Orange Crush

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AoT
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First Name: Audrey
Vehicle Year: 1974
Model: Beetle
Location: Ready for a road trip....

Re: Orange Crush

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Brown wrote:

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I think Benjamin Moore should use this as a testimonial for their product. Great transformation!!
Keep working at it and it gets done!!
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Brown
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Re: Orange Crush

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Here's what the floor looks like with the patches installed! To patch the floor I have used a piece of my old yellow bug, a microwave oven, a Dell computer, an audio box and a piece of metal from Manny. It's like a quilt all melded together with rivets and welded.

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Here's after a coat of Por 15

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Re: Orange Crush

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After the floor I pulled all the carpet out and the luggage area out because the stunk. Under the luggage area it had a lot of surface rust which I scrapped as best I could and covered it with Por 15.

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Progress! Keep at it!
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Re: Orange Crush

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The magic of paint!!

I heard that if you tap a screw into the lid of POR15 to pour out the paint it prevents the lid from getting sealed shut. Well I tried it on a new can and it doesn't work. The lid of the can is so soft that the screw doesn't descend around the threads but just creates a hole as wide as the screw and if you tip the can over the paint escapes. Even tried different size screws, hole just kept getting bigger. :?
Keep working at it and it gets done!!
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Re: Orange Crush

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wow KEN! you have been busy my friend. Looks great!
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Re: Orange Crush

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Thanks Raj!! It looks ok from a distance, but the heater channels are still shot. hopefully this will keep some of the water out. I'm going to lay down some sound proofing and a cheap carpeting material from HD to cut down on some of the road noise and then that will be it. I used roofing tar all alnog the bottom to fill in the gaps between the metal and it doesn't look half bad either.

I still need a windshield and some door seals as well!
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Re: Orange Crush

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Last night i had a few minutes so i glued some 1/4 inch sound proofing/insulating wrap into the luggage compartment. I used #m Spray adhesive and so far it looks to be holding ok. Once of cover the car I'll cut some outdoor carpet to cover things up.

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