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 sugarlips
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Did a 90km round trip to pick up a bullbar for my 69 kombi - kindly donated free from a fellow Perth dubber, im a happy camper
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vlad01
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| posted on June 5th, 2013 at 10:04 PM |
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looking at ways to reproduce the factory carpet.
gonna be fun 
71 notchback,
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DubbyDo
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| posted on June 7th, 2013 at 10:45 PM |
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Box of parts turned up from Matt Berry Motorsports, very happy here, was superfast. In fact Matt posted it on Wednesday and it turned up today!!
Aweswome
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Joel
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| posted on June 8th, 2013 at 12:36 PM |
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I was getting that familiar paddling a canoe feeling when driving my bug again because the seat rail bushings were going to shit.
I originally replaced these in my first 71 Sbug back in 1996 and put them in my Lbug when I swapped interiors so they only lasted 17 years.
I feel so hard done by 
But like all repro parts these days the new ones are a lousy fit and being smaller still rock around a bit.
They are ones sold by CIP1, Micks etc.
Has anyone found good quality ones anywhere?
I'll do some ringing around on Monday and try my luck
The originals I bought were genuine ones from Al at Stokers Siding but he has long since retired and shut up shop.
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hrastovica
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| posted on June 8th, 2013 at 05:19 PM |
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Took the old beast for a cruise around the burbs on all the little back streets (I only have an unregistered vehicle permit). Heaps fun, but im
looking forward to some real cruising soon  Unfortunately i will have to
wait 3 months to be eligible for club reg, so i will have to make do with these little weekend spins around the neighbourhood til then.
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mactaylor
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| posted on June 9th, 2013 at 12:40 PM |
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posted by Joel
I was getting that familiar paddling a canoe feeling when driving my bug again because the seat rail bushings were going to shit.
I originally replaced these in my first 71 Sbug back in 1996 and put them in my Lbug when I swapped interiors so they only lasted 17 years.
I feel so hard done by
But like all repro parts these days the new ones are a lousy fit and being smaller still rock around a bit.
They are ones sold by CIP1, Micks etc.
Has anyone found good quality ones anywhere?
I'll do some ringing around on Monday and try my luck
The originals I bought were genuine ones from Al at Stokers Siding but he has long since retired and shut up shop.
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maybe tooleys?
EVERLAST CONCRETE TANKS
1800 552 123
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Sides
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| posted on June 9th, 2013 at 02:19 PM |
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Kicked her out off the shed to make room for the club's Drag Fasty to get some lovin'....
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'70 Hillclimb Bug 'Jezebel' w/- Haltech EFI - http://bit.ly/VwTNtQ
'60 KG Coupe - resto kinda started
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TICK
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| posted on June 9th, 2013 at 04:11 PM |
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hey joel ,Al still sells parts for a living , try him 0431842569
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rickp
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| posted on June 9th, 2013 at 04:34 PM |
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Broke out the sewing machine to make a gear shift boot and a
handbrake boot for the ghia
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/blucbrrr/RPP_7320_zpsabda11f3.jpg~original[/IMG]
Edit: added pic
WTH cant i hotlink pics from photobucket anymore?
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Sides
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| posted on June 9th, 2013 at 06:12 PM |
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Amazing how when my own race car doesn't need any attention, I manage to find another to work on !!!
Today was front wheel align on the club's Drag Fasty - instead of +1.5 camber and 11mm toe out, the 0.5 and 5mm toe out she has now should help
handling a bit.
Tomorrow will be flush and bleed brakes, tappets, oil change, tune up and maybe even fit a kill switch and push starter.
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Join a car club - get car peeps
My toys
'70 Hillclimb Bug 'Jezebel' w/- Haltech EFI - http://bit.ly/VwTNtQ
'60 KG Coupe - resto kinda started
01 New Beetle - gf's car, but I turn the spanners |
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bloss
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| posted on June 15th, 2013 at 08:27 PM |
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Today we drove to the ACT to pick up a 71 beetle as a run around as the Kombi is having a little resto in the shed |
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57 oval
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| posted on June 15th, 2013 at 08:39 PM |
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Took the super for a lap, running sweet, durring the week I reset the tappets, fitted new plugs points etc, tuned the carb, made a new nylon bottom
bush for the steering column, that fixed the rattle, came home gave it a wash, gave the OVAL a tub and polished my stainless, good day
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hellbugged
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| posted on June 16th, 2013 at 05:09 PM |
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Bloody vws!
Still starter trouble on the stocka. Cleaned battery earth, gearbox earth strap, checked battery and relay.... Got over it and changed starter motor.
See how it goes
Decided to do valve adjustment and oil change.
....started getting hotty ready for drags. First step to dig (hammer and screwdriver  ) the bitumen out of the new jaycee sump plate/plug to drain oil and do it's valves.
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Sides
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| posted on June 16th, 2013 at 05:47 PM |
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Took the rear guards off of Jezzi... gave a bit of a clean and a sand and the painted 'em.
Won't know herself now she's all the same colour almost !!!
