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Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:48 am

hi there
here are some pics of my 1956 VW Oval Beetle.

The car currently sits on a 56 pan which has been modified to ball joint front beam with discs, lowered with avis adjusters and IRS.
The interior has been retrimmed in Mercedes Benz leather and rolls on detailed Porsche 914 Rivieras, 4.5 inch front and 5.5 rear.
Ive added towel rail bumpers, an Australian mesh sunvisor and a wood slat roof rack.

The car is about to undergo a full rebuild and respray so will no longer look like this, I would like if u checked my website, it has more pics and photos from australian VW shows.
http://vwfool.tripod.com
let me know wat u think
regards

sam
DNVK+

Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:42 pm

cool ride! i like your number plate!

Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:28 pm

please explain the semaphores .... austrialian style??? or are they an aftermarket item??

Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:33 pm

Nice looking car there. And good luck with the rebuild.

Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:33 pm

ya very cool car

Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:50 am

thanks for the comments
the semaphore replacements r made by Hella Germany.
They are commonly called elephant ears or micky mouse ears. i broke one once wen washing the car and realised they dont make them anymore. it took a long time to find replacements, and ive seen NOS pairs go for the same price as semaphores!

heres another pic of the car recently, the rebuild has begun...

Sun Mar 07, 2004 4:46 am

hey the rack I sold you looks great. these blokes up stream are pretty cool hey.

Wed Mar 10, 2004 10:31 am

Thats a cool ride. Is that your pink car too?

Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:38 am

yes the rack looks cool but it was sold without all the parst i needed, had to get a donor rack, wat was up with that?

the pink bug is my sisters, its a 1960 model
thanks for the compliments
sam

Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:34 am

are you gonna make it back to 5 lug?

Thu Mar 18, 2004 1:54 am

what parts were missing on the rack? all it needed were the feet, but I told you that.

Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:31 am

SuperSkim wrote: are you gonna make it back to 5 lug?

Yeah, that is one thing I dont understand... 4 lug conversions. There is an oval locally for sale with 8 spokes, and a guy did a sweet job (been in VW Trends) and I believe it is a 57 also with 8 spokes. I just dont get it.

Thu Mar 18, 2004 4:43 pm

hey fooool, nice ride man :)

Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:29 pm

Quote: Yeah, that is one thing I dont understand... 4 lug conversions. There is an oval locally for sale with 8 spokes, and a guy did a sweet job (been in VW Trends) and I believe it is a 57 also with 8 spokes. I just dont get it.

yes the car is going back to 5 lug, i hav found a nice Oval pan which i will be using. ive got a set of OG Lemmerz Sprintstars ive been dying to fit.
this Oval actually uses the original 1956 pan but with ball joint front end with 4 stud discs and IRS welded in, a great piece of engineering but not wat im looking for.
made some updates to my site, check it out.

http://vwfool.tripod.com

1st ghia, it was missing parts from the clamps that go to the guttering on the roof, without the donor rack i would not hav been able to fit it to my car properly. had u fitted it to a car before? if not u may not known about these pieces. or maybe u forgot to include them in the package? im not pissed off dude, the rack looks great... [/quote]