March 63 RHD Notch

[Bobnotch]

[260KMN]

Are these fog lamps factory or dealer installed

Bracket with Hella p/n

Right rocker looks sound with wing off

Rust in LH C pillar, mostly surface fortunately

Left C pillar is nicer

Right engine bay inner wing area shows some rot too, left hand is good though, just surface rot.
Windows all out and interior now all stripped also took the body mount bolts out today, amazingly all came out without any issues. Body coming off this week. One more pic motor with rusty bits

[260KMN]

Finally got round to stripping the shell and cut the LH rocker off, its not too bad and is repairable.
The fun starts here!

[260KMN]

Rear Rusty, but do-able

all cut out

fronts a mess, some thinking required

First front repair section turned out ok, not quite factory but I'm happy with it

Started making some repair sections for the RH channel front and rear corners, rear not so bad, front a bit more complicated

[MonT3]

Good job cutting out the bad stuff.

That vent piece looks awesome. If you can blast some of that rust away, go for it. What you have going for you is the top of your rockers looks to be saved. I just posted some pics on my thread cleaned up pitted areas. You have some of those but not sure how deep they may be. How are you going to patch up the heater tube that runs the length of the rocker? Keep at it as it'll come back together.
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[260KMN]

Right rear corner inside all done

i managed to cut out the rotten heat tube and replace it back to good metal

Repaired the bracket that holds the tube at the front and then fabbed up a repair to the heat tube outer cover.
Not concourse standard but structurally sound.
Next is getting the outer rocker to line up and complete the front corner repair

[MonT3]

Did a really good job patching up those pieces. Keep it up and those will be closed up in no time! Make sure you test fit those outer rockers so you have the bottom lip extended to cover any gaps (should they be there).
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[Bobnotch]

WOW, that looks great. You're really moving along with it. It won't be long before it's all repaired on that side.
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71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[260KMN]

Thanks for the positive comments guys, keeps you motivated.
I am going to try to replicate the bottom edge on the rocker, ie folded over 90 degrees on the lower edge as per the other, good, side.
Wish me luck.

[Clatter]

Lovely work.
Kudos to you for keeping on.
Watching in awe, as those channel areas are complicated beyond simple repair!
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[260KMN]

Finally after 100 adjustments its rocker attachment time.

lined up and ready

First welds

Lines up quite nicely if i may say so

Even managed to replicate the factory folded lower lip

Welded

Plug welded the inner face as i dont have a spot welder.
Really quite pleased with the result, just need to grind down the welds and start the next bit, that will be front inner wing.

[vlad01]

Great stuff!
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[MonT3]

Love it! Saved yourself a ton of time test fitting the doors!!! Great job lining those rockers up and getting them in place. How did you roll the bottom-end piece? Also, did you fit the fenders over the ends to mark the mount points for the fender edges - please say yes? I welded in M8 bolts to the outer rocker skin so the front fender and rear fenders can bolt to the rocker parts that'll be covered by the fenders. Yes? Regardless, looks awesome!
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[eyetzr]

Nice work you have going there. The before, during & after pictures are great. I am impressed with the tidiness of your work. Keep it going.

[260KMN]

Thanks for the comments guys, makes it all worthwhile especially as i dont do this for a living, fortunately. Monte we have a folder in the workshop at work which i can use but the rocker would not go in to fold the lower edge, so i clamped it to a nice edge on my bench and hammered it over a bit at a time. I trialled the wings on a hundred times also to check location and welded M6 captive nuts into the rocker panel before installation as per the original.
Back to it tonight for more fun, grinding
It shows that with a bit of patience even those aftermarket rocker panels can be made to fit quite well.

[Bobnotch]

That looks fantastic. Really nice work.
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71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[260KMN]

Just noticed the ad in Type 3 parts on here for those black rockers, ISP are selling for 200 bucks each.
They look different than the one i bought, didnt realise there was more than one supplier. The front and rear ends are quite different.
Mine was not perfect but looks better quality than the ISP ones. Mine came from CSP in Germany and was 90 Euros, about 120 bucks, if i remember. Obviously it would cost a bit in shipping to the US but is an alternate if anyone needs any.

[260KMN]

Didn't get much done last night, just grinding down the welds and fabbed up a repair for the lower inner wing corner. Still, abit of progress i guess.
Rocker just needs a skim of filler and its done. Have to finish the vent area next.
On vacation for 10 days now so no further postings for a bit.
Heres a couple of images

Rocker

Rear rocker join

Inner wing repair piece

[brimfull]

Really nice work on that, you're cracking on at a good pace with it
That's how I did my drivers side cutting along the sill edge. Did you change the heater channel bottom too, I think I used a T3D closing panel for mine?

[260KMN]

I used a full outer rocker panel from CSP in Germany and cut it down, fit is ok with some fettling. Most of the channel bottom plate was ok so i have just patched the bad areas