Ruby the 1303 ongoing resto!

Impy Mcdub wrote:

Brakes.....95%

Thats 90% better then most dubs then

Can't wait to see the old girl on the road..

spennyp wrote:

dude you want to collect that cylinder before the mid week??

dude, is it off the car.....if so can you bring it to the mid monther? (providing you are comin next week)

i will get the rod back together for the end of the month meet and maybe we could have a little 1641 challenge on the dual carrageway

lowriderbug wrote:

i will get the rod back together for the end of the month meet and maybe we could have a little 1641 challenge on the dual carrageway

yeh right, the 1303 being like the heaviest saloon version of the beetle ever produced & my homebrew SP1641 motor.

Versus your TP1641 in a lightened rod!

Ah f*ck it, lets do it......big boys rules mind, we break em'...we fix em!

race on

Mr Scoops wrote:

Quite! just kick their arses scoops!!

Whats left to do impy much or very little be good to see you in a dub as ive never before

dubberatlast wrote:

Whats left to do impy much or very little be good to see you in a dub as ive never before

didnt you see me in my missus golf cabbie??

Lotta lil' bits........most of my prob is lack of dosh (hence all the wheeler dealin!)........thanks again for that tyre dude BTW

The end is in sight cliffmondo, a helping hand only a call away remember.

vwbeetlebum wrote:

, a helping hand only a call away remember.

Yep...............god bless the AA!!

only joshin ya mate.....mucho gratitude

well, here goes.....

Ta da my freshen up rebuild 1641 single porter!

No frills & 2 bits of cheap chrome (out of neccessity cos' chrome dont get you home!)

no tarting, back in tommorow so please pray it runs ok!



PS excuse the state of the garage

looking good, so is it a 1641cc?!?!?

Phwoar, fingers crossed bud!

soapbox wrote:

looking good, so is it a 1641cc?!?!?

yep!
pulled it out thinking it was a 1300cc, cleaned off the crud on the engine number & found out it was a 1500.

Broke it down, new bearings, full gasket set, new mahle 1641 barrels n pistons added, cleaned it up..................ready to roll....hopefully!

Was done on the cheap as a stop-gap cos i want a 1776/1914 by the end of the year but there just aint the cash right now, so if it goes pop i aint gonna cry

Impy Mcdub wrote:

PS excuse the state of the garage

Bloody hell Cliff, I thought my garage was a mess, is that a homeless dude asleep behind the engine??

yeh, his names joe & he gives me £10 a week to kip in a rolled up carpet!!



Usually not this bad but had bits of bug everywhere so aint no point tidying up till the engine/interiors in.

that compared to mine is well tidy......fair play dude I have my fingers crossed yhat it runs O.K ,keep us posted as i was wondering how thing's were going

well, the engines in, engine bay cleaned up n repainted 1st (not sure bout the silver?)

did it on my own again but took considerably longer than the half hour it took to get it out........try 3 times that!

Havent run it yet cos the dark outran me before i wired it up & its brass monkey cold out there



also got no exhaust on till tomorrow cos the econopack needs a lil fettling to fit properly

hope to run it up tomorrow guys

nice one dude hope yours goes smoother than mine

nomates wrote:

that compared to mine is well tidy......fair play dude I have my fingers crossed yhat it runs O.K ,keep us posted as i was wondering how thing's were going

Your garage is super tidy dude, I should know, I did it!

Looking good Impy, not sure about the silver, I think it is growing on me but I am not convinced

Looking good Cliff

Nice one first one out and in glad you got on ok buddy.. Hope her Ruby arse fires up alright as well

Hope she fires bud, fingers and thumbs crossed. I like that silver engine bay, I wasnt sure at first, but it does look good.

I quite like your silver firewall, a nice contrast to the red.....