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Just amazing.
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Peter (not "Pete") K. 2016 Cayman S 1999 Miata ("SM") race car 2016 Toyota Highlander--tow vehicle/wife's DD 2017 VW GTI SE (DD) Gone and missed: 1992 Miata ("SSM") race car 2009 911 C2S Coupe 2004 Toyota Prius - sold to son's girlfriend 2006 Dodge Durango 2003 Acura MDX 86 Black 911 Coupe race car 86 Gold 911 Targa 82 WineRedMetallic 911 Targa |
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Thanks
Made some more progress: Closed the ugly holes from the rear bumper brackets Cut out some rust, and made a new piece for the headlight bucket. Made new custom brackets for the 996 power seats. Test fitting the seat. Welding it together. I had to cut out the front center piece where the normal seat would attach and adjust. At the rear side it goes in to the existing slide channels and is just tight up with a block. The whole thing is all bolt in, and the seats will bolt in with their original brackets. Bead blasted and Powder coated the whole thing. Ready to go. Cheers Engelbert
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Started the PITA work on the VW.
Hand sanding all panels. The fenders are done, the rear side panels are done. Next the front and the Frunk and deck lid. Cheers Engelbert
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That looks so familiar! Thanks for hosting our visit last weekend, Engelbert. Bill Miller and I had a great time seeing your shop (and meeting you, your wife, and your cat).
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Peter (not "Pete") K. 2016 Cayman S 1999 Miata ("SM") race car 2016 Toyota Highlander--tow vehicle/wife's DD 2017 VW GTI SE (DD) Gone and missed: 1992 Miata ("SSM") race car 2009 911 C2S Coupe 2004 Toyota Prius - sold to son's girlfriend 2006 Dodge Durango 2003 Acura MDX 86 Black 911 Coupe race car 86 Gold 911 Targa 82 WineRedMetallic 911 Targa |
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Yes, It was nice to meet you and Bill in person as well.
In the meantime I made some progress on the Beetle. I stopped by at the paint shop to see what's going on. I picked it up during this week, and now I have to get in gear and start assemble it. Cheers Engelbert
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LED Lights for Classic Porsches 2012 Boxster S 2006 Cayenne S 1984 911 Targa, 3.4L 1982 911 SC 1978 1303 Kaefer Cabrio 1971 911 3.6 1966 912 - Future Project |
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Engelbert, Nice!.....
btw do you sleep?
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Dave O'Bryan 1977 911 Carrera 3.0 Targa 1987 VW Westfalia w/ 2002 Subaru 2.5 engine at home , 1991 VW Vanagon Hightop camper in Europe, 1987 VW Vanagon Hightop Syncro camper out West, 2014 VW Jetta TDI Sportwagen |
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Started to sort out the wiring on the Cabrio.
The Beetle got some wings. Rear fenders are on. Front fenders are on. Front bumper is in place Under the wing. Rear Bumper is also on. I made some custom brackets, so the bumper shocks are gone and the smaller bumpers are now on the car. Got the drive shafts ready for installation. Drive shafts installed. Front brake calipers installed. So I took the engine out of the corner. All the cooling tins getting removed. Here it is, need to clean it up. The engine was rebuild back than, and it's a 1835cc. All these pieces will be blasted and powder coated. Cheers Engelbert
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The Super Beetle 1303 has a dash with only one gauge, and there is no room for a Tach, and some other gauges. So I customized it a bit.
I cut this piece out. Making some templates Fitting the dash plate Here with the gauges in. The idea was to keep the Speedometer with the gas gauge, and all the warning lights. Template for the surround. I used sheet metal. Had to make it from severel pieces. Welded all together Cleaned and blasted, ready for some filler. Done and ready for some Vinyl. Installed with the rest of the dash Sorting out the wiring. Made some wiring harness for the additional gauges. Ready to install the gauges. All gauges installed now. All gauges got LED's for illumination. Cheers Engelbert
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Outstanding.
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Ed Devinney ::: phase 1: collect the underpants. Purcellville 993 + Boxster S + Eurovan MV + 4Runner + Volvo 122 |
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I had a 73 Super Beetle with the same dash. What you just did was something I dreamed of many, many times. I was always envious of guys with regular flat-dash Beetles because they could buy a $20 plate and get a dash full of gauges. Awesome work as usual.
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Chris M 1985 911 Carrera with a couple cosmetic only mods 2006 E90 330i 1999 E46 328i |
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