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 OZ Towdster
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| posted on August 9th, 2007 at 06:10 PM |
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My Towdster Rebuild ( Finally onto the bodywork )
As most of you would know i own a Meyers Towdster which is quite a rare car in Oz and mine is believed to be the only one curently registered in Oz
also.
As most of you would also know i was supposed to of started on it a lot sooner than now but due to work commitments this has added a 2 year delay to
the project but it is now well and truely on the go with the first thing being a new full roll cage which also ties into the front and rear
suspensions.
Any way heres a few shots of the latest progress and i will hope fully record more of the build as we go and keep you all posted.
Andrew
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| posted on August 9th, 2007 at 06:12 PM |
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And another
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| posted on August 9th, 2007 at 06:14 PM |
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And Another
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| posted on August 9th, 2007 at 06:14 PM |
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Last one for now
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| posted on August 9th, 2007 at 07:22 PM |
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Nice one Andrew should be interesting when done  |
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| posted on August 23rd, 2007 at 05:50 PM |
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Some more progress shots
Dyno @ COR has been doing a great job as always with the cross brace and seat belt bar now in
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| posted on August 23rd, 2007 at 06:02 PM |
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The rear horn stays to stop them bending down under power , as there,ll be plenty of that now with the big 2387 and they will also eliminate the need
for the engine cage to go all the way foward to the torsion tube.
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| posted on August 23rd, 2007 at 06:07 PM |
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Another rear cage shot
Sorry about the bad light but if you look hard you can see the tubes over my head from the twin centre hoops to the front hoop bad to be bent so as to
be the right distance from my head to meet cams specs
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| posted on August 23rd, 2007 at 06:11 PM |
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A front on shot and to the shock of some people yes i have cut out the towd towing bar / steering column as I never used it anyway and it interfers
with the pedal cluster
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| posted on August 23rd, 2007 at 06:15 PM |
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You can see clearer in this shot how the cage now ties in to the front beam and this will reduce the car from twisting when traversing big holes when
offroad
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| posted on August 23rd, 2007 at 06:24 PM |
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Now to some this doesn't look much but was quite a headache to get right , as we have had to cut out the old front body support tube and replace it
in pieces that tie in to the front end supports but still replace the body support at the same time.
At this time my bank account is also looking a little smaller as iv've sent a couple of dollars to Rod Penrose for the engine parts while he's in
the US , just a mear $3500 at this stage.
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 07:57 PM |
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So is it gunna get more wheel travel and a better driver once it is done ??
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 08:24 PM |
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 OUCH ! ! !
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 08:29 PM |
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Nice puddle of oil you have left there for the animals to die in too! Top Driving!!!
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 08:35 PM |
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I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW MY VW'S DONT LEAK OIL unlike yours and Bobs rides
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 08:39 PM |
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1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 08:44 PM |
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oh so you think i'mm crazy ,well stick your head under my old manx next you see it and as said you will not find a leak as leaks are only due to poor
workmanship and ARE NOT a vw fault as thought by many and as it seams yourself included.
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 08:57 PM |
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SO HOW DID IT GET THERE ?
A GUST OF WIND ?
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Maybe he spilt his coke when he crashed?
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 09:42 PM |
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Crashed?? Looks like normal parking to me...... 
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| posted on September 1st, 2007 at 11:35 PM |
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mmm
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Nice puddle of oil you have left there for the animals to die in too! Top Driving!!!
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Just so no more wanna be greenies get the wrong idea there is a very good reason those rocks are called coffee rocks ...... the colouring in the water
is from Andrew spinning his tyres on the said coffee rocks.
To further prove my point if you look at the picture closely you will see the colour is in the sand and not in the water, oil floats and this stuff is
not floating.
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| posted on September 7th, 2007 at 04:16 PM |
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mmm
[size=4] pete - Custom VeeDub[/size]
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| posted on September 8th, 2007 at 09:15 AM |
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man thats cool ,love the roll cage design too. sweet wheels tuboot
show us your gates
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| posted on September 8th, 2007 at 11:57 AM |
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its clearly photoshopped...............
nick
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| posted on September 8th, 2007 at 01:22 PM |
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Oh but Nick at least when i decide to do some thing i ONLY do it once :P:P:P
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| posted on September 16th, 2007 at 01:59 PM |
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i never like towd shape in buggy but very quality work in car:thumb
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| posted on September 17th, 2007 at 10:15 AM |
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hay mate how are you " looking good lots of bar work may b up your way soon may have 2 catch up " as i may b moveing 2 gladstone :thumb
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| posted on December 25th, 2010 at 06:38 PM |
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I heard that this was back at your place now Andrew?
Does this mean we'll finally be seeing some progress???
Smiley 
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| posted on December 25th, 2010 at 06:40 PM |
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Last I saw it was tightly packed into the corner of the garage...... But thats probably easier to get to than when it was up on the shelf at Custom
Veedub
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
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Oh and it needs to be ready for Fraser in October....... 
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
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