Project WeirdSteam - Pics Added!!!!!!

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Project WeirdSteam - Pics Added!!!!!!

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Hi Guys

Busy with my Beetle, will be called WeirdSteam :twisted: .

i will post pics and details as i go. Here is a Pic op my new Seat so long! (Original Seat Recovered)
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And This is what i am aiming for.
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Still need lots of small parts to complete but eventually i will get there.

Will keep everyone posted as i go!

Cheers
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Nice but where the pics of the car? :lol:
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Will take some pics tonight and post, only got started this weekend. Wife did the Seat last night. :D
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:( Sorry everyone no pics yet, haven't had a change with the world cup (Our stores are very busy)

Promise i will post some tonight.
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NO PICS so we cant believe you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ha Bab Nice to see ya back ! :D
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Nice but where the pics of the car?
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At Last !!!! Heres the pics

will post more as the project progresses!
"whaletail" gives enough space for the Turbo motor.
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Heres my Rosstyles (Sandblasting and Powder Coating needed) btw 14"x7J wide.
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a lot of work still to be done.
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I'm liking the whale tail :hangloose:
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Some more Pics !!

Taken in the Daytime.
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This is the plan for my Rostyles, except i have 4 wide's
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Blitzkrieg wrote:I'm liking the whale tail :hangloose:

Thanks Blitzkrieg!! Got it for free from a friend in Secunda. I like it to.
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Dude, without being rude.... if you make your photos smaller, like the same size as your screen, then people will actually look at them.
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Tony Z wrote:Dude, without being rude.... if you make your photos smaller, like the same size as your screen, then people will actually look at them.

Thanks Tony Z i have a diginet line so the images load instantly, i will decrease image size for other users. 640x480 or 800x600 should be fine i hope.
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much much better - thanks. Lucky you to have a lightening speed connection.

Looking good... Will be very keen to see it take shape.
if you dont want that whale tale anymore, let me know!! When I decide to rebuild my car, I could seriously blend it in....
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Tony Z wrote:much much better - thanks. Lucky you to have a lightening speed connection.

Looking good... Will be very keen to see it take shape.
if you dont want that whale tale anymore, let me know!! When I decide to rebuild my car, I could seriously blend it in....
:D Cool Tony Z , i stuggled to get that tail from my bud in Secunda myself he eventualy gave in.
Its a Complete moulded decklid with tail not a modified metal lid with Fibre tail. For now that whale tail's gonna stay!!
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