Das Volks Vintage Volkswagen Gruppe

progress is slow as i only get to make noise on sundays....... between doing chores.

Goodies from Texas.... still have some rot, but better than what i have.




I had to pull out the 73 on Sunday to bust out the 74 that that has been sleeping all winter.



some better shots of the smashed and rotted rockers
DS rear


PS front


DS front


new rear 'apron' outside in the daylight

After all the musical cars, I unbolted the body from the pan. She has only been on there for about 5-6 years so its came over very easily.... all but one that started spinning. Sliced up the DS front and see what I had to deal with, l;luckily that was the loose nut. A 12 mm wrench fit perfect.



lifted up the body


NOS mexican section awaits


I cute the old panel off with cut off wheel, but just then the wifer got back home. I helped per with the grocerys and liam, and had a quick chat. I returned back to the garage..... smelt and saw smoke. I nearly $hit myself bc her car was now in the driveway, and this thing was up in the air. I quickly ripped out all the fenders and stuff inside the car and saw this. ( naturally took a picture first)



I guess the sparks form the cut off wheel ignited the horse hair from the the seat. Wow. I sometime play with the car for 30 minutes in the AM before work. Not anymore!

needless to car, tonite was ' clean out the interior' work


nice rot!

Looks good. I'm so paranoid over those little fires. You really need to stay on top of that shit. I had some undercoating go up on me last night. Of course welding and grinding while my right shoulder is leaning on a 10 gallon fuel tank was enough to keep me alert.
That interior corner looks like it should be fun.

What a wake up call. Glad your firefighting training was put to use!!

Looks like your making progress on the rot, should make it easier on the eyes. Glad your rescue parts are on the way!

Thanks for all the support guys and gals.

Took the day off today for a mental health day ( aka... work on the VW day)

I lost one mount that connects the rocker to the pan, so first clean up the metal, then I yanked one out of a donor section. I ran a tap through it and welded it in.




Addressed the hole behind the DS front tire .



Since the rocker was open I was able to weld a plate from behind


then I welded another panel flush on top, then grinded her down.

DS inside rocker rot

original rot


Patch panel cut out of the ' donor door', sanded, bent


dry fit


stripped


grinded

DS rocker

cut out the old dented metal



trimmed the NOS panel to fit the enlarged hole



Added some metal behind the new section so that the seams would be perfect



painted the entire reachable inside of the rocker with rust preventative paint

final dry fit



tacked on.

Cool

Very cool!

Nice work, you really thought that one through!

you gonna get the body blasted when you're done?

gotboost79 wrote:you gonna get the body blasted when you're done?

I was thinking about it, but I don't think so. I wanna drive this thing daily, If I make it too nice and spend too much money on it, it will surely burn my a$$, when it gets some dings from rock chips, interior scratches from swap meet finds and home depot runs, etc. I think I'll spot blast any areas that looks questionable and save the cost of a whole body blasting for something else that will be more along the lines of a 'ten', like an oval or something. Good idea tho Marc

I think this car needs to keep that arctic camo look. Get it straight and smooth and flat. And then lay that camo back on there for real out of a gun. Make sure the paint shop adds flatener to the paint to knock down the shine.

I concur.

No Doubt

Raj wrote: I wanna drive this thing daily, If I make it too nice and spend too much money on it, it will surely burn my a$$, when it gets some dings from rock chips, interior scratches from swap meet finds and home depot runs, etc. ...

Exactly the reason my buggy is rockin' the Rustoleum rattlecan look.

Spent mt lunch hour buying some crap for the car.....

Eastwood rust encapsulator ( RE) / seam sealer/ and 100 chip brushes are in route. I'll paint over anything I touch or that is rusty.

PS - looks like someone f'ed up @ eastwood and is selling RE and SS cheaper on Ebay than on there website. OOPs for them.... but better for me. If your in need, grab it up!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370585618866?ss ... 1439.l2649

PSS
You gotta love the fact that a ' hotrod' company like Eastwood has a VW decklid on there product. Check out the RE label.

Raj wrote:PS - looks like someone f'ed up @ eastwood and is selling RE and SS cheaper on Ebay than on there website. OOPs for them.... but better for me.

I heard they sell there expired items out the backdoor to ebay sellers.

Glenn A wrote:

Raj wrote:PS - looks like someone f'ed up @ eastwood and is selling RE and SS cheaper on Ebay than on there website. OOPs for them.... but better for me.

I heard they sell there expired items out the backdoor to ebay sellers.

All kidding aside, I've heard that from multiple sources from my other club.

Glenn A wrote:

Raj wrote:PS - looks like someone f'ed up @ eastwood and is selling RE and SS cheaper on Ebay than on there website. OOPs for them.... but better for me.

I heard they sell there expired items out the backdoor to ebay sellers.

Somehow, I dont think that the shelf life of this item is that short. I have no experience taking things in the back door, so I'm gonna stick with my funny ass long winded theory. 3 listings, all same product number and seller.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4 ... Categories

Raj wrote: I have no experience taking things in the back door.

That's not what I've heard

cut cut cut as I slowly disect this thing

Its actually 5 sections of metal. so Its interested as figure out how I'll peice thins thing back together








this is the hurdle right now. Take apart the donor metal, repair it, then replace the old.
Its really 3 jobs, inner rocker, outer rocker, and then the splash panel.

Makes my brain hurt just thinking about it!

Big_kid wrote:Makes my brain hurt just thinking about it!

Lol. Me too Charlie. Kinda like German soduko!

cleaned up the outer skin today