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Title: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Jim Ratto on June 19, 2008, 21:49:11 pm Hi Fabian.... ever find that article with Mike Smith's red sedan?
Maybe some others you can dig up too? VW Trends article on Dave Rhoads' '64? "Blast from the Past"? Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: empicolector on June 19, 2008, 22:05:10 pm I VE GIVE TO MIKE SMITH A SUPERVW MAGAZINE ISSUE WITH HIS RED BUG AND RHOADS GREEN ONE AT HILTON PRE BUG IN PARTY IN PAST APRIL
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: streetvw on June 19, 2008, 22:49:42 pm fabs if it's any help it was in the same issue of Hot VW's as Scott Smiths black brm'd n empi'd resto 67
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: The Ideaman on June 19, 2008, 23:00:24 pm I believe it was Feb '94
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: streetvw on June 19, 2008, 23:06:27 pm one of the best covers cause it had Mike Smith's bug with tire smoke piling out ogf the back of it
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Sam K on June 20, 2008, 03:57:17 am That's one of my favorite magazines I must have 5 or 6 copies. What ever happened to that car?
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 05:43:51 am fabs if it's any help it was in the same issue of Hot VW's as Scott Smiths black brm'd n empi'd resto 67 i know thx ;)Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 05:51:36 am here we go jim ;)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 05:53:03 am ;)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 05:56:12 am and now dave rhoads report
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 05:58:18 am ;)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: nicolas on June 20, 2008, 07:33:13 am that dave rhoads article rerererererered it last night just before going to sleep. ;D
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Fastbrit on June 20, 2008, 08:23:35 am That's one of my favorite magazines I must have 5 or copies. What ever happened to that car? Japan...Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: jamiep_jamiep on June 20, 2008, 09:09:05 am Love the Mike Smith fabbed traction bar. That car rocks.
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Luftkraft on June 20, 2008, 10:13:54 am Dave Rhoads' car is sooo cool. Pure 70s. One of the best looking traditional cal lookers ever.
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: benssp on June 20, 2008, 10:45:45 am after seeing Daves car in january, I decided to strip my car and build a 70's cal looker ;D
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: empicolector on June 20, 2008, 14:54:27 pm Dave Rhoads' car is sooo cool. Pure 70s. One of the best looking traditional cal lookers ever. yes Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 15:09:52 pm i saw the car this year at bug in but the paint wasn't the same >:( some little cracks and paint is faded (front decklid/bonnet and the roof) too bad for a real piece of history :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: gibber! on June 20, 2008, 15:50:12 pm ....just showing it's age a little, show's that it's been used.
Like you're favourite pair of jeans- they get better the more you use 'em. Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Jim Ratto on June 20, 2008, 16:29:42 pm thanks Fabs.... awesome presentation of two of my favorite VW's ever. Good job :)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 16:32:04 pm thanks Fabs.... awesome presentation of two of my favorite VW's ever. Good job :) those were already in my hard drive ;D ;D;) the archivist/fabs Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: benssp on June 20, 2008, 16:36:06 pm any early pics of the Berglar fabs? Ratto, can you confirm it was Zenith blue first?
(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images/002/534/898_2288e8287addbf81211cf686b0c58fa5.jpg) Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 16:51:01 pm ok here we go ;)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: benssp on June 20, 2008, 16:51:31 pm THANKS FABS ;D
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 16:52:04 pm ;)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 16:53:18 pm more ;D
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 16:54:47 pm 8)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 16:56:04 pm :o
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 16:56:57 pm ;)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 17:01:41 pm the last series ;)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: ESH on June 20, 2008, 17:03:13 pm ... i saw the car this year at bug in but the paint wasn't the same >:( some little cracks and paint is faded (front decklid/bonnet and the roof) too bad for a real piece of history ... ??? The car was painted in something like 1980! ::) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/SanchoPancho/Los%20Angeles%202007/LA200704.jpg) Looks (*) fine to me! 8) *fucking Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: nicolas on June 20, 2008, 17:10:47 pm yeah it does! it is so nice as it is. now it is a real lowprofile.
