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sphipps70
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Hey Blake..this is Steve Phipps.
Your car is looking amazing. I didn't know you were installing air ride in that beauty.
Now that I've seen yours I'm ashamed to go down to my garage and look at mine....she is an ugly duckling compared to your beauty.
I look forward to more progress picks and the final product. |
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blakehathaway
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Joined: June 12, 2007
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
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| sphipps70 wrote: |
Hey Blake..this is Steve Phipps.
Your car is looking amazing. I didn't know you were installing air ride in that beauty.
Now that I've seen yours I'm ashamed to go down to my garage and look at mine....she is an ugly duckling compared to your beauty.
I look forward to more progress picks and the final product. |
Hi Steve, thanks for the kind words. Don't be silly man, your beetle is nothing to be ashamed of. This has been a 7 year / way too many dollars project. |
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lyrikz
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Location: Seattle, WA
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| blakehathaway wrote: |
| sphipps70 wrote: |
Hey Blake..this is Steve Phipps.
Your car is looking amazing. I didn't know you were installing air ride in that beauty.
Now that I've seen yours I'm ashamed to go down to my garage and look at mine....she is an ugly duckling compared to your beauty.
I look forward to more progress picks and the final product. |
Hi Steve, thanks for the kind words. Don't be silly man, your beetle is nothing to be ashamed of. This has been a 7 year / way too many dollars project. |
I really like your air tank. What guage metal is that? |
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blakehathaway
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
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| I really like your air tank. What guage metal is that? |
thanks! its stock square tubing. i think 2x2x1/8. we pressure tested it up to 200psi and this weekend im having a friend use a nitrogen setup so we can see somewhere around 350-400psi. the system will max out around 150, but i want to make sure its tight. |
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blakehathaway
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
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a couple of updates -
popouts are all cleaned up and reassembled
rear seat is done
and the body is going into the paint booth this weekend. The guys are finishing up the final sanding this week.
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blakehathaway
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Spray seam sealer and undercoat was used in the wheel wells, the underside of all 4 fenders, the undercarriage, and i had them do the spare tire well
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blakehathaway
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
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in process last night
and the final product; the last of the panels are painted. The lighting makes it look black, but its Macadamia Metallic Brown like the rest of the parts :thumbup:
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blakehathaway
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Michael72
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This is looking lovely, such a nice colour!  |
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Keith
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Location: Brodheadsville, PA
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Looks nice! What's the color from?
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blakehathaway
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
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| Thanks guys. Color is Porsche Macadamia Metallic Brown |
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blakehathaway
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here are the rest from today
Back on the temp chassis
loading up for the 100+ mile trip home
and home
i probably won't do too much on the car for the next few weeks because i want the clear to set. |
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lyrikz
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Location: Seattle, WA
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LOVE that color. wow.
They look they do good work. Did they tape up the undercoating before painting? Awesome looking car. |
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blakehathaway
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LOVE that color. wow.
They look they do good work. Did they tape up the undercoating before painting? Awesome looking car. |
Thanks, I was speechless when i saw it in person. The work is really quite amazing.
Actually they color matched the undercoating. |
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gercon8
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Location: Malaysia
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blakehathaway
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| Two tumb up |
thank you! |
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blakehathaway
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I am working on uploading the pictures to another host so i don't have to deal with photobucket bandwidth issues.
Here are a few of the front airbag mount fabrication. Legend Metal Co. is doing all the work on this too.
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mfergel
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blakehathaway
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| Blake, now with an airbag setup you don't run the torsion bars, correct?? |
Correct. There are a number of different materials people use including threaded rod. After a ton of research the person doing the fabrication chose to use Chromoly bar stock. |
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blakehathaway
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
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Finally got some time to work on the bug. Went around the whole body with a tap and cleaned the bolt holes. Got the fenders hung and the decklid in place. After struggling with a gigantic mouse nest in the pillar we finally got the harness in too.
Put together these quick time lapses for fun.
http://youtu.be/XqPmuY9qLEg
http://youtu.be/keRbbzQ0jYk
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