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 DannyW
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| posted on May 20th, 2008 at 04:20 PM |
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VERY nice work indeed !
be proud of yourself man
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| posted on May 20th, 2008 at 05:14 PM |
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Hey Mat, that wasnt the car at Action Day in about 1994 that had the rego plate WEJ11 or something similar to wedgy?
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| posted on May 20th, 2008 at 05:59 PM |
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Probably earlier than that,
Matt was racing it n 94 and 95.
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| posted on May 20th, 2008 at 06:22 PM |
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Hey Mat, that wasnt the car at Action Day in about 1994 that had the rego plate WEJ11 or something similar to wedgy?
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That might have been the Chop top that Laurie Gooley owned. The car Reuben in NT now owns.Not 100% sure but that was around about that time.
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| posted on May 20th, 2008 at 07:08 PM |
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i did not realize this was your old drag car Matt  was in your shed next
to Charlotte when I saw it last. Do you have any old video or any more pictures?
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| posted on May 20th, 2008 at 08:34 PM |
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Graham [IIcab] no it was never actually regoed. Driven around at various times around 91 , 92, then I got it,and she hung around the shop for a few
years, until she went together as Dave said racing '94-'97
Stephen, of coarse I have more photos and stuff, just takes to long for me to convert to digital
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| posted on May 20th, 2008 at 08:43 PM |
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nice, I think I have some shots of it from hot fours I'll dig them out
if I can
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| posted on May 20th, 2008 at 08:46 PM |
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| posted on May 21st, 2008 at 07:00 AM |
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nice Mat...that is satin black isn't it?
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| posted on May 21st, 2008 at 08:54 AM |
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Officially its GMH Flat Black, but when you do a quality panel prep, it comes out more semi gloss.
We used to clean it with normal car wash but with some kero added to keep the finish consistent[oily fingures and the like show up terribly]
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| posted on May 21st, 2008 at 12:21 PM |
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thanks Mat...my notch is GMH black and new toy will be the same although i'm tempted to put a clear over it to stop the oily fingers which you
inevitably get at the track
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| posted on May 21st, 2008 at 01:33 PM |
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Always loved this car  drool.... Gotta love chop tops.
Is especially funny seeing a 6'3 bloke like me get out of a standard beetle, let alone a chop top
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| posted on May 21st, 2008 at 05:57 PM |
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Bit more work on decklid today - bottom edge which was previously cut to clear header was lopped off:
Then a donor decklid bottom was chopped and tacked in place (incidentally this isection is from the original decklid of the car when in Matt's
possession [so I'm told])...so at least part of it will stay with the chop top!
Tacked in place with a couple pie cuts to try and get the shape close (as the profile is different for the w-decklid on there currently and the later
donor lid). Bit more grinding to go then some filler to smooth it all out. When the chop top comes back to my shop I'll finish the bottom edge of the
apron....then it will be painted.
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| posted on May 21st, 2008 at 07:17 PM |
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Al this is great....I have just got my decklid back from the paint strippers and will be doing it and my rear apron over the weekend.
Keep up the great work....not to state the obvious...
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| posted on May 23rd, 2008 at 01:12 PM |
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You are the man
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| posted on May 28th, 2008 at 02:03 AM |
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WoW, look forward to seeing it go!
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| posted on May 28th, 2008 at 08:30 PM |
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The chop top is back in the shop so I can finalise colour sanding and finish the decklid. Started on the roof today:
Hmmmm....whose type IV powered, porsche brake equipped weapon of a beetle could that be in the reflection of Rod's door?
You'll have to forgive the untidiness of the shed over the next month or two whilst I get the booth cleaned, painted, seals replaced etc etc etc
Al
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| posted on May 28th, 2008 at 09:04 PM |
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i would like to see this car labelled heavily with Das Resto Haus like the above pic with volksrestore and hellbug.
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| posted on May 28th, 2008 at 09:07 PM |
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Nah Nick - I'll be happy with a little sticker in the back window - I only did the paint - all the hard work was done by others!
I'm sure I'll have a chance to plaster my own drag car with my business name at some stage
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| posted on May 29th, 2008 at 08:24 PM |
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Roof is all done.
Front guards recut and buffed.
Masking tape is to A) protect edges, and B) stop compound from getting into the edges of guard beading, window rubbers etc etc!
