vw 181 - north-cape-scraper - customcar from austria

[lowbug]

as i mentioned at the intro section, i am building at the moment a custom vw 181 ... in the us better known as "thing"

you will find all infos at www.north-cape-scraper.com with many updates.

i picked it up in march 2011 in a terrible conditon ...



after new wheels, new body and some work on the suspension in the summer it looked liked this:



... inside there will be a new dashboard will be installed



there are also some vids of the working airride http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/de...er/videos.html

... there are a lot of other things which where done ... but iŽll post updates here now regularly

[lowbug]

some news from the frontend

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/aufbau/details-zum-aufbau/anpassung-frontstossstange.html

the beginning with the raw bumper


... fitting the bumper ...


and finally more parts are on the way over vancouver-memphis-paris-vienna and should be here this week

one key - 4 doors ... now working ...

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/aufbau/details-zum-aufbau/4-tueren-1-schluessel.html

and find some leaks at the airride core part ... now working and no longer the air is lost

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/fahrwerk/details-zum-fahrwerk/airrideplatte-finalisiert.html

[Vermilion]

This is going to be awesome! Great colour and choice of parts!

[ShadowWabbit]

im looking forward to seeing this thing

[lowbug]

got some videos too ...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQYludtLkO0"]north-cape-scraper - rear[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1saTk4uFPCQ"]north-cape-scraper - front[/ame]

[lowbug]

today the old (narrowed) gearbox was expanded ... newer and wider gearbox i will pick up on saturday

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/fahrwerk/details-zum-fahrwerk/getriebe-raus.html

[lowbug]

after 7 hours driving in the snow ... a big update

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/fahrwerk/details-zum-fahrwerk/breites-getriebe-neue-kupplung-kleinkram.html

new wide transmission


new clutch


new solid adapters for rear airride


finished dashboard with ventilation slots


tunnel plates for rear lights

[lowbug]

today some cleaning ...

before




after ... also now with the right front-gearbox-mount

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/fahrwerk/details-zum-fahrwerk/arbeiten-am-neuen-getriebe.html

[RayBoogs]

This is rad, gonna be awesome.

[firelizard3]

Rad is right, this is far out.

Looks like a Lego car right now. I did not realize how 'modular' the Things are built

[AMGwheelwhore]

Love VW thing's use to be a slammed olive green one I would see in georgetown from time to time, such a cool car

[lowbug]

this one will not be green, grey, beige or black when finished

tomorrow finally painting and iŽll start with completing it

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/fahrwerk/details-zum-fahrwerk/getriebe-grundiert.html

[lowbug]

transmission-week goes on ...

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/fahrwerk/details-zum-fahrwerk/getriebe-lackiert.html

[lowbug]

after one week the new rear axle is ready

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/fahrwerk/details-zum-fahrwerk/hinterachse-zusammenbau.html

[lowbug]

-12°C in tirol ... saturday evening ... time to mount the rear axle and check the stance - thx joe!

http://www.north-cape-scraper.com/der-scraper/fahrwerk/details-zum-fahrwerk/hinterachse-eingebaut.html