The Cal-look Lounge

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I bougt that car as I was 16, my first car ever. It was really looking good back then, and still was this summer. But i got this weird sound while i was driving, coming from the pan.

A second sheet of metal was welded to the pan's nose (is that correct english?) and it came half loose, so i cut the rest.

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That's what I saw then:

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The pan was dead, couldn't drive like that anymore. So i decided it was time, after 7 years, to do a full resto on my 68 1300.
I took it apart and got a few more surprises:

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Etc etc...

The shell went to the sand blasting:

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Nice, and the engine plans are?

Today, it came back with a couple more surprises:

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Quite scary, huh?

Meanwhile, at pat's shop(http://www.pat.be (http://www.pat.be)), a new pan was built.

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Mostly original German steel, a few parts to weld (jack supports, pan nose bottom plate...), bigger fuel line, berg gearbox mount, all new shiney bits all around...

And the engine, it's gonna be a 2110 cc, ultramag+ heads, aluminium case and all good stuff inside, 48 ida's, etc

I've got the complete list at the shop but i can't remember it. I'll take it with me next time...

We hope (quite reasonably) for 180hp...

pat.be.. mm, he has a green '68 with the repro fuchs, took a picture @ spa 2004 of his vdub.. nice!

Looking forward to your updates.. after blasting everything apprears ;) now you know what you have, or should i say dont have  ;) ;D

Green 68? Got the picture? Because last time i got there, he had a Beryl 62 with brm...

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I'm pretty sure that's the fake 67 that was featured in UltraVW last month!
Only it had us-spec fenders... But the custom colour and fuchs are identical.

The story is that that "67" used to be a 1970 1200 that was converted, apart from the wide trim that the owner wanted.
Note the 70 door and doorhandle.

After a little searching:
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Voila, the same?

That's not Pat's car...

Indeed, that's not his car and has never been...

That's what he's drinving with:
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Both nice ;)  :-*

Hi Roland,

The car will look good in it's new colour... and this way I can finish my car in a color similar to what you had before :).
Is it gonna be finished for EBI?

BTW
Are you the blond guy from DAS that also owns the red mud-bay?

I don't think it's gonna be finished for EBI, more probably for DDDay 5.

And yeah i'm that blond guy with the mud bus, have we met in person?

I don't think we've really met in person... I'll come by and say hi in Ninove this weekend, if you're coming offcourse...

Jelle 

Welcome to the Lounge Roland!
Looks like your body needs a fair share of panels, but if it turns out half as nice as it was, it's all been worth it.
Hang in there!

Thanks JHU,

My aim is to make it look twice as good as it was though ;)

Jelle, see you sunday, I'll come with the bus if it ever starts again...

All the best with it!  8)

Leave the holes. Paint it yellow and call it 'swiss cheese'.





 ;D

Or 'Cheesy Crust'




 ;D ;D ;D

Yvre, you're just jealous...  ;)

This has to be my favourite late looker of all time. Good luck with all the work, I can't wait to see the end result.

 ;D

That's nice to read, thanks

wecome to the lounge roland and good luck with your project

Small update:

On the 68 I had repro 6 in the front, not very good looking, so i got myself (thanks K.) a pair of 5.5 to match the deep 6 from the back.

I'm sending them all to polishing, the 6 are already polished but not clean enough to my taste.

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Also, a peek to the Ultramag + heads, pretty straightforward to the valves..

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Looks nice Roland!  :o

Small update on the chassis, the spingplates are in, with 29mm torsion bars.

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The shopping list is getting longer, a 4.5 for the spare wheel. Bling bling...

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Pat working on what will be my engine..

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Anyone already used that kind of clutch disk? Hope it's gonna be a good compromise for street/runs use..

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So, work has started on the shell...

Lost of metal gone...

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Scary... ;) :o :o :o

Frank

Whow.  :o :o what a huge work!
Same year, same model than mine.
I'm happy to see that's people begin to be interrested in late looker  :D

Bon courage  ;)

yeah scary, and that's just the beginning...

j-f, merci, il en faudra!

I'm from belgium too, Looks like a good blasting job. Would you mind telling me we're it was done and what kind of process (gritt) they use ?
Hope to see it driving real soon.
greetings
jesse

cool colour, i have a diamond blue 70'


what did you do with the blue interior? as i am after a blue interior for me beetle.

thanks, tom.

I did that at finition métal in Ittre. Good job but they sanded the roof, and that's lame. You have to ask them no to do that.

And i'm not sure of the process, the best would be to call them...

Some news at last: gearbox arrived!

Rancho pro-drag with gusseted Rhino case, heavy duty side plates, quaife, etc etc.

Not too short because i have to drive the car to meetings, no way i'm becoming a trailor queen. I need to find the papers with the gears...

Bodywork was stopped because i needed doors to align the front panels, so now that i have them it will be moving soon.

A pic of the baby:

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that remind me a tuesday afternoon  ::)
 ;)
speedwell

Nice job.
Hope te see it quickly on the road and on the track.
 ;)

So because my 68 wouldn't be ready for this season, i had to find myself a ride for this summer... And it would be a Zenith blue late looker, of course!

Got this 1500 70 cab' thanks to Pat, quite scary actually. But i knew with some propoer care, it could be great. It's quite sound actually, and the engine only had 40 000km on it. Just a few bumps.. ;)
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So it got new brakes, engine overhaul, etc etc, Dropped spindles and chromed 2 litres fuchs:

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But still, the front was too high and wide, so Xavier narrowed the front beam from 5cm and added a sway-a-way kit:

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Lots of little details are different from when i got it: seats without headrests, deluxe rubber on front bumper, etc etc. Now it only needs to be 3cm lower on the back and it'll be the perfect daily driver! It even has heating!
So i know for some of you it might be what you call a hoodride  ;) but still, i think i'm never gonna sell that bug anymore... So much fun.

And no, i'm not re-paintig or waxing or washing it. Ever.

 ;D ;D ;D DAS HOODRIDE  8)

i saw it at vw action, just awesome!  8)

Nice futur project car.  :)
Late models rocks.

But, what's happen to the passenger door  :o hits by a Fork lift or so?

What a cool car, love late models....

It's an external glovebox. A pretty rare option...

finally after 8 months of nothing, i got my car in a new bodyshop!

it's going to Laurent Dejeaifve recently opened "Old dream car" shop.

You might know Laurent trough his lowligh Karmann-ghia, which is quite nice, and that's the understatement of the year.
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Car at the new place, i think it's in good hands.  :)

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I believe that will be faster and done better. Happy me.

Also, a peek at the seats:

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Got proper read disc brakes for narrow axles, and I got my heads back from Steve's VW shop, now Pat can just throw them on the engine. But i can't show you those, it's Belgian secret power porting, and i'd have to kill you.

that ghia is awesome!
i hope it will work out for you too!

Baja seats???  ???

Yep, they could also fit in a baja bug, although you'd want the ones with headrest. I think these are proper cal-look!

When do you think your Bug will be finished? Our late model is still very much 'in the works' but we just completed stage one of the body work so 2008 is definitely possible. Anyway all the best.

 8)

And I'm hoping my late model will be ready soon too Mat! Got a Golf Cab in for a wiring problem and a GTi needing an engine swap, then it's full steam ahead on the '70/'72. Should be in paint by the end of February I hope! Need to decide on a colour too - I can't find anything to match Klingaman blue! ::)

Well the goal is European Bugin 2, but, you know, the sooner the best :)

(as if the car could be finished in time, and that we wouldn't have to work all night before EBI, right...)

