MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
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66looker
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
personally I would stay away from the empi shifter had a headache with the reverse cable snapping all the time, da scat is pretty solid around r1000.00
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Chris
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
The EMPI one with the black gear knob works well and had no problems with mine.
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Matt
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
your car is coming on nicely....i swore i wouldnt do it again, but seeing this thread-im slowly getting keen to start another project
what colour u goin with?? and when we getting our first peak???
what colour u goin with?? and when we getting our first peak???
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
Hey 66,
are you doing all the work yourself??? Body and pan that is??
If not who is and were are they??
Shot... great freeken car man!!!
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are you doing all the work yourself??? Body and pan that is??
If not who is and were are they??
Shot... great freeken car man!!!
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66looker
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
l342 polar silver, just making 100% sure the body is perfect before the paint goes on....... R7000 worth of paint dont wanna waste it.....surely by the end of the week i should have some updates. My uncle is a panel beater in jeppe, jhb doing an awesome job.
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
Nice choice of colour for a German Look car.
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
Looking good, keep us updated!!66looker wrote:My uncle is a panel beater in jeppe, jhb doing an awesome job.
....damn - you're lucky, I only got an uncle in the furniture business
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66looker
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
im sure he is more than willing to quote anyone on anything needed pm me if you want his details
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2BugMe
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
Hey 66,66looker wrote:Hey everyone got the pan finally completeproject is well on its way with painting happening in the next couple of days then the real fun starts!
2 questions:
Did you weld in new chassis halves??? And if so which ones??
What kinda paint did you paint it under and above??
Shot...
Happy building man!!!
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
Just went through the whole thread. Very cool bug and a killer motor by the sound of it.
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66looker
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
had pretty small holes in the chassis so i never replaced the halves, just patched where i needed to. normal 2k black with lots of hardener and rubberizing underneath to finish it off
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66looker
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
Finally!!! got the base coat on...... a light flat and on with the colour!
bus mater cylinder and bottle fitted
bus mater cylinder and bottle fitted
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
I like the Roller throttle.
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
nice!!!!!
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Re: MY 65 TYPE 4 POWERED SUNROOF BUG
Roller throttle similar to mags?
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