Nostalgia Dragster Rebuild

[AA/FD]

Well, as you guys have showed some interest I thought a pic of the finished product might be appropriate.
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[WABIT]

hey Mr PREEN!! welcome to the VW forum! chris toldme you guys went to the drag nostalgia meet a few weeks back, great machine you have with a great history behind it!

well done mate

dom

[DubSteve]

Hey hey its papa Preen

Fantastic work sir

[AA/FD]

Thanks guys, but hey I had a lot of help.
I know this is a water cooled deal but here is a couple of very interesting pics, from the most basic Vee Dub Dragster to the state of the art turboed ten bazillion psi billit master piece.
Ross.
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[Jarred]

That cool as!

Welcome Ross,. Congrats on making it to the reunion and the completion of the dragster!
Defiantly one cool piece of machinery, I'm really glad I got a chance to slide in the drivers pew!

Jarred

[GoLfMan]

Welcome Ross!

awesome job you've done on the dragster, all the feedback was well deserved.

glad I got to sit in a piece of history

[WABIT]

hey ross, tell chris to get his ass into gear with his mk1!!!

i think everyone is sick of his procrastinating!!!

cheers
dom

[AA/FD]

You mean like this!!

[AA/FD]

For anyone thats interested here's a link to our debut.
Ross.

http://cacklefest.com/event-photos-Castlereagh.shtml

[Jarred]

well done again Ross.

Great Article too.

[DubSteve]

Great work Ross glad to hear about it

[Preen59]

More done on the trailer today. We've began the operation to enclose it...


First up, we put up the basic frame..



Then the uprights..



Then the side cross braces, followed by the roof cross braces. You'll notice that the front section on the sides has no braces, that's because we're putting doors there on either side..



If you plan on doing a bit of welding, i highly recommend these gloves over the shorter ones. They go right up to your shoulders and protect your whole arm, instead of just your forearm. Great for overhead welding and welding in a Tshirt..



Side tie loops..



(If you're wondering, i got some exhaust clamps and cut the thread off..)

All welded up today before we headed to Bunnings for some piano hinges for the doors and so aluminium angle... We put the rear door back in to see how it fit etc.. Spot on!




That's it for today.. Tomorrow we're hoping to have the side doors made and swinging, aswell as the rear door fitted.

[Peter Jones]

If you plan on doing a bit of welding, i highly recommend these gloves over the shorter ones. They go right up to your shoulders and protect your whole arm, instead of just your forearm. Great for overhead welding and welding in a Tshirt..

I concur, the blue ones are cooler though

(Although they do make you look like a muppet. Hmmmm Cookies....)



Pete

[Preen59]

I concur, the blue ones are cooler though

(Although they do make you look like a muppet. Hmmmm Cookies....)



Pete

They were actually the ones i wanted, but they ordered those other ones. Hey whatever... I'm not fussy.

[Peter Jones]

As you say, great for tee shirt weather, saves you getting rayburnt upper arms.

Much cooler than a full jacket in summer too.

Pete