64valiant Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 here are some quick videos.https://instagram.com/p/7m3-HzCtjd/https://instagram.com/p/7m2c8githv/and a pic 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 took the vw for a drive in the weekend then did this tonighthuh gay! ah well my own fault lol. was out in like 15 mins this time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 for those who dont want to be friends with me via facebook or do block my updates on there, i went for a drive with a couple of mates and had some hot chips and had a few beers. Â took photos, kenny got this good one of usand on my way home my beetle didnt sound healthy what so ever....after doing two rear main seals and thinking it was my own self doing with not been a mechanic and doing upholstery i think that may not be my fault.huge crunching grinding noises may explain something.well remember that engine i got a little while back when i thought this one was screwed....well stripped that down tonightmost bolts were a tad loose so my thinking is it had been apart prior to me owning it.having a closer look you can still kinda see the hoaning in the boars from last time it was aparta mate has just offered me his cam hes not using any more so lets see how fast we can peace this car back together and get going again........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted October 8, 2015 Author Share Posted October 8, 2015 i put the engine in the back of the car again todaybut not the vw. it was the holden.spent the last 2 hours of my day cleaning the crap out of the block and everything else and took it out to the vdub shoppie to get a birthday.left the bloody pistons back at the shop so il shoot out there again tomorrow and see what the think of it.they said they will try get it done for me by next wednesday so i can get it back together to go to vw show next weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 bit of an updategot a phone call saying engine was ready. so picked up engine.got busy with work so worked my ass offtoday i had a lazy day and ended up assembling my engine so i can run it back out to the vw shoppe to put on there little engine stand and do what they do best.all together and ready for a drive outa town in the morning.this weekend im off to nelson so next week the aim is to get it all running and fix the air shock leak. also paint the front wheels and put the hub cap clips back on. this could also go all whack if the engine goes capoot yet.oh its now a 1600 twin port and the only good carb i had was my old single port one. turns out they habe diferent carb bolt holes..... so i got out the drill to slot the holes a little bit. ended up using a file which then broke in my hand which i continued with jamming the file in the drill nice little milling peace if i dont say myself 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 https://www.instagram.com/p/94b6OLCttU/?taken-by=midnightupholstery 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 64valiant Posted November 23, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2015 i went to jaycar and brought some sound deadening cause dam the last engine was noisy and then i had some mates shoot round and chuck it in for me while i continued workinggot it all in and bolted up and i chucked the wires on  it got it going and drove it out sidehell yeah it goes.......nope maybe it doesnt. went to go for a drive yesterday and this happened coughing and splattering and losing power!!! wtf is going on!!!get it back to the shop and switch out the new condencer with my old one and WABAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!problem solved it goes againwas farting around with the carb i didnt know what i was doing so i went to a mates and he was like wam bam thank you mam and done..... runs mint goes well and almost like something else is due to brake now.....but for now WAHOOOOOOO victory  17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 the vw went for its venture out of town last night. it went to raglan and back via the long way home.didnt miss a beat!!! ran like a camp.and the gavel rough as hell road on the way home didnt rattle anything loose that i know of yetbut back to square one. we dont have any tail lights now haha.so time to find out the problem there and try raise it back up for a wof.ah also my rear air shocks have holes in them from bolts rubbing on them. so il order some more and get some nice dome headed bolts flip them threw the other way and be away luaghing hopefully.thats that.here is a pic from but fuck know where late and night on a gravel road and the moonoh and proof i made it to raglan 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 im soooooooo ready for saturday 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 64valiant Posted January 12, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2016 kk i painted my rims.........and then stuck my hub caps onkumeu this weekend 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 not much has been happening with this car. i have been using it now and again. had been going really well.i had needed to re bush the drop spindle as it had gone egg shape. so i had done that and while that was out my mate joel the jew wanted to steel my shape of my extended shock towers. so we ended up making 4 new longer ones so i could go a bit lower than before hand. ended up something like thisi think a full tank of gas and i think itl lay frame.drove it out side like this and my god it caught on a lot of things and i have 0 steering like this also.i had realized i had a bit of space in the rear so i ordered some wider barrels about 6 weeks ago also. they arrived last week some time8s this time round.i was speaking to a mate the other day about upholstery and he said he wanted his truck done and i said i wanted my floors raised...... so we now are getting what we both want. will probably drop the vw out there tomorrow while he is on night shift and let him go to town on it. some are probably asking what you mean raising your floor? well like this where you can see the ground well the floor drops down about 2 inches and catches on everything. so going to make it a flat pan.should make the life of low a bit easier 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 sooooo i brought this the other day......went for a drive to gizzy to pick it up. he had heaps of other peaces of rust on his lawnsadly all in the same state of my one i just brought.kinda brought it to do a mock up and see if we can make things like this worktalking to the simon at get low customs about it and said that would be the best and most legit way.went around to talk about upholstery on a car we are both working on and 2 hours later i left withand a bit of a deal with one of his own cars hes doing up.this should be fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 time for a new page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 any time soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 maybe now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 ok i really give up please be soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 ok getting close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 this must be the last one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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