Thread: It's A THING-VW that is

Originally Posted by Fuzzie

That's not a Thing. That's a Gurgel!

That is exactly what I thought when I saw the pics!! Saw quire a few during my several trips in Brazil.

Very ingenious use of Dowels.

Originally Posted by artme

That is exactly what I thought when I saw the pics!! Saw quire a few during my several trips in Brazil.

Sorry Guy's I know and understand DEEP SOUTH English [Living in Alabama for 50 years], you-all know what I mean,
but some time the DEEP DOWN UNDER ENGLISH gives me some trouble as I have only spent a week in your neck of the woods. LOL

Got a little more done and just about ready to put on the roof so put some finish on the seats.
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Originally Posted by htl

I had been using Gorilla super glue in it's nice big bottle for a long time but here lately their glue is so thick it's been unusable for me,[may be old stock that's drying out] so found a bunch of these little tubs to get the job done.

htl (et all), just in case you weren't aware... sorry if you are... superglue does have a shelf life... ball park figure 12 months.. but you can be unlucky if it's been sitting on the vendor shelf for 2 years then it may be just a BIG tad shorter... Hinge your bets and always keep it next to your stubbies (beer cans is Australian) in the fridge. I bulk bought and after a few years I now have "water"-in-tubes...
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I saved some in the "lunchwrap" to remind me of my stupidity...
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the rest was garden fodder...

OUCH... the "jewish-piano" (money till) was playing a tune I didn't relate with.

Though surprised at your thickness issue (still talking CA?) though the holding power may be questionable...

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Doesn’t much matter about how you say it, sanding, and sanding, and sanding is hard work….


BUT WOW – Well worth the effort, nicely done Bruce….

Cheers, Peter

Looks fantastic

Top stuff

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by crowie

Doesn’t much matter about how you say it, sanding, and sanding, and sanding is hard work….
Cheers, Peter

Bah-Humbug crowie... sanding is easy... all you have to do is sit back and enjoy watching some other bunny do it!

The tires I showed in the last post were to big so sanded down a set and retreaded then.
Now all I need are all the dodads to get it street legal.
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What an excellent build thus far Bruce and sir, you are becoming the master of wheel & tyre making for models!! Well done, cheers, Peter

Top work Bruce

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by htl

The tires I showed in the last post were to big so sanded down a set and retreaded then.

htl, Those wheels still look great... However, wouldn't it have been easier to upsize the car? Just a thought!

Your right there Alex if I would have left the plans at 300% they would have fit just right but getting the car past the better half might have been a problem.