Hot Wheels 2 - Pine's new Buggy build thread

Post by **Pine** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:17 am

Look what Santa brought me for Christmas!

He he he - the buggy had to sleep outside last night, and it looked like rain so I covered it in an old parachute. Wasn't neccessary anyway - not a single drop fell!

Farhaad · Post by **Farhaad** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:28 pm

were ddi u get a parachute.

Post by **Pine** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:51 pm

Farhaad wrote: were ddi u get a parachute.

From this guy

Ron&Gill · Post by **Ron&Gill** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:47 am

And then things go "tragically" wrong according to CNN and BBC... I just think he's stupid... fokken onnosel.

I must say thie first thing that popped into my mind was also, "now WTF did he get a parachute from?!?"

Dawie · Post by **Dawie** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:03 am

What's news, Adriaan? When will the big day be that your project is completed?

Post by **Pine** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:40 pm

Hi Dawie - slowly but surely - every day is closer to being finished than ever before. Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate it!

UPDATE -

I've been playing around with an idea for a while - the black gauges looked too 'modern' for my liking so I searched high and low till I found 3 chromed bezels to put around them. Eventually found them, not perfect - but good enough after a polish and cleanup. This is the 'before' pic -

...and this is the 'after' - after some struggling! But I'm happy

The display on the (new) VDO speedo was 99999, so after hooking up the cable for the speedo for the first time a trip around the block was all that was needed for...

a fresh start!

Checked the speedo reading with the GPS and it is very close to being 100% accurate. It is not, however, the first time I've had a car with 00000 on the speedo

There was the Bay, somewhere on the N3 near Bedfordview on Mon Nov 03, 2008

...and the Khaki Cruiser on Tue Jan 26, 2010 on the N12 near Nelspruit

Who knows, maybe one day I'll see 00000 from the drivers seat of one of these, as I drive it off the showroom floor?

Post by **retrovan** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:30 pm

Hi Pine,

""""..and the Khaki Cruiser on Tue Jan 26, 2010 on the N12 near Nelspruit """"""

must be a type 3, LHD, but which one, how about some photos of it.

You do know I have LHD dash covers, should you need one.

Herman

buggyfan · Post by **buggyfan** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:36 pm

retrovan wrote:Hi Pine,

""""..and the Khaki Cruiser on Tue Jan 26, 2010 on the N12 near Nelspruit """"""

must be a type 3, LHD, but which one, how about some photos of it.

You do know I have LHD dash covers, should you need one.

Herman

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Post by **Pine** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:28 pm

Fitted the windscreen and wipers last week, and got the bikini top back today. Went to vdBrink this afternoon to have the rear 36mm axle nuts torqued, and on my way back had a chance to test the windscreen, wipers AND bikini top when a sudden cloudburst came from no-where

Drove HW2 for the first time on the N1 today - clocked 110km/h between Malibongwe and William Nicol, but didn't want to go any faster as the traffic was a bit hectic, and the seat belts are not fastened yet... odometer already on 00078!

beetlepower · Post by **beetlepower** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:14 am

Cool, can't wait to see it at the KKK

beetlepower · Post by **beetlepower** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:15 am

And now you just need a Sand Rover to match

greenbean · Post by **greenbean** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:22 pm

Some insperation!........

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Post by **Pine** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:49 am

Thanks Greenbean!!

Currently visiting IMPI in Orkney for a few days, in the process of sorting out the papers of the buggy - drove through from Pretoria on Sunday, and HW2 ran perfectly!

Post by **Pine** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:05 pm

Left Orkney yesterday via Bloemfontein for Vleesbaai - stopped at VolksieShop in Bloem with a loose steering box, sorted out quickly (thanks Gerhard

)

Left Bloem just after 5, but got heavily delayed by several stop/go roadworks on the N1

The wheels of the Bug go round and round... but still a LONG way ahead!

Karoo sunset

Deserted main road of Beaufort West at Midnight

Meiringspoort in the early morning hours, an unbelievable experience... really got to test the IRS cornerning abilities

Robinson Pass summit, could almost SMELL the sea by then!

Sunrise from Santos Beach this morning at 06:00

1120kms in which HW2 didn't miss a single beat!

Post by **jolas** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:53 pm

Awesome stuff, there is something very special about travelling on a quiet road in the Karoo at dawn and dusk - it must be an even better experience in an open top vehicle ?

Cool pics - thanks

Aircooled VW South Africa