks the goods too, its such a nice colour on an old beetle
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yeah paint prices can be extreme. glasurit quoted me $2000 for primer, base and clear! which is fine if you have a show car. i guess debeers isn't
considered a high quality paint, but it was easy to apply and nice and shiny.
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Love the colour dude. Nice home job. When I get round to doing mine I'll have to remember to ask you what equipment you used to do the job 
As for the paint cost, well I've recently heard of Debeers and seems like good quality. Dupont and Glasurit are good products too but rather up there
own arses. Because they are so well known and respected they think they can charge more. Bit like Yves Saint Lauren really, I mean it's just a bloody
suit that some poor pakistani has sewed together for 20cents.
Still I hope the Deneers turns out to be hard wearing 
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| posted on December 26th, 2009 at 09:36 PM |
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Wow that looks really neat, its all about the cruzin when its finished I like it.
Its fun to build them, but its great to drive them!
Paul & Anna
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| posted on December 27th, 2009 at 07:08 AM |
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hey man thats looking good, there is now three bugs with preety much the same colour etc, mine is an alright quality but is quite good from far away
but then isn super preety up close but its better than it was before. Here is a pic of mine,
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bugking
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| posted on March 15th, 2011 at 07:33 PM |
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NEW ENGINE
Back in the game again, picked up a 1600 twinport the other day.
engine no. AD013126
Whilst I'm doing the 12v conversion aswell I thought of modernising the engine with an alternator and electronic ignition.
Any advice and other suggestions are most welcome!
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| posted on March 15th, 2011 at 11:24 PM |
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wow that progress was quick as!
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| posted on March 18th, 2011 at 10:48 PM |
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Looks good mate
68 Baja - It's a growing pain!
58 Baja ute - and the pain spreads!
85 T3 Kombi - still growing
89 T3 Kombi - parts car
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bugking
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| posted on April 3rd, 2011 at 09:20 PM |
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twin solex
Did a quick test fit of the twin solex 32-34 PDSIT-2/3 today. I bought them off ebay awhile back for $70 alot cheaper than webbers! Found the
manifolds don't line up with the locating pin on the heads, so looks like it's out with the power drill The linkage looks like it should work (although it's somewhat 'lightweight!') Has anyone had any
experience with this set up? all I could really find out is that the -2 goes on the left -3 the right
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yeah she blows smoke and takes a while to start, even with a new 6v battery. behind the rocker covers is pretty shiny so i was hopeing the internals
were the same.
the respray is too good for a rat but not that good either. a friend of mine is an ex raaf painter and he is going to paint it for cartons. i'll
leave the wolfsburg crest on the bonnet though.
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