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  1. 64valiant
    Yeah I know a lot of people who register fresh trailers as cars and then put personalised plates on them..... I can still put it on the vehicle I tow the trailer with.
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    Oh man that is so brilliant! I so badly need it. But I have this slight problem of my wife... If you guys can convince @Mrs 64valiant I will buy it.
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    Today's events went really well. Had @Geophy and @flyingbrick over today help out. Pretty excited about the following weeks. Ah yes we have an Instagram page for Greg's ice-creams now as well. this is for the people who cant view Instagram or also don't have it.
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    It's the little things like this that make the difference to this food trailer. Not just a traditional caravan shape but style as well. I payed a visit to Boss Powdercoating and dropped my rims off to get cleaned up. Once they were done i headed to The Bling Company and had my white wall tyres fitted. The before and after is unbelievably good. Before after shot ow @Geophy
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    So as we know beach hop is coming again this year, dates are Wednesday, 27 March and ends on Sunday, 31 March. Who is coming along this year? What are you taking and when are you going to get there? bonus points if you can spot me in this old photo. ONLY 41 DAYS TO GO
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    Oh shit yeah. Main hoops all done. Had to cut about 250mm out of the height but fuck yeah. This is the two hoops welded together, ready for some structure.
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    Pretty excited. Had the beetle running and let it do its own thing for a solid 30mins just sitting in the shop. No water trying to escape and make a mess in my shop, no oil leaks, nothing out of the ordinary and the oil cooler is good and the radiator is working well. Old mate matt said "all we need to do is get it starting when hot" and then it started up easy as normal start up. Fucken so happy! Such a good feeling.
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    oh hello. long time no posting we finally got the profile of the caravan cnc bent. borrowed old bad pennys work horse to get it done. pretty excited about the weeks to come now. just need reunion to be over with and get this thing rolling again. EXCITED!
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    FUCK YEAH!!!!
  10. 64valiant
    you guys ever seen in side a fucked vw starter motor? the metal cogs have eaten the plastic cog up and then allowed play in the housing which then aloud play out at the bush end which has in result fucked my bush as well. great. only put this starter in the bloody car less than 4 months ago. has done maybe 12 start ups
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    got the beetle started up last night. pretty happy with it all. but taken a few little steps backwards but shes still pretty darn good.
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    @Anderson safari man you guys have made a huge dent in getting this thing done. glad it has gone to some one like you guys to get it done. fucken ace work!! makes me happy to see it happening
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    ahhh so reunion is just around the corner so i thought id better do something with my car. - Oil cooler - Fix front seal - Get new water pump housing - New water pump outlet - Cut front of beetle up more - Nut and bolt check - Polish and clean - Finish Upholstery off - Put door handles and window winders on (not just hot glue ya egg) - Make passengers door open easy - Make radiator better - Buy gas - Do some braps so went to do the front seal. yeah that will be easy right. went and visited pat and gav at hpr and came home with this lot so removed the seal and rang a guy to ask about timing and what not as i had the front pulley off and well yea im able to put it on at all sorts of angles and he said what ever you do dont do anything i will be in the afternoon. turns out when you take the pulley off the chances of the bearings dropping are high unless you have your foot on the clutch. well yeah we didnt do that off with the front housing oh hello bearing i see you have dropped off. there is ment to be another little thrust tube in there but had removed it already at this point. it was at this stage i had to shoot to the drs and my worker and old mate matt worked on the beetle and i came back to this all back together and matt has timed it up as well. we put a helicoil in the far end of the water pump as well for alternator to bolt to. this is where my last water pump housing was cracked and was leaking. also painted them to look all nice and match the engine. now im on the hunt for a polishing bit for my drill so i don't have to hand polish everything since it hasn't been done for two years since the beetle got built. note you can see where i did polish and where i haven't polished. hopefully hear from Tim at old TTT engineering saying that he has welded up my pipe and i can come get it so i can start this thing up this weekend.
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    i sold this and told them to sign up to oldschool and take over the thread. its been a while but i just got a phone call to say the wagon is in a million parts and full steam ahead. the new owners are @Anderson safari. sounds like they are making good progress
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    I guess if your curb hopping you might have problems. But seems the guy racing it off road wouldn't want it there if it was going to be a problem so seems like a good idea if your only focusing on a expansion chamber.
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    Here is something to aspire to.
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    Hell yeah these can look rad as hell. Definitely looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
  18. 64valiant
    day 5 welded the main floor to the chassis also welded the top side of my spring holders and welded the jokey wheel on as well i went a cnc pipe bender place to get a quote on how much it would cost to have my hoops bent up. they came back at 100 bucks for both sides with me supplying the steel. i then realized i had thick steel so have asked for a price with them supplying it and also sent a better profile of the caravan hoop. so now just waiting for a price so i can go ahead with that
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    do you even scooter long distances?
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    Looking at Feb the 9th. Will confirm with @Mrs 64valiant to just make sure I'm not booking plans on top of others and get some more photos and information sorted.
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    Another cool thing from @flyingbrick
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    day four. i had cut these lengths last night but i came in and laid them out on the floor, draw some straight line on the floor and then tacked these cross bars so they wouldn't move i had a left over length and it was going to be pretty good for the front part of the draw bar so i cut another one. measured between the front and drew a long line square up the front which i then made my two draw bar section go out to. cut the angle i needed and cleaned it up ready for welding welding some more welding, but this time the back brace welded one of the spring things backwards as @Shakotom pointed out when he arrived so well yea cut that off and put it on the correct way and proceed to do the other side i didn't quite have the drill side i needed so i used @Beavers favorite tool of my shop, the step trill followed up with the dremel as the step drill wasn't quite long enough. assembled most of it and made it roll!!!!!!! put the floor on it! here i am happy as that i had made this so far and its gone pretty darn well also @flyingbrick drew this up while he was at my place while i was working fuck yes
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    or we could add another 30kms and go to lime works loop again for a swim
  24. 64valiant
    Raglan pub for lunch?
  25. 64valiant
    how about a shorter ride this year? a lot more gravel roads as well
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