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 dAVo
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| posted on August 11th, 2009 at 02:15 PM |
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Sounds good mate. I look forward to seeing it done 
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 07:01 AM |
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hey mr dirtbag, about time for an update on the adventures of "sid". managed to delete him as my photo, but be buggered if i can work out how to put
"nanna"up there
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 09:31 PM |
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OK guys, I have to admit, there hasn't been a lot of progress, but at least he's home now. Now I just need time. I'll stick up a few pics later
tonight.
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 09:41 PM |
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Well here's Sid getting chauffered to my place. Of course the one night we get rain was just as we were pulling up to my place to unload him. Free
shower : )
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 09:43 PM |
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Here he is safe and sound. When there is more space in the workshop he'll live in there, but for now he's an outsider.
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 09:47 PM |
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Thanks to "cranks" from AVD I scored some widened stockies for the back. They're only 6's but it's more the deep dish look I want, not actual
huge width. I'll cut the front wheels apart and change the offset the other way to accentuate the difference in the front and back wheels, just for
giggles. Plus the rear tyres will be fairly tall and wide. It's a volksrod, they have to be big!!
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 09:50 PM |
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These are some headlights I got from the guy who sold me the CJ6 jeep. I don't know what they are, but I knew I had to have them. Now I can use them
on Sid.
My front beam extension is on its way from the good old US of A and is a 10 inch stretch, 2 1/2 inch drop, so will certainly give me the look I want.
These little bucket lights should fit in there nicely.
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 09:52 PM |
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"11CAB" was good enough to do me a good deal on this early style deck lid. Thanks dude.
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 09:54 PM |
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I'm going to turn this into a W decklid kind of thingy. I have a pretty good idea of how the proper W decklid goes, so I'm going to make this one
obviously different. The valleys of the W will come right down to the lower swage on mine as opposed to staying fairly high on an original one.
I hammer and dollied two small semi circle areas into the straight edge the goes along the bottom of the lid. These will be the valleys of the "W".
I think theyr'e about 4-5 inches lower than the W valleys of an original W lid.
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| posted on August 14th, 2009 at 09:57 PM |
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At this stage it still looks bodgy as, but tomorrow I will weld it fully and it should start to take shape. I'll bet the purists hate my guts. Can't
please all the people all the time : )
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 11:10 AM |
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Well I had the fun task of welding it all up this morning. I also got rid of the badge, number plate light and number plate holes.
I want/need 3 x 1600 badges. As long as they're the same as each other design wise, condition doesn't matter. PLEASE HELP!!!!
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 11:12 AM |
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Here's my little helper. I can't seem to get anything achieved without the help of my 2 year old daughter. She absolutely loves my V8 hilux, but
luckily she's taking a liking to Sid as well. What a good girl.
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 11:14 AM |
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After a bit of grinding and sanding off the rest of the paint I ended up with this. It's not too flash, but that's the whole point of a rat rod.
Once it's had a bit of beating around and some bodgy paint, it'll fit right in.
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 11:18 AM |
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Just another pic
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 11:20 AM |
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I like how the W goes a lot further down than on an original W lid. I wanted it to match the front of the bonnet. It sort of does.
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 04:18 PM |
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So after a bit of hammer and dolly work and some filler I was able to put the first few coats of primer on. I'm happy with the stretched look of it
compared to a proper W lid.
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 04:22 PM |
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I've left the handle hole in there for now but might get rid of that too depending on what latch system I decide on once the back end has been cut
off. As for the rust, yes it's staying. For now. Who knows, one day I might make this thing shiny.
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 04:57 PM |
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man you have way to much time on ya hands.
starting to come together though,what's next.
down sharon.
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| posted on August 15th, 2009 at 05:32 PM |
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Hi westi. Too much time? I wish. This is the first thing I've done to the car. Next I think I'll cut the front wheels apart and change the offset to
narrow the front track. Mainly just to make the back wheels look bigger. Then I'll have to get onto some beam adjusters as my beam extension is on
its way as we speak so I want to be able to get right into it when that arrives. Time will be the big issue. I'll be moving shop soon so there might
be a delay in progress.
I'm thinking for this initial build I'll keep it as basic as possible to show how easy it is to make something cool for not much bucks. Then when
the novelty has worn off I'll chop it and do the suicide doors.
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| posted on August 17th, 2009 at 06:17 PM |
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i am truly outraged - people like you should be ashamed of bastardising a beautiful car - shame shame shame
nice work btw
jack the beetle rides again !!!
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| posted on August 17th, 2009 at 08:11 PM |
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Thanks Glen, that's the best reply I've ever had. It had a good twist at the end : )
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| posted on August 18th, 2009 at 06:20 PM |
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Well my 10 inch beam extension arrived today. Thanks Doug Fuller from volksrods.com. It's a bloody nice piece of work and a credit to him.
It also lowers the car 2 1/2 inches.
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| posted on August 18th, 2009 at 07:44 PM |
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oh my gawd! this is exciting haha i just wish the thread wasn't real time, so i wouldn't have to wait to see the end product!
look forward to it!
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| posted on August 18th, 2009 at 07:56 PM |
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good luck getting the beam extension passed, many have tried and failed. but for once id like to see someone succeed but only if they go through the
right channels
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| posted on August 19th, 2009 at 12:07 AM |
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Hi Barls. You're right about it being hard to get it passed. The guy I'm speaking to about it says it should be OK to get a kit sorted out but of
course there are some catches. I have an extension designed and will build when time allows, and then it will be sent off for torsion testing (on a
car of course). The kit will have to include the steering and brake extensions plus any support bracing that may be required between the floorpan and
the beam. Although the extender is a strong unit, it is quite thin so will carry a lot of lateral forces. Braces are something I will look at when I
pull the front of Sid apart.
The next issues are headlight height and front tyre protrusion. Although a motorbike is allowed to have the open tyre as its most forward area, the
extension kit may require the use of cycle guards that cover the front of the tyre.
Anyway, that's a little way off yet as there is a big list of jobs for me at the moment, but at least the extension kit is on that list. I'm also in
conversation with the same inspector regarding ADR roof chops. It'll require the same torsion tests but once passed I'd be able to either do
exchange bodies or supply on demand. There will be obvious limits to the chops in regards to occupant area and windscreen wiper area, but anything is
better than nothing. It's all fun and games.
As for Sid, for now he's just going to a car that I've wanted to build for a while now and I just need to get it out of my system. The next one will
be more serious and include things like legal modifications and a decent motor : )
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| posted on August 19th, 2009 at 12:09 AM |
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Hi DU88IN. I know, I kind of wish I didn't have to wait for the finished product either. And people think I'm impatient???? : )
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| posted on August 19th, 2009 at 05:32 PM |
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i wouldn't like to pass that beam extension
ouch
jack the beetle rides again !!!
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| posted on August 19th, 2009 at 06:19 PM |
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try ford pills, dont know if they make vw pills. if they do, i"ll have a bottle
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| posted on August 19th, 2009 at 09:34 PM |
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Will you two weirdos stop talking about you asses!!!! : )
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| posted on August 20th, 2009 at 06:13 PM |
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Thanks to subisupa I now have an EMPI shifter in Sid. I fitted it today, gee it took ages, must have been 2 minutes or so. Gotta love that. : )
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