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01-25-2011, 06:34 AM
V8Square

V8vw

Good morning. I am new to the forum and would like to tell you about my project. It is a 1969 VW,Type III Squareback. Chassis is 2" x 3" tube chassis, Mustang II front suspension, sbc 350/330hp,700R4,narrowed 9" Ford,triangulated 4-bar. This is a slow project, but I have nothing but time.

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01-25-2011, 08:52 AM
Bug

I knew a guy quite a few years back that had one of those VW pickups that had a mid engine 327 in it. Quite a sleeper if you do it correctly.
01-25-2011, 09:09 AM
V8Square

Yeah, hopefully mine will be a sleeper too.

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01-25-2011, 09:23 AM
HOSS429

be sure and look at v8notchman`s build thread
01-25-2011, 09:50 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by HOSS429

be sure and look at v8notchman`s build thread

Yes,I have
01-25-2011, 10:40 AM
jyardgirl

great looking build
01-25-2011, 11:06 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by jyardgirl

great looking build

Thank you. You know, it's hard to get old.
01-25-2011, 11:50 AM
cffisher

Got to say "I LOVE IT":eek: that will have top be a blast to drive.**)**)
01-25-2011, 11:57 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by cffisher

Got to say "I LOVE IT":eek: that will have top be a blast to drive.**)**)

Thanks. Yeah, I am retired and when I hear some retiree say that they are bored and have nothing to do, I have a problem with that. Days aren't long enough.
01-25-2011, 12:16 PM
Whiplash23T

Welcome to CHR site and man that is one very nice project and what you have accomplished so far is excellent,love it also. It looks like you started with a very clean VW body wise, and I could imagine twin pipes (exhaust) simalar to the original out the back.:LOL: I will be following along with your build as I too love the old VW's.
01-25-2011, 12:54 PM
V8Square

[QUOTE=Whiplash23T;414416]Welcome to CHR site and man that is one very nice project and what you have accomplished so far is excellent,love it also. It looks like you started with a very clean VW body wise, and I could imagine twin pipes (exhaust) simalar to the original out the back.:LOL: I will be following along with your build as I too love the old VW's.

Thanks for the nice remarks. Yeah, this was a California car I bought some years ago that my youngest son and I were going to build. It had a blown engine and trannie and said in a grarage her in Missouri for about 5 years. I bought it, we totally disassembled it and it sat in my garage for about another 12-15 years. Both sons are married, have kids and live in two different states. I told my wife, now I am going to build it the way I want it. Oughta be a good little grocery getter for her,huh? Here are a couple of pictures of another '69 VW that my oldest boy, who will be 38 this year, built when he was a senior in high school. It is powered by a reworked, 4cylinder Porsche engine. Quick little ride,. Yep, I have that in my garage too.

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01-25-2011, 02:31 PM
TooMany2count

Hell I want a ride in that thing when it's done.
Use to hang out w/a guy about 15yrs ago(we were in Gateway VW Club together) that had a 10sec street legal white 67 Beetle(2400cc mtr) and a red 63 Notchback w/a built mtr also.
He would run the beetle over at Gateway & do 1/8 mile wheelies in that all steel bug.
If you didn't pay attention to when he was shifting that thing would send you to the chiropractor.
01-25-2011, 03:36 PM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by TooMany2count

Hell I want a ride in that thing when it's done.
Use to hang out w/a guy about 15yrs ago(we were in Gateway VW Club together) that had a 10sec street legal white 67 Beetle(2400cc mtr) and a red 63 Notchback w/a built mtr also.
He would run the beetle over at Gateway & do 1/8 mile wheelies in that all steel bug.
If you didn't pay attention to when he was shifting that thing would send you to the chiropractor.

His name wasn't Al Shelton, by chance,was it? I knew a few of the guys in that club also,one on particular was Pat Hoffman. Don't get me wrong, in my own opinion, there were a lot of "premadonnas" in that club though.That is why I never joined.
01-25-2011, 08:09 PM
TooMany2count

LMAO........

No it wasn't Al, but he is a character in his own right.
I use to know some of those primadonnas, God I hated "cliques".
No I was talking about a guy named Elo, haven't seen nor talked to him in years.
Myself and several others quit the VW Club just before the Benton Show at the racetrack down there.
We seen what was happening & wanted no part of it.
I was the events chairman at the time but had nothing to do w/the show so I quit.
Haven't been in a car/truck club since.
Well I take that back, for a while I considered myself a member of the "Honkers" car club.
It had no dues, one meeting a year & EVERYBODY was President, it even said that on the Club Jackets....joe
01-26-2011, 05:02 AM
falconvan

Wow! Now that's a fine looking project. Your frame and sheetmetal work look exceptional so far. Looks like you has a really solid candidate to start with, too.
01-26-2011, 06:01 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by falconvan

Wow! Now that's a fine looking project. Your frame and sheetmetal work look exceptional so far. Looks like you has a really solid candidate to start with, too.

