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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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If I was you I would just hand that daughter of yours a handful of cash and have her tell you when it's finished. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Some more dis-assembling, took off the master cylinder and pedal cluster.
Moisture got up under some of the seam sealer (you can see in the last pic) so I'm gonna scape off as much of that as I can then media blast it and re-apply some sealer. This is the area that had a 2" water line on it when we pulled the carpet.
Still pretty happy with what I see. _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
Nothing Says Weekend Fun Like A Full Restoration
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:53 am Post subject: |
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jmillers62 wrote: |
If I was you I would just hand that daughter of yours a handful of cash and have her tell you when it's finished. |
She would like that _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:54 am Post subject: |
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Removed shocks, brake lines and everything else I could to get ready to media blast it. The wife got in on the action, took a wire brush to loosen up any surface rust.
_________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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Luking Good
Removed seam sealer
_________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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You are really moving right along. Since our cars are very similiar (with yours in much better shape) I'll be watching this thread closely. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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scooter8 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Look what the mailman brought me this week
Headlamp area, lower front fender sections (behind mud sills) and battery tray. Hope to be cutting in the new metal in a couple weeks. _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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jmillers62 wrote: |
Since our cars are very similiar (with yours in much better shape) I'll be watching this thread closely. |
You've got me curious now, PM me with some pics and details.
Scott _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Well after Sally (my wife) got done wire brushing the chunks off the pan, she wanted more to do. Who am I to say no
There was still a few things left on the body that needed removed before the prep work for paint started.
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John Miller Samba Member
Joined: October 16, 2004 Posts: 735 Location: Elizabethtown KY
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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scooter8 wrote: |
jmillers62 wrote: |
Since our cars are very similiar (with yours in much better shape) I'll be watching this thread closely. |
You've got me curious now, PM me with some pics and details.
Scott |
PM sent.
With the three of you working on it that car will be finished in no time. _________________ The 68 Ghia
The 62 Beetle
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connella08 Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2009 Posts: 833 Location: south central mass
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:10 am Post subject: |
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John Miller wrote: |
scooter8 wrote: |
jmillers62 wrote: |
Since our cars are very similiar (with yours in much better shape) I'll be watching this thread closely. |
You've got me curious now, PM me with some pics and details.
Scott |
PM sent.
With the three of you working on it that car will be finished in no time. |
mind sending me one of them? my car isnt going fast enough |
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:10 am Post subject: |
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connella08 wrote: |
John Miller wrote: |
With the three of you working on it that car will be finished in no time. |
mind sending me one of them? my car isnt going fast enough |
Mine either, it goes months without any attention then all of a sudden I find extra hours in the day.....just like that _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:16 am Post subject: |
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I got an early Christmas present from my lovely wife. NO it's not another car, I'd be living in a friends basement looking for a divorce lawyer. We were at Harbor Freight buying media for a freinds portable media blaster he was going to let me use. I have to do the Ghia pans, parts of the body and several parts in general. As well as the SC a year from now when the Ghia is done (I hope). Well lugging that stuff back & forth and borrowing someones tools that much bothers me and Sally knew this. So while we were at Harbor Freight she saw a media blaster and thought I needed it. So she bought it for me What a chick
It's a 40lb Pressurized Blaster. Anyways I just had to share that with you all, I'm fellin pretty lucky right now.
Thanks Babe _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:22 am Post subject: |
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BLASTING DAY Well gonna start on it at least.
Spend Saturday putting the blaster together, picking up a dolly and doing some more prep work. I was able to borrowed a pan rotisserie from a friend so the plan is to use the rotisserie to blast and paint the pan but it's too tall to slide under the body so I have the dolly for that.
Got the beam off
Pulled the tranny and rear axle
Then slide the dolly under it
Works really good. This should have been a garage day over here cause it was a bitch doing this myself....that and I'm getting too old to lift all this stuff. Guess I'll have to do some better planning next time. _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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Airhead Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2004 Posts: 393 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:35 am Post subject: |
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This is a great build thread, nice to see all the family getting involved too keep up the great work.
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scooter8 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:38 am Post subject: |
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Got the pan ready for the rotisserie, front and back mounting plates
And with some help from my neighbors lifted everything into place
Purdy dang cool _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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rustfree1967bug Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2006 Posts: 3436 Location: minnesota
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:52 am Post subject: |
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When you get yours done I think i'll send you my new '70 ghia for you to start on I can handle doing the pans and the mechanicals but don't want to do the body work _________________ '70 ghia
'69 ghia
'65 singlecab
'66 sunroof beetle
'74 bus
'67 so-42
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scooter8 Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Third stone from the sun (cos)
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: |
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rustfree1967bug wrote: |
When you get yours done I think i'll send you my new '70 ghia for you to start on I can handle doing the pans and the mechanicals but don't want to do the body work |
No can do Pal, like so many of us....Too many Projects already See the front of that SC in one of those pics, that's next _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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scooter8 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:03 am Post subject: |
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I was only able to work on it for less than an hour but once I figured out some of the blasters settings it worked real good. Probably the worse area of the pan was the right front. If you look back at some of my first pics you'll see I had about a 2" water line on the passenger foot rest. It was pretty rusty but the metal didn't appear to be soft or weak at all. Here's what it looked like after a minimal amount of time
The rust is mostly gone, just some pitted metal, no holes and still no soft or weak spots. Made it down toward the seat rails too
The pans appear to be pretty solid so far. I'm gonna media blast them and see if it produces any holes then decide if they need any metal. If not cover the whole thing with POR15 (or similar product). _________________ Tired Arms...Achy Knees...Greasy, Bloody Knuckles
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