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| posted on April 19th, 2009 at 05:58 PM |
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Thanks for the tip Craig
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| posted on June 29th, 2009 at 06:18 PM |
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A little progress again on the beloved beetle.
Had it sandblasted to help speed up the process a little (and for weight saving  )
A couple of pics below. Spies Hecker etch primer for first coat before getting the high build 2 pac undercoat on it.
It is a pretty honest body but not without a flaw here and there.
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| posted on June 29th, 2009 at 06:22 PM |
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Some photos of things in primer
This weekend will see the brakes and suspension getting a hop on. Thanks to Damien Pell for some gearbox mounts and spring plate templates.
More info later this week but dual master cylinders with in cabin adjustment of bias and 4 wheel discs are the go for my little baby 
Bit of excitement is creeping back in
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| posted on June 29th, 2009 at 10:39 PM |
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Bit of excitement is creeping back in
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Cool Marcus....good to hear
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| posted on July 1st, 2009 at 08:14 AM |
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Nice work Marcus, great to see!!
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| posted on July 1st, 2009 at 08:41 AM |
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Great to hear you're back into it Marcus !!!
Will be great to have another beetle competing regularly up here.
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| posted on July 6th, 2009 at 09:44 AM |
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Got some more work done over the weekend.
Front end has been removed and disassembled. Decided to check it more carefully after upside down adjuster fiasco. The beam has been welded in the no
longer straight position 
It is now one useless piece of rubbish. Pretty sure this is the same beam that came out of the car and was fine at the point when I handed it over ...
what a joke.
Anyway, I am sourcing a new/2nd hand beam. The rear end got some attention and is ready for discs and calipers to be fitted. I will get the spring
plated modified this week and probably assemble the rear next weekend.
Below is the brake balance setup for running 2 master cylinders. I will be fabrication a pedal setup with adjustable everything to suit. Also got some
V force wheels so am selling the rivieras. The rivieras were 5.5" and that was an issue for tyre fitment which is critical (stating obvious here)
Another photo of the body below. It is progressing.
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| posted on July 6th, 2009 at 09:47 AM |
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Picture of rear discs and my beetle and the wifes Kombi sharing the back yard. My lovely wife has decided to put her kombi in the shed until the
beetle is finished. What a gal!! Thanks Trish
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| posted on September 3rd, 2009 at 08:37 PM |
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Here are a few photos of amatuers at work on the doors.
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| posted on September 3rd, 2009 at 08:39 PM |
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I finally have a straight front end ... yee fricken haah!!!
Thanks Craig T.
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| posted on September 3rd, 2009 at 08:45 PM |
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No worries Marcus.......I'm glad I could help out.
give me a yell if you need anything else, the bat cave is always open for you  
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| posted on September 3rd, 2009 at 10:55 PM |
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im curious how your going to run the dual masters... made any progress with mounting? staying floor mount of going for an overhead setup?
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| posted on September 4th, 2009 at 05:58 AM |
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Hey STIDUB.
Haven't made progress yet but the first plan of attack will be with a floor or 'firewall' monted setup outside the cabin.
Once the front end is assembled then the pedal box and brake setup is next on the list.
Should see something in the next few weeks.
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| posted on November 16th, 2009 at 08:05 AM |
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Bit more work completed on the weekend ... time is at a bit of a premium at this end of the year.
The doors now only need the tiniest repairs and wet rub the hi-build 2K primer back. Came up looking really quite good.
The heads for the motor have arrived back in Oz and will be getting checked and cleaned/set up as will the bottom end crank, rods and case. Matt is
handling this with Craig (Crankshaft engineering) doing the machine work.
The heads are wedgeports with 44mm inlets and 37mm exhaust. Chassis is on its wheels but now ready for front end adjusters to be fitted correctly.
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 07:13 AM |
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Some pics of the heads. Should be some poke to be found in here somewhere!??
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 11:33 AM |
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Hmmm.... wonder if you can fit one of Craigy's pigeon's down those ports...
I know it'll be 1999cc, but what cam and CR you planning on running Marcus ???
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 12:16 PM |
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Matt Berry is going to be the one to make that call once the flow of the heads is determined.
It isn't set in concrete yet. Starting to move along a little though.
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 02:06 PM |
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Hmmm.... wonder if you can fit one of Craigy's pigeon's down those ports...
I know it'll be 1999cc, but what cam and CR you planning on running Marcus ???
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Nah mine can only fit a Finch compared to the Pigeon ports of the Wedges 
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 02:10 PM |
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OK, fair enuff - be interested to hear what Matt says/finds with 'em.
Possibly a dumb question... is it just the quality of the pics, or are there no threads cut into those spark plug bosses ???
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 02:22 PM |
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Ok Ok, bad phone pics I know but too much drama with proper camera for me.
Yes there are threads for sparkplugs.
1999cc, maybe FK 89 (can't help but stick with the old favorites  ) and around 12:1 but early days yet, manifolds are weeks away, so no final decisions until all sussed.
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 02:32 PM |
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OK, cool - cheers Matt. The threads question was cos I thought maybe you were going for different plugs or locations.
Great to see the progress Marcus - can't wait for another Brissie VW to be hillclimbing regularly !!!
So some photo's coming out of Craig's uber-power 1916.... awesome !!! Can just see the ad now "Oval Ports - right-sized for a Finch, when you're
just not hungry for Pigeon.". Very cool.... especially since I've seen a VERY similar set of heads just recently.....
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 02:40 PM |
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Forgot to mention the small thread for the plug. Uses NGK D6EA.
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 03:01 PM |
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Ok Ok, bad phone pics I know but too much drama with proper camera for me.
Yes there are threads for sparkplugs.
1999cc, maybe FK 89 (can't help but stick with the old favorites ) and around 12:1 but early days yet, manifolds are weeks away, so no final decisions until all sussed.
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Nice .........what fuel will it be running with that comp ratio ?
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 06:46 PM |
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The plan is certainly pump gas (98octane) but Matt is the engine maestro
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 08:13 PM |
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The plan is certainly pump gas (98octane) but Matt is the engine maestro
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If you plan on running 98octane then I think you will have some major issues running 12:1 
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 09:47 PM |
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The plan is certainly pump gas (98octane) but Matt is the engine maestro
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If you plan on running 98octane then I think you will have some major issues running 12:1
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Yeah prolly a bit ambitious, we'll be using ceramic coatings as well so there's a few points of compression there for free (virtually )and gotta see where the heads are first.
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 09:58 PM |
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cool...should go hard then
Marcus and the motor that is !
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 10:02 PM |
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cool...should go hard then
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Prolly in that order too.
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| posted on November 18th, 2009 at 10:36 AM |
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I'll go hard if I sit in the sun too long maybe!! Old and crusty 
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| posted on March 12th, 2010 at 09:32 AM |
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Haven't updated for a while. Progress is being made on the body and panels. Couple of photos below. New engine for the single cab has sucked up some
of my time and resource.
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