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I dont know, I park up for 5 minutes and a puppy laches on and follows me home  ;D

It seems ok, but looks a little Moody  ;)

Awesome car, take it you gonna go back to VW power!! ;) Congrats

Jamie

hope your keeping the water cooled engine ;) :P

no that stayed there  ::)

Apparently electric is the future :D

I leave you be for one day and you go out and get another cool car . 
Just wait till I see you in the morning  ::)
Hope that puppy's house trained coz Bev wont let it otherwise  ;D

Ron you are da man :o
Keep this thread updated 8)
Cheers,
Kev

Congrats dude !!

Thats good news Ron!

Will it be 'Moody in Blue' again? (Colour scheme etc.)

Wonder how many people thought this thread was a news of the world
Type story about paul medhurst..

not that I'd want to influance the final look of the car or anything but it did look kinda cool like this  ;) ;D :P

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img033.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img177-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img178-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img157.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img158.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img159.jpg) 

Thanks guys

I'm over the moon but the wife is less than pleased. Sort of forgot to tell her the nice little beetle that I was collecting was a full on drag car  ;D :D

I post up some photos for you 30 / 40 something, summer of love kids

The car has a real nice feeling, just got a lovely patina / history about it  8) 

anyone got some interior / more detailed photos they could post up / send me please

Thanks in advance

Ron

Nice one Ron!

Remember, it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission! ;)

Nice one! Now I just wish someone would rescue 'No Mercy' and paint it the way she used to be – not the multi-coloured mess it is now (as it sits festering in a lock-up…).  >:(
UK nostalgia racing, here we come! :D

that how I remember it best, the second make over

Well done ron , 1 of my all time fave cars

I've got some spare carpet lying about for you to make your dog house more plush plus I hear meals on wheels are up and running again :-)

it look much better in this guise than when you put that swoopie front end and the white sides on it IMHO  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img154.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img152.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/nomercy.jpg)

What a mess it looked then!  :o ugh!

Congrats Ron,

Didn't think you were buying this! I need to go faster now!!

Maybe the hunt for UK cars should now start.....

Nice 2 page spread in Ultra would get it kick started...

don't be so harsh it only looked a mess cause of the white rear wings the rest of it looks OK

Wouldn't mind having getting hold of No Mercy myself . That would be kinda cool to get both of these car's down this neck of the wood's sharing a work shop for a while .
Now how would i convince the Mrs , anyone fancy a half welded 68 RHD rab project  ;)

This isn't really playing fair though Ron.
I got a 1641 you can stick out back  ;)

its ok,  I can only afford a 1300 now  :D

congratulations Ron, i'm looking forward to seeing this car looking its best again!

The pair of them back out side by side would be worth putting on an event for alone 8)

agreed  8)

I've got one of those myself! :D My better half wouldn't agree to No Mercy though, but then she never saw it race! :D

Anyone for a threesome  ???  I see bug eyed is up on the samba for peanuts   8)

Was invited over to take a gawp at Moody , got to say its very cool , looks like there's quite a bit of the blue car left in there  :)
gonna be cool to see it back out again  8)

thought i'd post up a few photos

Been looking around the car and digging a little. the car is surprisingly original to the moody spec, a testament to the original build all them years ago

according to the log book the car was originally white something that shows up in these photos 
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the blue paint is under both the rear wings and the flip front as shown here, proving these are the wings and front the car had in the early 90's
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the photos show the paint residue left when the car had the paneling painted pink
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the front must have had a little pink painted on at the same time
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these show the extensive lightening to the doors and the body

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even the beam didn't escape
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now a few photos of the front bulk head area showing how agricultural it all was back then

this one I'm not to sure about but the rear lid although wrong for the 91 onwards car may be off the earlier version as there's blue paint on this fiberglass lid

the wheels are dated  06 93 so could be original to the car
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looks like drum brakes were good enough back then  ;)
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these look to be the same wheely bars as shown in some earlier photos on this thread but I was told that these were widened to fit the subaru engine the car ran with most recently
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this also shows in the chassis
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hope you 90's kids enjoy them  ;) ;D 8)

Hey, nowt wrong with being agricultural.  Quite sopistimacated these days I'll have you know.  ;)

Looks like an interesting re-build you found though Ron.  But is it gonna be true to the original car, or your own style?

still in negotiations with her in doors so not to sure how it will pan out

fancy a race box, see for sale section  ;D

Good pics Ron, obviously had a good poke about!
It must have had a feature in volksworld at some point, have you seen it?
Would be good for some detail shots maybe.
Cheers,
Kev

