1944 kubelwagen

antonio velez · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:03 pm Post subject: primary

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

VWKDF · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:06 pm Post subject:

Looking good. Great to see your progress.
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Always glad to help with the photos. You right click on them, you can then check properties for the correct address to use.

antonio velez · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:56 pm Post subject: strip

Hard core strip

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

antonio velez · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:38 pm Post subject: sandblasted

This week we sandblasted the body, and begin the welding jobs.
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Thanks for looking, Antonio

antonio velez · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:05 am Post subject:

This week we start the construction jobs.
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antonio velez · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:38 am Post subject: body repair

Body works,
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Thanks for looking

meinkubel · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject:

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

antonio velez · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:35 am Post subject:

Thanks for your words.
Preparing details/parts
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More pics soon. Antonio

silvertonguedevil · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:39 am Post subject:

Wow!

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antonio velez · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:47 am Post subject: works progress

Some more works done.
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Thanks for looking

BNMike · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:36 am Post subject:

Excellent work, Antonio Applause

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

BNMike

HUGOPECAS · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject:

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

antonio velez · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:58 pm Post subject: more pics

Thanks guys...Hugo *****
keep running...
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antonio velez · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:08 pm Post subject: more...

Now on front..
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Thanks for your time..keep looking,
Antonio

vw_fx · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:52 am Post subject: Kubelwagen

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

antonio velez · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:34 am Post subject:

Front works.
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Thanks for your comments, guys.

peter schepens · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:56 am Post subject:

Great work. Excellent but ... Question

It will be to nice for a war-time vehicle Shocked

... Like the way you make it, it will be a showroom model Laughing

brand new and high level finish.
Just kidding. Well done.
best regards Peter
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Kraftfahrer · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:07 am Post subject:

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.

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Kraftfahrer · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:46 am Post subject:

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...

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