End of the summer looks reasonnable to me. But damn that car will kick ass when it's done !!!  8)

 ;D can't wait yvre...

success with your project.  I see you are doing it very detailed, nice!

Keep up the good work.


Dem

We had a similar idea time wise for ours, we'll see.  8)

See you next season.  :)

How will you mount the seats?

I stiill have to think that through, but most probably i'll use stock seat bases to fit to the rails..

Latest news:

Gearbox is in, front end is in, engine is progressing well, heads are on, now on the metalwork of the engine's tinware..

As for the body, laurent, in 2and a half day, did quite an amazing amount of work: see for yourself (and also i don't know the english words for these parts of the body...)

more bodywork:

Each time i go to this place, i got such a big smile because things are finally moving!

And i think the color choice is set.  ;D

nice color.

do you think you will make it before the start off the season?

michael

yes!!!

pure callook and not seen every day.

could your PM me some more info on your gearbox please?

Thanks guys!

The aim is EBI2. The body should be painted end of he month, so that's a few months left for re-assembly... :)

I got Laurent on the phone yesterday, he told me that the front end is finished!

Both wheelhouses,heater channels, new front bulkhead, old inner nose assembly but with new washer reservoir section, new spare tire well, new apron & weather-strip channel all round...

Also, because i won't have heating and i will not use the fresh air box under the hood, every unnecessary latch and fitting bracket has been removed for a cleaner look.

Doors are fitted and aligned, all trim holes already welded!  ;D

Now to the back!

cool roland hope to see the car this year  ;D

Looking forward to see you in Action Roland!!!

Frank

hey rol ca boum? je vois que ca avance bien.. super fin du mois fini... pret pour ninove surement ;D ;D

Ninove ca va etre sport!  ;D

here are a couple of pictures... grr i wish i could see that in real life..

Hey Roland,

Starts looking like a Car again... ;) ;D ;D

Frank

Indeed Franck!

Tonight's pics:

Keep the updates coming! Cool to see the progress.

--louis

Thanks Louis!

This is real-time cal-look restoration!

Next pics are from today, 2PM.

Not for the faint-hearted  ;D

not for the faint-hearted indeed!
ouch, now that's what i'd like to call a thorough restoration.

keep up the good work roland, can't wait to see the final result  ;)

Jesus christ, that's a big hole! :oI know your bodyman knows what he's doing, but wouldn't it be easier to leave the top of the outer quarter in place? So you wouldn't have to unpick the gutters? The way I've seen it before is that you'd cut through the outer quarter just under where a semaphore arm would finish on an earlier car and through the c-pillar down to the bottom of the gutter. Either that or along the chrome trim line, then you've got a nice flat panel to lose the weld along.

Hey Roland,

Wasn't this an magazine featured "quality" cal looker from some club members that you bought?
Seems that they kinda screwed you... or did you now it was this 'good'?

Anyway, good luck with the re-assembly!

Thanks people!  ;D

Diederick, i'm only doing that once, so i want it done right!

Niel, we talked about that with my "bodyman" and he told me that this is the best way to keep the whole panel clean & straight and make the welds where you can't really see them. Also, when the old metal is totally removed, he can check under it for surface rust and treat it. Again, doing this only once...

Jelle, the car had a feature in volksworld yes, and when i bought it well, it was not that expensive. A little expensive for what i have to do now, but not that much money. It was clean on the outside but never sold as a showcar. I was 16, not really "aware" of every rust point i had to check and i kinda fell in love with it, so...

Tonight's pic: hole is closed!

Superb! Wish I'd done that with my '70 - it's had all the repair panels on the rear quarters that you can buy! :D

Looking good!!

that is one superb restoration :o

Thanks a lot guys! ;D

As for today, there's a hole on the other side...

Man that is crazy insane. Be sure you do some rust protection before you weld it all up. Hate to have to go back in 20 years and redo all that. lol.

--louis

Sooo you are keeping the roof???? ;)

Roof, dashboard... that's about it. And they needed work too...

Today: Hole 2 is closed, apron is placed!  ;D

go, go, go!

this is great.

Whow, what a mess!

Next time, build your car from new parts directly, that will be more simple  ;D

Impressive work and impressive pace!!!

Gone gone gone, even on saturdays!  ;D (well saturday morning, the guy has wife and kid, he's gotta have some family time!)

Last piece of the puzzle: the rear luggage compartment. He had to modify it to make it look like the original one... Piece of cake!

This is just fitted, moday he'll weld all that. And then, to preparation before paint!

Not many pics to post since friday because laurent spent the last 3 days welding & grinding the welds. Almost done now!

Nice Job Roland I have to Hand It to You Guys If A Car in the US had a tenth of the rust  the cars Pictured have They Would Be Sold ,Scraped,or Parted Out You Guys Give a New Meaning to the Word Restored I can not Believe The Time You Guys Put in to Bringing The Cars Back To Life  I have been Following some of these Build ups and Have To Say You Have to Really Love Your Car To Put the Amount of Hours, Blood ,Sweat,and Tears. Congrats Guys On Your Progress And Keep up the Great Work and Keep the Pictures Coming..    I Think The In Da Werks Thread is A Great Way To Show Others just How it can Be Done.

Gary, you're so true! I look on the samba and in the American magazines and "major rust" is a bubble the size of your thumb nail! Roland has gone to extreme lengths to make sure his car is the best - no visible welds other than the factory places - but most cars that have been used as daily drivers need at least bumper mounts, body mounts, heater channels and front and rear lower quarters! :o

Thanks a lot guys! I really love that car and i'm gonna put a huuuuge amount of hours driving it when it's done... ;D

Make sure you check the height of the taillight holes on the new fenders most replacement's are higher then stock VW fenders

Don't worry, it's german steel!  ;)

Front are NOS, back are clean 2nd hand that were media blasted..

So Laurent has been doing a whole week of welding/grinding and is now making the final touches before preparation. He's rebuilt the custom dash to make it a lot cleaner and i like it!

hello rol' , it's Stefan from France , i mis you on the last mud party , i hope see you soon !!!
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Hello stef! I missed being there too for sure, but i'll see you soon!

btw, love you wife's car! ;)

Working on the details:

1: Laurent made a piece to close the grille in the front hood, since i'm not putting the air box back in the car
2: On the left, the shape of the part that's supposed to hold the carpet on the new heater channel. On the right, the piece laurent fabricated to match the factory look..

The filler step is done, car ready for primer today and interior paint tomorrow if everything goes as planned!

I'm guessing it didn't need much filler?  :) Great progress!!!

Thanks!

the roof needed some filler as it had been sand blasted, and some here and there, but not that much indeed :)

Well, short delay: the shell is ready for primer tonight. Laurent is taking a week off and then, next Monday, primer time!

Tomorrow I'm getting back home (from France to Belgium) so I'll be able to see my car in real life, it has changed so much maybe i won't recognise it  ;D

anyway, really excited about that, won't be able to sleep tonight!

good luck Roland ........  :)

Thanks Carlos!  :)

Well the body is on hold for a week but things are still happening! Got a few bits galvanized, love the clean look!

Hello roland , i wait for the result , you no , we like 1300' .
i dream a 1300' without trim etc.. , but this is my wife car and i cant touch her ( the car not my wife !! )
see you .

