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fassty v8
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 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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little bit more done today.
got the body of the chassis.
once the body was off i could mock it up at ride height with the wheels on to see how it looked.
then it was time to add some braces to the shell before cutting out the bulkhead, front inner wings and the entire rear inner section.
and heres what were left with.
im afaid theres not much left.  |
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Air_Cooled_Nut
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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im afaid theres not much left. |
Agreed. Might as well used a fiberglass body 
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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| fassty v8 wrote: |
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im afaid theres not much left. |
Agreed. Might as well used a fiberglass body |
Or better yet a rusty one.  You would have cut most of that out anyway. 
Hopefully you saved the pieces to sell to other VW people.
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fassty v8
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| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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yes all the good bits of the shell have been sold on to save other type3,s
the shell is only this good because i repaired it 7 years ago as it was a complete rust bucket, i replaced the whole front end and the entire bottom 6" off the shell.
the shell is a 72 with a 67 front clip welded on and shell fitted with all early panels  |
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:20 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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Man, You should have played it up! Said it started out as a rust free barn find with like 30 original miles on it although you would probably have a bounty on your head if you did that 
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2017 10:28 am Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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| fassty v8 wrote: |
yes all the good bits of the shell have been sold on to save other type3,s
the shell is only this good because i repaired it 7 years ago as it was a complete rust bucket, i replaced the whole front end and the entire bottom 6" off the shell.
the shell is a 72 with a 67 front clip welded on and shell fitted with all early panels |
Well, at least you already replaced the rusty bits, before you cut the rest away. 
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71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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fassty v8
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| Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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as im going to use a supercharger set up of a jaguar xjr i ordered all the bits and they all came this week and i just had to bolt it all together.
i love the look of this set up, its going to look killer under the bonnet of the fassty.
on with building the chassis jig tomorrow so should be able to start building very soon. |
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fassty v8
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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finally got to finnish up the jig which the fassty will be built on today.
it can be moved around on the castors and when building it can be leveled up on the adjustable feet. more than happy with the way it came out. should be able to get on with the chassis this week. |
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Bobnotch
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fassty v8
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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on with the chassis this week. started on the rear kick ups, welded them up and set them up at ride height with a wheel to make sure its all as i wanted.
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fassty v8
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:44 am Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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got the rear chassis section welded up today.
gearbox also arrived today.
bell housing needs taking off so it can be machined to fit the roversd1 flywheel. i also will be making an adaptor plate to mate the mazda rx8 gearbox to the rover v8 engine so if anyone is intereseted just give me a shout. |
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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got the rear chassis section welded up today.
gearbox also arrived today.
bell housing needs taking off so it can be machined to fit the roversd1 flywheel. i also will be making an adaptor plate to mate the mazda rx8 gearbox to the rover v8 engine so if anyone is intereseted just give me a shout. |
Now that looks like progress.  Nice.
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71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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fassty v8
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:06 am Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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this turned up today.
all powder coated up it looks the part. |
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fassty v8
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:41 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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finally got the fassty body on the chassis jig,
before i centre it up and fix it to the chassis jig at ride height i need to stretch the front wings about 6" so i can start to sort the front end of the chassis. stretching the front wings will give me that pro mod look im after and also give me a bit more room in the engine bay.
did a quick sketch of what im after.
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Jason37
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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| Can’t wait to see the next round of pics! |
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vwfye
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:48 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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Not that I matter, but i like it 
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:57 am Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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Agreed. This one is about to get real interesting.
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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fassty v8
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: v8 fassty |
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got one of the front wings stretched tonight. once i had worked out how i was going to do it i just cut it, made some filler panels and tacked them in place.
with the wing mocked up on the shell with the wheels.
really like how it looks. |
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