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Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: horizontallyopposed on February 02, 2004, 09:21:47 PM: Howdy-ho,

I was looking on the Samba and Cal-Look for some aluminum hex t-bars, and thought I'd check and see if any Canadians were making some, before I send my loonies and toonies to support the war machine :lol:

:rockon:

-Keith
(who is happy it's not -30*C out anymore here so I can actually enter the garage to drill out spot welds on the rear apron. Oh joy.)
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: James Buchan on February 02, 2004, 09:37:36 PM: I WAS - For the price they are charging for them ( i think the lowest I saw was 80 us) you are getting an excellent deal.

It takes ALOT of hours to get them perfect.
I'll post a pic of mine tmrw.
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: James Buchan on February 02, 2004, 10:41:11 PM: As you can see by the pics, I still have some wet sanding/polishing to do - you don't want to know how many hours I have into them :)
(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesamba.com%2Fvw%2Fgallery%2Fpix%2F142939.jpg&hash=3ff1ff7c28c488d860795590b7a6851a083247d1)

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesamba.com%2Fvw%2Fgallery%2Fpix%2F142937.jpg&hash=f0a32725775c424c8801fddc210f2d27b62b5ed3)
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: Stephan Schmidt on February 03, 2004, 08:48:45 AM: Nice work James!

I've personally seen the HEX bar T-bars myself, and they look awesome. very rare. if you found a set in the US, I'd say go for it!

stephan
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: Scratchy on February 03, 2004, 07:12:12 PM: Hey James, Nice work. I'm just trying to figure out how you had time to make those, between all the 800 posts
on this forum.... :lol: :lol:
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: James Buchan on February 03, 2004, 07:53:03 PM: There's always a comedian.... :)

Well I have one of those jobs where I have free time on my hands alot. I've got my guys trained well I guess....
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: silas on February 03, 2004, 11:44:59 PM: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ind...311050258462333 (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/index.mv?alert+200311050258462333)

hex t-bars for sale on thesamba. $100.
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: James Buchan on February 03, 2004, 11:59:31 PM: Ya those are nice - for the true look you need to have the welds smooth though.
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: Shane on February 04, 2004, 06:22:34 AM: Those are not as nice as James......
No welds good
:D
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: horizontallyopposed on February 04, 2004, 09:47:03 AM: Quote
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ind...311050258462333 (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/index.mv?alert+200311050258462333)

hex t-bars for sale on thesamba. $100.
That's Tim Tesnow from the cal-look forums. Those were the ones I think I'm gonna order (The hex ones). I don't mind the look of the welds myself. :blink: He also makes tach mounts and gas tank hold downs. So many parts, so little money :lol:

-Keith
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: James Buchan on February 04, 2004, 10:01:39 AM: They look to be nice quality - if you do order some let me know I'd like to see them first hand.
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: silas on February 04, 2004, 10:45:29 AM: Quote
Those are not as nice as James......
No welds good
:D
but these are done and on a car. ;) j/k james

i agree with you h/o. the welds arent that bad lookin, but it would look alot cleaner if they were cleaned up. it's the hex that i really like.
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: Shane on February 06, 2004, 09:22:12 PM: James latest T-Bar he has made!!!!
(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whale-tail.com%2Falexis090203%2Ftn_0014_JPG.jpg&hash=5fdbafa4a7d58b10695c3a3716b2300b404214ab)
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: James Buchan on February 06, 2004, 09:41:14 PM: Shhhh don't tell Cindy!
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: Scratchy on February 07, 2004, 05:30:24 PM: As you can see from my Pic, this T-bar is totally done! :D :D :D

(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scratchy.kicks-ass.net%2Fpix%2Fvw%2Fvw-tail1.jpg&hash=b4e0579c3fbc121366f56cb2dcfd92f539bdb454)
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: horizontallyopposed on April 05, 2004, 08:53:46 PM: Got my t-bars from Tim Tesnow in Arizona today. They look super good. I'll have to take better pics when there's some light cause my camera doesn't do well in low light, and if I used the flash, all you saw was a bright spot in the reflection! There was a bit of a with the polishing shop, which Tim had emailed me to apologize for, so he threw in a t-bar keychain and some aluminum valve caps (5 of them even!). Nice guy.

I know some of you said the welds should be smoothed out, but I like them better this way. The polished stainless allen head bolts with the machined aluminum washers are nice too.
(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.telus.net%2Fpublic%2Flkadams%2Ftbar1.jpg&hash=8df37be4481cd21e08a7a0406f5f8a1d6dc63d8e)
(https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.telus.net%2Fpublic%2Flkadams%2Ftbar2.jpg&hash=7f5aeed1ed1ebca5d5a277880467e569d32f3230)
Title: Any Resourceful Canucks Building T-bars?
Post by: James Buchan on April 05, 2004, 09:21:17 PM: Those do look really nice, really nice welds too. Let me know how they line up and fit once they are on the car, I made my mounting holes slotted so I could adjust as needed if my front end was a bit off.