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 Desert Moose
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| posted on October 29th, 2004 at 02:22 PM |
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X-mass is not that far away......LoL
No take ya time make it worth doing, It will be better in the lng run......Iwas only digin' at how fast you were going with it. you have done so much
in no time at all (because the car is so far away from you) mine is in the back shed and you have done more then me of late...............lol
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 barls
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| posted on October 29th, 2004 at 02:28 PM |
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yes that would be one of the reasons why its soo far in to it mate the other is the week off i took
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barls
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| posted on November 12th, 2004 at 12:21 PM |
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slowly slowly its coming together heres some more pics. front right guard
passager front guard
repair left rear
drivers side heater channel
drivers side sill repair
drivers side heater channel again
right and left rear turrets
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barls
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| posted on November 13th, 2004 at 07:24 AM |
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yes i am, so ill have him back on the road soon as im missing
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barls
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 05:20 PM |
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went parts shopping today got chaos his christmas present. all these goodies
hey astro or any one else from the hastings vw club, do you recognise the blue sbug im using as a donor body?
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barls
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| posted on December 10th, 2004 at 01:47 PM |
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just back from an intense 3 day session and its looking good but unfortunately my laptop is having a disagreement with itself and is on a little
holidya so no pics uploading unfortunately till i get it back as im on my little brothers computer.
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barls
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| posted on December 21st, 2004 at 10:21 AM |
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ive now got the laptop working again so here are some updated pics.
the right sill after repair
the right front guard
the right rear guard
the left front guard
the right rear turret
the right hand heater channel repair
the left rear turret
the left quarter
with the body and pan separated before the swap
the rear of the body
pulling the engine out of the other one to make the body swap easier
the old body minus pan
us changing the body over the old pan is out and now moving the new pan in
the old pan before the damaged body went back on it
the body has been changed and the pan has been scraped back to make sure its rust free. the new pan sitting under the body
the engine is now in the stand awaiting a rebuild with a new exhaust system to be built to allow it to breath better not that there was a problem with
the old system just that im thinking two tail pipes running out the stock cutouts. i might even redo the fan housing and the covers on the heater
boxes as well while we are at it. just to make it look neater. might even have to move the oil filler due to the alternator going in as well so watch
this space
my tuck away exhaust
[Edited on 21-12-2004 by barls]
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| posted on December 21st, 2004 at 12:48 PM |
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Thank god I looked at this from work.
Damn, thats a lot of work and a good result so far for it!
'Ah, whatever................'
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barls
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| posted on December 21st, 2004 at 12:57 PM |
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yeah it was a lot of work but it will be worth it.
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| posted on December 21st, 2004 at 01:34 PM |
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go barls go! it'll be back on the road before long!
in the owrds of a very bad 80's son "don't stop til you get enuf" or maybe get it done. :thumb
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barls
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| posted on December 21st, 2004 at 01:43 PM |
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yeah and after new years ill be going up for an intensive 2 week work period on it so it will be there soon
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barls
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 04:48 PM |
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got a little closer to having it painted. most of it is now sanded back in prep for painting and the new pan seal has been installed.
here some of it being installed
and after it was installed
the front shocks installed
found this while sanding back damn rust, some one before had filled it from the inside of the car with bog
with the heater fans installed and wired up
heres the guard that i cracked in the crash before the repair
after the first layer of glass
after the repair
preping the body. i started on the bonnet
just a few stone chips and paint layers
just before its final sanding
the doors got the same treatment
the roof was next it had rust spots in the paint so it coped a floggin to be sure
some stoneguard was sprayed under the guards on the body to deaden the road noise
every thing was then bolted back on the car to save my old man some space in his work shop
and just to round it out heres one more of my engine from a different angle
 if any one is after those lovely leopard door trims for a kombi
contact me
[Edited on 18-1-2005 by barls]
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Desert Moose
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| posted on January 18th, 2005 at 06:15 PM |
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lookin' sweeeet as
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 12:08 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by barls
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Che Castro
Oooh nasty crash. good to see you're not giving up 
These pics are convincing me more to get a roll cage.
I think i'd prefer to be in a jap car if i had to crash!
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if i was in another one, pray to god it doesnt happen, id prefer to be in a bug thats straight, rust free in the turret and has inertia belts but
thats just me. i like my steel to be thicker than it is in newer cars.
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Newer cars are designed to crumple at the front, rear and sides to save your life, whilst maintaining a rigid safety cell in the middle. In the Bug's
design days, that nice thick steel is a killer. VW made the steering wheel collapsable in the 60's but things like inertia reel seatbelts, full back
head rests, effective brakes and padded interiors are foreign to early stock bugs.
I was watching Discovery the other day, and they have a great program on how research has made cars safer over the years. It used to be that crashes
at above relative velocity of just 50 km/h were not survivable, but people now regularly walk away from frontal collisions with a delta v of near to
100 km/h.
I'd rather be in a modern car, with "thin" steel, brakes that work and airbags, than a old death trap any day.
Andrew
ps. Sorry about responding to a post that's more than six months old
pps. Good work on the new car!
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VWFREAK
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 12:30 PM |
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Thats crazy Barls, you have been a busy boy.
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 03:03 PM |
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Good stuff barls - I know the pain your going through!! Keep it up, great progress pics....its always nice for people to appreciate the nitty gritty
stuff thats involved in any repairs/resto - its easy to see a finished product and think its a piece of piss!
Good to see the type IV getting a run too!
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 03:03 PM |
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yeah it was pretty crazy week and a bit but its almost there now. thanks bones and moose for the comments it helps keep my spirit up while its
happening and things are coming down around me. i also found out that the seats i bought dont fit too wide, so ill most likely sell them to someone
with a kombi.
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 03:25 PM |
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why does your engine need a rebuild? didnt u only put it in the bug not long before u crashed it?
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
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barls
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 03:25 PM |
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thanks das i just hope its all i dream it will be, but like all projects are they ever finished
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barls
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 03:31 PM |
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because it leaks and it was surpose to be rebuilt when i got it but not the way it leaks
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 03:32 PM |
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What size is it?
BTW, you're doing great, keep up the good work and get it finished. I am hoping to see it at the nats at easter.
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barls
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 03:38 PM |
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its a bone stock 2L straight out of a kombi into a upright conversion and into my bug
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| posted on January 19th, 2005 at 06:30 PM |
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wow great progress so far.
Jon
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barls
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| posted on January 21st, 2005 at 06:54 PM |
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thanks jon it really jumped forward over christmas
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barls
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| posted on February 23rd, 2005 at 03:10 PM |
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should be at the painters in the next 2 weeks
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barls
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| posted on March 1st, 2005 at 05:28 PM |
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going to the painters this weekend hopefully. still have to find seats yet though
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barls
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| posted on March 10th, 2005 at 04:44 PM |
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stll in the old mans work shop i think? will be going up there this weekend to sort it out. might bring back some pics
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| posted on March 10th, 2005 at 04:51 PM |
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get it out and into it's new skin!
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barls
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| posted on March 10th, 2005 at 05:28 PM |
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its got its new skin just needs to get its new clothes
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barls
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| posted on March 18th, 2005 at 03:36 PM |
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after finding out that the panel beater doesnt want to do it now im looking for a new panel beater.
just got quoted $5000 and thats after ive done all the prep and am still waiting on the other quote
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