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« on: October 21, 2009, 21:02:57 pm » |
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Hello all
Thought I'd finally post a pic of my long term project , see what everyone thinks .
Cheers , Rob
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 21:07:43 pm » |
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2009, 21:17:49 pm » |
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waouwww very nice rob  ready for 2011 at ebi  .........  what the next stage the paint on the fenders rgd fabs |
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2009, 21:25:39 pm » |
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cool rob! glad to see a picture of your project  keep it up!! |
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2009, 21:32:49 pm » |
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i suppose that you've this  |
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speedwell
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 21:35:01 pm » |
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n ver see this before today , the rear wheels are four bolt
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2009, 21:42:51 pm » |
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have this too |
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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2009, 21:53:13 pm » |
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Yeah Yeah I know the rear wheels are 4 bolt , but they look so much better if five .
Yes I have the article too , Paul Schley found Denny Grove's number for me , I called him a few months ago to talk to him about the car . He said he hadn't even thought about it in twenty years , and was a little shocked that some dude in England is building a replica of a car he drove for six months and crashed nearly fourty years ago .
Lots of sign writing left to do , and got to figure out how to do the lacework on the wings .
hopefully ready for next Bug In
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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2009, 21:58:52 pm » |
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Yeah Yeah I know the rear wheels are 4 bolt , but they look so much better if five .
It was not the criticism , just that I had never paid attention on it  |
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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2009, 22:01:24 pm » |
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« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2009, 22:09:37 pm » |
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3 mores from the 71 summerbationals |
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« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2009, 22:12:07 pm » |
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Very nice Rob!
Good to see another one done.
Jelle
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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2009, 22:42:39 pm » |
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So cool project Rob!
Since you show me some pics of current project during EBI#1, I was expecting to see your progress.
A car to catch @ next EBI ;-)
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Lee.C
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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2009, 23:25:02 pm » |
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Finally the cats out the bag its been torture for me coming on here all the time whilst knowing that somewhere in the english country side there was a little VW Gasser in the making Thankyou Fabs for all those scans - I had not seen a lot of them till now, especially the the crash By the way guys I think you should all know all the "sign writing" has been done by the Owner!  I will let Rob take it from here and fill in the details p.s I am not the only one using a SPG Roller Crank |
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« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2009, 02:42:00 am » |
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That is a sweet looking VW.
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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2009, 08:34:31 am » |
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Finally the cats out the bag its been torture for me coming on here all the time whilst knowing that somewhere in the english country side there was a little VW Gasser in the making Thankyou Fabs for all those scans - I had not seen a lot of them till now, especially the the crash By the way guys I think you should all know all the "sign writing" has been done by the Owner! I will let Rob take it from here and fill in the details p.s I am not the only one using a SPG Roller Crank Dude got skills Rob |
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« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2009, 09:50:20 am » |
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Nice gasser that you are building Rob,keep us here informed. |
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« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2009, 09:54:58 am » |
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Rob, I'll try to dig through some old Custom Car Magazines. My Dad has virtually the first five years of complete issues, and I seem to remember a lace painting article in there somewhere! It might take some time...  Basically though, it involved masking up the shape on the panel, a lace curtain taped onto it, and spraying though! |
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« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2009, 10:43:51 am » |
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looks cool! there is something dodgy to me about building a replica of a crashed car, almost like tempting fate or something!
Si.
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« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2009, 10:45:45 am » |
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« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2009, 14:12:07 pm » |
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So cool to finally see the car! Please post more pics!!! Good luck getting it ready Rob!
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« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2009, 14:17:09 pm » |
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great looking car dude....i've always thought that was super-cool car,
you should search on the Jalopy Journal HAMB forum for lace painting....there's loads of info not to mention amazing work going on.
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« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2009, 14:24:13 pm » |
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« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2009, 18:24:16 pm » |
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looks cool! there is something dodgy to me about building a replica of a crashed car, almost like tempting fate or something!
Si.
Don't say that , Denny told me how scary it was crashing the original , he crashed Ned Bug 2 as well . He gave up with VWs altogether after that . Any way most Gasser replicas are built because the originals crashed . The Lace work shouldn't be too hard , just can't decide wether to flat the laquer , do the lace in base coat , and then re-laquer . Or just do it over the top , so you can feel it . Rob |
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« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2009, 18:54:48 pm » |
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Very cool! One of my favorite gassers, the Dds connection is very cool.
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« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2009, 19:34:11 pm » |
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nice car to make a replica off.
the car looks good as well, hope to see it someday down the track.
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« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2009, 19:35:18 pm » |
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The Lace work shouldn't be too hard , just can't decide wether to flat the laquer , do the lace in base coat , and then re-laquer . Or just do it over the top , so you can feel it .
Rob
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RobtheManx
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« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2009, 20:07:21 pm » |
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Hi Davide , how are you ?
Some times the lacework was done over the top , like the sign writing , these were only race cars and the paintwork was never that great . As long as they look good from a distance .
Did you do the lacework on your bike ? I love your bike by the way .
Rob
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« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2009, 22:13:31 pm » |
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nice car to make a replica off.
the car looks good as well, hope to see it someday down the track.
I'm trying to get him to take it to SCC |
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« Reply #29 on: October 22, 2009, 23:54:38 pm » |
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Rob
Very Very cool, right up my street....
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Best Regards
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