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Jan 22, 2009 10:34:20 GMT
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ill start at the begining Ive owned this car for the past 6 years - started out life as a 1964 beetle that I had for my 18th birthday over the first year of owning it as a daily the condition soon became poor and the previous owners were not nice to it  the result meaning the car was to be off the road for a full restoration on inspecting the car - huge amounts of rust were found around the rear window was the worst area. a new body was sourced off andylham - a 1956 oval - brilliant the body got finished by a friend who was far better at welding than myself and mated to the 64 pan and a full roll cage added The car returned to my house after a temporary coat of paint in this condition  I then begged my grandmother to allow me to store the car in her garage thats when things started to speed up a little more the car was tottally rust free and the next step was to keep it that way...     the floor pans were treated to some aluminum oxide paint that a mate sourced from work - this paint is used on aircraft and its pretty tough - both sides were coated with a few thick coats including the heater channels     The the rebuild began - the car was to be painted in matt black as a temporary measure but I learned to love it good quality carpets were bought and the car soon started to take shape    more parts added to the interior and the wheels arrived wheels are 4.5" wide 5 BRMs for the front and 5.5" ercos for the rear front tyres are 145 65 contis and the rears are 205 70s   nice chrome handbrake  nice chrome basket  the windows are in  then I lowered it a little more -  then I fitted the front wheels and realised that it was a little bit too low so I hired it up a little bit -  |
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weena
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Jan 22, 2009 10:35:29 GMT
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 plenty of arch/wing clearance  started to fit down all the arches and headlights correctly replaced all the steel bolts to stainless       not happy with the window seals the carpets look great tho    get to look more like a car adding more of the finnishing parts to get it ready for the 2008 show season  needs lowering - negative camber is not good  decklid held in place just for a picture   lowered the rear end down and fitted the exhaust up properly the side exit has now been sold for a stock looking stainless item  one big rush to get the car to bristol volksfest - the car was getting mot'd saturday morning of the show and in a big rush the front left wheel wasnt fully tightened and resulted in a missed show and a trip on a flatbed   wonky front passenger wheel    after a very sad day i finally got it to the mot station a few weeks later and it failed on: rear wheel binding leaky brake line blowing exhaust number plate light bulb has blow lights need adjusting not bad as i have no mechanical experience and its my first go at building a car from scratch the car went back in for a retest and failed again as it was too low to test the brakes - they were not checked last time as it failed on so many other things took the car for another retest and on the drive down i had no pressure in the brakes and had to return the car to the garage - there it stayed for 2 weeks and missed out on the long drive to European bug in - i made it in a rented car instead back after a great time in belgium and france for 2 weekends i was revitalised to work on the car and having seen so many nice examples i was on a mission finally got it MOTd the second week of august only 4 days before volksfest wales - a show i had to do!!!    look at the number plate flexing  spent a total of 48 hours in 3 days working on the car to get it good enough for the show and shine area - as its a local show there were a lot of people eager to see the car after 5 years of stress and building etc The car went down a storm at the show and came second place to an awesome 57 rag top    Cruises nicely at 70mph  |
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weena
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Jan 22, 2009 10:36:25 GMT
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i took a few photos up by castell coch in cardiff - such a nice location for a photo shoot  and sent them off to volksworld with an aim of getting into the show by emailing them at the magazine and they ended up printing it in the readers ride section which i was dead chuffed about  in the last few weeks the car has been almost fully striped down there was a dent in the rear panel that was not sorted on the initial rebuild which has now been fixed  gearbox has been re fitted with rhino gearbox mounts  now its time for the paint to get as smooth as possible a lot of time is going to be spent on prepping the body ready for a fresh coat of paint    front beam fully removed  beam taken back to just the beam so i can send it to my welders to have it narrowed - I'm looking to have it narrowed around 4- 5 inches as ill be running dropped spindles and disk brakes eventually  gave the rest of the suspension and steering a good clean before being sent to the chromers  the rear quarter panel is the only part of the car with serious wobble when in paint so a lot of time will be spent here getting it perfectly straight   the front quarters are really good and i just took the paint back as a key for the future coats of primer   The roof was flatted back and shows now damage as yet - on the trial coat I'm sure some little imperfections will show up  my little 1641 engine needs a good clean and a new exhaust system I'm on the look out for a stock looking stainless system - i have a feeling ill have to have one made up  i have some nice indicators that will fit on the rear bumpers  ive been hoarding some nice little accesories also being a student is hard at the best of times but ive been building an oval and found out the hard way of how much they cost after the paint has been done ill be adding some nice door cards, adding front and rear bumpers, albert mirrors. the seats will have to wait as i want red leather covers for the stock seats that i have the wheels will also be staying the same for this year until i can get a set of BRMs for the rear - id really want to fit fuchs again as i loved the look of my 64 when it was running them but the prices have gone through the roof recently!!  wrote this back at the end of august and sent it into ultra - they published it in the jan 2009 issue - thanks to chrisradioman for supplying most of the pictures -but my car go a look in as well  |
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weena
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Jan 22, 2009 10:38:13 GMT
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the car is fully stripped and most of the paint has been taken back to a key ready for the high build primer there are some inperfections that need attention but that will be done before the paint ill let the pictures do the rest interior is out  started taking back the paint on the inner wings and getting rid of the high and low spots where the previous paint was gash  framehead fully dressed back just needs a clean and its ready for paint  under bonnet are and roll cage had a quick sand to get that ready  Lex hard at work - cheers for all your help dude - diamond  passenger rear quarter is ready for paint  drivers side quarter almost there  roof is ready  it has to look worse before it looks better  fingers crossed ill have all the paint prepped and ready to go by next weekend which will mean paint will be on before the end of January then its rebuild time the car is going to be painted satin black with gloss black roll cage/steering/suspension parts should look pretty cool beams back   just need to get some custom shock towers and itll be on - more of an update 2moro after some more body prep another cold day down the garage - gave some areas a bit of paint and prepped a lot more of the body - hopefully next weekend will be primer time painted the framehead  painted brake backing plates, spindles steering box  the beam got a coat of paint but not all the way as the custom shock towers are on there way this week - this will allow me to fit the beam with no body mods   it has to be ready for the 7th March for the ultimate dubs show  |
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Jan 22, 2009 13:27:59 GMT
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looking sweet as mate..
