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Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:50 pm

My original post was lost in the crash.

I got this Jan 20th. It pretty solid and doesn't have a lot of rust. The car is complete and original. I'm going to do a 2" narrowed beam, disc brakes, repop fuchs and some accessories. I have almost all the parts to get it going, I just need some nice weather. I'm going to leave the paint for now. I will try to buff it and see how it turns out.

Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:57 pm

I scrubbed the car down with CLR, warm water and scotch-brite pads (right side of hood). It really got rid of the grime and surface rust. The roof was tough because it's badly rusted. I mixed in a little of POR's Marine Clean when I did the roof and it got rid of the roof rust. I think I'm going to blend primer in with the existing on the roof.

Here is a 'before' pic of the roof. I'll take an 'after' one in the next couple days.

Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:05 am

The car has been sitting since the mid 80's. I ran the fuel line directly from a gascan and it started right up and idled perfectly. The problem is that it leaks a ton of oil.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=216960

It's a stock 1200. I am thinking of doing an 83mm big bore kit, '66 1300 heads, dual Kadrons and an .010. I'm not sure if that combo will work, I'll figure that out once I find out the condition of the engine.

Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:07 am

Looking good Lee. keep us posted when the weather gets better.

Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:09 am

lonotch wrote: Looking good Lee. keep us posted when the weather gets better.

Thanks. The weather is FINALLY nice this whole week but I have to get 3 teeth pulled Friday. I'm guessing I'll be laid up for awhile. If it isn't one thing, it's another.

Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:14 am

Lee. wrote: lonotch wrote: Looking good Lee. keep us posted when the weather gets better.

Thanks. The weather is FINALLY nice this whole week but I have to get 3 teeth pulled Friday. I'm guessing I'll be laid up for awhile. If it isn't one thing, it's another.

Good luck with that :shock:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:07 pm

I used POR marine clean undiluted and scrubbed the roof down with a scotchbrite pad.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:09 pm

I primed the roof and lightly sanded it to blend it in. That should take care of the rust until I decide if I'm going to paint the car.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:13 pm

Here's the wheels (5.5 repops) and tires. I was going to do 145's in the front, but, I think I'm going to use the 175/55/15's I have from the ghia. I don't want a gap between the tire and front fender. I will mount them up and see how they look. I'm thinking of using 195/60/15's on the rear.

I'm still debating as to whether or not I'm going to paint the wheels completely black or leave them polished.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:14 pm

Put a few parts on to see how it's going to look.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:17 pm

Photoshop of roughly how it will sit. I'm thinking of doing a Coca Cola logo on the doors.

I'm going to get some rubbing/polishing compound today and try to bring some of the paint back. I'm going to try and do it by hand because I don't want to burn through the paint.

Any suggestions on what to use?

Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:23 pm

Lee. wrote: I'm still debating as to whether or not I'm going to paint the wheels completely black or leave them polished.

dont put makeup on them thangs! :lol:

Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:12 pm

Lee. wrote: I'm going to get some rubbing/polishing compound today and try to bring some of the paint back. I'm going to try and do it by hand because I don't want to burn through the paint.

Any suggestions on what to use?

I would just use any machine compound, just use your hands instead of a polisher, but you will have to go over it with a polish then wax.
Cleaner waxs can work good too, try a test area. Plus it will kill two birds with one stone.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:20 pm

I picked this stuff up at FLAPS.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:21 pm

It's starting to come back.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:23 pm

Lee. wrote:

Have you been able to get that duct tape adhesive off yet? If not, get some 3M adhesive remover, it works great and will not damage the paint.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:23 pm

I ended up only using the 3M Hand Glaze. It's a lot of work but so far it's coming out nice. I think I'm going to try and machine buff it. It's hard to get a consistent finish by hand.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:26 pm

lonotch wrote:

Have you been able to get that duct tape adhesive off yet? If not, get some 3M adhesive remover, it works great and will not damage the paint.

Yes, I used lacquer thinner. It takes off about the same amount of paint as buffing.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:21 pm

Lee. wrote: lonotch wrote:

Have you been able to get that duct tape adhesive off yet? If not, get some 3M adhesive remover, it works great and will not damage the paint.

Yes, I used lacquer thinner. It takes off about the same amount of paint as buffing.
Lee, I use this PPG product called DX330 to take off goo without damaging the paint at all. A quart will cost about $10 at any autobody supply store that deals in PPG products. Laquer thinner will eat your paint off if you rub too hard.

Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:58 pm

Lee. wrote: I'm going to leave the paint for now.

That's good to hear. At least it's not going to end up all taken apart and paintless in the classifieds section...
:shock: