Sal E
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« Reply #120 on: February 01, 2009, 23:44:44 pm » |
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Really impressed with the paint inside Cheers - Thats all down to Gavin, I know you're familiar with his work, hard to beat! if you want me to give Matt ahand for a day let me know, Ive some little experiance at getting these things back together.......
Thanks for the offer, I think we may be calling you up on this. :-) Speaking to people who have done it before and can offer advice and assistance makes it much less of a mountain to climb. |
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« Reply #121 on: February 02, 2009, 19:12:30 pm » |
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Sal got her floorpan back this week. Cris & Co had been finishing it off back at the Birkshop and we all helped load it in his Caddy and trundle it over. Job done, time to 'Steve' at it with coffee in hand.  Sal can't believe it's actually home at last.  Body shell looks amazing.    Its going to take longer to build if your only using one hand Matt..  |
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Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body , but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy shit ... what a ride"
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« Reply #122 on: February 02, 2009, 19:21:20 pm » |
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Sal got her floorpan back this week. Cris & Co had been finishing it off back at the Birkshop and we all helped load it in his Caddy and trundle it over. Job done, time to 'Steve' at it with coffee in hand. Sal can't believe it's actually home at last. Body shell looks amazing. Its going to take longer to build if your only using one hand Matt.. Well he's suffering from the English desease... constantly drinking cups of milky tea, no wonder nothing gets done    and i've got an excuse with 9 1/2 fingers...  |
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« Reply #123 on: February 02, 2009, 21:02:30 pm » |
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Guys, be careful. If you let Russel help, he might just paint it blue and make a Klingaman replica out of it while you guys drink a nice cup of milky tea.. So i guess the shell is on it's pan now, you've had it for ages... |
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« Reply #124 on: February 02, 2009, 22:49:17 pm » |
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coppernob
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shit where did i put that spanner?
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« Reply #125 on: February 02, 2009, 23:02:48 pm » |
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i love it how we are all stood around.. gloved up ready to do summin.... and just stood there looking at. lol like some days at work actually looks fooooooking awsome |
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« Reply #126 on: February 04, 2009, 14:35:38 pm » |
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... Ive some little experiance at getting these things back together ...
I think we'll be holding a process review at some point, some good thinking.  ... constantly drinking cups of milky tea ...
... all stood around ...
There's probably a bit more of that still to do.  ... So i guess the shell is on it's pan now, you've had it for ages ...
Not quite but it's nearer to the pan than it was, not quite the same I know but there are some parts off for work and others which need to go out so there is progress but of a less visible sort. |
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Sal E
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« Reply #127 on: February 04, 2009, 21:28:37 pm » |
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It's slogress! Still accumulating various parts and sorting out others, we have most of it, just not the bits we need now. Mirror #3! (Thanks Ben)   |
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coppernob
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« Reply #128 on: February 05, 2009, 22:25:46 pm » |
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It's slogress!
HA love it. |
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« Reply #129 on: February 06, 2009, 09:31:08 am » |
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off topic: i have a mirror like that for sale. but i was told it is a 67 only mirror (standard model). is that true. will take offers to sell it btw.
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« Reply #130 on: February 06, 2009, 12:43:28 pm » |
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Must pop around Deano's to see it during the build up then |
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« Reply #131 on: February 11, 2009, 00:09:06 am » |
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Nice work and color . |
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« Reply #132 on: February 11, 2009, 11:07:53 am » |
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so is it done yet? |
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« Reply #133 on: February 13, 2009, 10:43:34 am » |
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... so is it done yet ...
The start of the final stage is in progress. |
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« Reply #134 on: February 13, 2009, 12:03:53 pm » |
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We need a pic of a fuch with tyre mockuped under the wing.. That's a real crowd pleaser |
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« Reply #135 on: February 13, 2009, 13:28:40 pm » |
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... so is it done yet ...