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Love the finish of the parts Roland!
 :o :o :o

It's starting to look really good Roland. Our 1300 project should be moving a bit more in the next few weeks but I think you have the lead right now. We still have a little more body work to do before it goes into paint and whilst I have all the serviceable parts boxed up and ready to go we haven't had any of it refinished / treated yet. (Nice looking car too bluestar).
:)

gotta love galvanizing ;D

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Very nice car.
Looks similar to mine. Wich color is that? Savana?
Mine is chinchila grey.
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I wonder why I have drop the rear... And it's very difficult to put it again at stock height without difference from left to right.   :-\ :-\ :-\

Mat, can't wait to see your moves ;)

Guys, thanks, i really appreciate the cheering... And I love both those big bumpers!

here are a couple of pics Xavier sent me of the rebuild of the pan at Pat's. Work by Xav (the guy with the sepia 67) and Arnaud (the guy with the green 69 on weld racing wheels) quite a dream team, don't you think?  ;D

more:

couple more  ;D

Looks almost easy...

hehe roland i saw it yesterday   ;D nice one   8)

Just a sneak peek, now i'm excited!  ;D

Oh yes!!!! don`t be shy now and show us more you little teaser!

Its Sepbra Brown ::)
Show finish ;) Good job.

Mags

it's not sepia brown is it? looks more butternut.
nice one!!

See... now you got us grumpy, old men drooling around and asking questions... Give us more;

bahama yellow if i am correct.

very very nice. i really envy your car. looking forward to see it.

keep up the pase. or keep the lepricans keep up that pase...  ;D

oh right, bahama yellow :

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Bahama yellow indeed!  ;D

Thanks a llot guys, i'm so excited i can't sleep at night...

Only the interiors, the front boot and the engine compartiment are painted, photos soon!

Dude the work is pure quality !

Very cool color Roland.

Thanks guys, here's more...  ;)

Laurent is really doing a magnificent work, the car is looking so good in real life i want to sleep with it...

Congrats Roland!!
Looks great :o

Love the color! Good Choice!

is it lickable   ???  ::)...................... ;D ;D ;D
cheers
fabs

 ::) ::)   :D :D

Maybe the first serious looker on a late model for years  ;)

It looks fanatstic, Roland! Looking forward to see it at this year´s Bug In or DAS Drad Day!

Tobi

so nice color and very good job from laurent ;)

i have said it before and am not afraid to say it again

this car rocks!!

Thanks all, really.

Today, i'm pretty speechless...

Fucking Nice Rol... ;) ;D ;D

Frank

 :P  :P :P............. 8) 8) cal look rules  ;D

That is a very good looking color on a bug!!  :o

Nice!!!   :o  Nice!!!   :o  Nice!!!

Thanks a lot guys. This week laurent is painting the rest of the body (doors, fenders, etc) and a lot of parts in satin black (tank, interior parts, fuchs) and then it's reassembly time. I'm really looking forward to this...

Fuchs  ??? What about the GeeBees?

Edit: You know already what I think about the car...  ;)

painting fuchs because they are (almost) ready to paint, GB need a bit more work as you know ;)

Hey Rol, why not trying with mine? They should be free soon.

wel, free... I mean available for a test!

fingerlickin' roland!

NICE ........looks great  :o

Awesome Roland, awesome! I wasn't sure about the colour choice when you posted the Porsche pictures, but it looks right on a Beetle! ;D

That'll be fucking awesome  ;D

tanks all! really..  ;D

We got the body out with laurent for the first time yesterday and the color is different under the sunlight than under the neon lights of the paint cabin. In full sunshine, it looks like a bright yellow/orange with a little mustard feel to it, and in the shadows it looks very deep orange/butternut. Very changing, i think you'll have to see it in real life to know what it's really looking like... but i loove it! really 70's! and it's a perfect match with Xavier's sepia brown car... DAS cal-look division!

Xav, i love the sound of free Gasburners ;)

Looking pretty damn good!  8)

Fenders, doors & little bits are painted, starting to look like a car again!  ;D happy me!

Verry nice color Roland,but I tink you have to see it in real sunlight.
Than it wil be much nicer,I think. 8)

awesome dude ;D

can't wait to see it at ddd6

michael

looks good but you still need to drill all the holes for the trim.

DAMN that's what i forgot!!  ;D

Car went from laurent's shop to Pat's to meet the chassis. Jjust a quick mock-up with a fuchs. I like it!! (and that's the understatement of the year!!)

arrrg !!! to exellent , "fuchs" of course , a+  :o

Tell those guys to work faster, we need to see this car done!  It is going to look killer.

Is that color VW bright Orange from 1971? Looks alot like my old car. Look throught the classifieds for Big Bad Orange. You can see what your car will look like when its done ;D. Nice Job so far.

Looks awesome  8)

It's not bright orange, it's porsche bahama yellow. In real life, it's quite different from the pictures, darker, less bright orange! I've seen your car in the ads, looks great...

Getting anxious too see it in real life!! A little sprint and we see it in Ninove??? ;D

Haha, i think that's going to be tight. And i could lose my girlfriend to that kind of idea..  ;D

I'm going to ninove with the cabrio, it got it's share of new power recently!

Nice job on the car, memories of it at the time it was finished, saw it at VW Mania think it was 99, can be wrong...
I painted my first bug in same kind of blue in the early 90's, a '68 resto cal with 5lug sprint stars bought from Kobus.

new color looks awesome on it, congrat's

Christophe

Added pic of my 68, was in Ninove, one of the first Freddy's Files. Long time ago.

welcome on the lounge christophe nice to see you still in the vw movment
rgd
fabs

Hey Roland, did you see this?
Will not rust for a while...

cool car christophe!

So today i wen't to pat to see the car re-united with the chassis! it's alive!

Now starting to re fit stuff, starting with the doors... No pics this time.

again very nice. see you at Ninove.

The slow process of putting it all together is ongoing. Thanks to pat and the crew it's really going well, shell is on the pan, brakes are done, doors are almost complete...

This is taking a lot of hours, i spend an afternoon yesterday putting the 2 vent windows together, they're all satin black.. Nice!
Maybe i'm not the fastest guy but i try to do it well...

that looks so fuking good roland!!! i m drooling and shorting my keyboard

Starting to look like a Bug again, looks like you made some good choices there, it looks sweet! I look forward to meeting it again.
:)

I love that car Roland, really good job, take your time, EBI is far !! hin, what , that's in 3 mouths !! Fu**
BTW ; "vent wondows" is "déflecteur" in French ? because I'll do same color ( satin black ) ...  ;)

There'll be a load of satin black vent windows this season - I'm doing a pair for my late model! Using the 1200-style silver painted ones, just painteing the silver in black. one is broken though, so could do with another couple... ;)

Thanks guys.

vent window is deflecteur in my english, yes ;)

Neil, i started with chromed ones labelled "VW Jemeppe Belgium" on the glass, a little detail i wanted...

The devil is in the details! ;)

Roland,

I am almost watching every day how your progress is.
Looks stunning, is going to a really cool car.
Keep us posted with pictures.

i saw your car yesterday at the shop very nice car roland it will be a killer cal look  8)

Thanks  ;D , here's a couple of detail shots:

Nice color Roland

You are using brand new main wiring harness,where did you get it from?

Thank's for Vent Window  translate !

