Silver Beatle - She's now with an old friend!

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Postby starleen2 » Mon May 03, 2010 9:33 am

Tom gets the award for the most blue tape used in construction of a teardrop :lol: the works is lookin' good so far ;)
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Postby Jiffypop207 » Mon May 03, 2010 9:34 am

We are working about neck and neck progress wise. Looks good. The excessive sun my arm got on the motorcycle sucked my motivation to do anything in the garage away. Glad to see someone got something done. After numerous aloe applications today I should be back out there tonight.

Trailer is looking great.

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Postby S. Heisley » Mon May 03, 2010 9:37 am

It's exciting, seeing the aluminum go on. Looks good! :thumbsup:
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Postby bbarry » Mon May 03, 2010 9:38 am

Does a body good to see such progress, eh, Tom? You'll be glad you found aluminum that had that protective film on it. Mine got pretty scratched during the installation.
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Postby planovet » Mon May 03, 2010 10:23 am

Great progress! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Postby grizz » Mon May 03, 2010 11:20 am

1000 points for making sure it is secure. the screws look good.
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Hoping to get it all done in time.
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Postby StPatron » Mon May 03, 2010 12:13 pm

Nice job!

Congrats on your progress.
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Postby aggie79 » Mon May 03, 2010 8:22 pm

Thanks for the nice comments. Having the aluminum on really feels good. :applause:

It's hard to believe that this -

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- has turned into this:

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There is light at the end of the teadrop construction tunnel!

I think I'm going to see if my hatch still fits, and if so, get it mounted.
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Postby DMcCam » Mon May 03, 2010 11:18 pm

Way to go Tom!!! Your build is such an inspiration for me. Thank you for your updates.

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Postby aggie79 » Sat May 08, 2010 6:56 pm

The weekend is still young but I wanted to submit a Saturday update because I've gotten over a major hurdle!

I built my hatch about 6 months ago. It has been sitting around in the garage since then. I've been worried about whether or not it would fit because of springback due to the extreme curve in the lower portion of the hatch.

Well, today I temporarily installed the hatch to see how bad things were going to be and...it fits!

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And it opens!

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:dancing :P :beer:

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Postby starleen2 » Sat May 08, 2010 7:07 pm

A milestone passed :thumbsup:
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Postby S. Heisley » Sat May 08, 2010 7:17 pm

Startleen2 wrote:
A milestone passed


Congratulations! :thumbsup: :applause:
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Postby Rigsby » Sat May 08, 2010 7:26 pm

Great going mate :applause:
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Postby Miriam C. » Sat May 08, 2010 8:14 pm

:P :woohoo: :beautiful: How great is that! Love it!
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Postby Jiffypop207 » Sun May 09, 2010 11:45 am

Ah... I am jealous. I am just to begin the building of my hatch. Looking good.

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