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Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:03 pm

Hi,

As promissed pictures from first primary. I'm using it because we have to put the body on it to make a correct work, because we saw that need to be repaired, from a crashed, I supose.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Tol5Td3Ybt1S3gRK1lyvedMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/K6KqEBYqGPxSbJ4dlOmFEtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/K6KqEBYqGPxSbJ4dlOmFEtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Antonio

Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:06 pm

Looking good. Great to see your progress.

Always glad to help with the photos. You right click on them, you can then check properties for the correct address to use.

Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:56 pm

Hard core strip

Thanks for your time, guys. I'll add more.

Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:38 pm

This week we sandblasted the body, and begin the welding jobs.

Thanks for looking, Antonio

Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:05 am

This week we start the construction jobs.

Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:38 am

Body works,

Thanks for looking

Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:42 pm

Looking really good. Great job!!!!!!!!!!

Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:35 am

Thanks for your words.
Preparing details/parts

More pics soon. Antonio

Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:39 am

Wow! :shock:

Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:47 am

Some more works done.

Thanks for looking

Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:36 am

Excellent work, Antonio =D>

I'll have to go look at my "Notek" light and see if it has the "VDO" stamping under the paint :wink:

BNMike

Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:35 pm

Amazing work like others that Antonio has made.
I know his work and what can I tell is: The BEST in Portugal!!

Antonio continues the great work in air cooled VW’s that you have done for many years!!!

PS: I’m look forward for my 53 barndoor.

A big hug
Hugo Frazão

Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:58 pm

Thanks guys...Hugo *****
keep running...

Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:08 pm

Now on front..

Thanks for your time..keep looking,
Antonio

Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:52 am

We do appreciate it. I am pleased to see a restoration of such quality. After all, these jobs are rare here in Portugal. It takes courage to make such a restoration. Should have more research work than work metal. Good luck ...
Alexandre

Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:34 am

Front works.

Thanks for your comments, guys.

Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:56 am

Great work. Excellent but ... :?:
It will be to nice for a war-time vehicle :shock: ... Like the way you make it, it will be a showroom model :lol: brand new and high level finish.
Just kidding. Well done.
best regards Peter

Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:07 am

Don´t get me wrong, I disagree with some others here. You´re using 90 percent repro sheetmetal, where´s the original tin ??
Do you have the original frame tunnel ? Or is it postwar beetle ?
So it´s only the main frame, which is original ? Can you still read the body number ? It´s on the drivers side near the B-pillar.
It´s too bad many people don´t preserve wartime vehicles accurately.
just my two cents.

Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:34 pm

Kraftfahrer wrote: Don´t get me wrong, I disagree with some others here. You´re using 90 percent repro sheetmetal, where´s the original tin ??

flip thru the photo album link at the beginning of the build. the kubel was a total basket case and thrown together with different pieces over the years. as a result he went with new sheet metal to get it correct.

and if you think that the new czech metal just lines right up and goes right on you're greatly mistaken. there isn't a panel that goes on without a ton of tweaking beforehand....and from the pics it looks like these guys did the work to get everything to line up correctly like it should.

Kraftfahrer wrote: Do you have the original frame tunnel ? Or is it postwar beetle ?

from the pics it appears to be post war beetle. it's missing the mounting tabs with T nuts for the front and rear skid pans.

Kraftfahrer wrote: So it´s only the main frame, which is original ? Can you still read the body number ? It´s on the drivers side near the B-pillar.

they've got a pic of it in that photo album on the first page.

Kraftfahrer wrote: It´s too bad many people don´t preserve wartime vehicles accurately.

just my two cents.

what makes you say this? that's a pretty broad statement without much to back it up.

*edit*
i do have my own opinions in the matter, but choose not to voice them as this isn't my build.

Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:46 am

well, it´s a forum, so I believe it´s allowed to have different opinions.
The title of this thread says 1944 kubelwagen, so I assumed it´s original, my bad.
I didn´t want to offense anybody here, if so, I´m sorry.

Of course it´s "easier" for some people to use repro stuff instead of
saving the old tin, because it requires a lot of work and sweat and tears.
Which brings me to my point, I´d rather try to preserve what´s left of it and not just buy most of the parts as reproductions.
But that´s just my two cent.

A (wartime) vehicle deserves to be restored accurateley, meaning save
as much as possible of the original sheetmetal. But of course, you´re right, it´s not my car and he can do whatever he wants to do with the car.
That doesn´t mean everybody has to like it.
Imagine Christian Grundmann throwing away the rotten Kdf Body and restore it with new metal all over....

Again, it´s only my opinion.
In 20 or 30 years most of the kubels around aren´t original anymore, because they were restored with too many repro parts.
Since this is a "reproriginal" it doesn´t matter anyway...