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Sun May 05, 2013 2:00 pm

aaronr25 wrote: =D>

I'm really liking the Hot Rod style of the build.

A

Thanks, you may be the only one who does! :cry:

Sun May 05, 2013 5:51 pm

vaughn bros. wrote: aaronr25 wrote: =D>

I'm really liking the Hot Rod style of the build.

A

Thanks, you may be the only one who does! :cry:

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!

- Kris

Sun May 05, 2013 7:10 pm

Thanks guys. Here are some more pics old and new. The hood catch/headlite bracket is being thought out currently.

Sun May 05, 2013 7:26 pm

Sun May 05, 2013 7:40 pm

Some older shots.

Mon May 06, 2013 6:41 am

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 !!!

Mon May 06, 2013 9:38 am

Hal, where you been?

Mon May 06, 2013 11:37 am

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.

Fri May 10, 2013 11:45 pm

Some earlier pics. The DIY battery box.

The underside. Cut outs for suspension tubing stiffeners on front of chassis.

Sat May 11, 2013 10:45 am

beehive hood latch.

Sun May 12, 2013 4:54 pm

Tue May 14, 2013 3:17 am

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. =D>

Thu May 16, 2013 6:20 am

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

Sat May 18, 2013 2:38 pm

You had me at Ford 9N tractor parts.

8)

Sun May 19, 2013 6:25 am

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.

Sun May 19, 2013 4:05 pm

Brilliant. More please.

Sun May 19, 2013 6:40 pm

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).

Sun May 19, 2013 6:57 pm

Sun May 19, 2013 7:13 pm

Sun May 19, 2013 7:37 pm

Here are some earlier shots of how the pan gasket gets handled around the shifter coupling. The tranny and the torsion housing was raised.