What did you do on your car today?

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62vwbeetle
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Post by 62vwbeetle »

Got my center mount linkages and dual tip pipe , coming soon a single port dual weber powered ghia with a little performance pipe added and oh yes some cool wide 5s :evil: should be able to race down the roAd at 60 mph
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Found a simple way to mount and SP steering wheel on a thick shaft column, now it's on, I'm not feeling it. More info on that over here...http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... &start=675

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Howard
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Stripped the widows and electric motors out of the old doors now waiting for donor doors to start building up two California style doors for my Son's gold bug, this in between Softball and Baseball training.
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@ndy
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Checked my gearbox oil, and topped up to full, cleaned my carb, replaced my points and condensor, replaced my wipers and reinstalled my refurbished running board.
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Tony Z
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went for a drive and bought ice cream for myself and the missus
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Went to Ed's diner with a few fellow aircooled friends.
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Wasted the whole weekend fixing and servicing stupid water cooled :bn: .... :cry:

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Did a few things on the Ghia to get it ready for Bugjam

This weekend we gonna do some detailing.

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Emptied my bus of 22 years of collected school books, which my kids used, at the local dump.
Why do we celebrate the guy that invented the wheel??
Surely we must celebrate the guy tat invented the other three
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Fitted some wide steelies
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Fitted 2 single beds and a cooler box into the bus.

Now busy with a radio and speakers.

Getting ready for a cool bash in CPT with Dusty Rebel and the bombshells.
Why do we celebrate the guy that invented the wheel??
Surely we must celebrate the guy tat invented the other three
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Serviced both Fastback and Fugly, ready for the trip to George, and KKK by Fig.

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1968 Fastback 2Lt.type4
1972 Low Light Bay Panel Van 2Lt type 4
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Walked passed mine, shook my head wondering why I decided to take most of it apart again ;-)
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Post by Terry Phillips »

Done some body work on the early bay high roof,looked at it for a while and decided thats enough of the heat and retreated inside the house for the rest of the day.
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Towed my buggy pan to Beetle bits for a overhaul.
Why do we celebrate the guy that invented the wheel??
Surely we must celebrate the guy tat invented the other three
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