Lil'Tank

[JSL]

Good to see your back in the groove with the oval
Out this year or maybe next spring?
Cheers,
Kev

Thanks Kev!

I have no idea when its gonna be out but Im not getting any younger and after being into VW for 20 years its about high time I treated myself! ;-) Would love to have it ready for next year!

Hows yours coming along? Been following your thread! Love what youve been doing! Very skilled stuff!! Awesome!

Cheers,

J

[kev d]

Thats the attitude - go treat yourself

Thanks for the comments on mine, had a bit of time to spend on it lately & really made a bit of progress
Well, right up to hitting myself full in the face with a 4 1/2" grinder last night when the disc jammed & it kicked back
Wife almost had a heart attack when I came in the house covered in blood.. cue trip to A&E

Just as well chicks dig scars

Cheers,
Kev

[JSL]

  OUCH!!!!! 

Dude! That sounded PAINFUL!!! Sounds like your ok if you can laugh about it though!

Cant wait to see the updates!

Chicks apparently DO dig scars your right! Milk it while you can mate! Nothing like a bit of Nursing while you rest up and recover!

J

[Black Sheep]

Thats the attitude - go treat yourself

Thanks for the comments on mine, had a bit of time to spend on it lately & really made a bit of progress
Well, right up to hitting myself full in the face with a 4 1/2" grinder last night when the disc jammed & it kicked back
Wife almost had a heart attack when I came in the house covered in blood.. cue trip to A&E

Just as well chicks dig scars

Cheers,
Kev

Shit Kev  , you all OK

[kev d]

Its nothing serious, no stitches needed, they just taped the tip of my nose & couple of cuts on my chin.
Cracking bruises though!

Cheers,
Kev

[Black Sheep]

Next time try not to catch the grinder with your teeth will you , its not big and its not clever 

[Rhodrich]

After checking it all over the shell was perfect! Never been welded or repaired! Nice!

Next to come was a rolling chassis. Thanks to Rodry (At the time from Twickenham Aircoolers, dont know if he still is) we did a little deal and he towed me a chassis home from one of the shows. Chassis was very solid and wide 5! Sweet! The car sat like that for a while. But thanks to friends Steve Inglis & his bro Tish we all got the bug real bad and started work stripping and building our cars. His is a 64? (Sorry if Im wrong Steve) Ausi import and VolksWorld cover car! Lucky GIT!!!! Haha. After many many dirty evenings and weekends we stripped all the gunk off the chassis & components an bare metaled both cars and laid on some paint thanks to Angus. Steves is the bug in the for ground.



And some more shots of the bugs on my front lawn! I love this shot!! 

Looking good James!  Glad the car's finally getting amove on 

I do hope it is worth me getting stopped by the old Bill when I towed that chassis back 

By the way - I think the chassis is South African, hence the weird mix of early and late stuff.....

Rhodri

[Turbo_Rich]

Any progress??

[alfie the monster]

I know it's got a hell of a pan, I had a sneaky peek the other week and it's super sexy 

[JSL]

Hey Guys,

Corr your a tease Alfie! 

Well, Im not as demanding as his other customers which I think works nicely for him 

I did receive some blury pics the other day though 



The way I figure it, if I dont hassle him or he doesnt call me, it costs me less!  Hehe

If anyone is down that way with a nice camera, it would be great to get some decent pics 

In the meantime Im happy fiddling with the 56

Cheers,

J

[JSL]

Looking good James!  Glad the car's finally getting amove on 

I do hope it is worth me getting stopped by the old Bill when I towed that chassis back 

By the way - I think the chassis is South African, hence the weird mix of early and late stuff.....

Rhodri
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Hey Rhodri,

Sorry completely missed this post of yours!   

Yeah that was an interesting ride huh! I'll never forget the look on my folks faces as we turned up at their house with a Police escort (blue lights flashing!) 

Hehehehe Awesome!

J

[alfie the monster]

Corr your a tease Alfie! 

I've been called worse 

I'm not sure when I'm next down there, but I'll try and remember to take my camera.

It really does look rather sexy though!

[JSL]

These pics are a bit old now, but thought I would post a little update.

Chassis is welded and painted and sitting nice! 



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The 'Street' box I had intended to use on this bug was replaced with this Pro Comp unit. The street box is now in my 56.



Not too much progress, but then that because Ive been sorting out my 56.



Here are a few pics of my 56 sort out.





New roof





Clean up

[JSL]

Look much better with out all that gunk Rear disc conversion is mine. Its not rocket science but Im very pleased with it 





More clean up







Tank sorted



New engine

[JSL]

Ready to roll 



Now with new shoes! 

[JSL]

Found these gauges in my shed, believe they are porsche? Anyone know if they are worth cleaning up? Or are they worthless?

Cheers,

J

[Zach Gomulka]

Looks like they're out of a 914 to me

[JSL]

Hey Zach,

Thanks for the post, is that a good thing? Are they worth restoring? Or not worth it?

Cheers,

J

[yvre]

They are useless.

Send them to me.

[Zach Gomulka]

If you like them, then they are worth it They aren't exactly rare, though. Check out AssHull's '67 Project to see what we did with a mix of 911, 912, and 914 gauges

http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,5626.0.html

[JSL]

Cool!

Yeah love that dash Zach! 

I may just hang on to them for a future project then

Many thanks,

J

[fahrvergnugen]

Some cars don't need fresh paint, this looks so ooo Cool

Paul.

[JSL]

Thanks bud!

Yes, I do like the matt original paint, warts and all. Gives it a bit of character.

One day I might give it a fresh coat? Will see how it goes, as long as the rust is kept at bay 

Cheers,

J

[JSL]

Progress on the 54!!! Wahoo!!

You can see the surface rust on the doors in these prevous pics.





Time to remove that!!





Was a mucky job getting the filler off!



Decklid looks sweet!



Body mount moved to correct position. This was already moved once to line up with the later chassis, but as Ive now sourced an earlier chassis it has to be move back 



Ready for panel beater and primer!



Off on Holiday for a bit now, fingerscrossed I can start fitting up panels when I get back, install the front end and get the shell rolling! That would be awesome!!

J