it probally went dull after getting so much drooling over it... Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: speedwell on June 20, 2008, 17:22:09 pm ... i saw the car this year at bug in but the paint wasn't the same >:( some little cracks and paint is faded (front decklid/bonnet and the roof) too bad for a real piece of history ... ??? The car was painted in something like 1980! ::) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/SanchoPancho/Los%20Angeles%202007/LA200704.jpg) Looks (*) fine to me! 8) *fucking but it was the first time i saw the car and in my mind , I thought of seeing the car as in the magazines Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: ESH on June 20, 2008, 18:30:53 pm me too mat she looks(*) nice but it was the first time i saw the car and in my mind , I thought of seeing the car as in the magazines For that you're gonna' need a time machine! :) Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Jim Ratto on June 20, 2008, 18:41:37 pm here we go jim ;) MS' car is what it should be all about. No bull$h!t hung on the car that does nothing Ultimate 1776? I think so. Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: John Rayburn on June 30, 2008, 23:45:31 pm ... i saw the car this year at bug in but the paint wasn't the same >:( some little cracks and paint is faded (front decklid/bonnet and the roof) too bad for a real piece of history ... ??? The car was painted in something like 1980! ::) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/SanchoPancho/Los%20Angeles%202007/LA200704.jpg) Looks (*) fine to me! 8) *fucking but it was the first time i saw the car and in my mind , I thought of seeing the car as in the magazines Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Jim Ratto on June 30, 2008, 23:50:49 pm and didn't your "friend" suggest Dave use it? Same friend that wanted to exclude him from pciture?
New paint, old paint, it doesn't matter.... that car is still badass, and one of my top 5 favorites Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: John Rayburn on June 30, 2008, 23:58:26 pm Affirmative!!! As well as exclude many others.
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Rennsurfer on August 22, 2008, 05:21:06 am Not to bring up a sore subject again, but I just used the Mother's clay bar kit on my '67. The paint looks way nicer and feels smoother/cleaner. That's a real bummer about Dave's green car. I haven't done my entire car, yet. But so far, I'm impressed with it. I also did my hood, roof, and trunk lid on my '82 BMW (silver paint with clear coat) and it turned out real nice. Super old paint... and some parts are still factory/original paint.
Had I seen this thread before I bought the kit, I probably wouldn't have used it on my Bug. Makes me wonder if the Meguiar's is that much different. Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Donny B. on August 22, 2008, 15:37:10 pm Fred you and spoke at Nicks's just before the last Bug-In and we were talking about just that. I used the Mothers kit on my Bahama Blue '66 about a year and a half ago and I have had no problems at all. The clay is just to clean the paint and that is all it is suppose to do. I love the way the dead paint on my car came out. It was painted almost 14 years ago.
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: benssp on August 22, 2008, 16:25:44 pm I've used the Meguiars bar and spray, worked really good for a while(polished it afterwards with Autoglym Suuper Resin polish) it went dull again after about 3 months. last time i polished the car i used g3 compound, then 3m finesse it and 3m hand glaze which came out super shiny ;D
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Rennsurfer on August 22, 2008, 16:43:22 pm Fred you and spoke at Nicks's just before the last Bug-In and we were talking about just that. I used the Mothers kit on my Bahama Blue '66 about a year and a half ago and I have had no problems at all. The clay is just to clean the paint and that is all it is suppose to do. I love the way the dead paint on my car came out. It was painted almost 14 years ago. Yep, I remember discussing that with you, Donny. My childhood friend, Jim, has been trying to get me to use a clay bar on my cars since the late '80s. I finally gave in and gave it a shot. So far, I really like the way it cleans the contaminants from the paint and leaves it so smooth. But I strongly suggest that polish or glaze, then... a carnuba wax right afterwards. That way, the paint isn't left raw and unprotected. The guy that got me into D.K.K. (Dave McNew) turned me on to Liquid Ebony. Did pretty much the same thing... really clean the paint and remove any swirl marks from previous owners. I refuse to use machines on paint. Don't if that's still available at the automotive paint supply stores, but I still have a bottle left and it works well. Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Sarge on August 22, 2008, 16:44:02 pm No problems with clay bars here. No need to use them with detail spray either..., plenty of soapy water works fine. Put some wax on when your finished. Dave's car was probably done with single stage paint (no clear coat) and time has caught up to it. I'd leave it as is..., it's an icon 8)
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: John Rayburn on August 22, 2008, 16:46:35 pm Dave's car has clear coat, and that's what got eaten by the clay. The green underneath is still intact.
Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: peach_ on August 22, 2008, 18:32:19 pm ... i saw the car this year at bug in but the paint wasn't the same >:( some little cracks and paint is faded (front decklid/bonnet and the roof) too bad for a real piece of history ... ??? The car was painted in something like 1980! ::) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/SanchoPancho/Los%20Angeles%202007/LA200704.jpg) Looks (*) fine to me! 8) *fucking looks mint! :o Title: Re: Fabs....scan and share? Post by: Jim Ratto on August 22, 2008, 18:36:10 pm I had the clay bar make a cloudy spot in my clear coat on my '67...very small and not obvious, but still.... I think it takes a gentle hand to use it and make sure the surface is cool and really wet. When I owned my WRX I clayed it, and I leaned into it a bit too hard in one spot and same thing, though some fine compound cleared it back up. That bar does wonders for paint that isn't maintained all that often...but yeah you gotta get some wax on afterwards. I like pure caranuba paste.... Zymol blue liquid works well too....especially if you follow their instructions and follow waxing with a light misting of water and then buff it out... 8)
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