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1303 german look build up
Alright guys... i have to aplogise (spelling) for the long wait for the pics. but my memory cars took a crap on me, so i had to wait to get the ol pay check to get another to upload the pics of my super. after all the good resposce and support ive gotten already from just my into... ive been full steam ahed on this car with what my tight buget will allow!
i got the car for $500 with a "supposidly" rebuilt 1600/ and trans. so after diggin thru the glove box, turns out the guy was tellin thr truth, but the motor is not REALLY now.. it got like 20k on it since the last rebuild, but soon ill be puttin in a type 4 when funds allow. but will be a good motor to get me around with. the car did not start when i got it, and as to why the very car-retarted previous owner sold the car. after some testing this and that, looking on the samba threads, i found out their was like 3 problem ALL having to do with why the car whould not start. first off the seat belt interlock relay was bad, so i jumped that...fixed. next issue being that the plastic ignition switch behind the tumbler was bad, fixed that, then the dizzy clamp was so streached out the dizzy would just pull strait out, fixed that. next the points where soo bad they had holes on both sides of the contact points, fixed that. lastly the fuel pump is bad, so im gonna get a block off plate for the block and just run a electric pump, i still have to get a pump and block off plate. but other than that, ive put cas in the bowl of the carb and all works and it does start now. i was gonna wait on the body work and what not, but after seeing the color and how i hate it soo bad, i said F it and im gonna do a full inside and out respray. plus this will be my winter car cause my poor (rusty) 58 rag will not last another salt lake winter. it ate my car last winter, so i might as well get all the rust repair outta the way now and have a good solid car to start off with. really the only rust on this car is the usual spot on the heater channel behind the front wheel, and of corse the darn "C" pillers are gone too. so thanks to my roomate, we got a doner 73' standard bug that we are using as a doner for my car and some for his as well. well ill quit blabbing on now and get to the pics!! |
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heres me and my roomates line up of just our bugs. from left tp right -75 standard, parts car -74 super, mine -67 bug, my rooates with all the gard to find cal look goodies. its got a 1915cc motor, OG empi GVT steering wheel, OG gene berg shifter, drop spindles, 2 inch narrowed, build trans. its your avrave cal look that all the cali guys drool over! -58 ragtop, my car. there is also a 67 bug thats also my roomates that where redoing, and two busses also not pictured that are as well my roomates. AND my choptop too....think we have an obsession??? LOL |
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Looks like you have your hands full for now. The C piller was a rust magnet when they started to shoot foam in them. I had to have mine repaired too. Be sure to get all the foam out of there.
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oh i know.. and yes your right... i got all the foam out of their! just doesnt show it in the pics! i still have the other side to do yet , but i had to bacially undo the pinch weld (rain gutter) and then rebuild it when putting the two pices back togather! it was time consumming, but well worth it. as you can see in the pics... the previous owner thought bando was used for filling all sorts of rust, AND holes! UGH... i cant tell you HOW many things ive seen shaved and muded over with all the vws ive done. i swar...every vw has to have that ONE owner that thinks bando is the magiacal mud over anything and call it good!
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I agree, mine was quite puddied up when I tore it all apart
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If one has to do a repair on the C-Pillar anyway, the foam is relatively easy to get rid of ... however, what can you do if the C-Pillar is currently okay but you still want to get rid of the foam? I thought I read of something that would take care of it somehow, but I didn't pay close enough attention since it was not an issue with the car I had at the time.
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You can do your best to scrape it out from the engine bay (make a long scraper) then shoot some rust killer up in there.
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Quote:
Old coat hangers make good scrapers. Steve
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Hmmm, I thought I read something somewhere once upon a time that there was a solvent that basically dissolved the foam, and at that point one could inject rust-proofing, etc. Unfortunately, it ... was ... such ... a ... long ... time ... ago ...
I just don't remember where I read it.
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Good start on the dash! I like it.
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i always enjoy seeing moded dashs
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Hi
Nice work on the gauge fitting, make sure that you can see them OK behind the steering wheel, Ive found that they need to be dropped down lower if your using a smaller steering wheel. Steve
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ya, good point, but i did make sure it is in the right placement! all is good. ive had the dash in and out of the car like 8 times just making sure everything will work!
also if you nitice in the pics, im putting in a double din stereo. proably gonna go with something touch screen. i know its not a race inspired mod, but i figure i want to do some long drives with this car, so i thought why not have something nice to have navi, mp3, and dvd all in one unit! |
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Ah, but this is the german-style corner and true german-style cars are great long distance drivers. Think 'Autobahn'
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ahhhhh very true my friend!!!!! i like your thinking!
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