well today my friends i drove the square!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after what seems an absolute fookin age i took her out for a blast and it was soooooooooooooooooooooooo awesome!!!!!!!! arm out the window, massive stoopid grin on my face.... peeps lookin like what the fuck is that it was just sweeeeeeeeee...

okay peeps this baby is imminently going cruising!!!!
fitted the cool back box today...sounds awesome!
nice rumbling.....
just gotta fix the idle wire to the carb it snapped and connect the clutch cable and im out there!!!!!

Editor wrote:Brown wires are earths on VWs. Will it reach the clock or other instrument? Is anything not working?

the clock is missing...thats it thanks....

wow you have bought the awesome 62 that has to be so cool its mega!!
congrats dude hope to see it 1 day

it suddenly appeared behind the dash....
i canot locate a prong to fit it to within reach..
there are a few empty prongs in a group of 3 right behind the speedo clock but this wire is 2mm short to reach...

any clues peeps?

rob.teuke wrote:is it black?? and also when and where is vw action?? i dont bother much about shows really, but il go if its fairly close.

4th sept the sunday at the pod
its 2/3/4 but im going for the sunday only...its cream!

cheers rob!

check quik vid of fire up!
without backbox!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izja5D1Gy2U

can you not just buy an early fasty and save all the hard work?
or are early fasties like rocking horse poop

my beam looked fine from 6 inches away with the rubber seals...
spotted a hole....took the rubber clamps off and this




I know sum1 on here with a mint beam for sale if yours isnt up to scratch

rob.teuke wrote: except p/s doorcard which is in 2 pieces! ( anyone got a spare??)
rob

rob im pretty certain ive got a p/s door card......it needs a damn good scrubbing...
you going vw action

nice work dudio!

woopwoop!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the square is a runner!!!!!!!!!! mark popped round today and worked out that id wire up the coil wrong :roll: so after frying the electronic igniton the points and condenser have been fitted and with some tweeking and swearing she fired into life!!!!!!!!!! just the manifold an...

nice.so are you going for the early look re the indicators

great stuff keep it up

Poke out the drains in the corner of the doors. Type 3 doors do let water in - the rubber scrapers don't seal perfectly. Just make sure they can drain, spray inside with waxoyl or similar, and keep the plastic seal fixed to the door behind the door card or that will get damp and damaged. :thumbsup:

the water runs down the inside of the door and pillar as it should..... I don't understand that water flows down the inside. Are your door seals in place and OK? door seals have seen better days but are all there yes the water is collecting at the door bottom but cannot afford new ones no chance fo...

when the water drains down the roof gutters and into the small gap at the front wing/door edge..... the water runs down the inside of the door and pillar as it should..... when it reaches the sill it seems to collect and then squeezes itself over the sill trim and onto the heater channel and thus on...

Managed to get the glass back in the runners/channels, but the bar keeps slipping off. The window is only resting on it. Can't find any remains either in the bottom of the door. Will look at vw heritage like you've advised. Thanks again guys for all your advice. Whilst i was looking, i thought id h...

rob.teuke wrote:paint time, after much time consuming and paint in the arsingness with halfords and paint, my fasty if finally being painted by me and my mate in my garage as i speak! and so ar so good its looking ace! ill post some pictures next weekend!

rob

cant wait !!!!!!!

not a lot to update really just the finishing of the red oxide protection and how super clean ive got the engine bay:cool: http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad185/madbugr/sq295.jpg http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad185/madbugr/sq296.jpg http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad185/madbugr/sq297.jpg ...

as the engines out i decided to remove the rear wings as i really need to oxide primer the body panels ready for the winter. ive managed to get 1 coat on today including the underside and half the engine bay. inside of the rear wings need coating too so lots to do next few days http://i934.photobuck...

good thread...when i drove my 1600 stock carbs and stock oil bath to skeggy the other week,
i drove it fairly hard and hit 55 - 60 on the straights and the MPG was really good...
i reckon i was gettin high 20's...

sheeeeeeeeeeet thats low
like ive said in my build thread ive had to raise the beam from 3 to 2 splines and tbh
its so much better for my roads (and ive rid the beam of the bolts) but if
you can get around like that then thats really cool man im chuffed 4 ya

I suspect it's part of the diagnosis wiring if it's a 72/73 car. Do you have a white multisocket in the engine compartment? The system used various connections to check electronically on the state of the engine. They used the voltage drop variation on starting as a way of checking compression! Coul...