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 humpty
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| posted on February 17th, 2006 at 10:36 PM |
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U must watch the ABC next Friday night!
On the the ABC next Friday night:
8:00 pm - The Collectors
The main feature story is a bloke who has a cool old 50's caravan....
But the coolest bit is the tow car...
Its an early PMG Splitty!
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| posted on February 18th, 2006 at 06:40 AM |
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Ahhhh Shit
It used to be on thursday nights last year, and I have been missing it! how many episodes have been on this year, I want to know how many I have
missed?
Rob...
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| posted on February 18th, 2006 at 11:11 AM |
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It think you've missed about two episodes, started up last week.
Check out this splitty
http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/mysite/Show?pageId=colMuseum
Quote of the week
"Do I wish to send them to you again, nope, no interest can't be bothered really, to much hassle for little or no return."
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| posted on February 18th, 2006 at 01:53 PM |
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cool - but i wonder what thr body strenght would be like??
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Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on February 18th, 2006 at 02:06 PM |
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Hey Humpty, seen the feature on your car on hoodride, noice one, good work.
Click the Beetle
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| posted on February 18th, 2006 at 02:07 PM |
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Hey Robo... Im not sure how many shows have aired this season...
But I do know its only just started...
And Bizarre....Id imagine the strength would be fine...
Bus' have a full length box frame chassis...
Thats how the kombi concept got its name.... As in any kombination (ie: very adaptable).
And its a tough as a truck under there!
Cheers Hertz... I was pretty stoked when they put it up... I can wait to get it finished and get some serious shots done... Maybe even a moofie ot 2!
BTW, hows the finish holding up on the Hertzwagon?
[ Edited on 18-2-2006 by humpty ]
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| posted on February 19th, 2006 at 12:23 PM |
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The finish is starting to look real shitty. You would know what its like when everyone keeps asking you when u r going to paint it, but you cant make
them understand that its already painted, and that its meant to look that way. People just dont get it!
Click the Beetle
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| posted on February 19th, 2006 at 07:36 PM |
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| Quote: | [And Bizarre....Id
imagine the strength would be fine...
Bus' have a full length box frame chassis...
Thats how the kombi concept got its name.... As in any kombination (ie: very adaptable).
And its a tough as a truck under there!
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Cool!
So you could do a chopped bus with no additional strengthing?? :bounce
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| posted on February 19th, 2006 at 11:04 PM |
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There has been a few convertible bus' built over the years...
I remember the Kawells ( http://www.kawellracing.com/ ) use to drag one back in
the 70's! That was pretty strong and only ran a drivers roll cage!
And the there is another dude in the US who has a slammed cabrio barndoor!
So I guess your gonna build one them B?!
Here's a tip.... Make it early and slam it to hell!
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| posted on February 25th, 2006 at 03:12 PM |
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how the hell did that poor old spliity tow that big lump of a thing round
maybe he had an ej22 lurking under there
Joel
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| posted on February 25th, 2006 at 07:20 PM |
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Bull Gears are wonderful things!
Just dont be in a hurry!
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| posted on February 25th, 2006 at 10:06 PM |
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It seems that they might not be that strong after all??.
How come VW fitted belly pans to strengthen the chassis on all sunroof models and double doors ??
Fred
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| posted on February 25th, 2006 at 10:58 PM |
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Belly pans are just made of tin!... How the hell is that gonna strengthen anything?
Infact, the pans where added to make the bus more quiet.
They reduce the wind noise (turbulance) and road noise that comes through the floor. As an added bonus, you also gained economy through better
aerodynamics! The ribbing found in them is to stop the drumming effect of flexing steel when it is placed in a location such as is used on a
microbus.
The concept of belly pans is not new.... The aerodynamic benefit (low power + high gearing + high aerodynamic effeciency = high level economy and high
speed autobahn travel) was one of the main reasons VW used a flat pan beneath all their sedans! That and the fact that it made it EZR to close the
'eggshell' construction concept of the cars! The aerodynamic effeciency obviously also carries over well to the concept of a luxury people mover
such as the deluxe microbus.
If as you say it added strength the deluxe bus models because of some weakness as a result of the sunroof, then why is there little in the way of
'roof to gutter' or 'roof to pillar' strength added to any of the models in the bus range.... Have you had a look at how the roof is held on in a
bus?... There is bugger all actually connecting it all together!.... No, all the strength found in a VW bus has been built into the chassis members,
after all, this is why a vehicle that weighs less that 900kgs (panelvan) can legally carry over a ton!
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| posted on February 26th, 2006 at 02:24 PM |
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If it was such a benefit , how come they werent fitted to all type 2's.To make them all quiet??
Infact panels vans were not fitted with them only the double door ones, so they thought the double doors might be more noisey, I dont think so.
13 and 15 window deluxes were not fitted with then but sunroof models were??
Only the ones that had a "not so stiff body" ????
They were made from steel not tin and as they were attached to all the main chassis rails and sills they added strength to the chassis, that is why
double doors were fitted with them as they lost strength due to the doors on the other side, also the 23's and 21's were fitted with them as they
had sunroofs and also lost stength
Fred
[ Edited on 26-2-2006 by Fred Bloggs ]
[ Edited on 26-2-2006 by Fred Bloggs ]
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