RE: The Nasty Fasty VW progress - 2

#16 by DeeCee , Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:15 pm

Zitat von Dragsters for Life
i dropped your tinware off yesterday mate

Thanks mate, I owe you one & really appreciate you doing that.

Had a good clean up today in the shed, getting ready for the engine coming back and cleaning up the oil bath air cleaner to re paint. Was too fiddly to strip to powder because of the plastic and hair in the element so will hit with hi temp VHT and should match in OK with the powder. Degreased a bit of the engine bay/boot and found a wires that needs some love so will make up a few when I get some correct gauge tomorrow.

#17 by Dragsters for Life , Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:24 pm

summer rollin dave?

#18 by DeeCee , Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:21 pm

Fingers crossed well be slowriding the streets by November $$$ permitting.

#19 by Dragsters for Life , Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:49 pm

maybe day of the vw? its nov the 6th, if not you up for a weekend run when chrissos is sorted? i know you are dont know why i asked

#20 by DeeCee , Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:26 pm

Got a special delivery today from South Africa! Guess what I'm doing this weekend.........................

#21 by Dragsters for Life , Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:20 am

looks good dave

#22 by Chrisso , Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:21 am

tell me more about this Dave?

#23 by DeeCee , Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:14 pm

Dash is a ABS style plastic skin, looks like a flop mould vacuum form type one and is about 4mm thick. I have been fitting it up today but it does take alot of trimming and drilling but that's cool. It feels a little short on the passenger side and lining all the gauges and grab handle up was proving impossible until I busted out the heat gun! Got it close but found more trimming required around a vent so will attack again tomorrow. Need some new globes too for the gauges so will do some shopping tomorrow as I don't want to remove these again anytime soon. All up it's not perfect but will be 100% better than no dash at all.

#24 by DeeCee , Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:18 pm

Two days later.....

#25 by Dragsters for Life , Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:26 pm

looks good dave, no air vent grill on the top in the centre?

#26 by DeeCee , Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:33 pm

That's a speaker grill and the weak point in the dash so the guy who made it deleted them unless you want speaker holes then its drill time. The older dashes just had holes & no grill like yours.

#27 by DeeCee , Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:36 pm

Here's a nude shot of what lies beneath......

#28 by DeeCee , Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:00 pm

Did some stripping in the backyard and set up the paint shop ;)
Thanks to the wife for the lovely action shot.....

#29 by Reema , Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:35 pm

sweeet

#30 by Dragsters for Life , Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:06 am

very cool dave and cracking along, ill drag ya gear down to geelong on sunday (hoping you will be at revolks) if not ill post em

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