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Kitchen renovation seems to be a big part of this car forum, I have seen several car threads derailing for a short while into hose and kitchen restoration. Not a bad thing though, people with tinkering skills often use these skills for more than car related upgrades. A friend used to own an old beetle 1302S which had some ignition key issues, so he used to have a set of wires in his pocket ready with cable shoes and everything for when he needed to hot wire the poor thing. It was all to easy to hot wire an old beetle.
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Entertaining as always! Your trip reminds me of several of my car-moves in my youth, cars wit no windows, barely any brakes or steering. It is a miracle I am still alive. Great to see you survived and can continue on this saga of rust and stench :-)
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How can this classic Singer be cheaper than a new low-cost electric? I thought the Singers were collectors items and priced accordingly, well well, real Old skool! Will be interesting to see the result.
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So you really have a rust problem there, not just rats nests, eggs and bones, but rust, a lot of it. The Citroen seems to have a lot of straight panels and bends, making it less difficult to repair, still a major job. Keep the pictures coming, we loves the pictures!
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I am really enjoying reading your story about the Golf. You have built yourself an amazing piece of equipment. This is built, not bought, and it is a Golf from the square era, not the aerodynamic piece of soap Golf type. What I really enjoy is the fact that your car never was intended to do anything close to what it is doing. It was meant to be a sensible people carrier for the masses, not at speed monster rivaling the speeds of a Porsche 911. So you usually carry a spare fifth gear? Absolutely love it. A stripped gear would have been game over for most people, but you just look in the toolbox for the spear gear. Priceless! Really looking forward to the continued story of The Pinderwagen
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Jan 23, 2019 14:11:54 GMT
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Bankruptcy rules, especially with 300Hp and RWD. More pictures needed!
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Jan 23, 2019 10:41:18 GMT
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That is a good looking Jetta! Arches might be a bit over the top, but otherwise very nice. Wheels suit the car, low stance, nice. Loving the interior, those seats really compliment the car, sort of business suit fabric. And the engine bay too, really nice.
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Exiting project you've got there! Very different, who would have thought of a 4x4 2CV? What kind of engine is in place, I am not familiar wit 2CV engines and the common replacement engines. Where did the transfer box and rear diff come from? Keep up the good work and keep posting. It is entertaining to read.
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Nice work on your house! Quite an improvement from how it was when you bought it. I believe you have made a mistake on the homemade door in your garden house. The diagonal bars should have been the other way around pointing upwards from the hinges. You are more likely to have a sagging door the way you mounted them.
It seems like you are the only one of your neighbors with a bit of Christmas spirit, no one else has decorated their house :-)
Liking the TV stand, I assume you bought a lifting mechanism and installed. Never seen any for sale, not that I have been looking. You know, LG has just shown a rollable TV that emerges from a box. That will be released this year, but might be a bit pricey.
Looking forward to Granada related stuff!
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Wow, just wow. Really an interesting post you made there. I didn't realize the importance of roll center ant ball joint localization. It all makes sense of course, but the explanation you provided made it quite easy to understand. I lowered my Granada with lowering springs and didn't do anything to the other components in the suspension and still felt improvements. Wonder how it could have been if I had addressed the steering geometry? It is an interesting project you have here, I have read it all and must say I am impressed with all the work you have put into it and how it has improved. I see you welded the pin to the hub with the wheel bearing in place. I have been told that welding with bearings installed might ruin them. Any thoughts on the matter, have I been misled?
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Dec 20, 2018 13:50:46 GMT
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That pedal box really looks a great deal better after getting a lick of paint. I guess you have glued some sort of non slip pads on the pedals or is it a very texured texture paint?
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Dec 17, 2018 11:22:47 GMT
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Wow, that hood ornament was something else! Ubercool. You were right about the pedal box, it is looking rough, very rough. But I guess it will blend in with the rest of the car. It looks quite sturdy.
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Dec 17, 2018 11:18:23 GMT
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Congrats! The RS kit suits the Granada well. Will you be mounting a boot spoiler as well?
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Loving this thread! I assume you will be one of the few people on this planet with a fully working heater system in your aircooled VW. The idea of using exhaust heat to warm up the car is brilliant and idiotic at the same time. Yes it will heat quickly but also fail in 9 out of 10 cars within too short a time. I guess that if VW spent as much time and effort as you do on the heating system, that it would have lasted longer. Every aircooled VW I have been in contact with has been cold as ice in the winter. Looking forward to the next update.
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The JVC subwoofer might not be ideal for the harsh climate in a car. Car speaker membranes are usually more suited to the temperature difference and humidity in an automobile. It will work, but might not last as long as the other speaker you have laying around. Both of them will need some sort of amplifier to give the best result. Subwoofer boxes suited for your size of subwoofer are often cheap on the flea bay, and so are mono-amplifiers. Building it into a suitcase might work, but you will need to build a box inside the case or else it will probably make a lot of unwanted noise.
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Impressive work on the wiring. It seems so easy when other people are doing it, but I Know that it takes quite some time to do it properly, soldering and shrinking. You are not worried that the extra weight of the wires will slow you down? :-)
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It is always a bit fiddly to fit a self made parcel shelf, the measurements are hard to get 100% spot on. Have you considered tilting the pods forward by a few degrees? I guess that could look nice. What are the round holes in the shelf for? And what ere the rectangular holes for? Vent from subwoofer?
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Really a nice upgrade to your car. That interior looks right at home, matching the baby blue nicely. It has been amusing to follow your struggles, I hope it it allowed to say that, with your car. The end result, I believe, was worth it.
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Nov 16, 2018 19:26:27 GMT
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It seems so easy, everyting you do yo your Dolly :-) Everyting falls into place clean and neat! It is almost rude to laugh at your challenges, but you tell them som amusingly. Loving the thread, as most people at a certain age I also have experiences with beetles, a friend used to have a black 1302S with a 1600 engine, sports exhaust and the padded dash. It was an amusing car but very cold during winter.
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Nov 16, 2018 19:14:51 GMT
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Wow, so this rustbucket is really going to be a car again? Impressed at your effort and skill.
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