Neil say the devil is in the details ... so it will be devil for sure !

Can wait to see that in EBI !  ::)

Thanks guys.

I got the wiring harness at Pat's shop but i think most aircooled shop have them? CSP sell them online...

Awesome work! Great color choice, can't wait to see it finished!  8)

Wow, that's brilliant dude, keep up the good work :D

What tires will you be using?

145/70 on the front, 205/70 on the back...

Right now i'm in France (again) but there should be updates next week... don't worry guys!  ;D

Got more parts painted from laurent. The car should go this week to get the headliner fitted, then back to pat's for the final rush...

I still don't know what "vent windows" are...   ::)   stupid me, I know...   could someone explain it to me or put it here in dutch...

It's the small opening window on the door...

Hi Roland I just Noticed something on your Deck Lid Did you add More Drain holes to the bottom Edge? Looks Great and a Good Idea Keep up the Good Work Car Looks Great ;D ;D

Thank shubee but no nore drain holes were drilled, it's always been like that...

This car will be Show winner for me ;)
Nich work Roland.

Magne

klapruitje in deur

Line-lock fitted today...

See the title? its a 68  :)
cheers richie,uk

Roland,car looks very good,you have some good people helping you there putting it together :)

cheers richie,uk

Thanks Ritchie, i think indeed that it's a dream team helping me out!

About an hour ago, the car was dropped to the trim shop to have it's headliner fitted. God i'm anxious about that. I know that Pat, Xavier & Arnaud are very careful with the car, as if it was their own, but giving it to people you don't know scares me. Well they seem to be the best in Brussels, so i think it'll be fine.

Still i won't sleep well until it's back at Pat's. :-\ :D

Wij zeggen:Tochtraampje,of scheerraampjes. ::)

Lookin' real good!! I love the black vent windows and trim. I plan on doing this to my car very soon. Keep the picturs coming

Just what it is! ;)

WOW roland your project's coming around very nice,looks like that mountains about climbed. thank's for posting all the picture's and again nice job!

Thanks Danny!

Ik hou van grote borsten!!!  ;D

Roland, car looks very nice !!  8)

is there a hidden dutch guy behind that mask carlos?

 ;)

;D

Car is still at the trim shop, so no news...  :'(

Speedwell sent me a pic of the 68 at it's first meeting, pretty cool :)

What colour is it(I know it's blue) looks like Zenith Blue ;D

Yeah zenith blue... ;)

damn, that looked cool too!!
did you black out the window trim in the doors yourself?

another from the 68  ,i took this one in the vw euro in 97  if i remember well

I masked the window on the klapruitjes and i got that painted satin black. The trim around the window is sold black...

Finally! Back from the trim shop with headliner fitted!

A sneak peek.

Only 2 months before EBI 2! Damn... :o

Hey roland, who fitted that headliner? Looks like he did a fine job.
If you can pass me his adress, i would appreciate it.

Your car's gonna be an eyecatcher this summer.

Philip

Ahhh... original style. Nice :)

philip, it's Bernard Logist, infos here: http://www.pagesdor.be/detailssearch.ds?detailsListingId=fr_BE_YP_FREE_8367647_0000_1162937_8765_00000

Sunny Belgium and the car almost looks yellow on the pics... :)

Hum hum ... Linkable ??  :P oups, I'm not Speedwell !  ;D ;D

Can wait to see this butternuts in true !  ::) ::)

that's not butternut maxx it's bahamas yellow and it's lickable no linkable like an linkage very different :) :) :)

Guys, i like you, but the first i see licking my car or humpin' it, i'm not gonna be ok with that! ;D

::) ::) ::) ::)   ............................................ ;D ;D ;D

you can lick my car fabian, or hump it , what do you prefer?
i ll wash it first  ;) ;D

He doesnt like them if they are too dusty! :D ;)

I dunno ... my '67 was pretty dusty... huh Fabs? ;D

have ya seen nevada dust,O you will rick Ha Ha Ha

oh yes... been a long time since I'm been up Reno way though.

;D ;D ;D ;D

hummmmmmmm yes but she smelled like the early 80's   ;D ;D ;D ;D

OK so we scared Roland away with the 'licking-talk'....  :'( :'( :'( :'(

please post some updates, what has been going on lately?

 :) don't worry, i'm not scared.

So not much has been going on lately, i haven't had a minute to go work on the car and the team at pat's have been full of work, so it's not moving much...

Still, i know the line lock install is finished, brakes are bleed, doors are almost done. I'm going on monday to fit windows, front wings, hood, front lights and maybe bumper, who knows! well at least that's the plan, more pics monday...

Also i got in the mail the 5th (yeah i'm nuts) and what i hope is the last steering wheel i bought for this car from Mike Maize yesterday, now i have almost all the non vw (aka porsche) parts...

Sounds normal to me.  :D

actually it was the 6th...  ::)  ;D

Anyway today i managed to go to the shop and spend a couple of hours working on the car with Xavier.

One wing back on with the light and painted rim, looking good!
Other stuff done like glove box in, inside quarter panels, front hood hinges, painted the rims of the porsche jauges and mounted them, etc etc...

The bumpers i had on the 68 are dead, so i need to get news ones and i don't really like them. They are too thin on the top with a lip all around the edge, so does anyone know where i could get nice looking ones?

And now some very crappy pics, thanks to my phone.

Roland, you don't need bumpers! Black T-bars would be just right! ;)

mmh, i don't know, never been a fan of t-bars on lates...

Hey Roland,

Just noticed that your Tach only goes up to 7000RPM...

Did VDO make any Tachs that go higher that that, with your motor that 7K thing will not be enough... ;)

Frank

that's funny Frank...  ;D ;D ;D

Yes, T bars on 1300 lates models are not very nice.
Rear, it is ok, but front no. I think it is because t bars are fixed in fenders and not in the apron.

Actually they do, but only for 6 cylinders...

7000 is way enough for street use, i'll get a shiftlight hidden somewhere for special occasions :)

Painted bumpers would look good on this car.
But I guess chrome ones complement the wheels better.

It's a tricky one but I concluded the same.  :)

EBI -25 days

Roland i can get you Alu T-bars too EBI,
Yes, Power coat black.

Magne

GO GO GO Rooool

Need some help ? give me a call ...

And good luck for the end of the exams....

Leaving on holiday tonight so C U in 10 days...

Hey Roland, bumpers (German off course) reserved
I will take them myself from CSP to Pat end of week 25, or early week 26
I will check on the rear side glass also for you
AND German running boards also reserved
go go go

Mags, thanks but no t-bars for me, bumpers!  ;D

Chris, if i need you it's gonna be the day before ebi ;)

Gunter, thanks!

One close up pic of the 914/912 jauges backs, with the braces made by Xavier. Still needs a finishing touch, but it's great work. Thanks Xav!

Outch !!!  ::)
That's sound good Roland !  :o

Really good place for the gauges 914 !

Hope to see it in EBI !  ;)

Nice job your car looks good ! You've made the hardest part !

those brackets look good. i'm gonna need them as well. ;)
great progress! keep it going!!

Really cool project Roland ! ;D

Chrome or black bumpers on it ?