More work on the weekend coming...should have it all done and dusted by Wintersun next weekend (chop top will be on display at the classic car auction
on sunday [not for sale of course!]).
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| posted on May 29th, 2008 at 09:50 PM |
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VW Beetle... one of the hardest cars to buff. Lots of flowing curves all leading into each other. Buff burns are easy to come by if you're not
carefull.
I learnt to buff using a machine on a beetle. Uncle had an old one sitting there for parts so i asked if I could learn on it. got the hang of it with
only a few buff burns to start with. Best thing about practising on an old parts wreck cause it didn't matter about the damage but learned all the
lessons I needed to to master the use of a buff.
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| posted on May 29th, 2008 at 10:32 PM |
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Fantastic work Al!
Look forward to seeing this one 
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| posted on June 2nd, 2008 at 09:58 PM |
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Back onto the decklid tonight - first trial fit before cutting out templates for the filler piece...
Bottom edge was left long so I could put a gentle fold in it (tomorrow night hopefully) - will have a cut out in the centre for the header flange.
Was clamped from the inside, plug welded to decklid and but welded elsewhere (just spot welded in pics - will finish welding tomorrow night)
Ran out of time tonight - will hopefully have it done tomorrow night. Rod and Pete will come down to fab up the dzus fastener brackets on the
guards....by the way Pete, I decided it was much quicker to work with what was there rather than fabbing up a whole new rear apron skin. We can fill
the dzus holes if they have to be moved around.
Al
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| posted on June 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 PM |
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whole crap batman,do you ever stop.
my bus is definatley coming your way,i hope you have sort of payment plan worked out for me.
is there an interest free period.lol.
down sharon.
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| posted on June 3rd, 2008 at 08:26 AM |
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whole crap batman,do you ever stop.
my bus is definatley coming your way,i hope you have sort of payment plan worked out for me.
is there an interest free period.lol.
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I'm sure we could work out some sort of contra-deal arrangement where I could get some of your awesome fabrication work in exchange!!
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| posted on June 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 AM |
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sweet
down sharon.
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| posted on June 4th, 2008 at 06:47 PM |
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PICS/VIDEO OR BAN...lol
Good luck mate. Hope it all goes to plan.
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| posted on June 4th, 2008 at 10:59 PM |
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More pics for you Brennden
Last night I hand formed (ie beat it to shape) the lower edge of the apron - much neater than a sharp cut edge (but about 5 hours slower
though)...hehehe
The header flange fits nicely in the cutout (with radiused edge as well)....heaps of room for a bigger header if a larger engine ever finds it way
into the chop top!
Some filler work to fine tune the shape - a lot of this will be sanded off tomorrow before primer/paint.
Rod and Pete were at the workshop today to finalise the dzus fasteners on the lower edges of the apron including brackets on the guards to hold it all
in place.
Since I ran out of time to colour sand the rear guards before the hot rod show, I got started on them tonight - will hopefully buff it all back to a
glossy finish tomorrow.
DAS Resto Haus will be officially open for business in July (up until then I am still only there part time) - you can see I still have a fair bit to
set up which is hard with limited time and dwindling funds! It will all come together with time.
Since my T4 decided to let me down on the way to work monday morning (in the rain of course), the oval is back to daily driver status (yes it marks
its spot wherever it goes!)....should be ready and raring for DYNOMANIA!!!
Al
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| posted on June 4th, 2008 at 11:28 PM |
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Sensational
We can see the heart you put into your work Alan....
Reub
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| posted on June 5th, 2008 at 08:41 PM |
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Got the rear guards colour sanded today to match the rest of the car...tried to stay out of the pics but these curvy guards are hard to stay out of
the reflection;
Made sure there were no random 'nut' shots today 
Was hoping to have the decklid in paint by the end of today but had a set back. Despite prepping the existing black paint and laying down a sealer it
reacted badly (no idea what paint was on there Pete/Rod - it was terrible to sand as it was so soft and went gummy with solvent....had to use the
angle grinder with wire brush wheel to remove all the paint as it clogged everything else I tried). Anyway, the filler worked areas were primed as per
this pic, then minor spots filled after taking it back to metal....and after this pic it was reprimed. hopefully after work tomorrow night I should
get it into paint after giving it a quick light sand.
forgot to take a pic of it fully primed.
Al
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