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veedubman72 Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2014 Posts: 230 Location: United States
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:25 am Post subject: |
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2nd round of blocking then primer. Man, is this thing straight! found some more rust on the a pillar in front of the door behind the fenders. That's being quickly remedied and hopefully in paint soon!
Went to the dealership and looked at the shadow blue in person. Back to deep blue pearl (LB5R) lol
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Getting the rust on the A pillar fixed and removing unnecessary brackets and closing up some holes in the engine bay. Wheel wells will get a fresh respray of undercoat.
Truck in in final primer waiting for color!
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stewardc Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:24 am Post subject: |
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Lookin good. Can't wait to see the final result. |
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Me either! |
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Blu_Hare Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2014 Posts: 2 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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updates? |
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, my paint and body guy ran into to some staffing problems over the holiday and had to put my caddy on the back burner until he hired some new guys. He got some new blood in there now and they are supposed to be extremely good, so hopefully it goes into paint this next week. |
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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Teaser
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stewardc Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Nice color. It's just a bit darker than mine. Are you doing all one color or some of another color? |
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:37 am Post subject: |
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It's all going to be one color. I think it's just the camera auto adjust it's more like this:
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driverlost Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2004 Posts: 185 Location: North West Arkansas
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Looking great! _________________ Rob
May the war on Air vs Water end in my lifetime that we may all come together and enjoy the hobby. |
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stewardc Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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NICE ! |
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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stewardc Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 5:15 am Post subject: |
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I love it. Great color. |
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Color sanding and polish.
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DadsOld74 Samba Member
Joined: October 01, 2013 Posts: 138 Location: Cody, Wyoming USA
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yes! That is an amazing color. Looking forward to seeing more. _________________ --Brian ('74 standard bug)
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself." - Ferdinand Porsche |
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:37 am Post subject: |
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Putting things back together. I wanted the plastics to look fresh and new, so I had Corey paint the various plastics with a special plastics paint. It required a special prep, but I think it turned out phenomenal.
Corey's having the red stripe, the GTI emblem and the piping on the door cards hand painted by a professional pin-striper.
and no the wheels are not staying. they're just there to roll the truck around lol. It getting lowered on some KW coil-overs and drop plates. |
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vwjunkie3 Samba Member
Joined: April 22, 2010 Posts: 66 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:33 am Post subject: |
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Beautiful looking pickup!! |
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oasis Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:02 am Post subject: |
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That is impressive! _________________ Now: 2003 New Beetle Turbo S / 1990 Single Cab Transporter / 2014 Tiguan R-Line 4motion / 2013 Tiguan S / 2002 Golf GLS TDI
Past: 1974 Thing Acapulco / 2009 Eos Komfort / 1997 Jetta GT / 2002 Cabrio GLX / 2002 Passat GLS / 1971 Super Beetle / 1993 EuroVan MV Westfalia / 1981 Pickup LX / 1985 Vanagon / 1986 Jetta GLI |
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veedubman72 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Corey brought in a professional pin-striper to do the grill and the door cards
VW never made GTI style door cards for the smaller 4-door rabbit or pickup doors, so I made my own. I took some plain dark blue door cards from a 4-door rabbit, had the pockets sewn into the doors, incorporated the lower door vent and hand painted the red stripe over the original blue piping.
Brought it home form Corey's shop (Smitty's autobody in Meadow Vista, CA). I am sooooo happy with the work Corey did and putting up with all the little things I asked him to take care of. Corey is primarily an air-cooled guy (although he does regular insurance work) and I couldn't be happier with the detail he put into my water-cooled VW.
Now begins the process of putting the interior together, buttoning up the motor and exhaust system, lowering it, , replacing all the plastics and rubber that needs it, new wheels, etc, etc....
Corey is going to be starting on my '56 bug next. I'll be starting a build thread and post a link to that when I do. |
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My57Oval Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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So do we get to see the finished product?
I had a brand new silver '84 gti with blue interior back inthe day. Paid $9,049.00 for it. I'd pay $25K if i could buy a new one of those today! Even if they were made in PA and were built pretty shodily.I loved that Car. It was stolen in 1989 with about 50,000 miles on it. Never found. Vanished in Dorchester, MA. The gearing was great on them. Of course doing 65 on the highway the thing would be spinning at close to 4000 RPM....
Good lick with the '56. Now i'll head back over to Oval Land. See ya.
Rob |
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