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The only thing that would make the bus conversion tough is the steering. The rack would be two feet behind the steering column.
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So ive got 2 out of the 4 items listed. Time, and crazy. Just no brain and no money.....
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Any progress? im quite intrigued by this build.
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The last shot is the color I'm going with on the wheels. The body will be Alpine White. Jason
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Nice !!
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A 6 speed will be very nice. The picture of your trans is all too real to me right now as I am in the middle of an 01M (POS automatic) to 02A (5 speed) swap on my wife's Jetta TDI. The parts swap isn't too bad but the electrical ECU/TCU stuff is a bit of a pain.
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Not fun! Well if you hear of anyone else that needs an 02A, mine will be for sale later this year probably. It's had a bolt kit and seems to be working very well, and I've put very few miles on it since I bought it as a fresh rebuild.
Jason
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Little to report except that the dude that was supposed to be doing the bodywork totally flaked on me. He had the car for over 10 weeks and it looks like there's maybe 6 hours of work on it if that. On top of that he says he's got 70 hours on it, BS!!!! He's just another burn out unfortunately. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, but no go. He needs dental work really badly, and that was supposed to be the trade.
On a bright note, after just snatching back the bug on Sunday, last night another patient/bodyman called me. I've always admired his work and the timing couldn't be better, so he's coming over tonight to see what is going on, hopefully I'll be in a better place. He'll be able to come over and work on the car at home so I can help out and watch, and he's got old world work ethic. He's from the Czech Rep. and he's work on a lot of exotics, Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and even this crazy transverse V16 exotic that a guy who left Lamborghini developed in the 90s, unfortunately it never took off. Called a Cizeta v16... Jason
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Anything new Jason on your build ? Hope all is well !
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Hey Jeff,
Nothing too big to report, still being bodyworked but it is looking amazing! I'll get some pics up tonight maybe. The wheels are already at paint, they are going to be Jazz Blue, a VW color for the 20th Anniv. Edition GTi. It's blue(duh) but it gets a pearl clear coat over it that creates a really cool deep blue color but bright still. It was a pain to track down the paint code. The funnier story is that I actually found the color I wanted, and that color happened to be on a Dooney & Bourke purse!!! I was shopping with my wife at Macy's and I saw the color in the display case. I said "Thats IT!!!" and as I got closer I realized it was a purse. Turns out my wife loved the color too, so that took care of her mothers day present AND my shade guide, or so I thought. Turns out the color is "too clean" according to the paint people, basically the paint color has to be manufactured from scratch and can't be mixed from other colors. Thus the new color of Jazz Blue, which gets close to the same effect, just not as deep a blue/purple that the purse color was. It too is too clean a color, but at least I can order it. Should be painted within the next week or so, I'd like to hit Bugorama with it painted. Jason
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AWESOME Jason ! Thanks for the updates ! Cant wait to see the finished product !
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Can't wait to see it
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R u guys going to Bugorama?
Jason
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That blue is insane.
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So Far, Sooooooo Good!
Finally getting her back together again, havn't worked on the front lights yet, but the rears will be fine as is for awhile. I ended up using this door seal material for fender beading. It's non-porous and fireproof, as well as being very light and white!
I ended up cutting a notch out of the right light, it was rusted so don't get too mad at me. It allows for a good license plate mounting point as well as a license plate light all in one. You can see the LED lights I shoved in there, they were really high end lights I got from Wal-Mart!!! Overall I'm really happy with how she's turning out, more pics to come. Jason
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