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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Figured we would just toss the wiring harness in...
this gigantic mouse nest had other plans for us. Using a wire hook and about 45 minutes later, it slipped right in
(for size comparison the balled up blue tap is about the size of a baseball)
since it will never be seen i feel the need to show-off the welds for the front air bag bracket - LegendMetalCo.
Rear mount is tacked up. It ended up getting adjusted about 10 degrees after this pic, but it looks the same. The other mount is fab'd up and ready to be put in place. Bags will be here this week for final testing and fit.
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IntrstlarOvrdrve Samba Member
Joined: November 25, 2003 Posts: 209
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:52 am Post subject: |
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That paint tho
What was the product you used in the fenderwells? I really like that, wouldn't mind something similar on my car. _________________ Tennessee, Tennessee, ain't no place I'd rather be |
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:57 am Post subject: |
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IntrstlarOvrdrve wrote: |
That paint tho
What was the product you used in the fenderwells? I really like that, wouldn't mind something similar on my car. |
I can get the company name but the shop said it was a sprayable seam sealer. This painted right over it and then cleared over that too. It's rock hard. I remember them saying it was kind of pricey.. $40 a tube and they ended up using around 10 tubes for the car but they really liked working with it. |
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Was out of town for most of the weekend but I did get a couple hours to get all the dash stuff in
Here is a quick 7 second time lapse.
http://youtu.be/vv9hAQK24Vs
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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Productive weekend, here is a the full time lapse (merged all the previous and this weekend into 1)
http://youtu.be/Qgdyb8JwdWE
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:11 am Post subject: |
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Couple of photos from Legend Metal Co. doing the air ride fabrication
3" drop plates from The.Dub.Lab
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 5:06 am Post subject: |
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got some things test fit. I got the steering wheel, bamboo parcel tray, and door panel in place to see what it would look like.
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roy63 Samba Member
Joined: August 16, 2004 Posts: 1338 Location: Mechanicsville Va.
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:09 am Post subject: |
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Great looking car! _________________ MyBuild http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=571921
Some day when the rust is gone, I will at last found inner peace... (Peace has Been Found)
"Wide awake, and keeping distance from my soul" |
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:20 am Post subject: |
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roy63 wrote: |
Great looking car! |
thanks so much! |
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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My dad made the trip up to my house this weekend to help with some assembly. Here is the time lapse from today - http://youtu.be/rLngwn4ZDNk
He brought one of his ragtop assemblies so we could made sure mine went together correctly.
My car wasn't originally fitted with popouts so it took a little bit of time (measuring 20x) drilling once but got them in.
and also got an update from Legend Metal Co.
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Got word the chassis would be ready for pickup this morning. Lucky for me we got some of the most gnarly rain we've seen in a while. There was little to nothing that would have stopped me from towing it home today, so wet clothes be damned.
We rigged up some lines and fittings to pump up the bags to load it on the trailer. once loaded i aired out and tied her down.
Rear bag setup
Front bag setup
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 6:18 am Post subject: |
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Forgot to update this post
getting the glass in (photos courtesy of situationrad)
Got the body on the new pan
TIME FOR CELEBRATION
Some Interior shots -
I am one of the organizers of the New England Dustoff and gave myself the show deadline to get it done. It made it. My brother and I worked on the car for about 20 straight hours to get it looking complete. The white VW under the bonnet is the air tank for the suspension. It holds about 2 gallons and works pretty flawlessly.
Spent this past Saturday sorting the wiring and got to take the car for its first drive ever. After 7 years I can't really describe how i feel. There are so many people responsible for getting the car to where it is that my thank you list is pretty long.
Here we are getting the motor fired up. The last time we started this motor was about 6 years ago and we used a can of gas and rigged up a starter button just to make sure it turned over. It tooks us about 20 minutes to get it to fire but once the fuel got back to the motor and we made some timing adjustments, she runs great.
http://youtu.be/M0ZvkUyDLT8
I was super excited to get a couple of pictures with my dads car. I had his rubber-wrapped last week and it came out great. (if you aren't familiar with rubber wrap, it's like a platidip that is applied with an airless paint gun)
Here are some other shots from the drive
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Steve. Stinger Specialist
Joined: August 05, 2003 Posts: 1086 Location: Monterey Park, So. Cal
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Looks really good! _________________ '64 Java
'66 Deluxe
Wanted! East LA Atlantic VW license plate frame! |
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Beautiful. _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
Wanted: Art Collins VW (Savannah, Georgia) items - license plate surrounds and other items. Also ivory "AM", "FM" and "SW" buttons for a US Blaupunkt Frankfurt. |
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Steve. wrote: |
Looks really good! |
79SuperVert wrote: |
Beautiful. |
Thanks so much! |
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 5:43 am Post subject: |
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went out early on saturday and got a few pics on the bridge near my house. no traffic and overcast made for an optimal photo session.
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:11 am Post subject: |
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I got married a few weeks ago and since i used the wedding as motivation to get the car done, my photographer got some pretty awesome shots. He sent me a few in advance because the car will be featured in Issue 4 of VolksAmerica and i wanted to use some of his photographs for the article. I also organized an end of the season get together at First Beach in Newport RI. it was our first fall show and we had about 300 cars. enough babble, here are some pics from both events.
Kreativ Studios got some pretty great shots of the cars
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice shots. Nice cars. And nice new wife! _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
Wanted: Art Collins VW (Savannah, Georgia) items - license plate surrounds and other items. Also ivory "AM", "FM" and "SW" buttons for a US Blaupunkt Frankfurt. |
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blakehathaway Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2007 Posts: 115 Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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79SuperVert wrote: |
Very nice shots. Nice cars. And nice new wife! |
Thanks! Im a lucky guy for sure. |
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