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1964volksman Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2011 Posts: 123
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:57 am Post subject: |
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THANK YOU for tearing out the clean original interior down to bare metal, painting the bare metal black, and installing Prelude seats
And I'm really enjoying the front apron and frame head which you do kindly smashed into oblivion, then painted flat black and kept driving with a broken frame!
I couldnt be more pleased about your Mazda wiring harness, complete with motorcycle wiring so that NOTHING worked
Four loose lugs on each wheel... Hmmm...
Thanks for putting the world's most worn out brake drums on it... Fully tightened, they wobbled and rubbed against the shoes
Thanks for registering my feb. '63 as a '64...
Thanks for welding sheet metal OVER the rust
Thanks for the BLOWN 1200, which "should run". It did. Briefly.
And thanks for cracking the new windshield _________________ Has anyone got a hammer?
Feb.1963 ratty bug 40hp- destroyed the indestructabe...
1974 volvo 164- heavy-now available at pick n pull
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straws Samba Member
Joined: December 23, 2010 Posts: 68 Location: US
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:42 am Post subject: |
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Kinda sounds like you didn't do a whole lot of looking when you bought the car. Half the shit in this thread is just complaints from people that didn't fully look over the 50 year old car they bought. |
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60ragtop Bonneville Belt Bitch
Joined: March 13, 2006 Posts: 7800 Location: Big Wonderful WYO 82401
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:55 am Post subject: |
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straws wrote: |
Kinda sounds like you didn't do a whole lot of looking when you bought the car. Half the shit in this thread is just complaints from people that didn't fully look over the 50 year old car they bought. |
This is why I don't usually read this thread.
Maybe it should be renamed buyers remorse _________________ Rick
Certified Mechanic by the State of Michigan in 1977
ASA certified in 1987
Certified Hunter Wheel Alignment Master Technician 1986
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I've restored a large number too, but I don't toot my horn quite as loud.
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maybe he just snapped cause his car sucked |
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1964volksman Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2011 Posts: 123
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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The car was dirt cheap, I was 13.... So no, I didn't look it over, and I wish I had. I'm 15 now, almost done sorting it out the right way. _________________ Has anyone got a hammer?
Feb.1963 ratty bug 40hp- destroyed the indestructabe...
1974 volvo 164- heavy-now available at pick n pull
'66 sunroof deluxe bug-40hp |
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drs1023 Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2011 Posts: 1682 Location: Georgia, USA
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:07 am Post subject: |
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I've owned fifty-seven VW's over the last 40 years, and only 3 or 4 of them were running on purchase day. Looking back, I only scrapped 3 or 4 others after scavenging all the parts I could get off without a torch.
So I'd like to thank all PO's for not taking care of your cars, running them into the dirt, performing little to no maintenance on them, then being out of money and desparate to sell them the day I showed up with a few bucks.
I've never made a huge profit on any one VW - just enough to say that my hobby is one of the few that doesn't cost me a lot of money. Working on old cars is like aversion therapy to me and it's a lot cheaper than the shrink's couch to "re-center" your mind. |
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Nevada Notch Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 540 Location: Carson City Nevada
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:16 am Post subject: |
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I just figure you will find something down the line that one of the POs did that wasn't obvious.
Then you just have to laugh and wonder.....Why the hell did they do that? _________________ 1966 Euro
1600DP
Dual 34mm ICT's
99% Resto-Custom Daily Driver |
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joecestes Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2011 Posts: 148 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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When I was younger I used easy off oven cleaner to remove overspray primer.It worked but I wouldn't let it sit on the paint very long though. Clean really good after use. I don't know if it will hurt the paint or not, but I would think if it removes primer over spray it will probably do the same to paint. |
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Greg! Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2012 Posts: 33 Location: Rockwall, Texas
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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I would like to thank the PO of my '62 for some reason deciding it would be better to braze my pressure plate instead of dropping an entire $25 for a new one.
(and yes that gold colored glob is actually where it was brazed)
Tell me how that one could have been caught on a pre-purchase inspection. |
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Steamjam Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2012 Posts: 52 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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I'd like to thank the PO for layering on a 1/2" to 3/4" thick layer of bondo on the front pass quarter panel, and poorly repairing the passenger door hinge pillar, instead of repairing it right. Which prolly would have taken much less time to do in the first place.
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Mexikrainian Samba Member
Joined: February 04, 2009 Posts: 137 Location: Reno, Nevada
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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I would like to thank my bugs PO for not wanting it any more and giving it to me. Thank You
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Ga bug Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2008 Posts: 475 Location: Albany GA
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:41 am Post subject: |
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I want to thank mine for keeping it inside of a
closed in garage until I came along and got it.
