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Dec 23, 2019 22:57:24 GMT
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I belive you can use a brand new Ford replacement chassis (but not a second hand one) and keep the original ID for the Ranger.
Where that leaves you with a rebody though, I've no idea!
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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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Dec 23, 2019 11:23:06 GMT
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I've used all sorts. At school we've currently got a Clarke power file (nice enough, bearing at the end rather than a rubber roller, arm swivels around) and a Clarke angle grinder (much nicer trigger than the Einhell one it replaced). Also got a Keilder cordless dril which I really like too.
Edit - my dad has got a grinder with a soft start, which is awesome. Wish I could remember which brand it is...
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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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Dec 19, 2019 19:40:18 GMT
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I knew you had a fancy for am M2, hence my BMW comment above. Break for parts? I have to admit, the thought of that actually saddens me a bit. But realistically it's probably the only way. I must get my skates on for nabbing a pax lap soon so! It's the only thing I can do. I don't see any market for it, I'll get far more for breaking it than I could ever get selling it. It's just not something anyone else would buy. M2's are epic out of the box in my experience. Yeah, you need to get a move on This is the problem with race cars - a limited market and more value in the bits. Mine ended up scrapped 8 weeks after I sold it as a roller (minus engine/gearbox, wheels tyres and fuel system) for less than the chromoly roll cage had cost me 11 months before. I'm sure the rolling shell would sell though, and I assume there's nothing to stop it going back on the road in theory if someone wanted to run it at hillclimbs and other events where an mot is needed?
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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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Dec 15, 2019 16:49:25 GMT
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Your wish is granted Thanks, beautiful and yep mine will never see the dizzy heights of that kinda restoration haha. Was just reading your wheel/seat predicament on the charger forum Wheel/seat predicament? Four of the first, two of the second. Ding! Next! My bill will be in the post...
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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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Dec 11, 2019 23:05:21 GMT
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Sorry about the cocked heater channel bottoms, i´ll pass on the quality issues. It may also be noteworthy that VW heater channels used to be sold with separate bottom plates. I remembered that - I'd heard of people using a repro top and a genuine bottom, but could never work out quite why! I've not seen genuine VW sheetmetal available for quite a while - an ex student had his '75 restored with genuine front and rear quarters, channels, bulkheads and doors - looks like it went together really nicely. It was a bit of a strange error to be honest. I did briefly question if we'd got the floorpan in right, but we used a set of measurements found on the 'net, then cross referenced them with another set and they worked out right, and even the rearmost bolthole, the one in the original cross panel, was out. Still it's sorted now! Spent a bit of time today with the body going up and down on the lift like a yoyo, grinding little bits to provide clearance here and there in an effort to get the chennel to fit spot on. Still not there yet, but we'll see what tomorrow brings. I hope it's not windy...
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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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We've got six of these hairy family members at the moment, all different, all their own personalities. One of the others, several years ago, went off her food, went slow and lethargic so I rushed her off to the vets. Lots of tests, overnight stay, bill for £500+. Nothing wrong with her. Little curse word just wanted a bit of time out! I had to sell a really nice rare set of vintage Beetle wheels to cover the bill, but the point is that we'll do anything to help these ultimately defenceless creatures. I hope Harley perks up soon mate.
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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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Dec 10, 2019 20:47:47 GMT
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Not much to add except for a friends daughter went through a similar time (not the parents bit, but all the rest). I'm not going to lie, it wasn't easy, but she is well out of the other side of it now, has been for a good five years or so. She's now got a daughter of her own and is training to be a counsellor - as she says, if you've lived through it you can be there to help others do the same. Best of luck, Neil
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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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Dec 10, 2019 19:23:29 GMT
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Looking at the photo above, the new rivnut looks to be in the wrong place, but straight on, it's smack in the middle of the small pressing. I'll get a better picture tomorrow.
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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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Dec 10, 2019 18:33:40 GMT
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Progress is slow but steady. Today group 1 (just one lad, the other had a hissy fit about his boots...) measured up for the new rivnut locations, took the holes out to 10mm with the step drill, ground the heads off the old rivnuts, then started to fill the redundant holes with the welder. Group 2 (two girls who don't get on too well!) did a bit more welding then watched me grind a couple of the welds down. While they had a wander around site followed by my teaching assistant, I quickly got the rest welded and ground so when they came back they could fit the new rivnuts. As it turned out, my dad's rivnut tool only goes up to M6, and the one he borrowed off a mate has the M8 fitting missing, so plan B was employed - a nut, a long bolt, some lube and a couple of spanners, and hey presto, a complete set of rivnuts, moved 15mm forwards of their "original" position. I have had to use aluminium rivnuts this time, as that's all my Dad could find, but it's not a big deal to drill them out and fit steel ones at a later date. I did weld a steel one in the back, as I could get to it easy enough and the hole was so close to the edge of the channel I couldn't form the new one properly. It'll do for now! Plan for tomorrow is to clean up the mating surfaces, get some weld through primer on everything, and get the channel in some semblance of place!
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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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I like the Galaxative! Sounds a bit sci-fi at first, like the dodgy uncle of the Millennium Falcon. I know what you mean about naming cars - other than my race car (Headstraight, named after a song by my brothers band, because race cars should be named) the only other car that has had a name was my orange '70 Beetle. My girlfriend at the time insisted,and when I jokingly suggested Jeff, she decided that would be the perfect name!
