Sunday, January 24, 2010

Classic looking sound for the Squarback

RetroSound in the states makes nice car stereo's and speakers. They look pretty classic, but are in fact fm/am radios and mp3 players. The speakers have 2 connections, one for left side and one for the right side... "stereo" with just one speaker. The speaker should be able to fit in the original mounting point on the dashboard, and the car stereo should fit nicely below. I have some more work to do on the car before I should wory about the sound system... but hey... a man can dream right!?









Thursday, October 15, 2009

Got some work done tonight

We did some work on the squarback tonight, and so far it's actually looking better than expected. It's good to finally getting started, and now I have a hope of getting the car on the road next summer :)

Thursday, October 08, 2009

What have I done?

Oh my... looked at the old photos from when I bought Spot, and realized that I bought it 5 years ago, in the begining of October. I don't like this, not at all :( I'll just have to find some comfort in the fact that it's getting a good home.

Good luck Spot!















Spot is going to a new home

Both a good and a sad day... we decided that Spot had to go, so all fundings and time could be used on the Squarback. So the sad part is that I had to let it go, and the good is that I didn't need to send it to a junkyard. It got a new home, and will live on!

A memory from the day I bought Spot. The previous owner is also on the picture (he's also my uncle)

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Off to the welder!

Finally we drove the squareback to the welder, and hopefully it's ready before christmas :) Maybe even faster, it all depends on how much time we have to do the work. The verdict so far is that it ain't to much work, and most of the welding is done in places that no one will ever see :)

Monday, September 28, 2009

Squareback ready to go


Finally the squareback is ready to go to the welder. Progress at last :)

Thursday, August 06, 2009

2-litre wheels on Spot

Last year I bought some 2-litre replica wheels, that was to be used on the squareback. But since it's still not on the road... and I also want gas burners on it instead, Spot got to use them:

































Finally, I installed the custom dial on the taco... but now the taco doesn't work, so I'll have to check it out. Looks ok tough!