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vaughn bros. Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 2395 Location: Hickory, NC
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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I'm really liking the Hot Rod style of the build.
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Thanks, you may be the only one who does! |
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K.Foust Broke-Dick Dreamer
Joined: January 29, 2003 Posts: 123 Location: Mount Laurel, NJ
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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vaughn bros. wrote: |
aaronr25 wrote: |
I'm really liking the Hot Rod style of the build.
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Thanks, you may be the only one who does! |
I hope to see more too!
I caught a few pics in the "Volksrod" thread but it was hard to grasp the overall vision; now it's all coming together for me and it looks awesome.
I love the attention to detail - all the holes are nicely radiused and everything fits together so cleanly - you must have a ton of fab time into it.
Keep up the great work!
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 2395 Location: Hickory, NC
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks guys. Here are some more pics old and new. The hood catch/headlite bracket is being thought out currently.
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 2395 Location: Hickory, NC
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Some older shots.
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HALS Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2008 Posts: 120 Location: Valley Srings cal
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 6:41 am Post subject: |
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It's a good thing I don't live closer .... i'd be asking all kinds dumb questions , getting in the way , and you would have a rough time making me go home.
But I could go get the beer !!! |
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NJ John Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2166 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Hal, where you been? _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 2395 Location: Hickory, NC
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Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 11:37 am Post subject: |
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Some hood latch/headlite bracketry progress. Using (so far) a 1937 Ford tail light housing, cut in half to make it short. Then using Ford 8N & 9N Tractor grease caps to form the latch assy. Then using a stock VW Hood Latch cut down to its basic elements. Nothing written in stone just yet.
Here are the old headlight mounts that will be modified to handle the new mount.
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 2395 Location: Hickory, NC
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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Some earlier pics. The DIY battery box.
The underside. Cut outs for suspension tubing stiffeners on front of chassis.
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 2395 Location: Hickory, NC
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Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 10:45 am Post subject: |
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beehive hood latch.
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 2395 Location: Hickory, NC
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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hedgehog Samba Member
Joined: December 16, 2009 Posts: 167 Location: Grove City, OH
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 3:17 am Post subject: |
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I guess I don't go in the "Other VWs" area often enough, because I hadn't seen this thread yet. Good Gawd...I absolutely love this Vrod. I knew you guys were doing some sick metal work down there...but damn! Just beautiful. _________________ '65 Tiki Bug build --> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=552091 |
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qwerty8669 Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2012 Posts: 231 Location: kentucky
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 6:20 am Post subject: |
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thank you for posting so many steps in your build.....helps alot we really don't have any Fab guys around here so i am trying to figure out what i will need ( tools ) and stuff to try my hand at the things i want done.
great work as always ... love me some volksrods _________________ 68 swing axle baja ( making 4x4s look stupid )
67 F100 Big Block ( loud gas eater )
97 civic hatch ( grocery getter )
90 t-top 300zx 5speed ( ticket monster )
looking for swap meets and places to ride in ky and tn
my build ( gonna be slow ) can anyone tell me what my seats came out of....???
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=495087&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
car's facebook page ... like it !!
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aaronr25 Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2009 Posts: 267 Location: NW Arkansas
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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You had me at Ford 9N tractor parts.
_________________ 65 Bug
66 Landcruiser FJ40
Life's too short to drive a stock VW |
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NJ John Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2166 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Great fab work, as always. Do you have more pics of the chopped roof? I'm planning mine out and making a list of do's and dont's. Yours looks full of do's. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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finefettle Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2006 Posts: 699 Location: Shelburne,Vermont
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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Brilliant. More please. |
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2003 Posts: 2395 Location: Hickory, NC
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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NJ John wrote: |
Do you have more pics of the chopped roof? I'm planning mine out and making a list of do's and dont's. |
Thanks man. Here are some Top pictures. I will try to go from old to current.
The top starts like this. Then we found a donor oval roof. Then some other roof (I think a 65).
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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vaughn bros. Samba Member
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Here are some earlier shots of how the pan gasket gets handled around the shifter coupling. The tranny and the torsion housing was raised.
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