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No more buggy,,,,, now a bug

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LCOP TT ???WTF is that i hear you all ask.Well its a ....................................
Loose
Collection
Of
Parts
Thrown
Together

I bought this lwb shell from Greenbean back in 2007 already
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two days later i went and fetched the remains of HW1 that Pine gave away with some replacement rims for the accident damaged ones
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picked up a pan at the local scrapyard that looked quite solid when i checked it from underneath,but that was only because there was plates welded onto the rusted floor :jerkoff:
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i started to assemble the rolling chassis to see what it will look like
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[my youngest son already asking when will the test drive be]

shell put ontop of chassis
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painting the sides
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because the holes for truck lights were already cut ,i had to go with them again
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front lights
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transplanted a complete wiring loom out of a bug
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i used the fusebox and relays out of HW1
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ALL ELECTRICALS WORKING 100%
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I Like!! Almost a sandmaster look to it! ........ :mrgreen:
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BF, what are your plans in regards to the front screen?
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Looking good! :hangloose: Danie (who built the Kubel) helped with the wiring in HW1 many years ago, I'm glad some of it could be saved as he did an excellent job
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+1 on the Looking good! should be fun when it's done. If your kid is on it already then you will never get him off once it's done!

Buggyfan/Pine, any info on those wheels? my brother has a set without the centres and i was wondering where they from. I Know Jack used to use them on the Puma's at some stage...
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They were cast in South Africa, and were fitted to SA Pumas even before Jack Wijker got involved - this ad is from 1974. The first ones had 'squared-off' slots

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I originally bought them from Phil (Phantomfondler) who had them on his Puma. IMPI had some repro center caps made

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A few of the later Pumas had these on, with a smaller center cap and 'rounded' slots

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JamesD69 wrote:+1 on the Looking good! should be fun when it's done. If your kid is on it already then you will never get him off once it's done!

Buggyfan/Pine, any info on those wheels? my brother has a set without the centres and i was wondering where they from. I Know Jack used to use them on the Puma's at some stage...
INITIALLY I ONLY HAD 3 of those caps but wI made up a 4th one out of fibreglass using 1 as a mould
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it looks a little rough but im sure the 2nd try will come out better,will then use releasing agent instead of forcing it out of the mould with a screwdriver :? :?
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Hloni wrote:BF, what are your plans in regards to the front screen?

All i did was take the window frame to my local glass shop and they cut me a 6mm laminated /shatterproof replacement
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Ah...shot bru.
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Shot Pine! the ones my brother has still has got the made in south africa stickers in them.
buggyfan wrote: INITIALLY I ONLY HAD 3 of those caps but wI made up a 4th one out of fibreglass using 1 as a mould
I might have to beg borrow or steal that mould once you done :wink: We were thinking of just making centre similar to the smiths wheels....
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Contact IMPI - he has the die (?) used by Speedline to spin those center caps - I am sure he won't mind helping
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Today i unearthed the steering column and fixed it so that the hooter works of the centre button on the steering instead of the pushbutton that was located on the dash :hangloose:
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