Kübelwagen fibreglass replica

vintagemx0 · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject:

Hi Mircea,

Looking good. That looks like the same transmission & RGB setup I went with. My tires are 29.5 inches in diameter and I can cruise happily along at about 50 mph (80 kph). Yes, it will be slow, but the torque will be inversely proportional.

Make sure you torque the rear axles at about 250 ft-lb, and re-check after the first 100 or 200 km. (Mine loosened...) If not fully torqued, the reduction boxes WILL leak.

Keep up the excellent work and keep the photos coming!

Ken
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mircea cotiga · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:48 am Post subject:

Hi Ken

I think there are not...In yours early pictures, I sow, and you said that you buy a bus(t1) rear transmission and reduction boxes.
In my case, after some measurements I had seen that the distances between the blades and the places where i could weld the triangles that keep the blades is not the same.
the difference are 1.5 cm in each side. I think is not so wrong. The plates do that are set to do! I think, that swing axels I have are from a 181.
I don't know for shure.
Here is the pic to see what I 'm saying !

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Sorry I don't understand why the reduction boxes WILL leak?

P.S. O k finally I understood...I put two more pictures to see what is in my yard Laughing

al-staire · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject:

Wow , fastback, KG, T2 , beetle ...and who knows what else you're hiding there Shocked

! Sure would like to visit your backyard Very Happy

.
-Al

vintagemx0 · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

Hello Mircea!

Perhaps I was wrong calling my transmission a T1? My transmission was from a Beetle, and my reduction gear boxes (RGB) and axles were from a 1960 bus.

I had the same issue with the width. I seperated my axle tubes from the RGB housing and cut the housing approximately 1 inch (25 mm). It wasn't very easy - You need to drive out the retaining pin and then press the tube out. Then make your cut, and press the tube back in (perfectly aligned) and drive the retaining pin back in. It takes a lot of pressure to press the axle tube out!

Here are some photos to help "see" what I'm talking about.

My suggestion for you would be to remove the torsion springs and see how well the swingarm arcs. If you feel OK about it, it would probably be OK.

Ken
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mircea cotiga · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject:

...my mistake Ken,
again my English language...gear box and RGB and swing axels I call transmission and here an early bus we call t1.

For sure you are more determinate then me...I m a lazy one.
I thought myself to this solution but iiiiih... Laughing

Now I see that you give more strength and are better then mine.

Al, from whewre are you?

al-staire · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:25 am Post subject:

Hey Mircea , well, not so far from were you reside : Brasov.
P.S. I don't think you're that lazy judging from the pics ; changing the tires on my beetle took me almost a month LOL !
- Al

mircea cotiga · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

The winter is here...I had to decide what color to use to paint the rims...sand yellow - 1002(RAL) Sad

...Is a replica anyway !

vintagemx0 · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject:

Looks good to me Mircea, and you are NOT lazy. That's a huge project you're doing.

Ken
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mircea cotiga · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:28 am Post subject:

I am Lazy alright..."see" what I' m saying? Laughing

and...

eurodub · Samba Member Joined: August 05, 2007 Posts: 1321

ok, so that eveyone reading this thread knows... Mircea is indeed a lazy man... needs a slave to cut up and clean the fish, get the grill ready, cook the steaks, and then after a god healthy meal and some cold beers he goes to sleep. and does this almost every day. i am forced to work alone, or if possible to sleep in one of the parked beetles until he wakes up. and imagine yourself sleeping in a ragtop car and hear a 10kg cat playing on the canvas.. he has 4 cats and all are fat and lazy just like he is. Razz

as i am typing this his status is "nani" .. that means "sleep" .
Laughing

he posts here some pictures that everyone thinks he's doing stuff... but don't let this man deceive you... Very Happy

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Hebster52 · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:21 am Post subject:

vintagemx0 · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject:

Those wheels look very good Mircea. Keep up the good work - any updates? I know it's winter, but what are your plans/ schedule ?

eurodub: Too funny! Laughing

I assume you know Mircea well...

Hebster, I only cut the casting on the RGB housing, so the axle and axle tube are unchanged in length. I used the bus axles and tubes...

Ken
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Hebster52 · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:17 am Post subject:

Ah, now I get it. Just so the housing clearances from the springplates. Wink

Looks very much like Barndoor axles now. Wink

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mircea cotiga · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

I was in the mountains last weekend, the snow was there but I saw no Kubelwagen... Sad

may be next year.

Ok, back to work.

drscope · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:23 am Post subject:

Some people just make the rest of us look bad!
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mircea cotiga · Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:55 am Post subject:

...fill more, some control color and sanding...

Merry Christmas to all of you!

vintagemx0 · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject:

Mircea! Is it too cold for the fiber glass to work?

Hey eurodub, wake Mircea up!

Wink

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eurodub · Samba Member Joined: August 05, 2007 Posts: 1321

he ate too much on the New Years Eve night, and now is recovering... you know that too much steaks and booze can slow a man down... Laughing

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vintagemx0 · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:02 pm Post subject:

Piss that 10kg cat off, then throw it in his bed. That should at least make him move-around a little

Razz

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eurodub · Samba Member Joined: August 05, 2007 Posts: 1321

the cat is useless.. because it's hard to awake the monster in it.. believe me, i tried hard and no luck Confused

But don't worry, seriously Mircea is there at 7.30-8.00 each morning drinking the coffee, fixing things.

At this moment he's probably thinking of a funny reply in this thread... maybe with a picture or two... Laughing

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