Adventures of "The Bradmobile III"

HamburgerBrad

MY NEW PROJECT!

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This is after one day and alot of brainstorming
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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

VW Addict · Samba Salesman Joined: January 09, 2003 Posts: 3920

Cool.. good luck! Always... ALWAYS carry the extinguisher!
---Fireman Addict

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=68463

shes on wheels. a nice set of thing 14" wheels up front, 6"wider beam with stock arms. rear end is out of my burnt up car, hopefully soon it will sport some 3x3's and type 4 or 930 cv's. maybe next weekend i'll get some centerlines and thing rear drums
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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HomespunKustom · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:33 am Post subject:

That thing looks pretty bad-ass! Are you going to run a stock VW body??
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'68 type 1 Kit

I am Spiderman. (part deux)

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject:

HomespunKustom · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:21 pm Post subject:

On those 3x3 arms, where are you planning on getting them from? Are you going to go plate or tubular. Just curious because I hope to be starting baja project and am wanting others ideas on what they are using! Thanks, I'll keep watching the updates.
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Before your criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes!

'68 type 1 Kit

I am Spiderman. (part deux)

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:23 pm Post subject:

no where do i mount the fire extinguisher? Wink

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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:25 pm Post subject:

i was just thinking plate, tubular is too expensive i think. 225 for steel from pacific customs or vee dub parts unlimited, one of those two. and i was thinking maybe 930 cv's from Transform in long beach
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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HomespunKustom · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:59 am Post subject:

You should go all out and hook up a complete fire suppresion system similar to those on race cars. That would be bad! What about these arms: http://www.blindchickenracing.com/ForSale/suspensionparts/suspension_parts.htm They are expensive but pretty cool. Let me know if you are looking for any sway away parts as I have a good line on them. Anything from t-bars to coil-overs.
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Before your criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes!

'68 type 1 Kit

I am Spiderman. (part deux)

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:11 pm Post subject:

i could have used your help when i was looking for some stiffer leaves for the front end. i got crap brazilian or something like that. i had to weld one end together to get them to fit in the arms. i'll get a pic of that up tonight if i remember
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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:12 pm Post subject:

thats actually a decent deal on the tubular arms. i may go that route
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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HomespunKustom · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:59 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I called there and talked to one of the guys. They are real cool and the best is they can built them in all differnet configurations. I think they can even do 5x5!!! Now that would be a wide ass end.
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Before your criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes!

'68 type 1 Kit

I am Spiderman. (part deux)

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject:

i figure, once i get the brake setup i want on the rear, i'll measure the drum to drum width of the front, then the drum to drum of the back and set the width of the arms to match. and about 3" longer or so. opinions?
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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject:

HomespunKustom · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:38 am Post subject:

Damn! You weren't kidding. Any problems with the front end riding funny or anything??
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Before your criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes!

'68 type 1 Kit

I am Spiderman. (part deux)

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:56 am Post subject:

i dont know yet Very Happy

i'd like to get those eventually replaced with stiffer springs and use the stock springs from 65 still on the bottom. as for now, jumping on the mounted front end seems to prove a soft ride. i might slap a set of coil-overs on there once i finish the frame
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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HomespunKustom · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:33 am Post subject:

let me know if you want to go race-runner. I can also get bilstiens as well. They make some pretty trick stuff as well.
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Before your criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them you're a mile away and you have their shoes!

'68 type 1 Kit

I am Spiderman. (part deux)

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:03 pm Post subject:

the plan is mostly for street driving, but lots of hell raising on the weekends. as you can see, currently i've got stock front arms, but i dont konw how long that will last. maybe a month or two at the most before i get longer ones. since i didnt know what shock i was going to use, i got the beam without the upper mounts so that i could fab my own into the chassis. i'll let you know when its time for some new suspension stuff. you seem to have the connections Cool

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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:57 pm Post subject:

I now have a set of thing rear drums for the rear, thanks mattt.

mattt has a pretty sweet Thing!! nice car matt...
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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels

HamburgerBrad · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:14 pm Post subject:

She now sits on thing wheels all around!

here it is after day three

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OGST | CU05 | OGJHC
1970 baja|1953 oval

Wanted: two beat up, ugly, curb rashed 6" phone dial wheels


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