Thanks for the comments. I'm trying. The 'ol cherry-picker really comes in handy to move the body around, especially when you are a "one-man-show". Gonna start hitting it hard again before the wife and I take off for another month long camping trip out to California,again.
01-26-2011, 06:15 AM
falconvan

Ballwin, Mo? Hey, were neighbors. I'm just down the road in Festus.
01-26-2011, 06:23 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by falconvan

Ballwin, Mo? Hey, were neighbors. I'm just down the road in Festus.

Yeah,we ain't far apart
01-26-2011, 07:02 AM
HOSS429

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FESTUS ???:rolleyes:
01-26-2011, 08:23 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by HOSS429

FESTUS ???:rolleyes:

Naw. That's Fester
01-27-2011, 06:46 PM
falconvan

Same difference; we all look just like that here.
01-27-2011, 07:02 PM
cffisher

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Originally Posted by V8Square

Thanks. Yeah, I am retired and when I hear some retiree say that they are bored and have nothing to do, I have a problem with that. Days aren't long enough.

I'm retired and have been since 05 and been playing in my shops ever since curently playing with a 73 nova that will have a 454 just for fun and a 57 chevy 2dr wagon for the wife, I love retirement. Your right you run out of time all the time.
01-28-2011, 07:16 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by cffisher

I'm retired and have been since 05 and been playing in my shops ever since curently playing with a 73 nova that will have a 454 just for fun and a 57 chevy 2dr wagon for the wife, I love retirement. Your right you run out of time all the time.

You are so right about retirement. We love it. Say, I see you are from Michigan. My wife and I lived there,Sault Ste Marie, many,many ears ago (1965-1967)while I was stationed at Kincheloe A.F.B. with the 449th Bomb Wing,SAC before going overseas. Was just up there,in the U.P., visiting and camping this past fall.
01-28-2011, 10:07 AM
cffisher

We'er in the far south part of MI a little north of state line, but we have been to the UP many times it is so nice up there year round there are things to do. went river rafting there in Feb. 2 years ago realy fun. Only 6 to 8 hr drive depending on how you go.
01-28-2011, 02:06 PM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by cffisher

We'er in the far south part of MI a little north of state line, but we have been to the UP many times it is so nice up there year round there are things to do. went river rafting there in Feb. 2 years ago realy fun. Only 6 to 8 hr drive depending on how you go.

Yeah, it's nice up there, but let me tell you, winter is brutal, especially when you have to work outside like I had to do. Plus, in the summer, mosquitos are like sparrows.:eek:
03-22-2011, 06:11 PM
V8Square

Need some help. I need to know if someone out there can give me the measurement, on a Mustang II power steering rack, from the front side (pointing to front of vehicle) to the furthest point to where the power steeringlines are. Hopefully, that makes sense.
03-22-2011, 06:35 PM
pro70z28

Looks Cool. I can relate to slow projects :LOL:
03-22-2011, 07:57 PM
sfort

Do you want from the rack mounting to the pump mounting?
03-23-2011, 06:24 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by sfort

Do you want from the rack mounting to the pump mounting?

Thanks for the reply. What I actually need is, on the rack, if you waqnt to call it the side that is NOT against the chassis mounting brackets , from that point to where the metal lines on the rack are, the furthest distance.:confused:
03-23-2011, 05:51 PM
RestoRod

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Naw. That's Fester

This is Festus.:)
03-23-2011, 06:20 PM
pro70z28

If you change your mind me and Newly will be over at the Longbranch havin' a whole lot of little beers.
03-24-2011, 05:31 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by pro70z28

If you change your mind me and Newly will be over at the Longbranch havin' a whole lot of little beers.

:confused:???
03-24-2011, 08:13 AM
RestoRod

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Originally Posted by V8Square

:confused:???

A probable comment by Festus (Ken Curtis) to Marshal Dillon. (Long time TV classic Gunsmoke.) You may be too young to have enjoyed the show.:D
03-24-2011, 11:03 AM
V8Square

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Originally Posted by RestoRod

A probable comment by Festus (Ken Curtis) to Marshal Dillon. (Long time TV classic Gunsmoke.) You may be too young to have enjoyed the show.:D

Oh no, I'm not too young. Just forgetful. That's what happens when you turn 65. I'm heading out to the West Coast next month and all I can say is thank God for GPS:LOL: