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- 12th April 2024 - 9:42pm
- Forum: Cars for sale
- Topic: 411 2-door for restoration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 500
Re: 411 2-door for restoration
So somebody's trying to make a quick buck! Long ago I was on my way north from I forget where when I diverted to Wrexham to view it. I was very impressed with how it drove. A few weeks later I was going to a conference in Llandudno and had arranged to buy it on my way back home. I bought single trai...
- 11th April 2024 - 10:53pm
- Forum: Cars for sale
- Topic: 411 2-door for restoration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 500
411 2-door for restoration
I've just seen this one on Ebay - a car I nearly bought many years ago, and would have done if the owner (then in Wales) hadn't called off the sale. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186380433130 ... SwdJJmEmDa
- 11th April 2024 - 10:51pm
- Forum: Type 4 Corner
- Topic: Yippee 411 Mot passed once again!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8898
Re: Yippee 411 Mot passed once again!!!
This one has turned up on Ebay for sale for restoration. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186380433130?itmmeta=01HV7HDYFC645FCS08QPKB80FG&hash=item2b6523b6ea:g:KBMAAOSwdJJmEmDa Before Clifford had it I once nearly bought it, and it drove brilliantly at the time, but the owner called off the sale because h...
- 7th April 2024 - 12:59pm
- Forum: Cars and Parts Wanted
- Topic: Type 3 Windscreens
- Replies: 6
- Views: 331
Re: Type 3 Windscreens
I've also got some s/h windscreens here in Inverness. I don't know where "up north" you are, but I'll be in Yorkshire next weekend and could bring one if you let me know in the next day or two.
Peter - do you know if Simon Kelley would have Type 4 seals?
Peter - do you know if Simon Kelley would have Type 4 seals?
- 6th February 2024 - 9:24pm
- Forum: Virtual Clubhouse
- Topic: Sole survivors: the very rarest cars on UK roads today
- Replies: 6
- Views: 836
Re: Sole survivors: the very rarest cars on UK roads today
I suspect not. https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?q=VOLKSWAGEN+1500&commit=Search Approximately the same number of 1500s on the road for the last 15 years. Its hard to believe only 1 of them is a fastback. Howmanyleft's listing here will include 1500 Beetles. And all UK Type 3 Fastbacks were 1600s - I'...
- 18th December 2023 - 10:28pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
Bumper looks good, but where are you going to fit the number plate?
- 17th November 2023 - 3:37pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
That screen surround looks tricky. Blower box is neat but - maybe it's only that the camera angle doesn't show it - is there still a drain for the rainwater to get out (under the petrol tank)? (Mine was rusted in that area and we came very close to accidentally blocking it.)
- 4th November 2023 - 11:10am
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
as long as the splines in the bolt head are in good nick, re-use them! (its definitely worth cleaning them out thoroughly on the bench/in a coffee jar of thinnners) And before removing them, clean the splines with a small screwdriver and tap your splined bit in gently with a hammer. You don't want ...
- 4th November 2023 - 12:06am
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
The club parts guide https://www.vwtype3and4club.org.uk/partswap.php says nothing else fits, but this website https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/cv-boot-10174/vw/411-412/412-variant/1684-1-7?categories%5B0%5D=193 appears to have what you need. I've bought from them for my Mk2 Polo - delivery was sl...
- 19th October 2023 - 2:32pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
Here is the one from the 412 that I'm (very gradually) restoring.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FSWuajaaY9zpo4Th9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/irW9BHLhYAKWj7XWA
If I can find a spare one I'll let you know.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FSWuajaaY9zpo4Th9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/irW9BHLhYAKWj7XWA
If I can find a spare one I'll let you know.
- 1st October 2023 - 9:24am
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
Great to see it starting, and amazing to see the cables are the same all those year ago, or years later. Depending on your perspective. The smart roadster I recently had used the same teleflex type cable for its sunroof. You mention a rotary wire brush, if im not too late. Use polly strip discs ins...
- 26th September 2023 - 9:07pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
I do like the Type 4 but removing the tank is one of the jobs that would most make you wish it was a Type 3. I've got to take the tank out of my Mk2 Polo, and it'll be interesting to decide if it's worse than the Type 4. (Changing the spark plugs on your car will make you thankful it's not a Type 3,...
- 16th September 2023 - 10:00pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
Not too bad. I've seen a lot worse.
- 16th September 2023 - 6:07pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
That's typical blower box rust. How is it around where the water drains out? That's an awkward bit to repair, and it's very near the petrol tank. I've been working on mine from inside the space where the tank goes - a job best suited to small people (which I'm not).
Floors look good though.
Floors look good though.
- 16th September 2023 - 12:07pm
- Forum: Virtual Clubhouse
- Topic: Main bearing question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2010
Re: Main bearing question
198 in the middle is a kit number - possibly a full set of bearings. 131-105-531 is the number of the single part.
- 5th September 2023 - 10:44pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
For stripping paint and rust, I like these https://www.abrasivesworld.co.uk/stripp ... plain.html better than wire brushes.
- 5th September 2023 - 10:35pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
The dash is fairly easy to take out. When the time comes to put mine back in, I hope my labels on the wires are still legible!
- 5th September 2023 - 9:40pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
Did the doors unbolt easily? I've had problems before undoing the big screws that hold them, although I haven't tried on my 412. Might be worth trying Jane and Bryan Terry for the window part. The blower box is a pain if it's rusty but with the dash out you'll see the state of it easily enough - or ...
- 31st August 2023 - 12:20am
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
Probably not as slow as mine!
- 30th August 2023 - 8:49pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 412 Variant estate build.
- Replies: 71
- Views: 11853
Re: 412 Variant estate build.
I'm looking forward to seeing this one progress.
- 17th August 2023 - 10:51pm
- Forum: Members' Cars and Project News
- Topic: 1967 VW Variant
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14612
Re: 1967 VW Variant
That's a fine bit of work. It's a shame the car wasn't as sound as you thought, but it's coming on nicely and well worth doing.
- 31st March 2023 - 8:50pm
- Forum: Type 4 Corner
- Topic: 411 on Furious Driving
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1652
411 on Furious Driving
A good feature on a Mk1 411 today, despite a few inaccuracies - and it's for sale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfhyf2Khyuo&t=6s
- 4th December 2022 - 11:46pm
- Forum: Virtual Clubhouse
- Topic: Anyone know the whereabouts of KPA 227K Variant?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3120
Re: Anyone know the whereabouts of KPA 227K Variant?
I found the burnt-out one with a few other cars (including a Beetle that sat there for many years) on a bit of ground beside the A87 at Loch Duich. As well as being burnt it was peppered with bullet holes. The body looked reasonable from a distance but when I went beside the car I found that it had ...
- 30th July 2022 - 5:55pm
- Forum: Type 4 Corner
- Topic: New purchase
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2477
Re: New purchase
Interesting to know of one turning up, especially in the Highlands. I've just seen it was you I replied to in March on repairing the rear arches - were you looking at buying this car then? It would be good to see a photo. Broady has done a guide to posting photos at the top of most of the sections o...
- 26th June 2022 - 11:10pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Part no for rear brake hoses
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2923
Re: Part no for rear brake hoses
VW Heritage say 113 611 775E (250mm). So I checked an old URO catalogue I have, and it confirmed that number for double-jointed Beetles including 1302 and 1303, but shows a different number, 211 611 775C (280mm) for the left side on double jointed Type 3s (and both sides on Type 2s). No mention in t...