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Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:40 pm

This Forum is to show the restoration of my wifes 67 Bug "Davey"
The bug was her first car bought for 2200.00
Since we are married now, I got the car for free!

My Goals for this bug are
1.) Restore the body
a. Two tone paint, fushia with white sides
b. Put a "W" rear deck lid on it
c. Restore the sunrood (fml)
d. Suicide the doors
2.) Modify the Suspension
a. Air bag it
-Have it slammed for show
-At normal hieght when on the go
b. CB prefromance brakes on all fours
c. Convert to 5 wides
d. Tranny raise???
d. Narrow front end
3.) Upgrade the guts
a. Use rancho perfromance tranny
b. Bore and Stroke the engine to 1915cc 74 crank and 90.5piston
c. Redo the valves
4.) The Creature Comforts
a. Convert to oil heater, vice heater boxes
-BN4 heater?
b. Install Air Conditioning
c. Electric windows
d. better defroster
e. Radio, install one

Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:14 am

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Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:49 pm

This is the thread you're looking for:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=149769

Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:28 am

In her original glory in Hawaii

The bane of my existance, PITA sunroof

Working hard on the Westy, but hope to send Davey to blasting this coming month before the baby gets here.

Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:09 pm

Just picked up a complete set of 67 fenders at kelly park today. On my way there, cursing the day I thought a sunroof would not be that bad to fix.

Fri May 01, 2015 9:53 am

So just picked up a raft op clip and a better set of fenders. Can't wait to never see or touch the sunroof again.

Mon May 04, 2015 9:05 pm

Just decided to bite the bullet and buy a Watson wiring harness.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5955487
http://www.watsons-streetworks.com/wiring/wiring-kits-1/custom-vw-modular-wiring-kit.
Next, sewfine?
Also, thinking of an American flag as the interior upholstery on the ragtop.

Wed May 06, 2015 6:19 pm

Started breaking down the ragtop. Here is how it goes

Fri May 08, 2015 6:09 pm

Got a little farther today. Removed the inner roof liner and rear most bow assemble. Missing a plastic white roller.

Fri May 08, 2015 6:38 pm

kjono09 wrote: Just decided to bite the bullet and buy a Watson wiring harness.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5955487
http://www.watsons-streetworks.com/wiring/wiring-kits-1/custom-vw-modular-wiring-kit.
Next, sewfine?
Also, thinking of an American flag as the interior upholstery on the ragtop. if you are going to do a flag do a German flag

Tue May 12, 2015 3:37 pm

Almost done with luggage pan replacement

Wed May 20, 2015 7:50 pm

Sand blast and cut the rust out

Wed May 20, 2015 7:51 pm

And some more

Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:05 pm

A little farther. Now is time start some serious welding.

Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:33 pm

Just got my wiring harness, will be test fitting the fuse box prior to paint to get everything just right.

Here is what I bought
http://www.watsons-streetworks.com/dune-buggy-wiring-kit:

Also, the great task of putting in the ragtop sunroof will occur in just a few weeks. If anyone has any pointers that would be awesome.

Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:45 pm

Home to start the last bit of metal work.

Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:43 pm

Just started to really sit down and get the sliding ragtop sunroof in. Biggest things I have to say is measure 25 times and cut once.

Here is what I did with measuring.
TOOLS (the things you might not think about):
1.) 120 inch sewing measure tap. (It's really hard to measure curved objects)
2.) Carpenters square, made from bendy plastic. (I liked to make a measure perpendicular from a verified reference line or point.

Drawing the cut lines
1.) KEY REFERENCE POINTS: are a must. For this I used on both the donar clip and the car to get the clip the following:
A: Roof center-line. This was measured several times and verified in the a couple key places, i.e. windsheild, B-pillar, and few key points measured a specified distance from the B-pillar to form perpendicular lines from the gutter which ran across the roof.
B: B-pillar
C: Front of ragtop hole in roof.
D: Rear of ragtop hole.
E: Sides of ragtop hole.

When all was said and done I measured the diagnal distances across the roof to verify I made a perfect box. Did it right on the first try.

Other things to account for in the cut:
1.) How much the cutting instrument removes.
2.) How much of an over-lap you want when using a flanging tool. This is the strongest and most seem-less way of installing panels.

NOTE: When using a flanging tool, right angles are impossible to flange, to get around this I cut diagnol across the corners a small amount to form a octogon from the clip. Also, when using a flanging tool, verify that the all areas of the panel to be installed have no raised obstructions to offset your flang,

Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:47 pm

Here is the final color I am going for, its a close match!

Here is the paint chip:

Here is the white I am using for the two-tone:

Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:50 pm

Here is the clip cut from the Donor roof. Tomorrow is cutting the the car roof to fit the donor clip, to include a .25" flang.

Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:59 pm

Going the extra mile and got the cut out clip from the donor sand blasted. Crisp, clean and ready for welding.
Question: do I keep the corner supports?