What class or group was that VW?Another view of a Beetle that produced more natural gas than most, courtesy of its 5-litre V8 Chevrolet engine.
Oh lala! Now thats my game, congrats, you'll gonna love the 3dp chasis.A couple of 3D-printed chassis arrived today courtesy of Beardy's industrious skill, for which I am most grateful. Both are destined for new Beetle projects, once current work is completed.
3D printing. Fascinating to an old duffer like me. More on this topic anon.
Looks an amazing eclectic build! Beautiful...After a morning twonking around with Milliput, Araldite and drills and things, there's a growing possibility that this might become something of a Hebmueller, or at least my version of one. Can't do much more, though, until a Pitlane chassis kit arrives.
My thanks again for your interest.
Those Fuchs rims really level up the model.It's daunting to think of the work that's gone into this Heb since yesterday, yet it looks little different. The joys of modelling, eh? Oh, and evidence of butchery below.
Recuerdo que alguna vez Trisha dijo que hacía un Beetle por semana,desde hace años y estoy casi seguro que este Tópico debe ser uno de los más largos o el más largo en el foro. 🤔Pero cuantos tienes?
Por cierto, ayer leí que se subasta un Beetle original y sin estrenar fabricado en Mejico... aún con los plásticos de protección de los asientos.
But how many do you have?
By the way, yesterday I read that an original and brand-new Beetle made in Mexico is being auctioned ... even with the seat protection plastics.
Frederic
The problem is when your wife knows the price of the little cars and then makes numbers... 😅Frederic
I don't know how many Beetles I've got. I dare not count them, either, because I will then know the answer, which is potentially dangerous, because...
... if Mrs Grumpy slips a truth drug into my tea, she'll know how many there are as well...
... and that would be the thin end of the wedge.
So it is the longest post, isnt it? 😀Sixty pages in and you are encouraging him to do more? Really?![biggrin.png]()
Nice story👍I used to work in an automotive machine shop back in the early 80's. It was also a speed and custom shop where you could buy Holley carbs and Edelbrock intakes, etc. 90% of the cars coming in for upgrades were V-8 muscle cars from the 60's and 70's. All the customers boasted about how fast their cars were. Everyone had a 12-second car even though no one had a time slip to prove it. Why 12-seconds? Because as soon as you go under 12-seconds, the NHRA rules require the car to have a roll bar. Very few people had a roll bar in thier daily driver. We used to call those seemingly false claims of fast cars McDonalds time slips.
I'm alone minding the counter on a quiet day. A baby blue VW Beetle pulls into the parking lot. The sound was not that of a Beetle at all. More like a souped up Porsche. A nice man walks in and wants to order some parts. Admiring his car I asked "Is it fast?". He pulls out a recent time slip from a local drag race track that says 12.5 seconds in the quarter mile. He chuckles as he pulls out another that says 11.5. He says the second run was with Nitrous Oxide. At which point they kicked him off the track and told him to get a roll cage!
A baby blue Beetle was one of the fastest street cars I ever saw back in the early 80's.
Love the small seats 😀👍Thanks, chaps. Your support and positive comments are greatly appreciated. Marvellous. To be continued, therefore, with... a black Heb.
Lots to do yet, but getting there slowly.
Thanks again.
Thats probably one of the best looking Beetles I have seen in slot! 👌👍Apart from having to wait for glue and transfers to dry until tomorrow, I think the Hebmueller is probably finished. The skis, incidentally, are optional.
My thanks to you again for your interest.
That would fit perfectly in The Mess😉A Beetle I won't be replicating in slot form. Might be a trifle unbalanced.
Cant imagine what would be like to drive one of those cars, I mean stock Beetles had around +-50 horsepower? How much did they gain from this and other mods people actually did?Below, a mid-engined 'roof-chop' in David Piper Green complete with a 'goblin hat' to feed air into the induction system. An Airfix slot version would be easy. Anyone fancy a go?
Touche 😄Three? ... Maybe four? :O
I guess that you omitted to say "THOUSAND"
Nice shinny glossy finish!Many thanks for your most kind comments, Matthew, and my thanks to the chaps who've also commented above.
Pics below of the finished car. Exhausts, interior and bits and pieces finally done. Will give it a go on the Mess later when sundry beads of glue have dried.
My thanks to all for your interest.
Well, that could be Worst... Imagine if She takes a cloth and begins cleaning the dust from the windshields and bodies, then you'll have lots of anthenas, mirrors and everything that can be broken in a slot car toghether in an ashtray or in the bin...😮I smell and hear danger. The distinct bouquet of bleach and other cleaning horrors is in the air, and the vacuum cleaner has made a guest appearance. Mrs Grumpy is fixing things that can't be broken, so I'm awf to the Mess for a Beetle/Porsche morn.
No point in explaining that I cleaned and vacuumed yesterday, because the reply is always: "Well, I want it done properly."
X2 🙂*gets the popcorn and settles down in comfy chair*
