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halte_ginger
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 Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:40 pm Post subject: 1971 Beetle restore. My first VW |
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julrich366
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Pictures, or none of us will believe you have a VW!
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet. I am not in the fat chick threads often, but for you, i will watch it 
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Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW
"You are hearing the fabled 'Fweem'. Distinctive sound created by the stock muffler and 'pea-shooter' tailpipes. REAL VWs have it. Impostors crave it. With enough fweem, women will want to be with you; men will want to be you. Hell, with enough fweem, you could kick Chuck Norris' ass." |
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halte_ginger
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:14 pm Post subject: The Beginning |
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[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00101.jpg?t=1335668144[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00100.jpg?t=1335668142[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00098.jpg?t=1335668136[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00097.jpg?t=1335668131[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00095.jpg?t=1335668127[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00093.jpg?t=1335668121[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00092.jpg?t=1335668121[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00091.jpg?t=1335668115[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00106.jpg?t=1335668108[/img][/img] |
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halte_ginger
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: The Beginning |
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| halte_ginger wrote: |
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00101.jpg?t=1335668144[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00100.jpg?t=1335668142[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00098.jpg?t=1335668136[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00097.jpg?t=1335668131[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00095.jpg?t=1335668127[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00093.jpg?t=1335668121[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00092.jpg?t=1335668121[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00091.jpg?t=1335668115[/img]
[img]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg619/Zach_Halte/Tacoma-20120428-00106.jpg?t=1335668108[/img][/img] |
Can Someone let me Know why tehse images arent working? |
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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dude. put spaces inbetween them.
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Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW
"You are hearing the fabled 'Fweem'. Distinctive sound created by the stock muffler and 'pea-shooter' tailpipes. REAL VWs have it. Impostors crave it. With enough fweem, women will want to be with you; men will want to be you. Hell, with enough fweem, you could kick Chuck Norris' ass." |
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brokenarrow
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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It's not the lack of spaces that is causing that.... don't know what it is 'cause the links are good... it's just not working. Too deeply embedded in photobucket subalbums perhaps.
halte_ginger; try posting your pictures on the forum gallery... it'll work better that way. |
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Joel
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:55 am Post subject: |
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you just need to delete all the ?t=1335668XXX out of the code.
But cos I'm feeling nice tonight....
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halte_ginger
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Joel thank you so much. And I got the brake lights working today |
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| halte_ginger wrote: | | Joel thank you so much. And I got the brake lights working today |
Is this thing restored yet or what?
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Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW
"You are hearing the fabled 'Fweem'. Distinctive sound created by the stock muffler and 'pea-shooter' tailpipes. REAL VWs have it. Impostors crave it. With enough fweem, women will want to be with you; men will want to be you. Hell, with enough fweem, you could kick Chuck Norris' ass." |
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halte_ginger
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| webberjames95 wrote: | | halte_ginger wrote: | | Joel thank you so much. And I got the brake lights working today |
Is this thing restored yet or what? |
Lolz |
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webberjames95
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| halte_ginger wrote: | | webberjames95 wrote: | | halte_ginger wrote: | | Joel thank you so much. And I got the brake lights working today |
Is this thing restored yet or what? |
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Dude! Buy that tan interior off Robby.. it would look sweet in a green bug. looks nice to me.
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Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW
"You are hearing the fabled 'Fweem'. Distinctive sound created by the stock muffler and 'pea-shooter' tailpipes. REAL VWs have it. Impostors crave it. With enough fweem, women will want to be with you; men will want to be you. Hell, with enough fweem, you could kick Chuck Norris' ass." |
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VeedubPastor
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| webberjames95 wrote: | | Dude! Buy that tan interior off Robby.. it would look sweet in a green bug. looks nice to me. |
Agreed!
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1971 Super Beetle - Daily Driver
Solex H30/31 & 034 distributor (yeah, I know)
Stock thermostat & flaps
Stock air cleaner and emissions equipment |
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brokenarrow
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| VeedubPastor wrote: |
Agreed!
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Nice seats.. I like those tones very much... Wonder how well that would go with a royal blue ext. |
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halte_ginger
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Rear wheel wobbled, found out that the guy who had it before me had the tire pumped to about 70 or more PSI! Brought it back down to around 35 |
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Derek Cobb
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| halte_ginger wrote: | | Rear wheel wobbled, found out that the guy who had it before me had the tire pumped to about 70 or more PSI! Brought it back down to around 35 |
You'll like it even better if you let it down around 25 PSI. |
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candymustang66
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:05 am Post subject: |
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many hack shops
go that high pressure , to seat the tire beads (2 times spec, crazy)
then forget (inane) to see the tire pressure to spec.
then under or over torque the lug bolts.
never ever trust them to get those 2 things right, it is your life.
if tires are stock use vw stock pressures
if tires are not stock size, use the tire makers pressure /load tables.
do not run high pressures, or the tire will crown.
if the tire crowns, you loose traction and braking performance. (unsafe )
match pressure to load. and win. |
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75smith
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:37 am Post subject: |
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| candymustang66 wrote: |
many hack shops
go that high pressure , to seat the tire beads (2 times spec, crazy)
then forget (inane) to see the tire pressure to spec.
then under or over torque the lug bolts.
never ever trust them to get those 2 things right, it is your life.
if tires are stock use vw stock pressures
if tires are not stock size, use the tire makers pressure /load tables.
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nobody understands this anymore, which is why I'm lucky my dad and I can mount, change, and balance our own tires
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halte_ginger
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:28 pm Post subject: Update |
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| I have not been able to do much as money has been tight, but I have about 400 dollars coming in soon that will all go into the bug, slowly making progress. I currently have interior panels, just need to aquire some hooks to put them in. Current large project is to find out whats wrong with my brakes and finally solve my "Pedal to the floor problem" |
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halte_ginger
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:58 pm Post subject: Update |
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Gutted the interior, and used POR 15 on the trouble rust areas
Before
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