72 bug had a little tickle from the stick

griff wrote:

mand has two cushions on back seat of her bug, for her to sit on when she drives it

Frizz has a big cushion in the white bug cos the seat base's are fooked.. Makes me laugh....

Not got much done on this but the rear height is now set..
I've pulled the loom out of my bug and i'm half way through putting it in Frizz's... Wing beading has been coiled up for years and slightly miss shaped so i've got that in place to straighten it out a bit before final fit up..



Got to sort some dynamat before the insides can be started.. Probably gonna get it from the states i think..

Oh and it now needs rear shocks cos they're bolted to the front of my bus

thecrewkid wrote:

Not got much done on this but the rear height is now set..
I've pulled the loom out of my bug and i'm half way through putting it in Frizz's... Wing beading has been coiled up for years and slightly miss shaped so i've got that in place to straighten it out a bit before final fit up..

Got to sort some dynamat before the insides can be started.. Probably gonna get it from the states i think..

One word dude ...................PICS

Dude you new puter must be playing up cos theres a pic there

How much did you narrow the front beam by Rich?

Only wondering if you had to take off steering stops or how you got round the problem

Got an MOT due on mine and it's got no steering stops so will be technically a fail

Hey Mark hows the family???

As for the beam i didn't do it i bought it as is... I think it was a 3" it def isn't any more then that.. And i'm still running the steering stops but did have to modify the arm that bolts to the box and track rod arms..

Family's good thanks Rich.

I think the arm on mine got cut back for clearance, hence no stops. I'll have to check and see if I can come up with a solution. Either that or distract the MOT tester

try the 'oooooh, but look how shiny this bit is!!!!" line

No stops should be to much of a problem as long as the wheels don't hit anything.... Should it..... My oval had no stops and that didn't fail....

thecrewkid wrote:

No stops should be to much of a problem as long as the wheels don't hit anything.... Should it..... My oval had no stops and that didn't fail....

Did the wheels hit anything with the oval? I think the K & L beams are a bit different from the ball joint beams.

The tyres on mine rub the inner arches on full lock. It's passed before at an MOT station up in Cheshire. I guess it depends on where you take it...

Minty hasn't got her stops but I havent put her thru an MOT yet so who knows. Nothing rubs on her but she has got skinny tyres on the front.

xxxx

mine are hacked and 3 mots later, nothing said

1584cc wrote:

Did the wheels hit anything with the oval?

I'm pretty sure they didn't hit anything buddy..

Got abit more of the wiring done...
And realised that the hole for the N/S rear light wiring on the inner wing is ummmmm not there
Fitted the bonnet seal..
And fooked about with the bonnet catch..

Slow progress at the mo..

Very very slow going

Ummm the headliner is goning up slowly, the wiring has had a little tickle..

And I pickED up a stock style Stainless exhaust for it as well cheers Tan


4 weeks.......CTTP......... She's never gonna be finished in time...

4 weeks is plenty of time at the speed you work.Don't forget if you need a hand i'm just down the road.

Long time no work...

Well i started doing the headliner in it a couple weeks back and this is as far as i got..

The N/S all repaded with new foam ect.. Then clamped and glued in place with the good old bulldog clips.. As you can see the rear pillar is looking a bit dodgy bit i'm hoping once the windows go in and then i apply some heat it should shrink it back a little..









The O/S is done the same as the N/S but only have 1 pic of that..




Things have now been put back on hold again..

wow that looks amazing! in regards to the bump stops, you chopped mine off! haha, but the tester called up the hq and they said thats fine as long as the suspension is working, 2 mot's later no probs.

Just collected a pair of front seats from Scoops cheers dude.. They do the trick lovely untill i get my interior from Tan.

And finally started to get to work on the front beam to get it finished and back in.. Should be back rolling next week..

Then it's just..

Finish the headliner.
Sort and fit new sound deadening.
Fit interior.
Welding some new seat runners.
Make door cards.
Finish the wiring loom.
Rebuild rear brakes.
Bleed all brakes.
Set tracking.
Prep and paint the tinware.
Refit tin.
Fit engine.
Fit chrome trim.
Fit running boards.
Sort some door rubbers.
Fit all windows and chrome trim.
Fit new rear shocks.
Fit bumpers.
Fit wings and wing beading.
Fit new lights and indicators.


I think thats about it really.. Then MOT time..

Looking Fab... Just a few little bits then mate be worth it in the end tho beone nice bug when done i recon

Those seats are gert lush...

Cheers peeps

If i pull my finger out she'll be on the road in 2 weeks...
BUT can i be fooked to do it??????????












No not really..

thecrewkid wrote:

Just collected a pair of front seats from Scoops cheers dude.. They do the trick lovely untill i get my interior from Tan.

are they going in frizzis hack

bug looking awesome dude