Reply With Quoteso awesome mate, good job with the build.
My Type 3 Panel... By Request... ---Image Heavy!!----
As requested, here is a build thread of sorts for my Veedub.
Ive been a Dub nut since my first car, it was a 73 Type 3 Squareback... Polished engine bay, retrimmed interior, Wide Rims, Porsche hub Caps, and god i loved it. But selling it to go sideways in a range of cars, ive finally ended back where i began... A 1970 Type 3 Square converted to a Panel Van...
Ill start with photos as i bought it and how its progressed.... With some reasoning behind bits and pieces as i go...
This is the photo i got before buying it, Site unseen from Mt Gambier...
Convinced, a day trip in August last year with a mate resulted in this...
When i got it home...
Yes... thats a spare motor...
It required some assembly...
Running, and around the block it goes...
I originally planned to strip the bonnet back to bare metal for that "Rat" look.... and let it rust
But i found Bog... and well... Bog doesnt rust... So it got left at that point, and it hasnt changed since really...
So with it all back together i ventured out to take some photos
Got a sticker for the rear window, and my rear vanetians in...
New seatbelts and interior almost complete...
Got some white walls, and got them isntalled...
Got around to lowering it...
I decided white wheels wernt the look the car needed... So a visit to a mate, tyres demounted, home, paint rims (Very badly i might add!), back the next day resulted in this...
This was all getting ready for Volksfest in November last year... I found a Roof Rack, and borrowed a Keg for the day and it looked like this...
The number plates also made their first appearance on the day
I love the Stinger Exhausts... So much, I've now got two of them!
Custom Gear Shift Knob... Yes... It is a beer tap... And to make it even better... The Hieneken word lights up!
After Volksfest the car became the land version of the Exxon Valdez... The tow truck driver didnt believe me that it would scrape... So there is now a nice 1.5 meter long gouge out of the ground at work...
haemorging oil, i decided a transplant was needed.... So i bought this...
Soon after...
While i was doing the engine/gearbox changeover... I got myself some Eyelids, some new stickers and tinted some lights... With it all back together and working, I took it for a spin...
Marking its territory...
Took some snaps with a mate and his Square...
Compared ride heights... I was sure he was as low as me...
It remained unchanged until i started prepping it for the Day of the VW show in March... This is the result...
New glovebox lid...
At thew show with some of my mates Type 3's
Had a mates car in storage at my place, shifting them around i snapped this
So there you have it... A buld thread on the dub... Enjoy!
...Low Is a Lifestyle...
Any car so nice you can't drive it in the rain.. is too damn nice to enjoy
I used to play sports... Then i realized you could buy trophies... Now im good at Everything!
so awesome mate, good job with the build.
Love it!
Awesome build, mate! Looks so good.
AE71 Build ThreadOriginally Posted by mike86
Chrome stinger is epic win. I reckon painting the bonnet would work wonders though...
On some angle the bonnet is perfect though lol...
FTP.
i love this thing! bonnet suits it IMO!
fuck yer!!!
Cheers guys, good to hear other car nuts in different circles like it...
I had a black bonnet on it early last month..
It lasted about a week, i hate it... too much black after the other bonnet, so its back to its former glory now...
Today im changing driveshafts/cv joints and Painting the everyday exhaust matt white...
...Low Is a Lifestyle...
Any car so nice you can't drive it in the rain.. is too damn nice to enjoy
I used to play sports... Then i realized you could buy trophies... Now im good at Everything!
Should widen the rear wheels
Looks quite awesome, I love the road sign idea.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Posting Permissions
