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« on: May 03, 2011, 11:37:45 PM » |
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A Volksrod is a radically customised VW Beetle. A bit more than your average "Cal Look" Beetle, they're basically hotrods but built from German rather than American or British stock. They're usually fenderless & roof chopped.
Loony picked up a standard '64 model several years ago & added it to his pending projects pile, but time & money haven't allowed it, so young Archie's bought it from him. He runs a lowered VW Golf, but fancied something more radical, so will be tackling the bug under Loony's watchful eye -a good way to pick up some useful metal working skills.
After unbolting the bodyshell from the floorpan, Archie set about removing the rotten floors, leaving just the "spine" of the original car.
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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2011, 11:41:14 PM » |
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With the old metal gone, it was time for the new. Just about every panel of a V Dub's available as a repair piece now, so Archie procured a pair of new floors & Loony soon had them welded to the spine.
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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2011, 11:42:02 PM » |
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Time for a test drive.
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« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2011, 11:56:42 PM » |
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and they wonder why they call him ,,,,,,LOONEY,,,,  |
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2011, 10:00:35 AM » |
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and they wonder why they call him ,,,,,,LOONEY,,,, i dont know why do they call him looney ??!!?? lol |
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if you cant fix it with gaffa tape or cable ties then its broken
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« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2011, 10:05:15 PM » |
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Marcus, ("Lunatic")'s actually the relatively sane looking one in that last photo.  |
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« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2011, 11:09:31 PM » |
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Marcus, ("Lunatic")'s actually the relatively sane looking one in that last photo. Hmmmmmmm.......... Nope, can't really apply that phrase to either of them.......... |
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« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2011, 11:38:08 PM » |
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looney to the left ,,,,  |
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« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2011, 02:24:30 PM » |
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love a volksrod, gonna watch this one.
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« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2011, 08:27:22 PM » |
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been meaning to put some pics up.  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod |
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« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2011, 08:30:23 PM » |
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tackled the beam / axle adjusters today. these allow you to dial in the ride height you're after by dropping the front end. Spensive CSP adjusters, worth it though  Archie's Volksrod They;re grooved each side and go together like so  Archie's Volksrod one manky beam  Archie's Volksrod Starting to clean it up  Archie's Volksrod Axle adjuster goes like so -  Archie's Volksrod |
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« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2011, 08:35:09 PM » |
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We needed to cut a slot so the threaded bit can spin the leaves round to allow the ride height to change  Archie's Volksrod Slots cut  Archie's Volksrod With the adjusters bolted on  Archie's Volksrod The beam had crimps / dents on the top and bottom holding the inner beam / leaves in place. We cut these out to allow the inner beam to spin freely and I then made some fill plates / bits and Mr Welder welded em in.  Archie's Volksrod Just need to clean the welds up and jobs a good un. On the 17" steels with quite tall profile tyres it left about 2 to 3" under the beam so pretty low. I'm going to run dropped spindles as well, so expecting this to lay the beam on the ground. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2011, 08:55:50 PM » |
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Good work Archie.
So does that lower the front end without compromising the ride?
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« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2011, 04:47:10 AM » |
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nice work there.
cheers chris.
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« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2011, 05:36:38 PM » |
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finished the beam bits for now  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod  Archie's Volksrod |
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