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Or just fucking bin it completely, I hate messing around with points and stuff. some people hate these as they have had them fail also, but mine was sweet. set and forget.

that man can use a camera. you need a rear bumper for the ol' girl.

shiny!

145/65, on the rear?! fuck that, I got those on the front, but the back. poor little engine would be screaming to do 60mph. I might have a handle some where if you want it?

I saw that on TM, looks cool. Instead of rooting the bonnet, you may have to take a hacksaw to the handle and cut it in half, then you will be able to unscrew the two half's of the handle from the latch inside. low bugs don't like big front tyres, what size is on there?

Very tidy, well done.

haha, was thinking the same thing, doh. I managed to get stuck in 2nd gear once in my 67, had the car fully loaded, 2 mates and plus camping gear, going kenblock in a grassy field for ages. It cooled done and drove sweet for years after that. I would have thought heat to be more of a problem for the engine than the gearbag? what size is this beast? You've got to bring this thing out west man, would love to have a perv.

GIZ FREE BEETLE STUFF!

Right, got this finished up. stuck the dents and air pipe in. goes here camera is on the way out, flash has stopped working. not all that happy with this join, but will be covered by the inner wheel well. this is better ONTO THE NEXT BIT!!!!

nice floors, is that a whole roof?

Tiz a bloody good size, reminds me of a Armish barn raising.

So whats the story with the paint, some kind of promo? I dig it.

and disc brakes, for the love of god man!

Looks bloody brand new! well done, don't go sticking spoilers on it like all these other zipperheads! My Dad had a couple back in the day(new!) the second one was among the first in NZ with windup windows, flash. Was green with a white roof also. He drove it from Invercargill to Hamilton in two days when he move up north.

Nice wee car mate, pretty sure rust was a factory option with fiats? please can the fart can and the spoiler, which looks like the ones on the older square MR2's, maybe? Have always liked these machines!

BOOST! shame about the blow out, what are you doing for a gearbox? I don't imagine a stocker lasting very long?

So is it in NZ yet? when does it land? also, drums? really? looking forward to seeing this on the road.

killing it man, well done.

wow, that things got everything!

Not been able to do much work the last week or so, between writing off family cars and working long hours plus the whole family having the pox, this is all I managed last week. I'll hopefully start welding the main patch in soon, after I suss the heater pipe thing out. chur.

Yeah i think so, the main thing is the number of teeth are different, 6volt=109 teeth. 12volt=130 teeth. so google tells me.

well done, very well done

6 volts ones go REALLY well with 12 running though em' I ran one for ages because the flywheels are different.

haha, you paint a beautiful picture k-trips! the van is looking great Flash, can't want for the next update/installment.

Did some more stuff. was in a bit of a rush when i chopped this out, used a thicker cutting disc than the usual 1mm one, so now I have a whacking great gap to fill, as I'm going to try and repair this mess. I had a look at the cheap repair panels that you can get for the A pillar, they were terrible. And as I'm to tight to spring for the good ones I'll give it a go at fixing the old one. Then I cut some more! I thought long and hard about the best way to go about this, as this bit was ok, but this bit was fucked, anyway seemed to make sense at the time. This is the inner rust trap, part #12679666 what was left of the sill like i said "fucked' replacement makering this lot of metal I got, does not have the zinc coating like the other stuff, at first I thought, sweet now i don't have to sand/wire brush all that stuff off but man, as soon as you touch it it starts rusting! so i had to sand it all down anyway. still a little unfinished as I need to close that wee hole once I make the heater pipe hole, and then i guess i should make a new rust trap? I also sandblasted the inside and outside, managed to get the thread plate thing that the door bolt to, out without breaking the strap the holds it in, . But then I forgot to sandblast said bolt plate thing oh and i repaired the inner A pillar, just the corner was rusted out, did the whole thing, fab,weld,grind, paint, in record time, before the kids movie finished!