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Air-Cooled Head
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I prefer the plastic spreaders myself, but otherwise
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LOW N SLOW66
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Had a little time to strip today... My roof that is  bought a 3m fiber stripping wheel and threw it on my drill and went to town, then finish sanded it with 80 grit. A little more bondo and the roof will be ready for primer along with the front fenders, hood and doors, just have to wait for the weather to get warm, which could be a while 
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Done! My arms will be hurting tomorrow |
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LOW N SLOW66
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Little more bondo slinging today  also put some seam sealer on the left inner quarter panel and undercoated the whole thing, should be good to go, I'll probably drop the motor this summer and get everything in the engine compartment cleaned up and painted but it's good to make progress:) if I'm lucky I'll be able to prime the hood and roof tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath 
Had a little help too
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Mike Fisher
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It wouldn't hurt to wipe on some Rust-Prep etc phosphoric acid to kill the rust before you primer it.
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LOW N SLOW66
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Been taking advantage of the warm weather! Got some more bodywork done and broke in the new paint gun and shot some primer! Only had enough to do the hood with the leftover stuff my dad had but it's better than nothing  it feels great to have one panel done, only 10 more to go...
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Wow I can't believe It's almost been two years since I last posted! (Sorry it took so long monte  )So a little update: had another beautiful baby girl, moved to a bigger house, and the square has been in the back burner lately, but I have big plans to fast track my 66 this summer. Got the roof primed up and re worked the doors and hope to get them under primer when the weather gets warm. Left front fender needs a small rust patch which will be much easier to do now that I have my own welder! And the right is 99 percent ready for primer. Big picture is to finally sling some paint this summer I will shoot some pictures of the current progress and post em' up tomorrow!
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Here is some pictures from how she sits. I got the roof primed up before the move and almost have the doors and fenders ready for primer.
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MonT3
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Making some good progress there. I do have to ask if you're aware the doors are from later models as the earlies such as a 66 had the separate keyhole from the door handle. Just asking as it threw me off.
Your shell looks like it didn't have much to get handled on it. That's a timesaver! Glad you're sticking with it. Keep at it AND congrats on your new addition to your family!
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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So all the body panels are from a 69 donor car because they were super straight and almost zero rust, my dad even welded up the fuel door on the right fender because my filler neck is under the hood. Even though I really liked the push button handles on the 66 doors, I went with the doors that needed less work! As for the shell, I've put a ton of metal work into the wheel wells and rockers, so it just looks like I haven't had to do much with that the only original 1966 body panels are the rear hatch and rear apron
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Got to love progress! Had a chance to sling some primer today on a couple of pieces
Feels so good to have a paint gun in my hand again!
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:35 am Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Just for the hell of it I did a quick fit of the door and fender, and also because I don't have much room to put stuff... 
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Had time to work on the driver door, she will definitely be straighter than from the factory! Started filling in the seams on the drivers rocker as well chipping away boys!
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:54 am Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Looks good. You're gaining on it. It won't be long until you have all the panels ready for paint and on the car. Nice going, and way to go on kicking butt.
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Hey thanks guys, I'm just trying to stay motivated as much as possible:) I have noticed something though, the black e-coating on my replacement rockers is garbage and I am sanding all of it off 
for how expensive they are you would think the stuff would be better, I could literally take my blow gun to it and take some of it off! So anyone who buys them be sure to strip it off and put better stuff on!
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 10:41 am Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Hey thanks guys, I'm just trying to stay motivated as much as possible:) I have noticed something though, the black e-coating on my replacement rockers is garbage and I am sanding all of it off
for how expensive they are you would think the stuff would be better, I could literally take my blow gun to it and take some of it off! So anyone who buys them be sure to strip it off and put better stuff on! |
Just so you know, that black "e-coat" is only to prevent rusting while sitting on the shelf. It's not a real primer.
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64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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LOW N SLOW66
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: My 66 squareback project |
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Bob, I do realize that it is just to prevent rust but I thought it would be a bit more durable:) I guess I'm used to the stuff they put on replacement parts for modern cars cuz we just scuffed those baby's up , sealed them and painted them! Not the case with these rockers
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