VWDCQ vice pres & web dude - vwdcqinc.org.au
Join a car club - get car peeps
My toys
'70 Hillclimb Bug 'Jezebel' w/- Haltech EFI - http://bit.ly/VwTNtQ
'60 KG Coupe - resto kinda started
01 New Beetle - gf's car, but I turn the spanners |
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amazeer
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| posted on June 16th, 2013 at 10:39 PM |
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wash n wax. Found a stone chip on front bumper. Dont know why god invented winter, stones, insects, and brake dust. Cant do the interior because the
vacuum cleaner died halfway through doing the loungeroom.
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hrastovica
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| posted on June 17th, 2013 at 02:53 AM |
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Fixed the "Viva Las Vegas Disco Lights" at the back. Took it out for a cruise to Doncaster where i met two more VW nuts (Adam and Vinnie). Top
blokes, will definitely catch up for some beers again.
Did i mention the bird shit... ye thats gone now.
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hrastovica
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| posted on June 17th, 2013 at 02:55 AM |
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Thats real nice... LIKE!
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hrastovica
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| posted on June 22nd, 2013 at 05:57 PM |
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Raised the car for RWC and installed new shocks all round, had a little burn around the burbs (test pilot).
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mystery fang
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| posted on June 23rd, 2013 at 04:33 PM |
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Went for a drive to bunnings to get some supplies and my accelerator cable snapped.Got towed home,pulled the snapped cable out and then realised the
spare cable I had was for a kombi  haha at least there is beer in the
fridge
67 Beetle Type1contingent
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65standard
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| posted on June 23rd, 2013 at 04:40 PM |
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48,000 mile service, fitted new headlight wiring rubber tube and fitted rear decklid spring after being absent for the last year, then test drove it.
[size=4]If it ain't broke, fix it till it is![/size]
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bug68m
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| posted on June 23rd, 2013 at 08:46 PM |
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put some new front brake callipers on the old d/c set the tappets and went for a cruise
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waveman1500
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| posted on June 23rd, 2013 at 10:57 PM |
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Not today, but last Friday night, I started at about 5:30pm to wake up the car from it's 2 year slumber in the shed. I put in a brand new battery and
fitted a new Ramflo air cleaner to the single Weber. Then I tried to take it for a test drive, but the throttle linkage failed. I went to a mate's
workshop, chopped up the throttle arm and re-welded the barrel nut bracket to a different location. Then we went back and put it on, then tuned up the
weber to get it running. Then we went back down to the workshop with the exhaust leaking and popping huge flames.
Then, at the workshop, we changed the oil, took the exhaust off, cleaned up all the exhaust joints, sealed it up with copperseal, put it back
together, secured the battery and mounted a fire extinguisher to the floor ready for the VW Club of SA bitumen khanacross on Saturday. Finishing time:
2:35am.
We didn't have time to wash the dust off it, but we made it to Tailem Bend in time for the driver's briefing at 9:30am, and the scrutineers kindly
squeezed us in a bit late!
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vwvic
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| posted on June 29th, 2013 at 01:31 PM |
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Finally got time to see why my bus has been running so rough this week. It has been idling on three cylinders all week, turns out there was a small
stick stuck in one idle jet.
Problem fixed
59 beetle,61 beetle,72 dual cab,58 beetle,55 splitty,
65 manx,74 camper,60 Rat beetle.....and many more to come
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rose
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| posted on June 29th, 2013 at 02:53 PM |
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Took him for a ride on the trailer, shame about the rain. 
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L7back
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| posted on June 29th, 2013 at 05:36 PM |
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Popped a refurbished Km/h speedo in.
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penguin
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ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!
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| posted on June 30th, 2013 at 04:29 PM |
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Replaced both hand brake cables on the square back and fixed my heater levers so that they will stay in place when I open them (its cold down here in
the mornings).
Had a lot of fun getting one of the slotted nuts off so I could get to the mechanisms - but in the end I have a car that I drive and safely park again
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'Ah, whatever................'
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grinderman
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| posted on June 30th, 2013 at 06:59 PM |
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First day of epic low light kombi rebuild. Buttercup will be a father/daughter project and although we only moved her from the backyard (where it has
sat for 4 years) and into a borrowed workshop area, seeing as I'm still shedless.
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whathaveidone
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| posted on June 30th, 2013 at 07:52 PM |
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Drained all the water that got in on friday night out!!!!
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hellbugged
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| posted on July 4th, 2013 at 07:29 PM |
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Finished some rust repairs on the stocka, seal lip at top of bonnet, under windscreen, tail light housings and bottom lip of bootlid. Wierd one in the
1/4 panel forward of the top door hinge
Fluking a colour match after the paint mixing guru went AWOL was sweet
Kicker was putting the windscreen back in, new rubber, chrome strip and installed in the car all first go and under 2 hours. Happy with that!!
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rickp
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| posted on July 14th, 2013 at 05:49 PM |
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took her for a spin to the local auto shop to buy some parts for the wifes car, noticed my horn wasn't working.
went home and noticed i could hear the relay clicking but no sound coming from the horn.
pulled the relay out, pulled it apart and gave the contacts a good clean.. i now have a fully functioning horn
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