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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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I'm with you on the bah humbug Rian. Never been a massive fan of Christmas, always much prefer New Year, but wife loves it, especially as our lad is four now. I'd just settle for the fortnight off work, but apparently its frowned upon to spend that day in the garage...
Liking the Galaxy too by the way. If its the big brother of Prozac, should it be called Diazepam or something like that?
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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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No, not Dansk. These are Klokkerholm, and the pressings are much improved over what they used to be. The rivnuts are even a good idea, but they simply haven't been put in the right place! 'Klokkerholm' panels are normally a very good fit (but I cant talk from a VW prospective) last few BMW sill panels I have had from Klokkerholm were a near perfect fit and were only lacking a few trim clip holes that required drilling for which you don't mind when you consider the saving over the factory part prices From a VW perspective, they can be a bit hit and miss. They used to be reasonable back in the 1980s (I've got a couple of panels from then!), then as they produced more parts for the '90s they started to lose definition as the press tools started to wear. From what I've been told, they've invested in new tooling recently, which is welcome. My dad has got a rivnut tool I can borrow so next week we'll be sorting out the bottom plates - I want this channel welded in!
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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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No, not Dansk. These are Klokkerholm, and the pressings are much improved over what they used to be. The rivnuts are even a good idea, but they simply haven't been put in the right place!
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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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I've got similar stories to most on here. Bought a '70 Beetle for breaking and found a spare key under the wingtop indicator housing. Got to BVF at Malvern one year, and a mate had locked his keys in his 1966 Karmann Ghia. We not only broke in using the keys from another mates Beetle that was 4 years newer, but stole it and hid it around the corner... My Beetle had such a worn door lock that I used a tea spoon, my front door key and even the arm of my sunglasses to open it. The one time I locked my keys in the car was just after I'd replaced the handle...
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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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Move house! Got a date pencilled in but not absolutely confirmed, but I will need to shift the Beetle and the bus over to the new house. Bus needs a little tickle on the sill with the welder, so I might take that to school first and get it up on the 4-tonne 2 post lift to do it and then take it for Mot straight from there. Beetle brakes are still not filling me with confidence so need to get them sorted. Other than that, not a lot this year. Supposed to be exchanging contracts this week and moving next Friday, until the buyers pulled out this morning. It's a good job there's a good swear filter on here... So I'm going to get the Beetle over to school and fit a line lock so I can do burnouts at Christmas.
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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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Bit of a strange one. Got the last of the old heater channel cut out and drilled out the spot welds, roughly cleaned up the inner and outer rear quarter panels, the bottom of the a-post and the inner and outer skins of the front bulkhead. Then we bolted the heater channel down to the floor pan in a couple of places and dropped the body back on top. Hmm #1. The carpet retaining strip shouldn't be visible under the a-post. The heater tube should be closer to the hinge plate. This isn't making sense... Hmm #2. The downturn on the bottom of the heater channel should be virtually touching the front of the napoleon's hat. This is odd. Took the body off. Took the heater channel off. Opened up one of the holes in the floor pan that we'd worked around and made a bit smaller. Put the channel back in place, the dropped the body back on again. Still no good. Took the body off again, tried to loosen the bolts off and found one of the threaded inserts spinning round... At this point, my class size doubled as the other student turned up! We drilled a couple of holes in the brand new heater channel, cut an access window in the side then welded the insert back in place. Dropped the body back on again, took the bolts out and then tapped the channel backwards along the length of the car. Success! The panel fits so much better, things line up to where they should be, and even double checking the position of the heater tube with the original on the other side shows that the new and improved heater channels still need work. It looks like the threaded inserts for the bolt holes are all fitted 12mm too far back. We're going to have to mark out all the bolt holes from the floor pan onto the heater channel bottom plate. Then grind out all of the inserts before welding up the holes and redrilling new holes in the right place. Finally we'll fit new inserts and weld them just to make sure they don't spin... It doesn't make life easy...
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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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Nov 30, 2019 14:22:39 GMT
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I sold my race Beetle in December 2005. It needed the new owner to bolt in an engine and gearbox, a seat and a set of wheels, all of which he'd got. I saw a photo in late January 2006 of the floor pan with half of the roll age left on it, nothing else. A mutual friend refused to show me photos a couple of weeks later of the remains of the body and floor pan in pieces in the back of a van going to the tip. At least Prozac still exists, and if Mickey is going to paint it, it'll look smart again.
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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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Move house! Got a date pencilled in but not absolutely confirmed, but I will need to shift the Beetle and the bus over to the new house. Bus needs a little tickle on the sill with the welder, so I might take that to school first and get it up on the 4-tonne 2 post lift to do it and then take it for Mot straight from there. Beetle brakes are still not filling me with confidence so need to get them sorted. Other than that, not a lot this year.
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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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Nov 29, 2019 20:51:19 GMT
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Chop chop! We did error slightly with the position of the arms on the ramp, which means that we can only open the doors a couple of inches, so cutting the channel was a bit tricky! Got the back inner bit still to cut out, so we'll do that on Monday and hopefully get one channel lined up and into place!
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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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Nov 29, 2019 20:38:44 GMT
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I love it too - I like to have time to sit and read it properly and I find it fascinating to see your approach to continual development and refinement.
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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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