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 66deluxe
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| posted on July 27th, 2011 at 08:46 PM |
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I bet it felt great to finally drive it sounds tough Al. Good work.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
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| posted on July 27th, 2011 at 09:26 PM |
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sweet!!
sounds real nice too
cheers
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| posted on July 28th, 2011 at 03:12 PM |
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Al, remember when you were looking at the chargers at the very start and i posted you about pulley slip. I couldn't get rid of it on my hypo v6
commodore engine with my vortech blower.
Ended up tightening it so much that we snapped the bolt off the tounge, I went to a gilmer belt drive and it was much better. Hardly any tension
needed with a tooth drive. Anyhow, you should look into it especially for a flat motor.
Heath
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It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
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| posted on August 3rd, 2011 at 07:52 PM |
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Cheers Heath - we had to play around with belt orientation and pulley positions to eliminate the belt slip and this was achieved today by having the
dynamic tensioner on the "slack side" close to the crank pulley and also changing the idler pulley postions.
Still on a 'safe tune' the engine is sounding good and has more torque and responsiveness than I expected. Looking forward to having it
retuned/mapped with some more boost once we get the rest of the bus/engine ancillaries sorted.
Cheers
Al
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Flintstones
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| posted on August 3rd, 2011 at 08:29 PM |
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That's supercharger's got a nice sound to it Al,
I'm interested in what the dyno figures say once she'd tuned.
Cheers
D
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| posted on August 8th, 2011 at 05:19 PM |
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Sounds nice and responsive!! Good one mate!! Plenty of torque without a lot of revs... beautiful!!
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| posted on August 24th, 2011 at 07:50 PM |
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Well all the tedious but enjoyable jobs continue on Armando's bus including detailing (paint/polishing) all engine components and ancillaries.
The final variation of the face plate was laser cut and test fitted today before being removed and painted (about 10 mins ago)....tomorrow it will be
buffed and reassembled. Pushing to get it all back together for the Jamboree show (four cylinders/rotaries) at Willowbank on sunday if weather is
kind.
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| posted on August 27th, 2011 at 07:33 AM |
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Getting close to completion now...a few more interior photos:
More photos here for anyone interested:
http://dasrestohaus.com.au/gallery2/v/Current+Restorations/Armandos+59+11+win...
Cheers
Al
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| posted on August 27th, 2011 at 08:47 AM |
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what can you say?? 
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on August 27th, 2011 at 10:25 AM |
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Now there's one VW fanbelt you can't change in 5 seconds with a screwdriver.
I'd be too scared to sit in something with an interior that nice.
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| posted on August 27th, 2011 at 10:32 AM |
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Wonder if he owns a dog and goes camping??
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on September 1st, 2011 at 09:08 PM |
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Breath taking Al!! Absolutely superb!!
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| posted on September 1st, 2011 at 10:13 PM |
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This van is amazing. Seems i missed out on this thread for quite a while so it was nice to be spared the suspense that im sure a lot of you felt.
I agree though. I wouldnt know what to do with a car that perfect!
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| posted on September 7th, 2011 at 09:32 PM |
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More pics and progress....
Exhaust was ceramic coated but in black instead of the usual silver for a more 'factory' look
Modified A1 header from Tiger at A1 Exhausts in the US (not the cheap copy)....we custom made the muffler setup
Bumper and engine lid/valance back on finally
Now its getting a little better dialled in we can start to push it a little harder to more effectively evaluate the Red9 Design double wishbone front
end
Shut down time for the day....
Another youtube clip of another test run out the front of our workshop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GoXcHJ67_A
Cheers
Al
PS will have the bus up at the VWDC show at wynnum on Sunday for anyone keen to have a look.
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| posted on September 7th, 2011 at 10:10 PM |
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Reub
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| posted on September 8th, 2011 at 08:12 AM |
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That's got some zip to it! Should scare a few people on the road!
Awesome job. Just amazing!
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| posted on September 8th, 2011 at 08:28 PM |
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Beautiful detailing work on the motor Al
Cheers
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| posted on September 13th, 2011 at 03:06 PM |
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This was at the vw meet at manly on sunday? or was it a twin? looks great.
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| posted on September 13th, 2011 at 09:26 PM |
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respect
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| posted on September 14th, 2011 at 07:54 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by johndoe980
This was at the vw meet at manly on sunday? or was it a twin? looks great.
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Yep it was at the show, cheers mate.
Al
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| posted on September 14th, 2011 at 08:24 AM |
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I'm stoked I got to see this in person at the Action Day.
Its a work of art!!
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| posted on September 14th, 2011 at 08:38 AM |
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Hang on, I'm confused.
Al, I'm assuming it's an EFI conversion? I can't see the carby anywhere...
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| posted on September 14th, 2011 at 11:04 AM |
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Beautiful
I also had the pleasure of viewing this bus at Action Day. It is absolutely beautiful and a credit to those building it.
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| posted on September 14th, 2011 at 06:23 PM |
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Thanks again everyone for the kind words.
Sebastien, you are right it has EFI - the single Holden throttle body is attached to the supercharger via custom billet adaptor and the injectors are
housed under the plenums (you can just see the end cap of one fuel rail on the supercharger side down close to the head).
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SebastienPeek
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| posted on September 14th, 2011 at 08:46 PM |
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Aha!
Yeah, I figured that is what I could see, was just a tad confused but I'm now all good. It's great to see such a beautiful looking kombi Al, I
congratulate you and everyone else that has had a part in this build. It is definitely something I look up to and will continue to look at when it
comes to doing my own restoration on a kombi some time next year!
Thanks again Al!
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| posted on October 6th, 2011 at 05:21 AM |
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Alan! Insane Build!! Excellent Job! Maybe one day ill get to see it in person..
Jer
What Dude..
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| posted on October 21st, 2011 at 10:47 PM |
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Excellent work mate 
That Rotex is interesting too. Might pop one on an EJ22
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| posted on October 24th, 2011 at 04:28 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by JER-FAB
Alan! Insane Build!! Excellent Job! Maybe one day ill get to see it in person..
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Cheers Jer, funnily enough I'm wearing one of your shirts as a type! I'll be back over to the US next year for the Classic etc so will have to catch
up again (will bring some more shirts over for ya).
Bus is all certified and now blue slipped....just green slip.....and finally registration!
Quick cruising vid....not the greatest quality but still looks the goods....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEUJqarsTqc
Cheers
Al
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| posted on October 25th, 2011 at 08:03 AM |
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That looks so nice on the road
It's great to see another high quality build on the street.
Cheers
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| posted on October 25th, 2011 at 09:51 AM |
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You HAVE to take this to Summernats Al...
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