I dug out the feature the other day. Under the front is very like the moody mark 1 but its a bit hard to see the rear as its filled with engine but the feature did give you some nice details

the main upgrade is the cage and the rear fire wall. the cage is tec'ed to 10.00 and the new firewall replaced the original when they were doing the works

the only other addition is a dash which has been installed but thats an easy fix as the aluminum one is still behind. It was originally cut out with a few gauges installed in the aluminum dash panel

Ron, if I remember right it had a one piece back end - wings lid and valance? Certainly wings and valance anyway, so they may well have been cut seperately when the car got painted black. I used to talk to Scott Evison quite a bit when I raced with the VWDRC, and as far as I remember, all he did to the car back then was paint it (and engine, obviously). Later on he put a Mendeola in it, is that still there?
It does seem to have a different rear wing to previously, but I don't know if that was a late Moody change or an early Slush Puppie one. I think it's the same wing it always had as long as I've known the car.

Neil

the later version had a one piece back end with a fiberglass " w " rear lid all bonded in one

Scott changed this to a four piece set up as it was easier to take off on his own, this was done sometime in his ownership

Moody version one had a semi w lid which I think was separate and this is how it featured in volksworld with the early less aerodynamic front end . At this time there was also no rear wing

regards Ron   

Found some pics on the VWDRC website:

http://www.vwdrc.com/v/History/?g2_page=14
There are 10 pictures of Moody, plus one in the background of John Mahers car, and three of Slush Puppie.
(http://www.vwdrc.com/gallery2/d/261-4/moody.jpg)
(http://www.vwdrc.com/gallery2/d/869-4/mr+beetle+and+moody+by+karl.jpg)

http://www.vwdrc.com/v/History/?g2_page=23
(http://www.vwdrc.com/gallery2/d/893-4/slush+puppie+by+karl.jpg)

This one of the two Moodys shows that the later wing DID go on with it still in blue paint:
(http://www.vwdrc.com/gallery2/d/267-4/still_moody_002.jpg)

Hope these help!

Cheers Neil

nice link and also nice to know the wing was on there when it was still pinted in the faded blue / silver

Thinking about it, the one up against Still Moody might actually be when Neil Venners (Paul "Botch" Venners brother) owned it - I'm fairly sure he had the car at some stage. I thought it was a different car that Neil ran (look at the flip front) but it's the same rear wing as Slush Puppie. Might be worth giving Botch a call, he's a mine of information about Uk drag racing!

Scott said he bought the car from one of the Venners

Well chaps

I've had long chat last night and although its been a great privilege to have owned the car for a very short while its going to go

Firstly without some major sacrifices I don't have the time or sufficient funds to build a 9 second engine for it and to be honest unless it was running 9's I'd be doing the car a disservice

Secondly although I would like to go racing I think  I would like build my own car, rather than race what will always be someones car

thanks for the kind words on the thread and I hope you'll see it out sometime back in its former glory

Regards Ron

Hey Ron, that must have been a tough decision to make, but when you spell it out like that it you're probably doing the right thing.....good luck with the sale dude

jick

thanks Jick

I have other plans afoot  ;)

are you going to finish the low light?  8)

no, you'll have to wait and see

Thats a pity Ron:o
At least you've owned a big bit of british VW drag racing history for a while! 8)
Cheers,
Kev

Come to realise I've not got en ought time to sort one car out never mind 3

Deposit taken on the ghia, just need to sort a out a plan for the bug now

I'll be dropping Moody off at a little garage in Shirley Gardens, Hanwell, London on Saturday

The new owner will look after I'm sure  ;)

Sounds like things have worked out ok!
I also have 3 projects on the go...... I don't really have the time or money for one! But whenever something interesting
pops up I start thinking Hmmmm..... Where can I put that?
I'm beginning to learn my limits though..... Kinda.

Cool, glad to see it going back to where it belongs!! ;)

Puppy going home? ;)

Selling the ghia too?? :o
Sounds like you have a master plan...

Well, at least they don't have to change the log book... :D Shame you're selling it mate, it would have been a great race car for you, but it's going to be in good hands now!


I've got far too many projects and not enough time too Jick, I think it's just a standard thing for a car guy! ;D

Luke has some unfinished business with the car, it will be nice to see it run a 9 again , maybe this time they'll back it up 

Working 6 days  a week leaves little time for other things so I had to have a clear out, finally being realistic......

Just need to get my ass in gear and sort out my bug :)