Bodycolour, like Don Metz's vert would be my vote! :)

Crome guys, it's all about the bling...  :D

 :o

Not mine!  ;D

On a late model I'm with the bling.  8)

Mostly.  ;)

I'm going to the dark side - blacked out quarterlight frames, window scrapers, door, decklid and bonnet handles, rear light trims, T-bars... REALLY need to pick a colour for the car now! :D

england = green !

so that's sorted. now have it ready for EBI2  ;D

That's a nice touch mounting the gauges on a RHD glove box lid...!  ;)

Yeah, but I'm half Scottish, so I'd need some blue in there! And can't do EBI2 either - term time! Last year flew out after school on Friday and back in on Sunday after the show, but got delayed by hours! Overslept and didn't make it in until mid- morning, so can't see me being allowed to do that again! :( :D

why not?  ;)

would be two stories to tell your grandchildren later...

So, guys, 18 days till bugin and still a lot to do!

But it's moving and a lot has happened already since last week...

Fenders & lights are on; carpets arrived; dash is almost done; still a lot to do on the electical side; still waiting for the freshly painted tank; Gunter should bring bumpers & running boards by the end of the week (thanks again!); One door finished, the other almost, waiting for a missing part; the engine started today and had his running in for about 2 hours outside (happy neighbours), etc...

i'm hurry to see the car again  ;D ;D ;D but this time finish

Think of you Roland !

Hope to see you in 18 days ! ( whyout my 67 !! )  :'(

Looks aweomse Roland!

dashboard finished, seats mounts finished, carpet finished.
Tomorrow bumpers and engine in!

Hey Roland
bumpers and door glass supplied this afternoon  8)
I collected your German running boards also and have them at my home now
will see but most likely will take them to Steve's or could you collect here from my home ?

Gunter

Bumpers  :o just kiddin dude - Looking goooooooood  8)

Gunter, no problem to pick at your house, i'll call you...

Damn tomorrow is going to be a cool day!  ;D

I'm really looking forward to seeing this car again. I liked it as it was but the new version looks stunning.

 8)

Hi Roland,
Very nice job and nice car !  8)
I'm impatient to see it at EBI 2.
So keep going for last days of rebuilt !
F.

and Roland just left my home to go to Pat, it is now 17h00 and the countdown started
I must say he looks in damn good shape  ;D to have the car finished for EBI2
good luck Rol

Must have been somebody else...

no it was not Ivre  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

My girl knows how to take care of me, i'm always in good shape...  ;D

Thanks Gunter! Now go EBI!

have that car finished!!!

just some booty camp motivation for you today!  ;D

Today working on a major detail, the horn button!

Little before/after, it's not perfect but it should do the job...

Thanks again Mike Maize for the deal!

awesome job!

Thanks died! ;)

Well good day today, Front of the car is "finished". Lights, bumper, blink lights, hood, hood handle, etc... Looking goood!  ;D

Rear bumper is on also, interior is all done except the shifter and the seat belt. Still have to fit the tank and the engine, and then it's done. easy... ::)

Good, good job Roland,
Can wait to see you and your bug at EBI, after too many time past in your blog and here for see work !

 ;D

Thumps up, Roland! I´m really looking forward to check your bug out at EBI next week! :)

Tobi

idem ditto!

Really good job Roland !!!

Hi Roland

hope to see your car in the flesh at EBI2.
I'm always happy when a new Late Looker turns up.

Cu

Wimme

Roland, you have a Fuc**** pressure now !!

Everybody wait for see your Bettle !!

 ;D ;D ;D
 :D

And me too for sure !!!  ::)

Not me  ;D ;D ;D
Keep going, Rol !

Damn, pressure... Thannks guys!  ;D

Should be easy indeed  :D ;D
See you next week...
Jelle

Live from the shop, the car is complete, on it's wheels with the engine in and it looks AMAZING! God i'm so excited!

Still a couple of electrical issues to figure out, then sould be ready to fire the engine next week...

cool roland yoy're ready for ebi II
cu next week
fabs

Yes !!

Take pleasure during travel to EBI( maybe 100km ? ) , and hope to meet you Roland !

 :-*

Great news  :D

I really want to see your car in visu.

F*** yeah!  8)

Guys, Xavier called me an hour ago (couldn't go to the shop today, had to work  :'( ) the car is alive! Engine fired, electrical issues solved... NICE!

go go gooooooo!!!!!

WELL DONE !!!!!  8)
See you in Chimay,
Franck

Yeeeehaaaaaaa!!!! ;D

PICTURES!!!!! ;D

And today i had my first drive with the car... DAMN! i was kinda worried for a week or two but it's just all good... love it. See you at EBI guys...

For those who want pics, look at my avatar.. ;)

yeah but we want more!!!! greedy, greedy, greedy

Looking forward to see it.

Congrats man. That has to be a wonderful feeling. Especially seeing how much work was done.

--louis

Yeah, I'm not going to EBI2, I need my picture fix! :D

Actually I haven't made any since a few days, so you'll get this one:

Beautiful! Mine stil needs a bit of work to catch up...

(http://muchos.co.uk/members/neil hab2/back wing.jpg)

 :D

man I can't wait to see your car in the flesh, looks awesome  ;D


bra is packed for you!

see you there,


Cheers,

Steve

Only one... :'(

FUC* ::!

The paint works is amesing !!!  :o :o :o

See you saturday Rol !

Damn that looks good. Good job!

Guys,

I will help you waiting until the star of the EBI 2.

I've been to Pat Shop to help Xavier make a "little" update of his 67 sepia brow....looks gooood

But this also mean I had the opportunity to check out my friend Roland BIG BUMPER.....

And man does it look sweeeeeeeeeeeeet..... paint job is just amazing....love the interior.... just love it...

Roland , good job, great taste .... well done...

And by the way I'm not sure Roland is reactive to ANY pressure LOL

C U all this week-end...

Christofe

Thanks Chris and thanks a lot guys! See you all this week end!

i've seen the car at EBI. great looking car!!

Just come back from EBI.
Congratulations Roland for your award.  ;D

 ;) ;)

congratulions too roland you've an awesome car buddy
 ;)

Hi Roland Your Car Looks Great I have been Waiting to see the Finished Job Looks Great I Love the Old School Look  Congrats Shubee ;D

Very nice car Roland.
(http://www.cal-look.nl/gallery/albums/userpics/10011/PICT0054.jpg)

Kick ass car. It came out really great. Must have felt good to drive it to EBI2.

--louis

I LOVE THIS CAR.

I'm in love with the color  :)
it's great and the paint is super.

Greetings mycha

Having seen the car I must say, thats a job well done..
Car turned out great Roland.

well i have to agree with all the good press this car gets... it is just awesome! and you might have to give me some more info about the paint of the rearvieuwmirror, it seems to be very hard to fins cracklepaint.

Hey Roland,

any pics of the engine in the car? :)

here's MR ROLAND behind the wheels  ;) and his very nice cal look porsche dashboard  8)

Well done!!

It is a Fucking Nice Car...!!!

Congrats Roland!!!

Frank

didn't know you got an award dude as I had to head off before the awards  - Congratulations  :)

Awsome car dude - looks even better in the flesh  ;) :)

Guys,

Thanks sooo much! This was an amazing week end, i just got really thrilled with the response to the car. Met lots and lots of great people, had my first passes and did a 15.1 on street tyres and then got this price, this is all amazing!

The car really drives well on the road and behaves properly on the track. Not the fastest car ever but lots of fun and when i get better at this, i should be able to do some decent times.

So here are a couple of pics of the "finished" product (thanks Chris!), and the engine bay from a couple of days ago.

