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Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:31 am

webberjames95 wrote:

After: How can i get rid of the corrosion?

Try rubbing aluminum foil with a little water on it, it will create a greyish paste after a bit and usually will knock down the corrosion if it's not too bad.

Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:08 pm

bill may wrote: webberjames95 wrote:

How can i get the guage face plate off?
open front hood. remove wiring cover. look at rear of gauge for a knurled nut hold a brige piece. unscrew the nut. at top of tank is a round cover over sender. pry edge up with flat screw driver. with cover off yo take the cable from gauge to sender and pivet it upwards to free ball on end of wire. now pull gauge towards front seat. done.
did you tear the rubber boots holding clips for chrome on dash?? i cannot find new ones so i hope you did not mess them up.

Thanks. I didnt tear them at all lucky. on did pop off but i just put it back in

Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:29 pm

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:37 pm

I might to have you come over and clean my 67. Looking good!

Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:31 pm

How does the vw script on the rear deck lid stay in place. i bought a new one and all it has is three pegs that go into the wholes. thanks

Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:11 am

webberjames95 wrote: How does the vw script on the rear deck lid stay in place. i bought a new one and all it has is three pegs that go into the wholes. thanks http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113853695

Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:15 pm

Rear end all dolled up. Looks nice every time i walk by. Feels really good :)

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Officially we are bound in blood :)

Right one is after i armor alled it. held the shine! 8)

Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:19 pm

Random things

Dirty before picture

Polished all up and in the rear seat. Its holding my hubs and random things i never took out of the car and just threw in the back seat. The red thing is a chair that folds out. Pretty cool vintage items imo.

Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:55 pm

wow looking great im also young (16 in august) and getting a 66 pretty soon from a friend of a friend in eastern washington.its all taken apart and is in great condt i just need to assemble everything. hopefully ill see you at some of the local seattle shows. good luck

Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:10 am

70autostick wrote: Keep it forever.
What he said. I had a '67 a while back, that needed a bit of work but was pretty solid and also originally Savanna Beige. I've kicked myself on an almost daily basis for not keeping it.

Keep up the progress with yours!

Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:21 pm

Dash is pretty much done for now. To the exterior!

With stickers now:

Outside dusting her off.

Then while cleaning the body i found this under some dirt and undercoating. Anyone thinking its factory?

Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:28 pm

webberjames95 wrote:

Then while cleaning the body i found this under some dirt and undercoating. Anyone thinking its factory?

on assembly line inspectors / quality control would check areas of body when it was being built. they would write their number of initals to show inspection was done. can also be found under front hood,in doors,on tunnel and etc.

Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:04 pm

Looks really good James..You should hit up some swap meets or the classifieds and find yourself an original 67 rear bumper without the black rubber grommets between the over riders and bumper blade.

Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:16 pm

How should i clean all the rust off? Sanding obviously. But what grit. Thanks[/quote]

That fender is not German. You can tell by the position of the horn grill. I'd suggest saving your time cleaning and look for an OG unit. Just my two cents. Great looking '67.

Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:49 pm

erokCom wrote:

How should i clean all the rust off? Sanding obviously. But what grit. Thanks

That fender is not German. You can tell by the position of the horn grill. I'd suggest saving your time cleaning and look for an OG unit. Just my two cents. Great looking '67.[/quote]

Earlier in the thread i got new fenders. Thanks though. I realized that and i couldnt stand the horn grills in different spots. Got rust free ones. Not og. But im not going for a stock look anyway. Just a nice daily driver

Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:50 pm

Ahhh! My bad. Right on. Looking great. Take a look at my '67 site. I've tried to document a lot of my own process. http://1967beetle.com

Good luck!

Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:18 pm

erokCom wrote: Ahhh! My bad. Right on. Looking great. Take a look at my '67 site. I've tried to document a lot of my own process. http://1967beetle.com

Good luck!

Your's is Beautiful 8)

Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:21 pm

webberjames95 wrote: erokCom wrote: Ahhh! My bad. Right on. Looking great. Take a look at my '67 site. I've tried to document a lot of my own process. http://1967beetle.com

Good luck!

Your's is Beautiful 8)

7 years worth of work my friend. It's just now getting there.
Here's my engine.

Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:30 pm

erokCom wrote: webberjames95 wrote: erokCom wrote: Ahhh! My bad. Right on. Looking great. Take a look at my '67 site. I've tried to document a lot of my own process. http://1967beetle.com

Good luck!

Your's is Beautiful 8)

7 years worth of work my friend. It's just now getting there.
Here's my engine.

I'm thinking i should switch to the vacum distributor

Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:31 pm

webberjames95 wrote: erokCom wrote: webberjames95 wrote: erokCom wrote: Ahhh! My bad. Right on. Looking great. Take a look at my '67 site. I've tried to document a lot of my own process. http://1967beetle.com

Good luck!

Your's is Beautiful 8)

7 years worth of work my friend. It's just now getting there.
Here's my engine.

I'm thinking i should switch to the vacum distributor

I would. But again, it all depends on what you're going for. Once you start going back to 100%, it becomes hard to slow down. Before you know it, you'll want everything perfect. It's expensive and fun.