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Time has come to present my summer 2008 ride...

The base is a 1960 turkish green car, restored 10 years ago and then stored in a corner of a body workshop.

Unfortunatly half of the body had primer spray marks , took my 3 days to have it all off.

The front bonet has been resprayed (had default).

The restauration work hve been done propoerly, body off, pan in epoxy etc...

The car is originally equiped with a Dehne fuel jauge, a motometer voltmeter and a VDO watch in the glovebox door.

Also has reclining seats.

Have now equiped the car with a sway-a-way, and a very nice set of centerlines... looks quite good I think.

Drives very smooth (the wife is happy)))))

pictures....... ;D

and the result.....

and a few others...

Plans are (if I keep the car)

1776 cc and a 8X31 gearbox to make it the perfect cruiser....

Very Nice Car Chris... ;) ;D ;D

Needs a Bigger Motor... ::)

Frank

and the last plan would
 be this option......

Frank,

I have the engine ;D ;D :o just need to rebuild it. (still looking for a 69 conterweight crank)


and if any one has a 8x31 gearbox I might be intrested...


Christofe

There goes the Happiness of your Wife... ;) :D ;D ;D

Frank

Frank ,


don't tell her  :P :o ;D

Christofe

great car -looks mighty fine!

nice ride chris hope to see this one this year
rgd
fabs

Love the green steering wheel and shifter... nice factory options!!

Jelle

You will Fab ... at KGM 6 ....will be a blast..

so digging up this post for a few updates.... ;D

Found a long 8X31 gearbox, complete revision, its in the car.

Wit the the help of PAT(www.pat.be) also found the time to close the 1776, thanks to him for his time and advises... ;D

Engine is now in the car, 12v conversion is done except for the turn signals -) can't make them work.
It's an after august 60 so 61 model front turn light and small taill light.  ???

now I still need to work on the rear-end height and put some spacer on the back wheels...

and last but not least swap the front drums for disc brakes, beacause they won't keep up long !!!!

pics from the first drive this afternoon

it's an export model right ???

with my standart i've the same problem , i never understand how the rear lights works  ::) , my 61 doesn't have the semaphores  but had the front turns signal

yours made the 3 positions , lights ,brakes and, turn signals ??? normally in an european car (non export) <- 61 you have 3 wires in the comodo , and on the export model & <-aug 61 standart model you have  5 wires in the comodo

take an 60 US electrical wiring diagram

nice car dude.

Cool car dude  8)

Thanks Fab !

Still I can't see why its not working

On the 12V relay I have the following connections

31 : Ground

49 : from the commode

49 B : from the commodo + signal to the dashboard.

I can only get to work permantly, meaning the turn signal goes on when using the commodo but it's not flashing !!!!!

Anyone having an idea, guys from the US should know the problem ?

Regards

Christofe

i've the same problem i know thatxavier change my relay i will take pictures if you want  ;)

try using a 2 wire flasher with the + to the switch going threw it

finally getting there .... ;D

I can now start working on the Orange '72...

and a few more !

It looks good !

the turn signal works now ???

great looking car! well done.
please check your PM  ;)

Bringing this thread up as the car is now at the bodywork shop for,

a ragtop roof section weld, remplace 4 wings by original vw's, replace the rear original decklid by a convertible version,

and a full respray ....pics will come soon

But my main question is : anyone on here knowing where I could buy a ragtop canvas like this one

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/489410.jpg)

Regards

cool ride

Christofe

try here

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1090545

Ron,

I saw that one, but the colour seems  ???

does anyone know if Lenny sells other colours ?

Thanks

Hello Christofe,

Try http://www.himmelservice.de/english/home.html (http://www.himmelservice.de/english/home.html)

Greetings mycha

Update,

Works have startet on the beetle,

ragtop roof clip is already welded in, the car is in parts,

ready for the bodyworks to start

More updates to follow.

and one more

status at yesterday evening,

Big up to Laurent Dejaive and his crew at the bodyworkshop "OLD DREAM CAR" in Nivelles/Belgium  ;)

Ragtops are cool,gonne be a nice ride.  ;)

look nice , and yes laurent works very well , question , did old dream car moved ??? doesn't look the same place  ::)

yes they moved. bigger, better!  :)

Super nice welding  :)

Hi everyone,

Anyone on here could help me find the correct ragtop canvas (turkish) for my beetle ....

Any info welcome

Regards

Hey C -- send me a mail : inturtlewetrust@gmail.com ;-)

Hi

I was asking the same question recently on a different forum and was directed to Ingrid Oppermann in Germany who trades under Himmelservice (as per a previous message posted for you) and was also given this link:
http://www.cabrio-holz.de/khm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=11&lang=en

The majority of the feedback was too get the material you want and then get a good trimmer to make one up.

Hope that helps.  Will be a cool ride when finished.

Cheers

Stuart

The company KHM is just about a ten minute walk from my home. I've seen really nice jobs of them. But don't expect to get it cheap. but if you want I could ask them for a price.

cheers

Very nice car! First time I have read this post, Great progress!!

hi C -- j'ai tjr tes pneux ;-)

Tha would be great from you, but I need to know if it can be done in the "origal style", meaning no stitching

Regards

Christofe

Je te contacte ce soir

Cu

Thanks Danny,

more updates this week-end !!! to be continued !!

Body works ....

anyone knows where I coul find a nos ragtop canvas in turkish ? ::) ::) ::) ::)

Please send me a PM with pictures of what you want and a description. I can go visit KHM and talk to them. I don't know what's import on a ragtop, cause I haven't one ;-)

cheers max

Hi,

If you look at this picture, this the colour i'm looking for  ;D

Any help welcome ::)

L 380 it is

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/332560.jpg)

Tanks for thé info doodah but in Know thé color code ,
What i'm looking for is thé ragtop cover in That spécific color

Thanks

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/colors/62113l380.htm

Hey I did not forget you..Have to get home from work on time once to get there while they are opened...

Update;

interiorsd are painted, body is primed and should be painted this week  ;D

ragtop finition .... smooth  ;D ;D

Car is painted ....  looks smooth ....

Doors and bonnets should be painted by now ... and the 4 wings by the end of the week !!!

Car is in good company !

sweet car

Very nice Summer ride Christophe.
Hope to see it in the flesh at EBI.
Wim

Hi Christofe,
I was at KHM a few minutes ago. The PVC roofs are available in black, grey, beige but not in any green/blue or else.
The fabric roofs are available in the colors like the convertible tops. But also no turquoise or bright green or else available.

If you want to go for a black one, then contact me.

Time to dig up this post .... ;D

Car is finished, made it by the road to EBI 4 without troubles.

Friendfound me a NOS ragtop cover a bad camberg, looks sweet !!!

And with the second baby int hte house took me almost two month to finally do a proper photo shoot

enjoy it here....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40253960@N02/sets/72157627321164873/

and you might also recognize it here !

http://das.skynetblogs.be/

That's it all done in one year, coming winter it will get a new gearbox, Berg gearbox mount, berg engine mount and maybe the 1915 cc from the orange beetle if I find time enough to build a new racing engine for my '72

That's all folks ;D

PS :

Beautiful car,(I love ragtops),so nice summerride.  ;)