I saw this in VFW but was still wasted from the partying on the friday and saturday so will have to have a better look another time
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I wanna go to HEAVEN for the weather, HELL for the company  |
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Jan 22, 2009 13:39:18 GMT
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awesome bug, I love the colour |
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weena
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Jan 22, 2009 16:43:31 GMT
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cheers guys got the beam to the welders today and hopefully have that back early next week - started a bit of paint work today underbonnet and rollcage has been primed and ready for paint high build primer on one of the quarterpanels has gone on nicely and with any luck ill be fully primed and ready for paint by next week gotta hire a huge space heater to get the garage nice and warm |
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Jan 22, 2009 17:05:49 GMT
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you keeping it the same matt black?
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I wanna go to HEAVEN for the weather, HELL for the company |
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Jan 22, 2009 17:32:25 GMT
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i was nice to it!!...  ...but i think we fell out about 1996!!  |
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Jan 22, 2009 17:44:59 GMT
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Jan 22, 2009 18:37:56 GMT
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Great car mate, really liking that! Loads of pics too, which will go down VERY well here. Welcome to RR |
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weena
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Jan 22, 2009 18:48:52 GMT
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Great car mate, really liking that! Loads of pics too, which will go down VERY well here. Welcome to RR cheers dude - been meaning to sign up for ages just never got round to it and i love pictures |
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Jan 22, 2009 20:43:49 GMT
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nice build, i like the front setup. |
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weena
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its all made up for power -
the car is a bit of a mis-match - its gonna have a restocal stance - with hot rod feeling and a nice stockish interior
another day down the garage today prepping paint - doors and roof hopefully today then i can start getting second coats of paint on the roll cage -
idea is to have the roll cage in gloss and the body in satin then a load of detailing in gloss so that it will contrast nicely against the satin
need to pick the pace up tho as its on the alltypes advertising stand at Ultimate dubs on the 8th march !!!
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Jan 24, 2009 11:52:31 GMT
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well a full days work happened on friday - and boy did i get loads done picked up the beam from the welders and dropped off the cb performance 2.5" dropped spindles to the machineist heres the beam with its first coat of black   fully custom beam - 4inch narrowed with laser cut end plates push as wide as they will go so no body mods will be required then i carried on with the paint work on the car after flatting back the roof and cleaning up the whole car its time to apply the primers and high build flatting off between each thin coat - still have another days worth of prep in these areas but its better to take my time - after all its the first time ive ever done a "proper" paint job      all the black areas under the bonnet are the gloss black areas - these have been painted up first so they can be masked off for when the satin paint goes on - this will give me nice shiney places where things mount etc  |
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Jan 24, 2009 12:19:14 GMT
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lovely looking car you have there mate keep up the good work
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Jan 24, 2009 20:11:01 GMT
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Seconded^
this thing is going to be sexy as smuck
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I wanna go to HEAVEN for the weather, HELL for the company |
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weena
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Jan 25, 2009 14:22:18 GMT
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cheers guys - thanks for the comments really keeps me going run out of paint now so gonna have to leave it for this weekend and crack on during the week the beam is fully painted and the rebuild will commence during the week as will a bit more paint and hopefully some topcoat |
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small small update but with no pictures I'm afraid car has had its base coat in black all over, awaiting wings bonnet and decklid to be painted before the whole car gets its topcoat just ordered 90 meters of red electrical cable for the new wiring loom time is really getting short for the show on the 7th March giving me only 16 days before i want it back out on the road still to do is finish the paint rebuild the interior fit engine, brakes ,front suspension, windows, fuel tank etc the satin paint against the gloss roll cage looks awesome as does ome of the detailed areas cant wait to get it on all 4s again hopefully have some pictures if i remember to take my camera out tomorrow and with any luck ill be finished by the end of the month |
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Feb 13, 2009 20:09:51 GMT
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quick update with a few pics - the front suspension has been rebuilt today and the car is now back on all 4 wheels paint will be finished next week sometime and ill get a full load of pictures on my proper camera when ive got some batteries on sunday lowered the car down with no interior or engine etc and on high profile tyres - when the low pros are on and the rest of the weight is in ill have to make it a little higher but this is how it stands at the moment   cant wait to get it back on the road - i only have 16 days left  thanks for looking |
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...but i think we fell out about 1996!! 
