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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 01:51 AM |
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GOT MYSELF A NOTCH, and pics of some cool stuff
just picked her up in cobram tonite
its my first car drove the 3 and a bit hours back to melb in the pissing rain
leaking a little under the dash wich i need to do something about asap
runs great and handles very well but we got to the corner of the nepean and hampton street and she stopped dead, would not turn over but i will say
there was a little red light with a g in a circle on it and it was lit up
now would that be generator?
gotta go back in the morning to sort her out but may just need some one in the know on vws to come take a lookj
any ideas lads
cheers
eccles
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ECCLES
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 08:32 AM |
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went and got her this morning, started first go but i think there is a generator problem and the damn trunk is stuck, i pulled the little lever to
no avail
took some snaps of her in my driveway
shes a little rough with a couple wrinkles to iron out
but i will tell you these things are a love affair, hope top get my first car sorted asap
type3diesease has already been a great help
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ECCLES
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 08:33 AM |
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she has done 1100 kms in the last 24 hours so she is forgiven for the little things
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Joel
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 10:23 AM |
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Got the engine lid open yet?
I would be very anxious to atleast check the oil level of an old vw I'd only just bought after driving 3.5 hours.
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 10:57 AM |
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pull the lever while some one else jigles the boot
Those levers are often tight and it will need to be pulled the full extent of its travel
The previous owner will know the secret procedure to get it open
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Fastie
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 03:04 PM |
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Are you pulling the lever in the glovebox - or have you figured there's one in the passenger door latch area.
With the dash leaks it is a easy fix. Just pour water down the bonnet vents to loosen the shit up. Then remove the rubber hoses that run down under
the dash to the gutter hole and blow hard in them. Have a container ready to catch all the black gunk and death water that comes pouring out. If
you're not quick enough you'll swallow it (lesson learned).
Then to finish connect it all together and pour boiling water through to give it a final clean out.
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 05:15 PM |
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verryyyy nice notch. well done!
1971 karmann ghia Cabrio - Cruising 
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 06:02 PM |
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a local guy to me came around and showed me what needs to be done
had a great chat and the things i need to do are all little
took some more pics too after a little turning her into mine
this will be the daily driver project car
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Getdownthump
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 07:20 PM |
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I like it and looks like alot of fun to be had Eccles!
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 07:37 PM |
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Looks good man. Good luck. I love the rug.
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 09:30 PM |
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Just thinking some times the main wire to the auto gear selector can be lose or frayed at connection after years , just check easy to pull apart
It is under the auto shift. always a shame to see the rust. cool mudflaps.
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 10:23 PM |
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get the standard air cleaner assembly back on.......that way the engine sucks in fresh air not the pre heated air from the engine bay
and you'll be able to plumb up the breather to it.... win win!
make sure the drians in the bottoms of the doors are clear and get some fish oil in there as well as the lower edges of the boot and bonnet.....yeah
and have fun with it!
put the horn back in front of the spare wheel where it belong 
oh neato notch by the way 
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| posted on February 19th, 2011 at 11:29 PM |
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The look on the cutie's face says it all I reckon 
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on February 20th, 2011 at 05:42 AM |
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Sorry I didn't see your post yesterday; I live close by. Nice auto notch!
For any major mechanical work including radwortyinpetion I can highly recommend:
Tucker Rd. Motors,
848 North Rd.
East Bentleigh
9570 9066
Ask for Dale.
hth
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| posted on February 20th, 2011 at 05:48 AM |
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I think you've lost claim of ownership to the cutie. I know that from experience, my little one has been telling me for years it's her car.
Tuned Type IV power - shaking out the rust.
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| posted on February 20th, 2011 at 07:35 AM |
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so i gotta get a new alternator plug some rust and will be all good to go
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| posted on February 20th, 2011 at 03:21 PM |
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| posted on February 20th, 2011 at 03:56 PM |
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This reminds me a lot of my first dub. Adding to what Fastie said, I used a coat hanger to poke to shit out of those dash hoses. Lots of dead bugs in
there. Re the problem that stopped the car, check the regulator under the rear seat (small box 2 inches by inches). Take a lid off, and see if the
contact points have any grit in them. Get a small file and clean them out.
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| posted on February 20th, 2011 at 04:33 PM |
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Please be careful and check the condition of the sidewall on your tyres, those whitewalls will cut through them eventually!
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| posted on February 21st, 2011 at 11:49 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by hellbugged
put the horn back in front of the spare wheel where it belong
oh neato notch by the way
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Is'nt that where the horns usually are? this is wher it is on my 68 too.
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ECCLES
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| posted on February 24th, 2011 at 03:18 PM |
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all good lads took her to my bosses vw mech in south melb on a tow truck, wiring to the alt was screwed
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| posted on February 24th, 2011 at 10:45 PM |
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Matt n Tom at VolksAffair? used to go there heaps when i lived that side of town... good guys..!
mate sorry I haven't been back round this week - been too flat out, life a biatch at the mo...!
glad to hear it was just some wiring...
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| posted on February 25th, 2011 at 06:36 PM |
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Congratulations on the new ride Eccles. A great choice for a first car. It's also very 'you'.
Enjoy! |
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| posted on February 26th, 2011 at 08:13 AM |
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nice car mate. awesome first ride. love the magic carpet
your obviously young lol (careful tongue in cheek humour follows) photos of all sorts of 'cool' commercial branding stickers on the car, skateboard
on the rear shelf that will kill you in a accident and a "trunk" (we have boots here in aus!).
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| posted on February 26th, 2011 at 08:29 AM |
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no mate im 35 but never needed to drive as i always worked and lived in richmond
moved to the burbs once we had a couple kids and now need a car for work
of coarse it had to be a volks wagon, im a retro furniture collector and are also in push bikes(dragsters) so i had to have something i loved the
style on
spoke to the mech yesterdat and his a bike collector too
needed new gaskets on the rockers some new wiring and windsheild in wich i have one, just gotta get it fitted tuesday then off to vic roads on
friday
then ill be calling you ben and we will go for a spin and maybe get fab out in his buss
heres dome other cool stuff i have that you guys may just like
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| posted on February 26th, 2011 at 09:09 AM |
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hope you enjoyed my pics and feel free to check out my forum some time
its called http://www.retro-rollers.com/ and for peeps whom collect anything
witgh wheels join up and show off your goods
cheers
eccles
ps ben we will be catching up next weekend as ill be ready to roll
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| posted on February 26th, 2011 at 11:10 AM |
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WOW. When you said cool stuff, you weren't kidding - and so much of it. Lucky bastard - my missus complains about my bit of VW stuff.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on February 26th, 2011 at 01:12 PM |
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Thank you for the pics! Retro Rollers Rocks! what a great collection, you would have to a candidate to be on Collectors!, nice looking XP there too,
good match-up for the notch
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