Small little update time!
Okay, so after a month of having my wheels sitting on my verandah doing absolutely nothing, except for probably getting even rustier than they were when I first got them, I finally got off my backside and decided I'd do something about them. Spending a few hours on them last weekend, I removed about only half the bolts that were on them as the rest were completely buggered and rusty and had no heads on them.
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Look at all them rusts
Once I took of what I could I headed down to BSA wheels in Peakhurst and politely asked them for a plug and redrill of my faces. I'm picking these up this saturday. The next step on this wheel rebuild is to get the barrels rolling true again and fix a tiny crack and flat spot on one of them and hopefully paint them a nice matte grey, as well as painting the faces their original colour. I'll also be buying some new lips and definitely new bolts.
http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...jsc2jpg1-1.jpg
#dem12inchbarrelsdoe
Finally, this morning I dropped the car off at our local paint shop after getting an awesome quote the other week. That yellow bonnet is finally getting the paint job it deserves but I must say, I'm gonna miss having yellowbonnetswag.
