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This is my current project, a tribute to Ed Roth's Road Agent.
1971 Beetle, idea is to build under the 'rebody' rules. Top from a company in North London, £275, and is 1,100mm dia x 450mm high.
Started the stripdown and usual rust repair/rebuild in March 2018, mixed the first plaster/vermiculite in May 2018.
3 Layers of 350gsm.
Nicknamed it Agent Thor (anagram of Roth)
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zeberdee
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 1,041 
Club RR Member Number: 2
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WOW !!!!!!!!!
Looks a little cosy in there ??
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Mad as a box of frogs - I love it!
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-(
10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily
03 Import Forester STi - Sold
98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-(
99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold
02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX
88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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Yeah!! It's snug.
Was never designed to be a 'long-distance' machine.
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Also forgot to mention its uncomfortable as hell.
Right shoulder is vertical
Left shoulder is laid back at 45 degrees
The small price to pay for a box of frogs!!! LOL
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This is awesome.... that is all I have to say  |
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In for updates / photos / fun times
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when are you aiming to have it legally on the road?
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-(
10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily
03 Import Forester STi - Sold
98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-(
99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold
02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX
88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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bonkers bonkers bonkers....i love it! even more surprising considering i don't really like beetles or this style of rod. its always refreshing to see something that is just so bleddy different!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Cheers for all the good comments, I know it's to everybody's taste, but we are all free to build what WE like!
Plan is to get it to Wheelsday on 19th April.
Although will not have the paint done by then, so will probably aim for a VW Dub show in Bristol on 16th June.
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19th april...?!! are the pics in the thread up to date? cant wait to see how it comes together.
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Love it! Been watching it progress over on Rods n Sods - I keep catching myself grinning at the pictures! What wheels are you going for? I can picture a chrome Empi 5-spoke with bullet centres.
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim
1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started.
1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Pics are probably a couple of months old.
Had an issue with some chrome (front torsion arms, backing plates & spindles) which has pushed me back a little.
Glad it makes you grin, I'm building it for a laugh, not meant to be a 'serious' car!
I have some vintage Rover P5 hubcaps, with bullet centres for the rear and trying to find somebody to narrow the front 'standard' Beetle wheels down to 3".
But no luck at the moment.
So might look at some 16" Space Savers.
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Feb 26, 2019 12:09:27 GMT
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Pics are probably a couple of months old. Had an issue with some chrome (front torsion arms, backing plates & spindles) which has pushed me back a little. Glad it makes you grin, I'm building it for a laugh, not meant to be a 'serious' car! I have some vintage Rover P5 hubcaps, with bullet centres for the rear and trying to find somebody to narrow the front 'standard' Beetle wheels down to 3". But no luck at the moment. So might look at some 16" Space Savers. built a collar of with 3” fronts, think he got a banding company to narrow them for him |
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Feb 26, 2019 12:13:01 GMT
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Banded and smoothed steelies is where it's at. Widened to 10" at the rear, narrowed to 3" at the front and smoothed out... Got stock wheels... Chopchopchop, bashbashbash...    That'll do. What about colour? Red ones go faster, right?  Needs rubber...  And hub caps...  There we go, that'll do. |
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