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Ruby Arrives! :) - Let The Resto Begin!
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:13 pm
by KombiKarmaDel
With Pure Joy & Excitement I Wish To Announce the Healthy Arrival Of My 1963 VW Splitty, Ruby!
Now To roll up my sleeves & get stuck in!
Piks Available in my FB Photo Album made public to all!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... fd64166e33
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:20 pm
by bulliboy
Exciting times ahead.
Bet your stoked!
Looks like a good start also.
If you decide to loose the drinks tray and door cards first dibs.
Mitchell
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:23 pm
by Rawdyn
Hooray! Can't wait to meet Ruby in person.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:31 pm
by Shaven
congrats del...
good to see her home safe... needs a friend to play with now
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:42 pm
by warb
nice one, another gets the treatment..
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:06 pm
by KombiKarmaDel
Thanks Guys For All Your comments! Extremely stoked, here's just a few piks I thought I would add
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:16 pm
by Tonz Magonz
Plenty of promise in this one Del..
Fairly partial to the name too..
My second born shares it..
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:12 pm
by Cam Biscuit
Looking good Del! Looks like you've got a project
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:08 am
by MID WEST DUBBER
Very nice! Looking forward to updates.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:01 am
by KombiKarmaDel
@ bulliboy - very exciting, overwhelming, but eager as! Drinks tray/doorcards will be keeping, but perhaps I could cut patterns of the door cards for peops when I take them off if anyone is interested?
@ Rawdyn - Can't waite for you to meet her aswell, thanks. She will look epic running as a Ratbus!
@ Shaven - playmates are very good, damm right sexy! But can I catch my breath first?
@ Warb - Cheers! I hope I treat her right!
@ Tonz Magonz - Cheers! I hope to do her proud. I'm the 4th owner of Ruby, the 2nd owner dubbed her this, I believe in Kombi Karma, so have decided to stay with her rightful name. And Ruby is an exceedingly beautiful name.
@ Cam, thanks Cam, a big project that I will tackle in little bites. As the Balinese say "Hati Hati" will take slowly with caution!
@ Mid West Dubbers - Updates will proly come in dribbles as I have heaps of projects on the hop this year so far - Double Decker Bus, Vintage Train & Tram Carriage to name a few. But look forward to seeing more updates from you aswell
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:16 am
by KombiKarmaDel
Ruby will be restored so that I can run her as a daily. She will be run as a rat first, until maybe later evolve into a shiny? Not sure yet. I was thinking of using this bomber devil girl my husband painted as a motif on the back rear quarter panel. But age it, so it looks like the Vintage Bomber Girls you would see on the side of the B52's. I may take off her wings tho, but keep the tail & horns. What do you recon??
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:38 am
by winerot
whatever you do don't toss the the interior, you will be surprised at what its worth especially the black strip at the bottom of the bulkhead its gold.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:24 am
by KombiKarmaDel
Thanks winerot, I am going to keep everything pretty much stock & restore/protect as much of the interior as possible. Cheers
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:40 am
by bulliboy
winerot wrote:whatever you do don't toss the the interior, you will be surprised at what its worth especially the black strip at the bottom of the bulkhead its gold.
Agreed. Nearly impossible to remove intact though. Have you had any success in removing one Wal?
KombiKarmaDel wrote:Thanks winerot, I am going to keep everything pretty much stock & restore/protect as much of the interior as possible. Cheers
Del with new cards and the OG vinyl you will be surprised how well the OG interior will come up.
Mitchell
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:34 pm
by headstone
looking good del let the fun begin