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Re: My 181

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:43 am
by Blitzkrieg
Is Claude Ingle related to Dave Ingle?

Re: My 181

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:14 pm
by Tom Bishop
No, Inde (spelling, help HR) not Ingle. This guy only build stock motors.

Re: My 181

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:56 pm
by BARON
very nice Tom.I supose that is the ultimate buggy--- vw approval---
Now thats what we need to hear here names and contact nos of the good guys that is still proud of their work. They need all the publicity they can get, because ac mechanics/builders are disappearing.
cheers
Baron

Re: My 181

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:05 pm
by hitlers revenge
Either, as you say, INDE, or as I say, INDER

Blitz you are not paying attention again!! lol

Re: My 181

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:25 am
by Blitzkrieg
hitlers revenge wrote:Either, as you say, INDE, or as I say, INDER

Blitz you are not paying attention again!! lol
:( Yes I just skimmed through the post as I was on my way out to a client, and must have mis-read the name :?

*Goes to bed earlier so that he can get cleverer*

Re: My 181

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:40 pm
by Tom Bishop
Still busy fitting tin worm.

All the top fixes have been weld in. Now the body is upside down to tackle what one could not see.

I also received all the motors tin plates from the powder coaters.

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Cheers

Tom

Re: My 181

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:51 am
by Dam
Tom, before you fit the motor, why don't you try to get a fan shroud without heater pipe outlets?
That's if you want to go the "original look" way!
Just my thought for the morning :idea:

Re: My 181

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:31 am
by vader
Cause a heater is a welcome thing in CT....

Re: My 181

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:33 am
by vader
Keep going Tom.. You can do it!!!!
Tom, Tom, he's our man!
If Tom cant Thingy can!

Re: My 181

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:49 am
by Tom Bishop
This Car is meant to have air heaters. Pre 74 had a gas heater in the boot upfront.

74 and after had a normal beetle heater. Only the exhaust pipes come out the side of the silencer not the rear. If you look at my last pics, you will see the pipes under the rear seats for letting the air in.

BTW try going to buy heater parts for a beetle. Everybody want to know why. They tell you beetle heater dont work well. Getting cool air into a beetle was a problem. Hot air was never.

Who out there runs heaters in their VW?

All the heater boxes out there have holes in. The shops tell you they will work, you just need to fill the holes and give me money for this scrap.

Before I stripped the 181 only 1 side was working. IT sure is good travelling next to the ocean on a cold morning, top down, with warm air wafting around you. (from the heaters)

Re: My 181

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:16 am
by Dam
OK, mine has the Eberspacher heater (disconnected) up front

Re: My 181

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:37 pm
by vader
I wish I had heaters in the DarkSide..... But then again Darren in winter I have a very good airconditioner and in summer a superb heater....... WTF? In summer the hot air that is trapped in the bonnet flows threw and in winter this hot air turns to subzero temp, wich nessesitates driving with a blanket.......

Re: My 181

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:57 pm
by Tom Bishop
This Weekend I had a few hours to spare. The sump guard and the lower tin plating got fitted. Its a pity when you have to stop when on a roll, I never had the oil cooler rubbers but still fitted the top covers to see how it would look.

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Re: My 181

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:14 pm
by Chris
Tom,are you going to the Whales and Wheels again this year?

Re: My 181

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:16 pm
by lowlight
Nice