50's Retro Ruffrod cab project...
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50's Retro Ruffrod cab project...
Hello all!
New forum member, I was told to visit you so here I am....
Tought I'd make a tread about my project that has been lurking in my garage for a while. Slowly but surely developing....
The car, an '81 cabby with a 1.8 GTI engine with a carb mounted, don't ask me why, previous owner business!
Been playing around with the idea of making a 50's Bonneville ruffrod style cab for along time. So when this baby entered my garage it was time to set the plan into life.
Matte black paint, white top with no rear window, 14 inch steelies powdercoated red, with whitewall tires and Moondiscs.
Some other period pieces will also find it's way to this project. Peep-mirror, A-pillar search light, lionpaw exhaust tail, and also some "until further notice" secret parts!
The car is painted in my own garage by yours truely! Just to get that real homemade ruffrod 50's finish on the paintjob.
I've also started putting the car back together.
I'm posting som in progress shots from this winter, and also some pics of parts and other stuff I'll be mounting on the car.
Waddaya all think?
Ripped, but with new doors, new brakes and adjustable coilovers mounted. I also cleaned the car totally on the underside and applied new anti-rust goo! shitty job!
Some bodywork, new front and front fenders, plus welding shut the old mirror holes.
All spray spackled and primered ready for the matte black paint.
The paint is on, with just the ruffrod finish I wanted.
Went overboard one day when I was working from home. Not much work that day as you can see. Masked and painted flames in true 50's custom spirit.
Original rearlamps ready for modification.
Modified and mounted! Here you can see the lionpaw and part of the restored chromebumper as well.
Whitewalls, the lionpaw (before mounting, of course) and a couple of secret trick parts!
And I just had to get this, kinda blends in with the rest of the car...
The front is slowly turning cool.....
I did a small trick on the lower grills by adding a chromestrip to the top and bottom of them, to kinda resemble the frontgrille.
Polished doorlock mechanisms
TMI carpet and rear seatcover arrived!!
Old style chrome handles mounted, just sitting there waiting for their little black inserts....
Matte black and chrome, kinda cool don't ya think??
Since I was temporarily short of funds this summer I mounted stuff that I've had laying around since spring.
I mounted the rear hatch, the new upholstered rear seat, new TMI carpet, the cabframe and also polished some parts and added some chrome...
Here's some pics....
Polished doorlock bolt....
Rearhatch mounted...the hatch is being modified this winter but it'll do for now!
The rearseat with the TMI upholstery...
The carpet set also included new carpet for the rearshelf and sides too...nice!
Some rock'n roll stuff!
Some windowframe chrome...
Hmm... I wonder what this is??
A sneak-peek of how it'll look with the Moondiscs. Smaller rubber and whitewalls will be added shortly.
Things were moving slowly forward this summer...
Got started mounting the top, plus I also got my hands on some more Moon parts. The Grant steeringwheel in red flake will blend right in with the rest of the theme, in my opinion.
I just had to have the Moon hornbutton with the Maltese cross on it.
A Moon Brody knob and 3" Moon peep mirror just complements the look I'm going for.
Here's some pics....
Started the cab mounting...
Da steeringwheel and Brody knob.....
3" Moon Peep....
Da wheel mounted, I just dig this ....
Here's some more pics, starting to look really bitchin' now, don't you think??
...more to follow!
New forum member, I was told to visit you so here I am....
Tought I'd make a tread about my project that has been lurking in my garage for a while. Slowly but surely developing....
The car, an '81 cabby with a 1.8 GTI engine with a carb mounted, don't ask me why, previous owner business!
Been playing around with the idea of making a 50's Bonneville ruffrod style cab for along time. So when this baby entered my garage it was time to set the plan into life.
Matte black paint, white top with no rear window, 14 inch steelies powdercoated red, with whitewall tires and Moondiscs.
Some other period pieces will also find it's way to this project. Peep-mirror, A-pillar search light, lionpaw exhaust tail, and also some "until further notice" secret parts!
The car is painted in my own garage by yours truely! Just to get that real homemade ruffrod 50's finish on the paintjob.
I've also started putting the car back together.
I'm posting som in progress shots from this winter, and also some pics of parts and other stuff I'll be mounting on the car.
Waddaya all think?
Ripped, but with new doors, new brakes and adjustable coilovers mounted. I also cleaned the car totally on the underside and applied new anti-rust goo! shitty job!
Some bodywork, new front and front fenders, plus welding shut the old mirror holes.
All spray spackled and primered ready for the matte black paint.
The paint is on, with just the ruffrod finish I wanted.
Went overboard one day when I was working from home. Not much work that day as you can see. Masked and painted flames in true 50's custom spirit.
Original rearlamps ready for modification.
Modified and mounted! Here you can see the lionpaw and part of the restored chromebumper as well.
Whitewalls, the lionpaw (before mounting, of course) and a couple of secret trick parts!
And I just had to get this, kinda blends in with the rest of the car...
The front is slowly turning cool.....
I did a small trick on the lower grills by adding a chromestrip to the top and bottom of them, to kinda resemble the frontgrille.
Polished doorlock mechanisms
TMI carpet and rear seatcover arrived!!
Old style chrome handles mounted, just sitting there waiting for their little black inserts....
Matte black and chrome, kinda cool don't ya think??
Since I was temporarily short of funds this summer I mounted stuff that I've had laying around since spring.
I mounted the rear hatch, the new upholstered rear seat, new TMI carpet, the cabframe and also polished some parts and added some chrome...
Here's some pics....
Polished doorlock bolt....