Again, thanks all!  ;D

Just love the color!  ;)

Hey Roland, great to meet and race you this weekend! we both need a bit more practice staging/launching!!!!  ::)  ;D


You car was my favourite at the show, simply perfect - you fully deserved the award.

What an awesome weekend!!!!! will get my pics/videos up once I have caught up with work!


Cheers,

Steve

Hey Steve,

thanks again for the bra, haven't tried to fit it yet but i'm sure it'll be fine!

We need practice indeed.. coming to ddday6? ;)

Cheers!

Roland it was cool to meet you, and to check out the car! One of my absolute favorites of the show!

That is the cleanest late model I think I have ever seen... if only in photographs!

That's a f*cking awesome car ! I really like the dashboard. Congrats !

Hi Roland, Very nice work on the car! All the detailing and subtle mods show up well, I especially like the black trim strip running through the 914 guages. I am very pleased about that unique steering wheel ending up in that car. Take care and enjoy that machine, Mike Maize

Awesome work Roland !
I love the dashboard too ! ;)

That looks fucking ace  8)

So, the question is, which magazine will feature it first.  ;)

--louis

ultra vw shot the car at ebi last week end

seems a bit harsh shooting it :o,looked alright to me :D  Its the rust lookers they want to shoot :D

cheers richie

Yeah I followed Mike Key to a little road in the middle of the fields and then he shot the car...  He slightly missed her so i had to finish her off.. sad day.

 ;D

Anyway, I'm sure he did great pics for ultra, and a couple of them were with arnaud's green 69, the 2 cars together look really good. Can't wait for that issue to come out obviously  ;D

And thanks guys, still some work to do though... Never done with those things...

We went to the dyno with Pat to fine tune the engine. Verdict: 177hp... Not bad! :D

Nice,so now its ready to go to Norway? ;) :D

cheers richie

Great news, see you there Roland...  ;D

Wow, impressive numbers especially for a street driven car!
Hope to see you at SCC, Roland!

Tobi

nice...
what was your best ET so far?  did you gain much hp's with finetuning it?

Dem

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a pic from EBI ;D

great dyno results,this is something I would like to achieve with my future 2276cc
 
Congratulations!

Thanks for the pic Ben!

Now all i need to do is load lots of strong Belgian beer and head to SCC!

Best ET so far 15.1. The setting we got before the dyno was actually pretty good so didn't gain much but, you know, had to do it... Now we know!

So does this mean you are joining our convoy then  ??? :)

guess so...  ;D

 8)

Have fun Roland ! :'( :'( :'(

nice car........ what is the configuration of the engine????

you get only 15.1s on 1/4 miles with 177hp ??? ???

that's 15.1 on a public road with little traction before rolling road tuning ;D

Yeah and it was my 5th run ever, my rev limiter was at 6,000, with fan belt, on street tires, full interior, all steel car, etc etc...

15,1 i think it's decent actually :)

(no i know it's lame  ;D )

cool!!! hope i have some good results as well this week... so good to see you are going.


aren't you coming??? what happened? didn't Shrek get the trailer?

You were right on the money :)

Awesome car Roland. Nice too see it at SCC  8)

Thanks Fritte!

So SCC was great with the 68, got my best personal at 13.89, on street tires with fan belt. Still room for improvement... ;D

Saturday went smooth, Sunday was a bit messy with lots of shaking of the engine/trans. During my last run, my 1st gear popped at the launch, the engine moved and the shroud hit the firewall, making the strap of the dynamo come off. Fixed it at the end of the track to drive around but it went to Pat's on Tuesday to change a couple of things.

Everything if fixed now, there's been some touch up of paint and goodbye rubber mounts, hello rigid mounts...

Let's see how that goes on Santa-pod :)

Great car - great driver and one hell of a attitude! Congrats with your new pb - well deserved.

Well said dude, an Awsome Car and a cool owner  :)

Awesome car, awesome owner and not to forget awesome CLUB! Thanks DAS guys(and girl) for the beer and the fr***h fries!
I bet there´s even more potential in that car. What was your highest speed?

Hi Roland,

it was great to see how much you enjoy your car obviously! I guess there was no other car (besides the guy with the metallic green oval on fuchs from your club - sorry I don´t know his name) that could be seen so often at the Gardemoen starting line!
I hope to see you and some of your club friends in germany on 1st of november!
Bye,

Tobi

Thanks guys, it's been an awesome week-end!

I think i can drive it much better, my top speed on the best pass was close to 160km/h i think, need to check that... and the reaction time was pretty poor, around 1.1sec... Lots of room for improvement...

Tobi, it's true that every time i heard "we want D cars in the staging lanes" i jumped into the 68 and got another pass... So much fun! :)

I lost my bet!  :( Cool weekend.  8)

The  owner-driver of the diamond green oval is François "Shrek" Delvaux.  ;)

hey roland, nice job.

wana ask about the 3 piece  plastic for the airvents on yr 68 dashboard, did you buy them new? mine are old tatty as i live in a tropical country, and i cant find anyone selling them.

i just got a european 70 deluxe and will start work on it soon. it has the same dash vents as yours.

thansk!!


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Roland,  I have another question.  the plate where you mounted your 3 gauges in, is it a self made cut out iron plate or did you start with a glovebox plate of an uk car?  ???

what time did you run at action roly? car looked grand mate ;)

Pupjoint, the middle one is new, you can get them from any dealer i guess... The 2 other ones  are original from the car...

Dem, plate is home made from steel. The fun part was the 3 holes....

And i did a 13.59 at the pod during the night session, on street tires and with belt, etc... Thanks for the compliments! ;)

...and maybe fun to have the same metal ply on the edge as the glovebox door.

Hi Roland,saw your car at EBI#2 and DDD#6 and it's AWESOME :o :o,I like it alot
Now I have 2 questions:
1.That black trim at the dashboard,is that a piece from outside trim and custom-made,or....?
2.Is it gone be (come?) in a VW-magazine?Grtz,Peter. ;)

Thanks!

Dashboard black trim is dashboard trim painted black... That easy. Well the 3 little bits on the jauges pod had to be cut to fit obviously...

And there's a feature comming in Ultra and in Vw Speed... Pretty glad about it :)

Hey Roland - I was just wondering the specs of your 2110 ??? :) please ;)

Thank 's for the info Roland,looking forward seeing it featured in the magazines. ;) ;)

So it has a big ass cranck, huuuge valves and 48 ida's... that's all you need to know right? ;D

I'll pas that onto my engine builder  ;) :)

rolands keeping it all close to his chest ;) too close ;D

Haha, no, just a joke... There's nothing secret about my engine...

Soo:
Alu case (for long stroke)
DPR 82 mm crank
Flat4 H beams rods 5.4
Webcam 86c with webcam lifters, straight cut gear, 1,4 rockers
CB ultramag + heads
Skat trak manifolds
48ida
30mm oil pump, full flow, berg sump
Berg linkage, berg pulley
009 with pertonix, MSN 6AL & blaster coil

Heads went to steve's, he aligned the manifolds, got the CR ratio right, the valves seats and changed the springs for some exotic scandinavian stuff :). Pat bolted it all together with some extra bits and bolts and voila, almost 180bhp. Isn't life wonderfull?  ;D

The only thing i need now is an extra oil cooler, cagero's engine lid hinges that have "open" and "close" position (because i don't really like the look of the engine lid position right now, but i thing it's better for the engine to breathe as much fresh air as possible when driving) and maybe a welded fan because i like to drag race with my fan belt on, go figure..  ::) :D

Anything else? ;)

Hi Roland, you will need the Cagero hinges. I run a aluminum case as well... Just found out that Cagero is out of stock and will produce hinges in December. (at a slightly higher price :o)

Harry

what kind of hinges are you talking about? for a cagero oil cooler or for the decklid?

