DDK'er 356 Projects 12/2004

bugbod · Post by **bugbod** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:40 pm

Reg letters blacked out because the mark doesn't come with it

It was in the garage before I got a chance to take proper pics.

More pics here http://usera.imagecave.com/pegpics/356/

The blue/grey bit in the first one is the garage floor

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:53 pm

Hey that's a cracker.. nice one..

bugbod · Post by **bugbod** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:10 pm

Thanks, the iron worms have had a fair old feed though, if you look at some of the other pics.

The whitish bit on the roof is not shine - it's the original colour coming through

Hendrik Moulds · Post by **Hendrik Moulds** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:12 am

Looks like a good project, and pretty complete.

Have you had it long?

bugbod · Post by **bugbod** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:47 am

Since Thursday

Hendrik Moulds · Post by **Hendrik Moulds** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:08 pm

Was it a barn find then? Have you been looking for one for a while?

bugbod · Post by **bugbod** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:22 pm

No, it belonged to someone I know who had it since '75 and never got round to tackling it. He now needs the space.
We haven't actually bought it yet, he said just take it away and see what you think.

Hendrik Moulds · Post by **Hendrik Moulds** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:53 pm

Very

. Looks like a good and interesting project.

Paul Knight · Post by **Paul Knight** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:04 pm

bobs car is all finished and in daily use now. decided against the sprints (until the summer, perhaps?!) but really happy with the results... especially the stance!

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:45 pm

Very nice!

Does that enormous rubber snag on the arch lips at all?

Paul Knight · Post by **Paul Knight** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:01 am

cubist wrote:Very nice!

Does that enormous rubber snag on the arch lips at all?

oi, those are NOS Michelin XAS boots - i had to drive miles to pick them up and they look wicked on the car!
They don't catch unless you're on full lock and try to mount a kerb. The sprints have skinnier treads up front and are my fav., but it's bob's daily, and he was worried about overly skinny rubber in wet weather

. wait til the summer, i'll slap the skinny and fats on and drag it to an event (vw, of course

)

i've put the sprints on my type 3 til then

mind you, although they're skinnier at the front, they're still quite tall - i'm not a big fan of low-profile rubber on my cars, i'm more of an old-school balloon-tread kinda bloke

laters

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:22 am

The Sprints do look lovely on the Notch... nice stance too.

'i'm more of an old-school balloon-tread kinda bloke' got me thinking of that gorgeous girl in the 70's Nimble ads:

'She flies like a bird in the sky... '

Burma-Shave · Post by **Burma-Shave** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:43 pm

MM-mmm! I like the blind in the rear window..is that an original 356 thing or a bug accessory?

The car is now for sale, too, yes?

Paul Knight · Post by **Paul Knight** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:32 pm

Burma-Shave wrote:MM-mmm! I like the blind in the rear window..is that an original 356 thing or a bug accessory?

The car is now for sale, too, yes?

the blind is a 60s beetle extra from australia - it just happened to fit perfectly.
that car is not for sale, but this silver speedster is

sprintstar67 · Post by **sprintstar67** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:39 pm

[quote="Paul Knight"]bobs car is all finished and in daily use now. decided against the sprints (until the summer, perhaps?!) but really happy with the results... especially the stance![/quote="Paul Knight"]

Paul is that the max of the factory adjusters or a bit more?

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