What did you do on your car today?

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windtramp
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What model do you have?: '72 1600
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flatfourfan wrote:cleaned out the jets again today and decided "screw it" and drove her to work..............damn it's cold, I need gloves.

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:lol: :lol: GLOVES, yessir . .. standard equipment in my glove box
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Drive the beetle to work :) Without gloves.
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cleaned more gunk out of the jets and climbed in and drove to work again...........with no gloves. Was 7h30 and a bit colder than yesterday.

Guess I don't learn........lol.
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CooP
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On the left-hand sliding door: filling and sanding, filling and sanding...hard work. But they say that lots of thin layers are better and stronger than one thick one. So I have done four layers this week, one every day after work. Hopefully tonight's should be the last layer of body-filler and I can sand it to a final finish tomorrow. I'll post before, during and after pics when I'm done.
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Dutch_Diver
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Drove Bobbie Farnham to Bournemouh aound 60 miles and got her registered! Just waiting for the papers :flash: :drunks:
"MO" - 1965 Splitscreen bus --> http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... =37&t=9305" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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windtramp
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did 1189km road trip from George to Joburg yesterday ..NO heater so lost all feeling from toes to knees around about 20:00 :shock: :shock: ... GOTTA get that heater fixed :|
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Helped a friend with his beach buggy. Put in new push-rod tubes and replaced a cylinder head. Re-did the valve gaps on both heads.

Visited Dave's shop and got a few odds and end for Christn.
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Farhaad
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Dutch_Diver wrote:Drove Bobbie Farnham to Bournemouh aound 60 miles and got her registered! Just waiting for the papers :flash: :drunks:
congrats DD. its mine mission for this week to get ol 66 sorted
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windtramp wrote:did 1189km road trip from George to Joburg yesterday ..NO heater so lost all feeling from toes to knees around about 20:00 :shock: :shock: ... GOTTA get that heater fixed :|
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count urself lucky that the cold stopped by the knees :twisted:
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Fitted Eyelids. Oh so awesome I love the look.

Fitted overkill of speakers and a Stealth Mp3 deck. Painte the rear view mirror arm gloss black.painted the hand straps black to go with the interior. Fitted a tube to the spare tyre. Drove around with out hassles, finally getting confident driving him around without fear of breaking.

Went down to the beach lastnight, turned some heads. I Love it. Hahaaha. Easily kept up with a polo. Was chuffed when I hit 110km true speed lol.
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Did some cleaning and polishing on the 67. Fix the hooter...loose connection.
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I just bought my 2 new side mirrors (empi)and took some more rust of the passengerdoor mirror

almost ready for 1st primer on door
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windtramp wrote:did 1189km road trip from George to Joburg yesterday ..NO heater so lost all feeling from toes to knees around about 20:00 :shock: :shock: ... GOTTA get that heater fixed :|
You get those heaters sorted, you'll be a-for-away. I remember driving up the nico malan pass in the eastern cape one year surrounded by snow, with the heaters on full. I shifted my leg and the jeans that were just next to the heater vent nearly took the skin off the were so hot - maybe something to do with several k's of driving up a steep hill to get the engine heat up. I was always roasty toasty in my dub, and my rebuild will have full functioning heaters no matter what...
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Looking for a splitscreen panelvan - have a year or two to find one. If you know of one, please let me know.
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Charged the battery and took the Ghia to office today.
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Handed Christn's heater boxes and exhaust in to have flanges welded on.
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