Tag: fugly
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yee haa !!!!!!
the fugly 412 passed its MOT. third time lucky! now all i need is the road tax (a quick trip to the post office) and i can start blinging it up in a charity shop stylee! i’ve got the new front wings and the rather nice solid aluminium US spec bumpers (though i think i…
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sadly…no
well, the guy at the MOT station was impressed that i bothered to return to try again but sadly… no. almost all was well but… he wanted two or three little bits of the welding ‘finished up’ with proper seams and the headlights seem to kickup to the wrong side, as if they were LHD…
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a lazy sunday…
captain venners called over to finish off the welding on the fugly so while he got stuck into that i did some quick electrical shopping at maplins… ten minutes later and i’ve got enough cable to plug the laptop into the ECU brain on the fuelinjection and secure the laptop into the harness on the…
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did you do this ?
here it is, the fugly 412 after a visit to mister MOT. investigating the ‘corrosion to o/s & n/s rear inner wheel arch’ i discovered that the MOT tester needed glasses. the ‘o/s & n/s rear inner wheel arch’ is made of expanding foam filler covered with p38 chopped strand. how could it be rusty…
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the fugly is ready !
for it’s first MOT, it’s booked in tomorrow lunchtime and i think it might be alright…. all the electrics are working, after a fashion… and most importantly, i cut all the jubilee clips off the front coil springs, that was entertaining, it now sits about 3 inches higher at the front. here is what had…
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fugly has found a home
here it is nestled between the trees next to the samba. had a quick look over it in the cold light of day and it appears top be very solid. there’s a variety of electrical mayhem going on and lots to be refitted but hopefully this will be straightforward. it also appears to be pretty…
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i have the ugliest car in the world
and here it is ! luckily colin, the guy who delivered it from suffolk took away all the type 3 panels that simon delivered yesterday. MORE New Old Stock delivered into the evil clutches of the type three detectives! was very funny seeing the reaction from the yardies on the corner opposite my house… the…
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the morning after
well, it’s monday morning after the VWAction summer beach party at herts county showground. looking at the week ahead it looks like a busy one. i should be having the orange 412 that i bought turn up tomorrow. i’m racing at the summer nationals at the weekend, i’m supposed to be getting the new engine…