Guest rookie Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 I picked up this fella from a swapmeet about a year and a half ago.. I was looking for a sweet VW but not sure what and landed this unexpectedly one weekend. The car was solid, but the look wasn't quite right.. the suspension set up was all wrong and there was a weird primer paint thing going on.... But generally it was good, and had a solid 1600 engine, so I snapped it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rookie Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 so I started getting a few bits and bobs sorted... bought some pop out windows, new rego plates, and got the ride height set-up properly. It was on it's way to getting to where I wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rookie Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 next I wanted to sort the paint out. The red primer patches had to go, and I wanted to do something a bit different as well. I knew checkers would be involved, but I wasn't totally sure what to do with them. I considered a checkerboard on the roof, but that had been done before, so wisely I settled for the flash trim area on the side. On top of that I asked the sign writer to do me some crazy pinstriping because I love the hot rod style, so he happily obliged.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rookie Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 .... and as of last week I have the car running on new wheels. I've been wanting to get rid of the steels for a while, but never known what to replace them with so I got these over from Japan. I had to get some smaller tyres up front to clear the guards.. so now running Continental 145 profile Smart ForTwo front tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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