I'm talking about decklid hinges ;)

Soo i'm not really going to make a new post for this since it's not really cal-look (still it's from cali..) but here's the tow-car:

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/486057.jpg)

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/486058.jpg)

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/486059.jpg)

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/486060.jpg)

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/486061.jpg)

Plans: Lower, 1915 engine, wheels and Z-Bed conversion... should be fun!

nice bus roland , keep the small taillight on the side of the bus   ;)

Ah the "tow vehicle" has arrived  ;) :) Very nice van dude  :)

Great Roland ! Deluxe trim, side lights and rear lights, opening windows everythings that's nice on an early bay window. What year is this one ?

damn! do you want to part with the sliding door, i could use that. No very cool bus! hope she runs good.

have fun with it.

What a lovely TOW-car,I like it. ;)That is gona be a great sight,if you arrive at a show with the BAY &the Yellow Looker!!! :o :o
I guess it's a "68"   ;D,or am I wrong?
Are the pic's taken at Pat's shop?Have fun with it. :D

Thanks Guys! It's a 70 actually.. It's not running at all because somebody emptied my gas tank between cali and here... Quite the scandal! :)

Nicolas, i might have an extra door at my place, have to check..

It looks solid as a rock!

Congrats for your new toy!

thanks for helping. i could give a jerrycan off fuel in exchange...  ;D

Flat tow or a small trailer??

Next year tow bar, don't have the place or the money for a trailer right now...

I don't like it that much but it should be ok for some time...

That's beautiful Roland! It just looks so US!! ....only thing you need to do is to fit some overriders to the front and get some nice rubber. Cant wait to see it in the flesh somewhere...

That's the plan john! ;)

Still hesitating between fuchs and burners, but it should look cool with the but at the back :)

That is a difficult decission,because that or both beautiful wheels. 8)

Enkei wide 5 slot mags.

Those are nice but i think they look better on a late bay...

Also, i'm moving to 5*112 front discs and back drums so 5*130 is the closest...

They don't make them in 5x130 ?

I checked flat4's website, they have it in 5x112.

(http://www.flat4.co.jp/drive/enkei/wheel/D-594C.jpg)

Here's what they say :

"FLAT4/ENKEI ƒfƒBƒbƒVƒ…
ƒAƒ�ƒCƒzƒC�[ƒ‹ FOR T-2 '71-'79
5LUG 15" X 5.5J
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P.C.D. 112mm 7.86kg OFFSET+23"

yeah saw that too..

Still i think it looks better on late bays and i believe it's gonna lack contrast with the car... i should do a photoshop... ::)

Hi Roland
I saw your topic on early bay.
Congratulation on your new toy.
I have tried differentt wheels on my 69 eb, even tried the enkei's in photoshop.
Wheels can make or break a car, so it's a hard choice, I still don't know which one to chose.

That's nice ! But your bay with fuchs towing your bug with fuchs too would be cool too !

I agree.

If it was up to me the wheels should ad some realism to the rest of the car... but the current repro wheels don't do that at all...  (unless you refinish them) 
If you are going for slot mags on this one, get some real ones... :)

Just found these...  :)

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk175/Sal--E/Scandinavian%20cal-Look%20Classic%202008/ScandinavianCal-LookClassic2008S-16.jpg)

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk175/Sal--E/Scandinavian%20cal-Look%20Classic%202008/ScandinavianCal-LookClassic2008S-23.jpg)

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk175/Sal--E/Scandinavian%20cal-Look%20Classic%202008/ScandinavianCal-LookClassic2008S-32.jpg)

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk175/Sal--E/Scandinavian%20cal-Look%20Classic%202008/ScandinavianCal-LookClassic2008S-46.jpg)

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk175/Sal--E/Scandinavian%20cal-Look%20Classic%202008/ScandinavianCal-LookClassic2008S-48.jpg)

These are nice!  ;D

Thank sal..

Has your car got beam adjusters, or just dropped spindles? Stance is nice

The car is featured in VWSPEED magazine,and it says it has an adjustable beam.
Roland will correct me,if I'm wrong.
And indeed,great stance.  ;)

adj beam and spindles, both... need the spindles for the ride and the adj beam for the fine tweak :) oh and it's a nos vw beam with a sway-a-way welded, you won't have me buying a shitty puma beam...

Still haven't see that article btw... :-\

You 'd go to the bookstore Roland,the article with the pic's are great.  ;)

can't find the mag around here...  :-\

I shoud get a copy by mail though...

should i buy a copy and send it to you? i think its still availabile here.

btw i really like your car!

christoph

Thanks but i got a call today from a friend who found me an issue, so i'm good! :)

Now that the thread is up and running about my project, and its moving towards completion you can see why I have been taking such a an interest in your car. I needed to take the pics as reference material  :D

Ohhhh.... ... Original early deluxe bay with walkthrough.... *drooling* That is NOT a tow-car, it's the unicorn of bay buses  :o Degrading it to a tow car is like hoodride people making a rust bucket out of a perfect cal look bug.

Roland, forget about the wheels, sell that bus to me instead and you can race against it at SCC09  :P My dream is a bus just like that, all stock but with a serious engine, but buses like these are impossible to come by, at least in Scandinavia. My main goal for 2009 is to get that perfect bus so I can drive it to SCC09, race it and camp in it :)

Hard to come by? I did not know that. My friend has a '69 Deluxe, original paint (white/blue), with walk-thru. It's nice... for a bay ;) Ohh and he was talking about making it a tow car the other day, too!! ::)

anyway...

roland why are you racing with your eyes closed????? in the second pic it shows you clearly with your eyes closed. did you drive Lee's buggy also with your eyes closed when we were at SCC?




 ;D

yeah i don't think early deluxes are hard to get if you're ok with buying it in the US and shipping it in europe :)

And Nicolas, I let the force be my guide, so i don't need my eyes...  ;D

ah sorry, my bad. i didn't look at the picture close enough.

That's exactly what Mags said to me tonight too! Same advice from two orange bug racers - it can't be wrong :) Those are very rare buses up here in Norway, so I guess I have to ship one in from the US then, when the dollar weakens... Come on financial crisis, do your thing!

And now, back to our regular programming...

i thought i looked more like chewbacca than yoda..

This nickname will suit you perfectly  :D :D

just wait till you turn 30...  ;D

Something like that Roland !

(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/588/369/20090103/dyn002_original_550_379_pjpeg_2588369_133d27d0fced3808658925d7d74720aa.jpg)

small update on the "tow car"..

It's now equipped with 4 porsche 944 disc brakes, 1915 engine with engle 110 cam, 40idf webers, full flow, etc. Sitting on 4 real gas-burners (the ones that were on Xav's sepia brown) and I also have a westfalia tow-hitch that can pull 1200kg according to the id plate... should be nice :)

(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/505/735/20090427/dyn004_original_800_600_jpeg_2505735_7000540090a9cc509f6698c76b32e137.jpg)

(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/505/735/20090427/dyn004_original_800_600_jpeg_2505735_6bd896512326d838f295780fe664f678.jpg)

Looking very nice dude - Se it at Gary's  ;) :)

Very cool towcar Roland(love the GB's)

Great wagon !

very cool 8)

They should look ace together, are you A-framing the Bug or are you going to use a trailer?

