The Hummock - '71 Beetle Rod Project

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:48 pm

Fast work.

Crazy_C · Post by **Crazy_C** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:18 am

Cheers man. Will get the ignition circuit built tomorrow, along with fitting the front arches (weather dependant) and then taking it for a drive. Got a couple of holes to patch up but that'll just be a bit of metal cut out of an old hood or wing and welded on.

Crazy_C · Post by **Crazy_C** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:02 am

Got the charging circuit wired in, throttle cable shortened and hooked up, and got my 2 window doors on there as well now. It looks a bit worse for wear with all the different colours on there at the moment, but that'll all get sorted in time

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:26 am

I am getting a bit lost here. Why are you taking of perfectly good older doors with no quarter lights and putting the others on?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:04 am

the one piece window is a cal look thing paul they are not older the quarter light is the original and I would assume fits the look of an older volks rod better than the one piece windows

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:42 pm

Crazy_C wrote:It looks a bit worse for wear with all the different colours on there at the moment, but that'll all get sorted in time

I don't see what the problem is

Crazy_C · Post by **Crazy_C** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 3:22 pm

Paul, Merc is spot on. The bug originally had a cal look which I'm not a fan of. Volksrods are meant to look as old as possible and the older 2 window doors suit the look perfectly. The fact they're a bit beat up just makes it better for the rat look.

Crazy_C · Post by **Crazy_C** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:54 pm

Well the Hummock is now MOT'd and on the road!! Yay!!

First drive back home from my mate's yard, and the bloody thing ran out of electricity, turns out the dynamo was shot, so chucked a new one on there, and it's spot on.

Going to give it it's first proper run tomorrow going to work in it, see how the front fenders hold up, as they're not exactly, erm, sturdy. Chances are quite high that I'll just pull the arches off and go to work archless, and if I get a tug, I'll just say I'd taken them off to do some work and forgot to refit them

This is how the Hummock currently sits anyways:

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:12 pm

Congrats on the MOT dude!

Definitely some fast work there! And she definitely looks... "Mid-conversion"

Fons[DutchGuy] · Post by **Fons[DutchGuy]** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:52 pm

Nice!!!
I think maybe you should ratrod it

I mean rust is a nice color on a beetle

Lude Generation

The Hummock - '71 Beetle Rod Project

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2 window doors fitted

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MOT'd & On The Road!!!