Hot Wheels 2 - Pine's new Buggy build thread

[vader]

So Pine do you like the distraction????

[Tony Z]

thanks for the laugh....

[Pine]

So Pine do you like the distraction????

Like it? I LOVED it!!!

Vader, I owe you a few beers next time we meet, thanks

[ZeroAxe]

Hehehe, that was a good chuckle.

[Pine]

Psssssssssssssssst.... Vader!

Any Scully nudie pics in your stash, perhaps?

[Pine]

Hey Pine,

Man dude you r doing gr8 work... and all the advice ppl are sharing is making me learn soooo much...

It took me 2 days to read throught this thread and i have been making notes all along...

Firstly your Stearing wheel rocks...man!!!

Thanks

Secondly: a few things id like to ask.. bear with me if you dont mind...

Window washer bottle and mechanism: Do you still have extra set for sale or where can i get that

I had two extra kits that I sold on the Forum a while ago, I found them new old stock in a parts shop in Vereeniging where they have been lying for the better part of the past 25 years on a shelf. There weren't any more, but I'm sure with a bit of searching one should be able to source it somewhere else. How about a CitiGolf setup?

Window Jet Nozzels: Would they work on a standard late model beetle and do you have one for sale - i like the metal parts

Yes, I can't see why not. Unfortunately I do not have another one. The metal nozzle is from a 1965 Mercedes 230S (fintail), a car that actually had two of them fitted to a VDO rubber 'pump' that you pumped with your foot to pressurise the water in the reservoir, just like a water pistol. If you really want to go to the extreme, the S-class W126 Mercedes has a nozzle with a little electric element to de-ice the nozzle before spraying the water on your windscreen

Golf Indicator/wiper Unit: Is that golf 2/3 unit and how will that go around a beetle steering colomb??

Golf 1 steering column assembly that fits the Beetle steering tube like a glove

Wish i could do IRS on my project beetle...ag, mayb some day...

I was just lucky to get the 1302 earlier this year as a donor for some of the goodies

Shot Pine and everybody contributing...amazing thread amongst so many..

Thanks, I use the thread as a constant motiviation to keep momentum (something one tends to lose easily with this type of project). I am by no means a technical guru, but it is a worthy learning curve, and I'm enjoying every moment of it







....not to mention the occasional seat cover thrown in unexpectedly

[vader]

[Pine]

Some progress on the chassis after spending another weekend at IMPI, the IRS chassis is starting to take form - slowly but surely from this

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to THIS!!

[buggyfan]

Have you got good news for me? (In that case shouting is OK )

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[Pine]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah - I like what I see! When can we meet?

[buggyfan]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah - I like what I see! When can we meet?

im still on dayshift till thursday ,you decide

[Pine]

Will call you, thanks Jaco

[Pine]

Well thanks to Jaco (Buggyfan) I got some nice Type 3 brake drums, backing plates, brake shoes and components, so I won't be using this anymore!



I can't get a definite answer from TheSamba, but I need two connecting links (arrowed in the pic below) from a Type 3 - no-one can tell me if those off a Beetle will fit?

[ZeroAxe]

Pine I am not sure, because the the brake drums are wider. But then again, I dont have the two next to each other to compare.

[Blitzkrieg]

The two IRS torsion bar cover plates, compared to a normal Beetle plate at the bottom

strangely enough, both my swingaxle Type 3s have the IRS torsion bar covers noticed it this weekend