The start of the final stage is in progress. so you are drinking tea and making a scalemodel then? |
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« Reply #136 on: February 14, 2009, 15:04:16 pm » |
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... so you are drinking tea and making a scalemodel then ... That's pretty much it! |
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« Reply #137 on: February 15, 2009, 13:37:37 pm » |
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Matt / Sal e whats the progress then  ? |
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Best Regards
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« Reply #138 on: March 13, 2009, 11:55:03 am » |
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Hej Sal,how's the project goin'?Isn't it ready,any updates? |
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« Reply #139 on: March 13, 2009, 12:24:14 pm » |
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that is a great color choice. Your car looks bitchin.
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« Reply #140 on: April 21, 2009, 11:03:02 am » |
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how's the progress going? |
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Sal E
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« Reply #141 on: April 21, 2009, 21:22:26 pm » |
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It's a little bit slower at the moment as there are a couple of parts we're having trouble getting good ones of (vent windows) and there are other parts that are off for being made shiny. It's just that they're most of the bits needed to get started. What's another few months, it's only been 5 years since it was a Birthday present.  |
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« Reply #142 on: June 13, 2009, 08:19:31 am » |
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very very nice Whats the plan with the interior btw,? Cheers, Kev I wanted it to be like it was originally but a bit different if that makes any sense so I got Bernie to trim the interior to match some front seats I got.   Although I have a mirror which is OK I'm looking to see if I can get one that's perfect so if anyone has a perfect or very good right hand drive 11185751P to sell please let me know...   Hello, Do you have some pics of your front seats? I interested as I am using a pan with the late 3 ponit seat mounts. Thanks David Gouk |
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Sal E
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« Reply #143 on: June 13, 2009, 21:13:11 pm » |
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Hello, Do you have some pics of your front seats? I interested as I am using a pan with the late 3 ponit seat mounts.
Thanks
David Gouk
The seats come with general mounts so the guys at Cris' shop welded in some mounts to 'translate' the stock mounts to the new seats, basically there's a mount welded to the seat rails and two small mounts welded onto the front mounting. I can get some photos during the week if it helps? All the original mounting points on the pan are still there. |
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« Reply #144 on: June 13, 2009, 21:50:53 pm » |
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Hi, Some pics would be great, Im buliding a car using a late mexican floor with the same seat mounts. Just need some ideas of where to head. Thanks.
David Gouk
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« Reply #145 on: June 15, 2009, 14:57:14 pm » |
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Hi, Some pics would be great, Im buliding a car using a late mexican floor with the same seat mounts. Just need some ideas of where to head. Thanks.
David Gouk
Sorry to go off topic Sal and Mat! David, my Dad and I put some Recaro seats into a Mk2 Golf belonging to a friend using the standard three point runners. We cut down a pair of Polo seats to get the tubework and the centre adjusting slider as one chunk, then modified the rear legs to fit the outer sliders for angle, width and height. The top of the tubework had strips of 5x25mm bar welded across and then drilled to bolt the seats to. The Golf floor is much the same as the Beetle one, so I'd try to get some cheapy seats from any '80's/'90's watercooled VW. Haven't got any pictures, but a man of your talents should be able to sort out what I mean... Neil |
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« Reply #146 on: June 16, 2009, 10:36:39 am » |
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Hi Neil,
Thanks for the reply. My problem is that im trying to make the interior look old school. I have a pair of mexican seats and I am thinking I will remove the recliner and all the plastic crap and make new legs for the seat back, so it looks like a 72 down seat. Thanks.
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« Reply #148 on: July 21, 2009, 22:44:00 pm » |
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Hey Mat, Sal
That looks stunning! Bloody hell I disappear for 5 years and you finally rebuild the bug!!
cheers,
Paul
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« Reply #149 on: July 22, 2009, 21:26:02 pm » |
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... Bloody hell I disappear for 5 years and you finally rebuild the bug ...
It's taken a couple of weeks longer than we thought! |
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