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« Reply #30 on: February 15, 2009, 18:35:43 pm »

wow, awesome! well done Russell! I am not sure which wheel combo you are going for, but I think I know someone who has some bolt on wide 5 spinners for the front?

cheers, Si.
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« Reply #31 on: February 15, 2009, 22:03:40 pm »

I think i have a new favourite Gasser  Wink Smiley
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« Reply #32 on: February 16, 2009, 04:12:11 am »

one of my favorite cars and the main inspiration for both my street car from a few years ago and then my choptop now. it would be cool to have a race against it. it looks cool as. cheers dean
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« Reply #33 on: February 16, 2009, 12:52:17 pm »

go go gooooooooooooooooooooo EBI3 Shocked
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« Reply #34 on: February 16, 2009, 18:11:41 pm »

hey Russell, parts shipped, at least you will have some braking power on the strip
have fun building this awesome survivor
and a race against Deano at EBI3 sounds cool

Gunter
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« Reply #35 on: February 18, 2009, 08:38:47 am »

Oh my god, next min your going to tell us that the Inch Pincher too is in a container ,complete and on its way to Scotland aswell  Wink. Well done Mr Ritchie, good work on this purchase.
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« Reply #36 on: February 20, 2009, 05:49:23 am »



The Tranny is Very Sweet !!!  Shocked I love the heavy duty brackets(not sure what their for?) , custom clutch arm and cool breather.
Hope you keep the vintage stuff on the new tranny.
Russell I believe someone on here that shares the same initials as you, might have a nice Empi Hood.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #37 on: February 20, 2009, 21:55:49 pm »

Oh and the Deano front end.... SCARY


Sometime back i looked at some vw's for sale, i believe one of them had that frontend on it..
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« Reply #38 on: February 20, 2009, 23:27:22 pm »

That's an awesome project ! I can't wait to see it finished.
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« Reply #39 on: February 22, 2009, 00:22:03 am »

Wow ! Nice old one ! It's realy time to build the Gasser VW Museum from Aberdeen !
Cant wait to see Stutt Bee, Tare Babe and UD2 at Chimay this summer !
Congrats !
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« Reply #40 on: February 22, 2009, 23:19:12 pm »

sorry no tar babe this year it will be EBI4
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« Reply #41 on: February 23, 2009, 08:19:17 am »

looking at some old mags(Volkswagen book #2) I notice that Stuttbee used to run without a roofchop.  When did they carry this out, or is it a different car?
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« Reply #42 on: February 23, 2009, 08:26:31 am »

Those front hubs are just crazy, I love it  Cool Did it run on 13" DDS wheels with spinner centercaps?
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« Reply #43 on: February 23, 2009, 08:29:38 am »

Awesome cars Russell! Can't wait to detail it!

Guys, keep posted for a special Stutt bee update on the cal-look.com nostalgia corner soon!
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« Reply #44 on: February 23, 2009, 08:30:20 am »

Lids

When it run with out the roof chop it was all gold then when they chopped the car around 70/71 i think it was painted black, quick and easy. And yes all the same car just progress and following the trends, roofchop, DDS front end, 356 box, shit brakes and a hell of alot of fun.......
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« Reply #45 on: February 23, 2009, 08:30:59 am »

El Dub

Cant wait.......
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« Reply #46 on: February 23, 2009, 13:20:38 pm »

another pictures at bugin 10
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« Reply #47 on: February 23, 2009, 14:15:31 pm »

Congrat's on your latest find, Russell!  A couple of pics from the family album.... Wink
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« Reply #48 on: February 23, 2009, 14:53:04 pm »

bug in 12
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« Reply #49 on: February 23, 2009, 17:25:15 pm »

Lids

When it run with out the roof chop it was all gold then when they chopped the car around 70/71 i think it was painted black, quick and easy. And yes all the same car just progress and following the trends, roofchop, DDS front end, 356 box, shit brakes and a hell of alot of fun.......

The article is dated 1971, it had the Deano front end, 356 box etc, but not the chop.
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« Reply #50 on: February 23, 2009, 20:24:22 pm »

Richard

As ive said before I never got them with the car  Embarrassed I did hear that Chris had a bonnet in his garage but he never told me about this and Im not sure if it was from this car, Ill give him a call this week and find out.

Do you know where they are ?

Lounge,
A Cry for Help !!! I will if anyone has an original Empi Bonnet and Decklid for sale for this car I would love to hear from them, I dont even mind if they one to be the owners but allow me to borrow them and paint them black, they would receive full credit for this....

Currently working on some replicas but this is only until the originals can be found..... or located.

Anyway dont be scared to post pics of it in its day,really lovin this car, its ace


Russell Ive still got that lid in the garage , it was not good enough to mould from as it did not fit well shut , but would be fine to run it popped .
I'll stick it in the post if you need it , that would sort the back end out  Cool
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« Reply #51 on: February 23, 2009, 22:27:25 pm »

Glenn, perfect thank you very much. will PM you
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« Reply #52 on: February 23, 2009, 22:34:22 pm »

russell are you still looking for those spinner plates that you put between the hubcaps and the drum???
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« Reply #53 on: February 23, 2009, 22:44:08 pm »

russell are you still looking for those spinner plates that you put between the hubcaps and the drum???


I am  Wink Smiley
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« Reply #54 on: February 25, 2009, 06:20:12 am »

Hey can someone on here that knows this Stut Bee really well tell me what size tires they ran on the 13" DDS wheels.Reason IM asking is I love the stance and ummm well I have 13" rims that will be going on the front of my bug.But I have 14's in the rear.Did the guys back in the day lower the frontend at all?
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« Reply #55 on: March 01, 2009, 11:10:24 am »

Hey can someone on here that knows this Stut Bee really well tell me what size tires they ran on the 13" DDS wheels.Reason IM asking is I love the stance and ummm well I have 13" rims that will be going on the front of my bug.But I have 14's in the rear.Did the guys back in the day lower the frontend at all?

Project X,
I have a set of DDS 13 / 15 wheels that I bought from Dean Lowry. They still have the JC Penny bias ply front tires on the 13" rims. I will take a digital image of the tires and post them on the Lounge.

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« Reply #56 on: March 02, 2009, 04:50:49 am »

Cool thanks, do you guys know if the front of stut bee was lowered at all?Looks like it isnt because of the wheel gap.Only looks like maybe they lowered the rear down enough to level the height that the 13's dropped the frontend to.Did they do this, and does this actually work?
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« Reply #57 on: March 02, 2009, 08:46:29 am »

I think I have the rear decklid to that car. It's currently painted flat black. It's original period though.
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« Reply #58 on: March 04, 2009, 14:33:58 pm »

What is the news Huh  Wink
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« Reply #59 on: March 18, 2009, 00:49:29 am »

well after a hard afternoon and late night and finally after 30 years it came apart  Grin
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