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Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:11 am

DirtGhost wrote:

it is coming out nice but this worries me. i would hang it off roading as well as on roading on. maybe some kind of protective channel that could bolt over the tubing.

Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:15 am

That is the next thing I am working on. Aluminum cover.

Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:05 pm

i made a protective covering for my brake lines that i am running under the floor. i used a piece of angle iron almost the length of my buggy. its probably not the best looking thing but i do plan to take my rail off road and i think that it will serve its purpose. i welded tabs onto the angle iron and it bolts up to the bottom using the bolts that hold the floor pans down.

you can kinda see what im talking about its in the bottom left. but you can see the bolts that hold it up. ill try to get a better picture of it when i get a free minute.

Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:15 pm

Just another opinion here, but I think i would have routed the brake lines on top myself and I probably would have stuck with steel lines, I just don't trust that plastic stuff that much, and having brake lines or anything safety related like that under the floor of an off road car just scares me.... I regularly scrape the bottom of my rail on rocks and brush when I'm out playing in the hills, which is why I prefer to have everything above the floor as much as I can. If you were to look at the bottom of my buggy you would see that theres nothing that hangs down thats safety related, just a few bolts stick out here and there is all.
I totally understand your reasoning behind putting the lines under the floor ( it looks cleaner that way) but to me having it underneath like that is just asking for trouble unless their very well protected (which it sounds like your doing), but hey to each his own. Personally if I were using the plastic stuff I would have ran the tubing inside of another tube either on top or underneath like you have it (top side would be my first choice) that way its well protected and theres no chance of snagging them on anything.
Very nice buggy by the way.

Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:43 am

I understand for safety. This car will never see the off road. just is not that many places around here to see that type of action. I really do not like the thought in building this car and mud all over it either. I built this car to show off some of the things I manufacture. I have always wanted a rail for street . Now I have it. I am going to cover the tubes also anyhow.

Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:03 pm

Well the weekend did not go as planned. But today got all the end caps drilled and installed the groments for the tail lights . Installed the air cleaner aswell.

Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:46 pm

They had to come next. The spiders are coming.

This is the spider around the battery cutoff switch. Polished stainless steel.

Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:29 pm

Getting the rear done.

One seat in

All tail lights on coil mount on

Sure does look funny with engine in it after 3 year out

These old chrome wheels came out good

Today would not had been possible without my little helper

Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:38 pm

sure is looking SHARP :shock: i like it, i like it alot!

Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:46 pm

Y thank you thank you very much !

Wed May 18, 2011 8:25 pm

Getting the wiring done....

Gas tank is in

Just a little more time. I will have it all done.
If you live close enough you can come see this in person at the VW show may 22 2011 at Piedmont Drag way in Greensboro NC

Wed May 18, 2011 11:22 pm

Quote: Just a little more time. I will have it all done.
If you live close enough you can come see this in person at the VW show may 22 2011 at Piedmont Drag way in Greensboro NC

I will be there to see it this weekend!

Sun May 22, 2011 4:03 pm

Got to see it in person!

No offense, but it looks better in person than the pictures in the thread. Out in the daylight, being able to take it all in from every angle, it is one super nice rail.

Job well done.

Mon May 23, 2011 8:55 pm

Thank you very much. Thank you all for watching this build. I have not finished it yet but it is well on its way. I took second place in the unfinished class at a VW show here on the east coast. I want to say thank you all for your suggestions along the way.

Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:54 pm

Thats an amazing build. Tons of progress.

It looks great

8)

Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:53 pm

Thanks

Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:38 pm

where did you buy that wire loom? i saw some a while back and cant remember where.

Sat Jun 04, 2011 2:59 am

I got the loom HERE

You can pick any color you want . They sent the wrong color to start with. Emailed the sales lady she had the correct color here within 1 day. Super nice people to deal with.

Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:25 am

One step at a time , I am going to get this finished soon. Ordered the Serpentine belt system from

Love the web site.

Got the foot rest in with more web washers under the pan which I did not get pictures of .

Forgot to order the .375 spacer I will need for the carburetor but this is partly what it will look like .

It is just the way I took the photo . No!!!! it does not set like this

Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:50 am

that thing is coming together nicely!! what kind of pedals are those? they look very nice!