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« Reply #30 on: January 06, 2017, 06:23:19 PM »

Lovely to have your kids as your greatest fans Smiley
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« Reply #31 on: January 06, 2017, 06:50:17 PM »

Lovely to have your kids as your greatest fans Smiley
Won't last,soon be taking the mick out of you ? Cheesy
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« Reply #32 on: January 06, 2017, 07:15:49 PM »

Lovely to have your kids as your greatest fans Smiley
Won't last,soon be taking the mick out of you ? Cheesy
Grin she already is have you seen the inside of the card?
It is good though Andy, I think she is already a bit of a petrol head
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« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2017, 04:23:21 PM »

Love the "camber compensator" - it's basic but if it works.......
Yes ,basic, does describe most of the cars design  Smiley
Apparently they make night and day difference, not had chance to try one , as this arrived the day after I'd crashed the bug  Sad, what camper do you have?
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« Reply #34 on: January 08, 2017, 07:44:19 PM »

So does that work in a similar way to an anti roll bar? What does it attach to?
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« Reply #35 on: January 08, 2017, 07:49:04 PM »

They attach to the gearbox in the middle, and the outer end just press against the axle tubes ,preventing them from falling, when the car jacks during corners, I'll try to find a better discription
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« Reply #36 on: January 08, 2017, 08:00:15 PM »

Ahh, so is it sprung steel? It'd need a little springiness or the ride would be really harsh wouldn't it?
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« Reply #37 on: January 08, 2017, 09:03:50 PM »

Yes it's just a transverse leaf spring, like opposite of a triumph herald or spitfire. Apparently they suffer similar problems
Keeps things in place with a bit of flexibility, will be interesting to see how it rides/handles
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« Reply #38 on: January 22, 2017, 05:51:33 PM »

Not posted much this las week, but have been grafting away at all the small boring jobs that swallow weeks of time
So far I've refitted the carpets/ drivers seat
Made an extra length battery earth cable
Refitted the fuse box
Sorted the resulting non working items ( got to love wiring in old vehicles)
I now have working lights / indicators/wipers
Fitted camber compensator

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-01/D2C12227-7FF8-4304-B80E-CCB2668D36F2_zpst1rqysct.jpg
1968 vw fastback

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-01/F4AF8CC0-58A2-4955-BA61-CE54B5FC87BF_zpscorjmeir.jpg
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Fitted rear bumper
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-01/A9116548-297D-490D-A9F5-431492E90E94_zpslkp7eztc.jpg
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Front bumper with Overiders
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-11/7A7E2C6C-4C05-49A3-B86C-C6E4FB528F96_zpscrxg1sxq.jpg
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Rare part, I have some for the rear as well
Also sorted handbrake
Then on to my biggest dilemma
Wheels
Seems like this is my Achilles heel.
The car came with stock rims/hub caps and a set of Porsche pattern fusch copies
Now original fusch wheels (1980's 911) are upward of £1500 a set!!! Copies around £300 so I converted my drums to Porsche pattern ( 5 x 130 pcd) and bought front discs to match
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« Reply #39 on: January 22, 2017, 08:39:34 PM »

Hub being modified to five stud
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05/IMG_20150511_103415_zpsxxmupmc9.jpg
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Then wheel on car
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-05/IMG_20150508_145850_zpspomd82ea.jpg
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Looks ok but can't help thinking they're fakes so...
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« Reply #40 on: January 22, 2017, 08:51:27 PM »

small boring jobs that swallow weeks of time
-yup, I've got a whole carful of those!

What's the big pocket in the rear panel? Air intake for the engine bay? Never seen one with the wing off before.
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« Reply #41 on: January 22, 2017, 09:52:01 PM »

Yes the devil is in the details  Wink
Yes your right it's a big cooling air intake odd design
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-01/D8518472-474E-4066-A83E-F41B234E3C89_zps9tvstzhd.jpg
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The vents in the outer wing feed the box that's feeding the cooling air to the motor
It also has a flap at the bottom that allows collected water out http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-06/226532D6-765B-4827-98C8-991A1B547E29_zpsqx7himig.jpg
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The bit on the left is a piece of rubber with a metal lid, flap opens to let water out and flaps shut when motor is drawing air, needless to say they Rot like f@*^
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« Reply #42 on: January 22, 2017, 10:28:33 PM »

At work we do non banded wide steels now. A set of detailed fumigallis would look pretty cool or 6 / 8 x 15 smoothies

This is one of the work rides I get to borrow

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh231/archie837/47A2B3BB-4F21-4287-A42A-1EB83E1B7171.jpg
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« Reply #43 on: January 22, 2017, 10:58:54 PM »

Nice motor Archie , is that a Brasilia?
It's been a nightmare choosing rims for this , I'll get to my compromise on my wheels issues ...
Not really feeling the fake Porsche wheels, I started to look at other options, wanting to keep the og stud pattern if possible ,
I looked at the most odd unloved rims....
Marathon rims (to celebrate the bug out selling old henrys model 't')
But there only 4.5" wide meaning skinny tyres
A mate In to vw's told me about reriming, so bought some wider vw rims (6") to cut up, I've still to try this
When locally a set of spider mags came up for sale really cheaply http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-01/705442C1-B921-4634-B562-1519372EE7C4_zpsfvjxzf3j.jpg
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Bingo they will be perfect, possibly the most underrated vw rim, over used done to death over the last few decades, so they are available cheaply, which pleases me loads, I have another set on its way,
I'll still try modifying a pair of the marathon rims later on and sell the pretend Porsche rims to fund more upgrades, here's a picture with marathon on rear empi 8 ( spider mags) on front http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-01/170D00C4-8445-49D1-9698-DF90459E8D05_zpsvxdqvfju.jpg
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Jury still out more later
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« Reply #44 on: January 23, 2017, 06:59:06 AM »


My other problem is, I keep walking past this as I'm digging out stashed parts for the car
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-01/D4D12A28-707F-4F07-BCBD-D4FCC7461E0C_zps9zlwhhtw.jpg
1968 vw fastback

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa219/FLC_photo/Mobile%20Uploads/2017-01/FCDE9FF0-6651-4EA1-98D4-E9A36DF28595_zps0bw10vjf.jpg
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It's been parked up for nearly 5 years since I started messing around with vw's!
I don't want to start working on it till the cars finished, as I don't have the time/money for both and one will suffer..... hard though
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