Archive | September, 2007

Work Day Eleven – All hands on deck

September 30, 2007 | 0 Comments


In this episode of “Pimp My ’69 Beetle”, Richard measures a side impact bar for the roll cage.

The roll cage is coming together, transmission is installed, Eric has finished the engine and it’s ready to pick up. Here are …

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September 29, 2007 | 0 Comments

If things go as planned, we’ll be providing real-time updates during the race. You can subscribe to our Twitter stream by going to http://twitter.com/desertdingo.

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    44 days and counting

    September 27, 2007 | 0 Comments


    Cary employs the time-honored practice of “shouting it into place.”

    We’ve shifted to “nights and weekends” to ensure the car is ready. Tonight we fitted the body and trimmed the forward roll cage bar.

    A handful of photos here.…

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    We’re taking body back

    September 26, 2007 | 0 Comments


    The team risks a collective hernia hauling the body off Richard’s truck.

    We brought the body back from Skid’s place to do fitting as we start work on the upper levels of the roll cage.

    More photos here.…

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    Work Day Nine

    September 19, 2007 | 0 Comments


    Quality is Job One for Shawn Kovach-Long when it comes to primering the inside of a fender.

    Less than 60 days to go and the car’s coming together. The transmission arrived and is being fitted. We started work on the …

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