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dweiss76 Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2014 Posts: 17 Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 11:57 am Post subject: Dweiss's 56 Baja bug |
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Hello, I am new here. I have been looking at this forum a while for information. I finally went a retrieved my bug that my dad passed on to me. It is a 56 bug that was chopped into a baja back around 1970. My dad bought it around 1978 i think. I always remembered being young and riding around in it. As a child I loved this car and still do. It was in storage in a garge from about 1983-1997 and then was move to a barn from 1997-2013. Which is where I got it and brought it home to restore. I will always leave it as the original baja the way I remember it. I hope to get some insight and help in this forum..
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dweiss76 Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2014 Posts: 17 Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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fresh out of the barn |
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wbrown45 Samba Member
Joined: July 08, 2008 Posts: 1318 Location: ada, ok
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Cool 70's flashback! Those memories need to be cherished. _________________ OK Thang |
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dweiss76 Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2014 Posts: 17 Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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pics after first wash and in the garage
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dweiss76 Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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after a good thorough wash as it is today.
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Brian Samba Moderator
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 8340 Location: Oceanside
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Kman1983 Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2013 Posts: 60 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool! _________________ Veni, vedi, vici...I came, I saw, I conquered |
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dweiss76 Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2014 Posts: 17 Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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SO Ive been working on the bug in my free time. Heres some pics
Took seats out
Took gauges out and put in new steering wheel. Notice the light from the holes in the floor pan
Going to replace the heater channels and front Quaters of the pans as the rears are still decent
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dweiss76 Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2014 Posts: 17 Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Now for a question...
The front obviously is higher than Stock. Yet there is no evidence of a cut and turn in the beam. Is the lift coming from these coilovers? If it is the coil overs can I get new ones that will provide the same amount of lift?
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HERC Samba Member
Joined: July 30, 2007 Posts: 1003 Location: Menifee
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Yes, definitely. They'll raise your car a few inches because of the Kawasaki spring.
Take em off, they'll destroy your ride.
This is an old Kawi Green Streak with the same basic shocks
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