v8 fassty

[Retrovan]

[fassty v8]

made good progress over the last couple of days,
now have the bulkhead panel nearly done and started to make the corner pieces to jion it to the door pilliars, heres some pics.

really happy with how its came out, before i start the floors and trans tunnel i am going to get the rear wheel tubs made as the floors will tie into them so i need to get them done first.

[Bobnotch]

Is that going to be a "bolt in" panel? Just wondering where your steering column bit are going to pass thru. Looks good though.
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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

[fassty v8]

all the panels will be welded on once there all done.
bobnotch,
the steering goes through at a funny angle so it will pass through the bulkhead nearer the trans tunnel.
been a very busy week this week, got a lot done. first up was to make the rear wheel tubs.
started off by making some wooden templates to help form a rounded edge.

from this to this

then made up the tubs 17" wide to allow for trimming and fitted them in place.

then made up the centre panels to cover the inner chassis rails.

had to cut more into the body to get more wheel clearance to fit the tubs.

bit more to do with the rear panels and then i am on the main floor sections.

[fassty v8]

more done this week, floors and the back part of the transmission done.

ordered the rear coil overs today so theres still loads to do but i have set my self the target of having it of the jig and sat on its wheels for xmas week.

[Bobnotch]

Man that's looking good. Very nice work.
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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

[Jason37]

You’re a bead rolling maniac!!! Looks really good and keep the updates coming.

[fassty v8]

bit more done, finnished of the trans tunnel.

and this weekends mission has been the bulkhead panel. this has took a good 12 hours of fabrication and im glad its 95% done.

and the rear coilovers came this week so there is them to make mounting brackets for.

[fassty v8]

folded up some channels, welded some 6mm thick by 50mm wide strip inside them and drilled and tapped them and these are the seat mounts.

im using mazda mx5 seats as they mount nice and low and are really compact.

i have also got the connection from the steering rack to the bulkhead done but before i connect that to the column i need to weld all the floors into the shell but again i cant do that untill i get the lower seat belt mount in as with the floors in i wont be able to weld them fully in.

more soon

[Bobnotch]

[fassty v8]

the seats are slide back, they will slide forward on the runners.

few pics from the last couple of days.

made up some rear inner panels, these still boxes welding in to take the seat belts.

audi tt handbrake fitted.

trimmed the rear wheel tubs which took forever

got the rear wings to fit but the tubs still need a little trimming but i think i will leave that untill its all welded.

[fassty v8]

had a few days to get stuff done and made some really good progress.

had a list of jobs that wanted doing before i could cut it off the jig.

all the floors done, body mounts done, seat belts done, front shock mounts done, rear shock mounts done, and the front wings primered.

ride height is pretty spot on with ground clearance being 5" under the centre of the fassty.

fassty comes off the jig on sunday, more pics soon.

[dlmcclou]

Wow man!! You sir are an artist. I only wish I could fab that well. Great build so far. Finish it up so you can post videos of you doing smokey burnouts.
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'70 Type 3 Squareback

[Absoluteyeti]

This is amazing!

[fassty v8]

thanks for the comments,

took a bit of doing today but i managed to get the body of and get the chassis on its wheels on the floor, bolted the engine and box in place and it sits how i had planned it so thats a big thumbs up.

while chassis is body free i got the body mount brackets welded up.

while the body is off i may as well sort out some of the welding thats wants doing on the under side.

[chrisflstf]

Your Fab and welding skills are off the chart! Great work

[oxsign]

Fantastic work as always. I do have to say, one of the coolest things (for me) is how natural the add 6" to the front looks now that it's all one color. It doesn't have that weird stretched look. Very cool.

Also, What are the seats out of that you have mocked up in there?
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1971 Squareback, fully bagged, 1776.
Build thread here.....
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0

[fassty v8]

cheers.

seats are mk2 mazda mx5.

[fassty v8]

after a bit of welding on the inner sills it was time to sit the body on to see how it looked.

the most important thing about this car to me is the stance, it has just got to be right and as you can see from the pics its about spot on.

[notchboy]

Yeah that looks pretty sick brother. Nice attention to detail with that stance. I thought in the end that stretched front would look weird, but it doesn't. Looks killer.

Nice to be able to see what was going on in your head all this time. Keep it up and you'll be in all the mags for sure!
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