It was in great shape. |
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Chuey Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2010 Posts: 858 Location: Oceanside, California
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:34 am Post subject: |
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straws wrote: |
Kinda sounds like you didn't do a whole lot of looking when you bought the car. Half the shit in this thread is just complaints from people that didn't fully look over the 50 year old car they bought. |
Man, that's what I was thinking. Lots of whining and blaming others. Maybe it is the wording. It's fine reading about what someone had to fix to make their car right for them, but many of these sound like they think the car they bought should have been in concours condition. That's great if you paid the price for concours but if you paid for a beater and that's what you got, why put it in terms of complaining instead of boasting on how many things you've fixed up?
For me, there is something cool about fixing a vehicle. It is as if that makes it mine. The involvement is something I crave and the newer cars I've owned that seem all worked out just don't satisfy me as much as an older one that I've "improved".
There are some really nice posts here as well. It's nice to hear that it's not all bad things being done to these cars.
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Kudagra Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2007 Posts: 105 Location: Baldwin City KS. Just a wee bit South of KC
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for taking all the windows out of the Texas registered 66 once you got it back up to Kansas and parking it under a tree so it could fill with soggy leaves and rot almost everything.
At least its not as bad as a Kansas type 1 left in the same environment. At least half of its life it was rust free. _________________ But Mom...it followed me home! |
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veedubfreak59 Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2010 Posts: 228 Location: Denver, CO
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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Leaving the car in a field for 30 years The only real rot was the floor pans and the standard corners where every bug that sees salt rots. If the car was a hard top, the floor pans would have been intact, but as it was a ragtop that rotted away sometime in the 80s, it had 30 years of snow/rain in it. Someone also snapped off a rear bumper bolt and just welded the bracket to the car. But it's all numbers matching |
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vwlovr73 Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2000 Posts: 273 Location: ND
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:34 am Post subject: |
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Welding the rear bumper brackets to the fenders, and one of the fenders to the apron in the process! Wtf... _________________ 1963 Beetle euro spec "Darrel" (since 2012)
Past - 1973 Beetle "Arthur" (owned 1998-2005)
Red River VW Club- http://www.redrivervwclub.com |
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OLD VW NUT Samba Member
Joined: February 23, 2011 Posts: 2776 Location: High Desert of Washington 98823
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Such a great thread - gotta bump it.
I'd like to thank the PO of the 64 bug I owned many years ago for cutting a pair of holes in the package tray so they could route hot air up and into the car since the heater channels were plugged up - probably by the PO to the PO - for some unknown reason they shoved newspapers in there. Probably couldn't get the heat to shut off - I dunno. A mystery for sure.
I'd also like to thank (really!) the PO (and the PO to the PO - I.E. - her parents who bought it new) for not driving their 71 Ghia in the winters. It is virtually rust-free except for the battery tray area which has been replaced. Oh - and for selling it to me for the astounding price of $2500 - RUNNING! I do hate that you painted over the Bahi Red with a very crappy gloss black. _________________ 71 Ghia Coupe - stock body - no rust! Powered by a 2110 W/Dual HPMX 44's - Rancho Pro Street Transaxle - A/C by Gilmore
Other car - 2013 VW Golf TDI |
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TCBeier Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 109 Location: Granite Bay, Ca.
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tacochris OG Paint Archeologist
Joined: November 11, 2008 Posts: 984 Location: My garage, Texas
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:26 am Post subject: |
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Ide like to thank the previous owner of my lowlight for the "awesome" vinyl top you installed in the 90's....without your classy move my car wouldnt have rust holes in the roof the size of my fist.....or as I like to call it, the "Multiple sunroof option".... _________________ 1957 Lowlight
1962 walk-thru Kombi
"Nothing will ever be as nice as original paint, no matter how much is or isnt left"
"Those that confuse hoodride with the OG paint movement definitely have their wires crossed. Its all about preservation, pulling out its true potential while hoodride is about purposely making something look like a piece of shit." -SKIM |
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 34021 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:21 am Post subject: |
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tacochris wrote: |
Ide like to thank the previous owner of my lowlight for the "awesome" vinyl top you installed in the 90's....without your classy move my car wouldnt have rust holes in the roof the size of my fist.....or as I like to call it, the "Multiple sunroof option".... |
They were more properly called "opera windows," remember?
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tacochris OG Paint Archeologist
Joined: November 11, 2008 Posts: 984 Location: My garage, Texas
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:36 am Post subject: |
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KTPhil wrote: |
tacochris wrote: |
Ide like to thank the previous owner of my lowlight for the "awesome" vinyl top you installed in the 90's....without your classy move my car wouldnt have rust holes in the roof the size of my fist.....or as I like to call it, the "Multiple sunroof option".... |
They were more properly called "opera windows," remember?
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haha....yea! The best part about the car is that he didnt prep the body and the paint is falling off like Baked Lay's...that coupled with the roof my car looks like it has Leprocy. O well I still rock it.... _________________ 1957 Lowlight
1962 walk-thru Kombi
"Nothing will ever be as nice as original paint, no matter how much is or isnt left"
"Those that confuse hoodride with the OG paint movement definitely have their wires crossed. Its all about preservation, pulling out its true potential while hoodride is about purposely making something look like a piece of shit." -SKIM |
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