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Good shit man, that must feel so good. Top job.

spent the last wee while sorting out the rear fenders, they all seem to crack at the bottom. Still running the 60's lights of now, the blue fender is a nice og panel to replace the shitty brazilian one I had. the other one may be a 50's fender as it has all those pressing in the bolt flange between the holes. In any case neither tail lights where even or flat, so after I finished fixing up the cracks yesterday. using the blue one as a template, I has some homebrew dutch courage and drilled some new holes for the right hand light. it doesn't look much, but it was sitting 25mm higher as well as being on the piss.

faaark yes! can't believe the work you've done to this thing man, put me to shame! ready for summer, whoo who!

found this last night on the u-tubes https://flyermotorwerks.com/

super sweet, and well sorted, unlike many other kitcars that are put together with good intentions and bugger all else.

rough price?

I may have to steal that idea off you.

absolutely love this build man, fucking well done! that paint is baked to perfection.

nah, speedo runs off the front wheel, you must have still been moving, a bug will only do 70mph and if it's built like the factory did it should do that all day, them tiny carbs are the limit, will not over rev. maybe spun a bearing?

dude, what you do to these motors man?

nice car, love the colour, is the paint factory?

Is it a manual? My folks had a Tx5, flash back!

So must be time for a update, feels like I've been doing more planning than working, which is important I guess. The drivers side front fender needed a bit of finishing off, there were a bunch of pinholes from rust that must have happened decades ago. so I set about welding them up, this can be a frustrating job as what looks like a tiny hole is actually the lowest point in a rust pit, which blows out as soon as any heat gets near it. but by keeping the wire longer than normal at the tip of the welder, it makes a little less heat or current and you can just about poo up anything! there was also a few holes in the rear of the fender where I had spliced in the other fender. and I managed to remove the headlight bucket as I had noticed a lot of pinholes that had rotted though the fender under where the rubber headlight seal sits against fender. I was going to try welding these up with the bucket in place but I could also see rust swelling in the lap between bucket and the fender. lots-a-surface-rusty! and the bucket it's self needed a couple repairs. more pinholes and someone butchered the wire tubes which I don't need anyway. and the fender lip pinholes. and I had a play with some spray guns. I also spend a Friday afternoon pushing this dirty thing out onto the grass, sprayed 1.5 cans of repco's finest (cheapest) degreaser about and then got the bloody thing wet for the first time in seven years! and removed this retarded as fuck brake line, and the other not retarded ones as all my brake fluid became invisible years back. also removed the shady fuel line, that front clamp is the only thing that held it to the car, except for the hoses at each end I guess. Look how wobbly the bloody thing is! a rather cathartic afternoon. and then I pushed it back in the shed, at which point a mate wondered over with a beer and it was tools down.

yeah that only looks a million times better! nice work.

Thank you gentlemen, 4th time I've taken it apart and I found a bunch of shit being held in place by a small piece of wire. Blast time!

This is relevant to my OCD.

Is that the needle thing under the tigger? Cheers.

Hey guys, go a wee problem with my supercheap sandblaster, it must have a leak somewhere, when you pull the trigger it starts blasting but quickly is just air coming out no media. Nothing seems blocked, I even took the media pick up hose off, filled up a small pot of sand and stuck the gun directly in, still the same. Any thoughts before I chuck it out and buy another?

Fuck yes, nice car man. Glad you stuck at it, I'm sure you are not the first to screwed by Cowboys who promise the world.

spotted this at Motat yesterday, is it the same as yours?

And they really are great little cars, a friend of mine has always had one and has got it really sorted now, so much fun.

Great results in the hill climb. Sweet wee viva.

fuck yes. more pics please, carpet etc..

Just wondering, we can't narrow/widen alloy wheels/mags in this country can we?

yes, pics of slamage on nice rims please!