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Offline Chris

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« Reply #90 on: November 07, 2006, 10:48:54 PM »
yay the meds are working!

thank kiki's mom for another job well done.
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« Reply #91 on: November 07, 2006, 11:35:42 PM »




Giddy up!
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« Reply #92 on: November 07, 2006, 11:46:28 PM »
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« Reply #93 on: January 24, 2007, 10:22:27 AM »
Holy smokes!
I haven't updated this bit forever.
Well the delay has been waiting for the adjustor to show up from Aircooled.net. Then actually cutting into the pan and making it work has been another adventure all together. The pan will be in paint this evening.... Stay tuned for pics.
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Kirin Jacobsen 1962 Beetle Seabert:
« Reply #94 on: January 24, 2007, 02:25:40 PM »
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Hey Jason,
My car is going to Man with barn autobody. He is a guy who does rotesserie restos out in the boondocks of ladner. He does fancy restos for all the farmers and is a good guy.
For the collision damage basically all there is the dents. No crinkles no nothing. The decklid took the brunt of the hit and folded like a taco and I guess saved the car strangely..
She's a fighter..
Hey Kirin,

Could you e-mail me his phone and physical address? I am looking at the possibilities once I know where I stand with (ICBC) the claim and getting my car back.

Thanks,

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« Reply #95 on: January 24, 2007, 10:36:10 PM »




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« Reply #96 on: January 28, 2007, 10:39:21 PM »
Well the pan is home and boy does it look nice. Damn is there ever a lot of hours into this thing thus far(about 45!)

However its home and painted... and looking good.

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« Reply #97 on: January 29, 2007, 06:42:10 AM »
looks great
it's nice when things start to come together
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« Reply #98 on: January 29, 2007, 09:13:22 PM »
that pan looks super sweet.  
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« Reply #99 on: January 29, 2007, 09:30:51 PM »
Great job Kirin. What did you use? Are you changing the tranny?
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« Reply #100 on: January 29, 2007, 10:26:39 PM »
Hey guys,
Just wanted to explain the 45 hours into it comment. Yes some of that was putting in the battery tray patch. However a lot of it was putting in that torsion adjustor, measuring it out, mocking it up etc. Just cutting out the old tube was a major pain in the ass since theres very little room and they way its built makes it a challenge.

We put in the extra effort to remove some OG welding slag around the frame horns and the torsion tubes. The paint on the torsion tubes is damn near top of the car worthy. It feels more like powdercoat then paint and my powdercoating looks almost dull next to it. Time was also spent banging as many dents as possible out of it and reforming the repop battery tray to make it look correct. I'm really happy with it and I know its as perfect as we could make it besides welding in complete new pans.. or buying a whole new pan.

Paint wise, Standox black epoxy primer went on first followed by some standox real black.

Transmission wise... I have a 72 Canadian standard transmission that will go off to Mr. Tweedle for a rebuild and for some hi performance prepping.

Right now I'm  planning to throw a lot of whiteline ground control products and some Konis to help the chassis get and stay grounded.
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« Reply #101 on: January 31, 2007, 05:42:28 PM »
Okay so the pans now home. I'm just waiting on some parts to come in. I can't decide whether to use stainless steel brake lines or what?
Any ideas?
Heres some pics...







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« Reply #102 on: March 15, 2007, 08:19:53 PM »
Alright long time no update. Also all my pictures have gone down since my picture host decided to change its server. However the pans actually getting partially reassembled this weekend. I'm picking up my cad plated bolts tommorow. The theme running is gloss black, silver and gold. Should be nice and subtle. Pics tommorow.
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Kirin Jacobsen 1962 Beetle Seabert:
« Reply #103 on: March 15, 2007, 11:31:50 PM »
y cant i see the pics???
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« Reply #104 on: March 16, 2007, 08:27:57 PM »
Cad Plating-Who does it, and what does it cost ?
Who would you recommend?
Thanks,
Shawn
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« Reply #105 on: March 16, 2007, 08:39:01 PM »
Hudsons plating
275 West 5th Vancouver

I had nearly every single bolt on my beetle done and it rung in at about 114 bucks. It was done in gold cad by the way.
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« Reply #106 on: March 16, 2007, 09:38:20 PM »
Time for some beetle bling!





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« Reply #107 on: March 18, 2007, 02:13:04 PM »
man, wish i had saved pictures of this german split i found on ebay germany, nice green with gold accents on the interior ect. was nice

dark colors and little gold touches look awesome
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« Reply #108 on: March 19, 2007, 04:20:59 PM »
Basically I'm just making the hardware nice... Anything super visable will be silver or polished or chrome...
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Kirin Jacobsen 1962 Beetle Seabert:
« Reply #109 on: March 20, 2007, 12:43:40 AM »
Hey kirin, In those last sets of photos what is the far right piece?
I have two of those and never have pulled one off a car.
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« Reply #110 on: March 20, 2007, 08:51:41 AM »
It covers up the latching mechanism on the bottom of the hood latch in the foreground....
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« Reply #111 on: April 07, 2007, 08:08:38 PM »
So through school and sickness I have finally gotten the beetle bug back. Lack of time and funds have kept me away from putting the pan back together however today I started up the long tedious task of putting it back together. I got the shift rod mostly in. Next all I got to do is fully instally the bushing. I managed to \"Dum-Dum\" down the pan gasket today. I also tore down the front beam, and the steering box.... Also did some other organizing stuff. I'd post pics but its all pretty boring at this point. I see myself spending some serious lootcakes in the very near future to progress this thing along.
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Kirin Jacobsen 1962 Beetle Seabert:
« Reply #112 on: April 07, 2007, 08:23:33 PM »


Great doing \"K\" guy. I have not done a thing to mine in a long time. I still wish I could dive right in and give you a hand.

Keep up the good work.
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« Reply #113 on: April 07, 2007, 08:46:23 PM »
good job buddy, i fired up mine for the first time in 2.5 years the other day, so i think your ahead.
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« Reply #114 on: April 07, 2007, 09:59:44 PM »
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So through school and sickness I have finally gotten the beetle bug back. Lack of time and funs have kept me away from putting the pan back together however today I started up the long tedious task of putting it back together. I got the shift rod mostly in. Next all I got to do is fully instally the bushing. I managed to "Dum-Dum" down the pan gasket today. I also tore down the front beam, and the steering box.... Also did some other organizing stuff. I'd post pics but its all pretty boring at this point. I see myself spending some serious lootcakes in the very near future to progress this thing along.
better put the car back together, ive got it as my backround atm before you tore it down
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« Reply #115 on: April 07, 2007, 10:06:25 PM »
The cars coming back now better then ever. When shes back on the road you'll be more then welcome to come over for a spin!
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« Reply #116 on: April 07, 2007, 10:26:18 PM »
kirin said,    I have finally gotten the beetle bug back.

is that like small little
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« Reply #117 on: April 07, 2007, 10:43:05 PM »
nope more like if these vehicles are like infectious diseases I got the disease again!
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Kirin Jacobsen 1962 Beetle Seabert:
« Reply #118 on: April 07, 2007, 10:46:44 PM »
lol
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« Reply #119 on: April 07, 2007, 11:20:52 PM »
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The cars coming back now better then ever. When shes back on the road you'll be more then welcome to come over for a spin!
sounds good

everyone who sees my backround thinks the bug looks great, so if its going to be better than before i cant wait
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