Rearhatch mounted...the hatch is being modified this winter but it'll do for now!
The rearseat with the TMI upholstery...
The carpet set also included new carpet for the rearshelf and sides too...nice!
Some rock'n roll stuff!
Some windowframe chrome...
Hmm... I wonder what this is??
A sneak-peek of how it'll look with the Moondiscs. Smaller rubber and whitewalls will be added shortly.
Things were moving slowly forward this summer...
Got started mounting the top, plus I also got my hands on some more Moon parts. The Grant steeringwheel in red flake will blend right in with the rest of the theme, in my opinion.
I just had to have the Moon hornbutton with the Maltese cross on it.
A Moon Brody knob and 3" Moon peep mirror just complements the look I'm going for.
Here's some pics....
Started the cab mounting...
Da steeringwheel and Brody knob.....
3" Moon Peep....
Da wheel mounted, I just dig this ....
Here's some more pics, starting to look really bitchin' now, don't you think??
...more to follow!
Last edited by Stampede on Sun Nov 06, 2005 3:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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More pics and stuff...
Yihaaa... made my own dials! I went with a pinup babe theme and here's the result.... =)
Found an old 50's Caltex logo that I used as a sign above the gasgauge, looks better than the standard one I think...
So waddaya guys think??
Speedo...
Tacho...
Tank...
Temp...
Well, here's the finished instrument cluster!
I think it turned out great, the pic doesn't do it quite justice, but you get the idea.
Painted the needles in a color called Garnet Pearl and the screws and needlebases in Silver fox.
I also applied a small text in the empty black area below the indicator lights, just to indicate that this IS a driver....
Anyways, here it is...
Oh yes!!!
Took her for a little spin on some local roads this weekend, and man she worked! Stiff as hell but it's supposed to be like that!
Got the seatupholstery on the front seats mounted yesterday, and mounted the seats this morning. Man, I love my job solution, working from home!
Some minor details left to do inside and outside.
Next in line is mounting of my CD player and some speakers with retro covers. And this winter, back into the garage for removal of the engine, and a paint and finish job in the enginecompartment.
Here's some pics after the little testdrive...
Later.....
Found an old 50's Caltex logo that I used as a sign above the gasgauge, looks better than the standard one I think...
So waddaya guys think??
Speedo...
Tacho...
Tank...
Temp...
Well, here's the finished instrument cluster!
I think it turned out great, the pic doesn't do it quite justice, but you get the idea.
Painted the needles in a color called Garnet Pearl and the screws and needlebases in Silver fox.
I also applied a small text in the empty black area below the indicator lights, just to indicate that this IS a driver....
Anyways, here it is...
Oh yes!!!
Took her for a little spin on some local roads this weekend, and man she worked! Stiff as hell but it's supposed to be like that!
Got the seatupholstery on the front seats mounted yesterday, and mounted the seats this morning. Man, I love my job solution, working from home!
Some minor details left to do inside and outside.
Next in line is mounting of my CD player and some speakers with retro covers. And this winter, back into the garage for removal of the engine, and a paint and finish job in the enginecompartment.
Here's some pics after the little testdrive...
Later.....
People who think they know everything greatly annoy those of us who do!
Due to current financial constraints, the light at the end of the tunnel
will be turned off until further notice.
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will be turned off until further notice.
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This is by far one of the best projects I have ever seen put together Everything is so well thought out and put together. I'd have to say that the guages are my fav mod on your car-way tooo hot!! How the heck did you re-calibrate everything to make it work with that guage setting?
Very very cool! Thanks for posting that here
Oh yeah, and welcome to TRF!!
Very very cool! Thanks for posting that here
Oh yeah, and welcome to TRF!!
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87 Scirocco 16v (TWINS!)
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Thanx for the cudos guys! Great to have my work appreciated!
The chrome euro smalls, well, found the rear one on a junkyard up here in Norway, and the front one is a reproduction part. Bought here: http://www.volkswarenhaus.de it's a company in Germany that specializes on repro parts for old dubs...
Thanx man!SoCal_Cabby wrote:where the hell did you find the euro smalls?
you car is beautiful, great job
The chrome euro smalls, well, found the rear one on a junkyard up here in Norway, and the front one is a reproduction part. Bought here: http://www.volkswarenhaus.de it's a company in Germany that specializes on repro parts for old dubs...
Last edited by Stampede on Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Thanks for sharing here Stampede.Stampede wrote:Thanx for the cudos guys! Great to have my work appreciated!
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I told you the crowd here would love your car.
BTW welcome to TRF. Hope to hear more from you.
Phil
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'88 Cabriolet, "Posh Bunny"
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'12 Golf Wagon TDI
'69 Manx type Dune Buggy (New Toy)
'87 Cabriolet, "Topless Bunny"
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VERY NICE JOB INDEED! Kool Kulture all the way!
I've been WAY outclassed! I did the Rat Rod based on $0.00 budget, but I can see it's well worth spending some cash!
I'll still stick with being the "first" though... thankyouverymuch
I've been WAY outclassed! I did the Rat Rod based on $0.00 budget, but I can see it's well worth spending some cash!
I'll still stick with being the "first" though... thankyouverymuch
Her car, my tools. It's all about sharing!
///Ocean State Dubs
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'92 Triple white Cabby(an 8V decked and overbored nightmare. 303 Cam baybee!)
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Why the hell can't I see any of the pics??? only getting red x's!
Jimmy
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Hey guys, this is a known issue and could be a number of things.
Try this link http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283807
It has many resolutions to the possible problem.
Jim
Try this link http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283807
It has many resolutions to the possible problem.
Jim
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