A 1915 sounds like a good choice, should be nice for sure! More fun when you're not towing though, getting a Bus sideways can alarm other road users! 8)

Out of curiosity what is Xav running on his now?  :)

good question! me wanna know as well

Aces :)

What are the specs on the suspension? Tire size(s)?

A-frame, don't have the trailer lincence but that could change sometime...

But I don't like the idea of putting my 68 on a trailer... It's a road car, not a trailer queen. I'm even pretty reluctant of towing it to shows but you gotta love the space and confort of a bus. I hate putting all my stuff, my cooler, etc in th bug... and i don't want to sleep in a tent anymore!


Xav did put the 2110 that he built for his offroad project in the bus for now. But when the offroad reclaims it's engine, it's going to stock 1600... until he builds another 2110 :)


So it's just a lowering kit at the front, but i'm searching for the perfect drop spindle, at the back 1 click with adjustable sping plates, KYB shocks, 185/65/15 out back and 175/55/15 on the front. I bought a 091 gearbox for cheap that I want to open to fit a taller 4th to make it a real cruiser...

Thanks all for the kind words...  ;D

Kieft and Klok made now drop spindles which are not welded. Not very cheap but safer than the welded one I guess.

Talking about Xav's engine reminds me of the afternoon the Race Shop Ghia came back to life!

 8)

I was thinking of the wheels though, the car always looked great on the Porsche solubles but knowing Xav's eye for detail any change he's made are going to work too.

 :)

Centerlines.

Awesome picture of two of the collest European cal lookers around... thanks for sharing Yvre! Did you take it?

No kaferboy,this pics are taken by Andeas Reinhold(there are a lot of his pics on the EBI-site),
he has also his own site,have a look at:

http://www.andreasreinhold.com/


 Grtz,Peter  ;)

Duh! I was stood looking at it that weekend, thanks for the reminder.  :D  8)

Winter will be over soon (really??), time to dig up this topic...

Mmmh, i'm wondering where that's going?  ???  ;)

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In da" yello dumper"  :D

have you enough herculeon to made a complete interior ???

:) oh yes!

very nice roland.  Hope to see a sneakpreview soon on the lounge...

 :o

You didn't leave that for long.  Looking forward to seeing the changes. 8)

Seriously cool Bro  ;D

Will look good. 8)

and matching socks?  ;D

Better.. matching underwear! it's a bit itchy, but period-correct!  :D

cool, start saving for a 'frenchy afro' as well then. you need it now as well with a yellow car.  ;D

What about the dashboard? Will you cover it with the herculon as well?
Would look wild :o
Xavier

Now who said the Belgian's aren't strange?  :o  :D

His dash looks way too cool to cover up!

Just what I was thinking ;)

Not even around the gauges?...Just kidding! It looks indeed awesome as it is :)

Xavier

well vowo show is more than 2 months away so I thought I'd give you guys a little preview of the new interior..  8)

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Well the doorpanel at least..  ;D

Super nice Roland!
Just the dash left to do!  ;D

Jokes aside, is it old stock or made today?

wow, that certainly looks cool!
i'm not too fond of the new horn button thought, i thought you restored that nicely at the time.
but where's the shot of the matching underwear :D

jon, there's a pic of the herculon at the top of the page, so i'm assuming roland had this made recently.

Yes I know Diederick, but it's hard to tell when it was made :)
Who makes this stuff anyway?

What's that stuff like for static? You might be able to use it to help keep the battery charged.  :o

Looks good.  8)

i understand your question now, jon  ;)

Thanks Guys!

Fabric is old stock, really old & stiff... I've bought it on this nice forum and i've had Bernard Newburry make the interior. And he did an amazing job I have to say..

Dieds, not sure about the horn button either.. It's about 2 mins to put back the black insert on the button though, so no problemo... ;)

And Jon, even if I wanted to do the dash, there's about 10*15cm left of the fabric.. Not enough to make the matching underpants either..

nice work roland looks cool

and for the dash just made another glove box with the rest like on the picture 

leave the dash less is more  ;)

But more is always more  ;)

I like it!

Joe Gallagher sold it: http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,10787.msg164323.html#msg164323

Looks cool :) 8) 8)

Very nice Roland.Period perfect.  ;)

Lose the hornbutton and it's perfect!

looks great Roland  8) looking forward to seeing it in the flesh  :)

Thanks guys!  :)

Dash is staying just like it is, don't try :) And yeah, i'm gonna put the black hornbutton back in...

Looks good !


Yes so you can make a little thong... ;D

Roland

you know you made the right choice not doing the dash


some things from the 70's should say there  ;D 

Ahhhh I disapointed - you should have kept it TOP SECRET (like my VoWo Project  ;))

In any case it wouldn't be a secret the 14th of March anymore as Ninove is before the VoWo...
any I really hope to see the car overthere... mmhh roland??
 ;D

cool job anyway!

See Ya!

Raf

Hi Roland was just looking threw your thread and Saw your Interior it looks Great your car is a Perfect Example of a Real Old School Cal Look in Every Way Nice Job on the Car Enjoy it ;D ;D

Thanks Guys,

Lee.. enough with the secrets! ;) and I haven't showed much..

Raf.. not sure i'm going with the 68.. I wanted to go with my bus (early bay!) but it might not be ready.. maybe i'll go with my soon to be 74 daily driver.. we'll see...

damn nice bananamobile!!

(http://images.coolchaser.com/themes/t/308614-i289.photobucket.com-albums-ll209-maccarronii-thBanana-6.gif)  :D

well done on getting your car in the vote off for ultra vw car of the year  8)

........and on the cover from the new street vw's .  ;)

Guys thanks for letting me know!!  :)

Wow, I'm pretty excited about all that.. 8)

let me know on the copies to reserve , we will ship shortly an order out with Nao  ;D

thanks

Gunter

That's very tasty dude.  ;)

Ouch, how will Roland fix this in time for the VoWo show?

:) ah don't worry, that'll buff out!

that shows why bumper are just added weight.  ;D

 ;D

Got the Super VW #250 today, nice feature Roland  8)

Thanks Tero,

Still have to see that, don't have the mag yet..

I just discovered this thread it's never too late ;D ;D ;D

Fabulous car Roland , really one of my all time favourite especially with it's new interior.

Hope to see it again soon.

Cheers

madfrog

Thanks Madfrog, next time I'll give you a ride.. Might be smoky, love that Quaife diff..  ;D

Great Roland,  why not at Pat open house in june?  I will take you for a ride in the 67 as well   :D


(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c267/rebec1/67%20Sepia%20Brown/67stancewith155.jpg)

Done ! ;D

Thanks for the ride roland, this 68 is a great car. Missing only a 5 speed gearbox maybe ?  ;)

See you soon!

madfrog

indeed my car could use a 5 speed ;)

Thanks for the ride in your 67, was fun to swap cars for a ride!

Roland,

What is your suspension/wheel/tire set up?

I just picked up a 1969 with IRS rear suspension and I think your stance is perfectly dialed in!

Regards, Stephen

EDIT: Nevermind!  Re-read the ad and found it out! Thanks!