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 oldturtle22
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| posted on May 17th, 2014 at 05:33 PM |
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Gday mate, thanks for your reply.
I got the rust repair sections from Steve and Al at Das Resto Haus at Burleigh.
Very reasonable price for what you get and if you've never done one talk to the boys and they'll give you a few tips to get the job done.
Almost got the 4 in beam in. The front end was covered in 50yrs of grease and dirt!! A very messy job. Pics to follow!!
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| posted on June 9th, 2014 at 06:09 PM |
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Just a quick update, beam is in, and its all on the ground. I've got a few bonnet repairs to go install the choke cable and fit the left hand side
running board and its all good for rego!!
Here's a few pics.
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| posted on June 9th, 2014 at 09:00 PM |
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Way cool ride
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| posted on June 15th, 2014 at 01:18 PM |
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Looks Great Chris. Liking the exhaust setup, might try similar on our 74. Where did you get your carpets? The fit looks spot on.
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| posted on June 15th, 2014 at 06:30 PM |
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G'day wombat,
It's come up nice. Not far now, Michael holm
Man of performance upholstery did it for me, he's on here so you can easily PM him. I would love to get it recode this week fingers crossed
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| posted on July 7th, 2014 at 08:20 PM |
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So I took it for it's first outing to my brothers workshop at Raceview. It went quite well. Here's a pic
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| posted on July 8th, 2014 at 08:46 AM |
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That looks awesome mate! I love it! It's a different car than I had here!
Performance Upholstery
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oldturtle22
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| posted on July 9th, 2014 at 06:11 AM |
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It is Mick. I don't know if I would get it up the driveway now 
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| posted on October 6th, 2014 at 06:41 PM |
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Beetle dyno run
Heres an update on the 59 Beetle.
I took it down to my brothers Dyno and Mechanical shop on Saturday and put it on the dyno prior to starting the build on a 36hp okrasa engine.
I intend to do before and after power runs.
It made a whopping 24.3 hp!!
Not bad for a car made in 1959 with 85000 miles!
I believe the engine is original and has never been rebuilt.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkrZZJo7HnA&feature=youtu.be
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| posted on October 6th, 2014 at 07:26 PM |
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Ha! Love it. Sometimes you don't need horsepower!
1957 Oval Window under slow restoration.
1959 Under slow preservation
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| posted on October 6th, 2014 at 07:45 PM |
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Yeah kuta I agree. I must admit, it goes fine for me except in the 100 zones, revs a bit high for me above 90kph.
That will be rectified soon though!
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| posted on November 6th, 2014 at 06:55 PM |
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just found this thread… very cool mate! look forward to the new edition regarding the engine
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| posted on November 6th, 2014 at 09:09 PM |
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Cheers mate, I'll definitely update it as it progresses.
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| posted on January 7th, 2015 at 08:24 PM |
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Heres some more updates.
I got some adjustable lowered springplates from Jerfab in the USA. It sits a bit lower in the rear now.
Next is the 36hp engine rebuild with WW/Okrasa kit and Im currently restoring the steering wheel.
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| posted on January 7th, 2015 at 08:35 PM |
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Looks awesome mate, well done
bitten by the bug..........several times
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| posted on April 4th, 2015 at 09:31 AM |
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Very Nice! Love it! I always though that steel rims looked best, until i saw this!! Thats mad! 
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| posted on April 4th, 2015 at 10:48 PM |
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Nice!!
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| posted on May 21st, 2015 at 11:23 AM |
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Great score, it looks awesome! I love those swan neck mirrors......
Mine has the original 36hp engine also, it goes great. So did you end up putting in the narrowed beam up front? How does it feel, handling wise when
your doing 100kph?
I can see that yours has been 'improved' with added on blinkers in the past. I have the same screw holes.....
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| posted on May 21st, 2015 at 08:22 PM |
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Its not too bad at speed. I sit on about 90kph as I don't like to rev the tits off it on the Hway. Yeah the 36 is a good engine right
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| posted on May 22nd, 2015 at 10:27 AM |
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Its not too bad at speed. I sit on about 90kph as I don't like to rev the tits off it on the Hway. Yeah the 36 is a good engine right
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Yeah, I guess I should just drive slower. 90kph sounds good.....
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