Robbie Rocket - New Beetle Cup Car Replica

goo work, starter doesn't look like the most accesible i the world lol

nothing is on a Newbie

Update time!

Took Robbie to his first show since I've had him back today - CTTP. Over the last few weeks I've been trying to make him look presentable... so off to ebay I went and got a load of Satin Black rattle cans for £30 and a set of stripes....













It's not the best job in the world, but it's only temporary until I can afford a resrpay, but I'm happy enough with it. Lots of people today were trying to pick at it to see if it was a wrap at the show today


Really enjoyed being out and about in him again - and he behaved perfectly! You wouldn't be able to tell he'd had nearly 3yrs off!

loved this car today, looked hard as nails

People were physically picking at it thinking it was wrapped???

vwbeetlebum wrote:

loved this car today, looked hard as nails

Cheers!

Mr Scoops wrote:

People were physically picking at it thinking it was wrapped???

Mmm.... they appeared to be looking for where the edge was


I wasn't worried about them scratching my expensive paint job though

Looked as cool as penguin piss on the way into the car park, really impressed!

Looks really tuff! Bloody good work!

amazing work, i thought it looked great at the show

Big_Al wrote:

Looked as cool as penguin piss on the way into the car park, really impressed!

Cheers! I thought he was going to be too fat to fit through the gap at one point.... still getting used to driving him again and having to remember he's 3in wider than Herbie!

clockwork wrote:

Looks really tuff! Bloody good work!

Cheers

baja 69 wrote:

amazing work, i thought it looked great at the show

Thanks

Thanks all

Got the exhaust fitted today - look great and sounds pretty good (for a diesel anyway). I've tried to capture it on a video but the noise of the engine drowns the exhaust out a bit - it sounds much better in real life... especially on start up!

Well done Lucy, that is looking very tidy and really hard.

(you need to update your sig pics )

Cheers Steve

Hmmm good point - I shall make that this weekend's project lol.

Oh my god i havent really been able to come online much recently, and i couldnt make it to Cttp.
This thing looks epic!!! Love it!!! So jealous.... hmmm i wonder what the caddy van would look like satin black......

Everything looks better in satin black. FACT!

THis is a pretty epic project car - I did have a quick peek at cttp

Excellent work Lucy, Robbie looks great, its a credit to all the hard work you have put into it.

Thanks for all the lovely comments!




Time for a pic over load. Gave Robbie and Herbie a bath today, so thought I'd get some nice pics of them together and some decent ones of Robbie.



This is what he looks like at full height front and rear:


Nose down:


Nose up:


I drive him at this height - 60psi front and 40psi rear. It's pretty conservative, but I don't plan on scraping everywhere... pointless being on air otherwise...










How inside is currently looking:


Dual needle air gauge:


Switches:





Both my boys together:






Nose to nose - note the height different between the tops of the bonnets!






Stickers:








Pics of the exhaust:




Small silencer:

I love it!

awesome

Robbie is very un-girls car like for a girls car

Love him though. You should have sat next to him at CTTP and llistened to all the comments he was getting

He matches his un-girl like girl owner

Yeah I wish I had sat next to him for a bit longer - I would have heard more about how he was wrapped!

What are your plans for inside?

Not totally decided yet. Probably more leather and less cream!

So jealous!!

Been building a raised boot floor to give the compressor a bit more breathing room and to hide all the air gubbins.



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