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 rupewrecht
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 02:27 PM |
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Many shades of primer...well, actually not anymore!
It's a 1964 Beetle.
mechanical:
- 1500 single port, stock.
- front lowered w/ drop spindles, 3.5" narrowed beam,
- rear lowered 2/2 splines at the rear, notched spring plates
exterior:
- painted satin black, with custom mix red sides with fire red metal flake over the top. satin white scallops.
- britax ragtop
- whitewalls w/ hankooks on standard rims
interior:
- jvc hu with a pair of phoenix gold 4", a kicker amp and 10" sub
- ratty original interior.
- fuzzy dice!
lots of other little details, but that's the basics.
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Hey i'm Dan. Just realised i didn't have a thread in here 
Mine is a 64 Beetle. Pretty much stock apart from a 1500, and whitewalls. Oh, and the ragtop that's in it now.
edit - and the new paint!
it's a Britax one from the 70's apparently. I would've loved a weld-in one, but that's more effort and $$ that i cbf with - let alone tackle
myself. And this is just a bolt in - nice and easy...well, 6 hrs easy.
cutting a hole is hard.
and pics of it installed.
and a few pics i took today.
and yes, i know - it needs to be slammed, let alone painted!
not a bad weekends' work - especially whenh it's coming up to summer
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64 Beetle. Like a beaten up 70's speedboat.
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 06:09 PM |
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looks good mate, dont worry about the paint just slam that baby  :bounce
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 06:37 PM |
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Looks great. What colour do plan to paint it? Did a good job on the sunroof. Are they hard to find?
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 06:43 PM |
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I drive past it today... maaaaaaaaaaan, you gotta go the slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamm!
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 08:24 PM |
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Slaaaam slaaaaam - slamslamslam.
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 09:08 PM |
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cool
Good to see you followed my directions for fitting the roof.
Forgot to give you your free sunscreen with the clip! LOL:thumb
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rupewrecht
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 09:29 PM |
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This is the plan:
LOL @ sunscreen. The jigsaw idea was a very good one. i had to hack a bit more from a couple of spots at the front with an angle grinder, but apart
from that was all good. Cheers again 
And yeah, i know it needs to be lower. Just have do decide how to do it (adj beam/drop spindles/both) and have the money!
64 Beetle. Like a beaten up 70's speedboat.
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 10:17 PM |
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Looks sweet mate. Thanks for the install pics.
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 10:56 PM |
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where do u get these rag top kits from? can u still get em brand new? who supplies em? how much $?
especially a bolt in kit...
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 11:04 PM |
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i got it from BUGBOY - it's a 70's Britax one - who don't exist anymore apparently. But that's the reason i got it - it was bolt-in
64 Beetle. Like a beaten up 70's speedboat.
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 11:13 PM |
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love the mockup - esp the white highlight on the door.. DO IT. All you need is an adj beam, or just a beam that has had it's torsoni bar mounts
turned the right amount for a ... hmmmm 3.5 inch drop by the looks of your bug.. then you just take the rear torsion bars out of the back and install
them again a couple splines down! Viola! slamm city!
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rupewrecht
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 11:16 PM |
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Ok, who's the poor sucker that's going to help me do it while i watch?
Seriously, soon though. When i stop spending money on my other car. *rollseyes*
64 Beetle. Like a beaten up 70's speedboat.
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| posted on September 11th, 2006 at 11:23 PM |
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the roof looks great and your colour sceam with those scollops on the side will look #1:thumb
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| posted on September 12th, 2006 at 09:33 AM |
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I'll supervise.
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rupewrecht
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| posted on September 25th, 2006 at 01:57 PM |
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a few new pics. thought i'd better paint it as i'm taking it interstate this weekend and wanted a little less attraction from the locals up there.
new parcel shelf is visible in one of them.
actually looks a lot better now it's almost one color lol
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| posted on September 25th, 2006 at 02:01 PM |
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certainly looks less ratty.. I saw you turn into Orban Rd - i was at the servo in my invisible Civic, otherwise, you probably would've seen me if I
had the bug... looking good man..
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| posted on September 25th, 2006 at 02:32 PM |
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Will be wicked when it's painted the red and black! :P
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| posted on October 9th, 2006 at 03:26 PM |
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new pic:
trip to canberra and back, stopping along the way
Then my t-bar bumpers arrived, so had to wash all the bugs off the car...you've no idea how weird it felt to wash primer LOL
And finally have made a numberplate bracket so that it's not held on with a bumper bracket stuffed throught the horn grille and held on with green
tie wire hehe
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| posted on October 9th, 2006 at 08:13 PM |
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Saw you today. Had to give a 'punch-buggy' to the wife, she was too slow.
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| posted on October 9th, 2006 at 09:51 PM |
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The sun roof looks hot.
Love one for my beetle.
Also that colour plan look sweet can't wait to see the final job.
Richard
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| posted on October 9th, 2006 at 11:47 PM |
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Looks great as is, but love the plan.
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rupewrecht
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| posted on October 10th, 2006 at 11:14 AM |
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Nice lowering job. I really need to get around to doing that.
And i must've missed the Helbus! But i keep seeing bay windows everywhere.
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| posted on October 10th, 2006 at 06:27 PM |
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We were in the KOC beetle
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| posted on October 10th, 2006 at 07:14 PM |
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yeah stick to that plan ,its perfect
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| posted on October 15th, 2006 at 01:12 AM |
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saw it in the flesh today looking good nice to meet you:thumb
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will
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| posted on October 15th, 2006 at 04:02 PM |
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Hey Dan, forget the paint, just dump it and be done! Looks great in grey primer, and the ragtop is sweet.
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rupewrecht
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| posted on October 16th, 2006 at 10:42 AM |
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i'm actually thinking of raising it even higher now :p
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| posted on October 17th, 2006 at 12:26 PM |
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what kind of mirrors are those? I've never seen 'em...dont tell me theyre another cool Aussie Only item we in the States cant get 
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rupewrecht
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| posted on October 17th, 2006 at 04:59 PM |
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they're actually for a motorbike!
Wanted a pair of something in that sort of style, and ended up getting them off ebay
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| posted on October 17th, 2006 at 10:10 PM |
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Hey Voodoo, what are you doin posting over here in these parts mate. |
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