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Chris
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 11732 Joined: Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:02 pmWhat model do you have?: Beach BuggyLocation: Port ElizabethBeen thanked: 1 time
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by Chris Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:16 pm
Pine wrote: You bet, Dubster! A buggy is the most fun you can have without growing hair on your hands
Keep us updated on yours, and lemme know what you need to complete your rebuild. At least you'll have a 'ZN' plate on your buggy, a 'GP' plate looks just WRONG
No,hair growing on your hand is just wrong.
Damn,I'm good!
dubster
Valve
Posts: 1145 Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:30 pmWhat model do you have?: buggy and '74 beetleLocation: AmanzimtotiBeen thanked: 3 times
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by dubster Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:38 pm
wel im moving to pta next year...believe you me id rather have gp plates and a buggy that wont rust away...than just zn plates cos the buggy would be rusted away by the time the plates come back from the sign place...
1974 1300tp type 1BLOOD AND TEARS WILL FLOW FOR ACVW'S,FOR LIFE''
Blitzkrieg
ACVWSA Junkie
Posts: 10784 Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:41 amWhat model do you have?: noneLocation: JohannesburgHas thanked: 91 times Been thanked: 44 times
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by Blitzkrieg Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:29 pm
Where in pta are you moving to?
If it's too low, you're too old
dubster
Valve
Posts: 1145 Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:30 pmWhat model do you have?: buggy and '74 beetleLocation: AmanzimtotiBeen thanked: 3 times
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by dubster Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:14 pm
stil looking for flats but the one option is gezina or hattfield anywhere with in a reasonable distance from t.u.t
1974 1300tp type 1BLOOD AND TEARS WILL FLOW FOR ACVW'S,FOR LIFE''
dubster
Valve
Posts: 1145 Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:30 pmWhat model do you have?: buggy and '74 beetleLocation: AmanzimtotiBeen thanked: 3 times
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by dubster Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:18 am
pine ive got a question are you alowed to have your motor open with out a "bullbar" like this buggy...
1974 1300tp type 1BLOOD AND TEARS WILL FLOW FOR ACVW'S,FOR LIFE''
Ron&Gill
Full-time Bug Nutter
Posts: 4054 Joined: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:16 amWhat model do you have?: Type 1, 21b, 34, 316Location: St Lucia KZN/Cameron LAHas thanked: 1 time Been thanked: 21 times
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by Ron&Gill Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:49 am
As far as I know yes, but you must have the belts covered with a fan belt cover. You don't need a fan belt cover if you have an engine cage or the exhaust covers the belt pulleys. So I was told...
1964 T34 - The Razor: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10290
Tom Bishop
Single Port
Posts: 1205 Joined: Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:04 pmWhat model do you have?: A Yellow 181Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1321084423 Location: Cape TownBeen thanked: 5 times
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by Tom Bishop Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:50 pm
For roadworthy they may fail you with the open pulley like that, maybe even the unprotected exhaust tip:
”Experience is what you get when you do not get what you want”
dubster
Valve
Posts: 1145 Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:30 pmWhat model do you have?: buggy and '74 beetleLocation: AmanzimtotiBeen thanked: 3 times
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by dubster Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:35 am
thanks cause i dont like the cage at the back that much ill just get the covers for the pulleys much neater...thanks...
1974 1300tp type 1BLOOD AND TEARS WILL FLOW FOR ACVW'S,FOR LIFE''
