Thread: Please please, keep the booing to a dull roar,...

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OK, so I got off my arse & got a couple photos. the show is tomorrow, so understandably I have been somewhat busy with things. I spent WAY to much time removing someones sad excuse for a bondo job from the rear apron and resurfacing the apron. It was prety mangles so it took a few applications to get it flat, but it's dont properly, not like the previous job. Some schmuck slathered on what looked like an entire can of Bondo & sanded it smotth,... I always thought it weighed too much!

Anyway, I also refinished the frenched tail lights to smooth out the blemishes there, and finished up the fillers in the deck lid frame.


And got both sides of the rear cabin frame done and filled in the low spots as well. Still gonna need some loving before I do the final paint job, but thats some ways off yet. At least it looks better!


Here you can see the Mustang steering box with the fresh powder coating by the freindly folks at Skagit Powder Coating (shameless plug) with a grey hammertone like the axle, along with the steering linkage and if you look at the blocks supporting the fuel tank I had those done as well.
2nd shot is of the headlights, and altho out of focus, the mounting bar I fabbed was also coated to match the axle. The Dietz style headlight buckets look good, but the chrome is crap, so I had them powder coated with a black wrinkle finish. They look sweet, I believe it was a good choice.



Here was todays project, looking at the photo you can see the 4-link mounts I made for the front axle, I simply made it to slide into the lower frame channel & bolt on. The first models were temporary & pretty ugly. Altho they held up for over 2 years, cant complain. The newer ones are stronger, go further back for stability, and I finished the ends by closing them up topped with the grey hammertone powder coating.

Looks GREAT VW! Keep up the progress and keep us informed with it and some photos! I still have my eye on that 70's VW I told you about and may still get it even though the guy want's 1000 bucks for it which is about 350 bucks too high IMO.

Looks GREAT VW! Keep up the progress and keep us informed with it and some photos! I still have my eye on that 70's VW I told you about and may still get it even though the guy want's 1000 bucks for it which is about 350 bucks too high IMO.

Looks GREAT VW! Keep up the progress and keep us informed with it and some photos! I still have my eye on that 70's VW I told you about and may still get it even though the guy want's 1000 bucks for it which is about 350 bucks too high IMO.

Man o man,... I always feel gulty when I look ay my car. Poor ol beast has been sitting more than anything. Just haven't had the gumption to tear into the next stage of the project. That and I have some other items I needed to finish as well.

One is an early 70's square top Coca-Cola machine I'm rebuilding, the type with the little door you pull the soda bottles out of. Got it all stripped out & sent in for powder coating, right now I'm goin in circles trying to either A) find a sign shop that will repro the original graphics w/o permission from Coca-Cola Corp., or B) get permission from Coca-Cola Corp to get the graphics made. Assinine proceedure really, but cant be helped. But ah well, will be nice just to have it back together & running again, neat ol beast that it is.

The other project is still pending, but may take precidence over the Bomber,...
I'm needing a trailer to move the Bomber & other items around. BUT, I dont have a place to store it when not in use, having a trailer can be a blessing and a curse.
So I was out driving I saw an old beat up farm truck & had a vision,... Get an older flat bed 2/3 ton truck, mid 50's to mid 60's, chop, channel, drop it (thinkin air bag suspension too), and build a custom slider bed. Similar to the beds on common wreckers, but more purpose built & not nearly as complicated. Done properly the truck could be used for all kinds of hauling, even daily driving with an updated power/drive train, AND I can get my beastie to the places I need it w/o worrying about how it's not finished yet, wether or not it's safe to drive over this speed, or, or,... Yanno, typical things one worries about when in the middle of a full on rebuild. Even more fun is the fact I can enter both of them in a show with the Bomber on the back of the truck. Definately different to say the least.
Just need to drop off & talk to the old farmer & see if he wants to part with the dead truck for a grand. Did come across a 5-ton I-H set up for heavy work, lil too much beast for my buck tho, otherwise I'm still lookin around.

One of these days I'll quit being such an A.D.D. freak, but in the mean time I'm havin fun!

You will have quite a nice little museum going there in about 30 years .....

The Dub is coming along great!!!! Some really excellent workmanship....

OK, my obsession has gotten the best of me,...
In the morning I'm goin down South to pick up a 1956 GMC 2.5 ton dup truck. 6-cyl, 4 speed w. 2-speed rear. ALL original everything, and it all works (minus one tail light that refuses to work. She's a lil grungy, but a weekend of lovin & it will look pretty sharp.

Now I just need a 1956 licence plate so I can register it as a collector vehicle without puttin a shiny new plate on my rusty old monster.

My neighbers are gonna hate my guts, and I really dont care!