What did you do to your Beetle this week?

Thomas323is · Samba Member Joined: January 05, 2015 Posts: 83

I just bought Beetle 1965. After I replace the lists of part to make working good. wash it and drive on the freeway Very Happy

. Fun car to drive
Thanks for reading my post. I will have pic later!

sfizio · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 5:29 am Post subject:

Bought a 66 sedan in very good shape a few weeks ago. Haven't owned a bug for about 30 years. I forgot how great they are to own and drive. I found an electric motor mounted in the tire well for the wind screen spray but it wasn't connected. Did the electrics and plumbing to get that working. Added new wipers, a deck lid lock, an accessory port tucked in the glove box to charge my iPhone but, my favorite (and perhaps sacrilege to some), replaced the 5 watt clear parking lights in the headlight buckets with 120 lumens directional amber LEDs.

Stevo Wide 5 · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:34 am Post subject:

Installed a correct grey knob radio and an Empi GTV steering Wheel!

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I had a '66 bug in college (back in '70)-two years ago I decided I wanted one again (who needs a stinkin' Lincoln?). Bought a '62 from a fellow in Tn who gave me a very honest appraisal of the car; while it had some rust, he had treated it, rebuilt the engine, tranny, all the bolt-ons, brakes and tires-the only things he didn't address was the wiring and rubber which I have been working on-car runs and looks great and it's my daily beater. I figured, I needed a second car so that if my only car gets laid up or needs serious repair beyond my comfort level, I'll have something to drive-so I bought a '66 from a fellow in Maine-this car, though it looked good on paper, was a disaster. On the bright side, it keeps me busy and I'm learning more than ever (thank God for this site!!!!!). Today I changed my plugs-each one was tight as hell and I swore I was going to strip them coming out-took the advice of many here, warmed up the engine and soaked (as best as I could) the plugs in penetrating oil-and with effort and time, they did come out (black and worn); I used anti-seize on the threads going in, torqued them down accordingly and crossed that off the list-I ordered the proper distributor from a seller here on TheSamba and will replace that next week and also do the timing. What fun!

hitest · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 10:30 pm Post subject:

Took the '62 out for a small breather and Cibie Oscar shakedown run. I expect it to reduce my MPG by 2, and increase my night visibility by about 1.5 miles. If everyone here says it's the dumbest thing on this beast, it may have to go in the garbage.

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grandpa pete · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 2:19 pm Post subject:

fixed a broken accelerator cable end with the wire I had wrapped around the fuel line clamp at the carbeurator . Shocked

It got me home ! Smile

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billfred1 · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:30 am Post subject: Interior Work

I did some work on my interior. With my wife's sewing help, we made new door panels. I got some vinyl from the fabric store and masonite for new door cards. It's not perfect, but I like it Very Happy

I also made my own assist straps out of an old purse strap of my wife's. Came out looking good.

Finally with some of that cheap fabric store vinyl, I fixed that ugly area under my back window.

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irvanm · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:47 pm Post subject:

I took my 67 out to my friend Pats shop and he and his son balanced the tires.

Underdog65 · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:29 pm Post subject:

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Build a portable garage to store her drove
3 hours to buy her then drove home the 3 hours down the interstate no problems even good heat here in cold Ohio and Pennsylvania then orders a bunch of parts.
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Old Vegas · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:09 pm Post subject:

Cleaned out my gas tank and main fuel line. Complete tune up and valve adjustment. Mid-way through the brakes, still have to switch out the MC.
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Underdog65 · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:21 pm Post subject:

Ordered more parts. Took a drive to talk to a old time VW mechanic about engine rebuild.
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JimJ · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:33 pm Post subject:

Repaired some oil leaks and repainted the tin with hammer tone bronze paint.

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MeeferMadness · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:42 pm Post subject: Finished repair on pan

The body shop finished the repairs on the pan in the battery area on my 59 Euro Sunroof. Had all the fenders, doors, hood, decklid....etc media blasted. Sent my semaphores off to be repaired. A busy day!

tech126 · Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:40 pm Post subject:

Replaced some pushrod tubes and ordered more part.. i had a 66 20 years ago and was fortunate enough to get a 64 last month..

67 bugger · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 9:06 pm Post subject:

Went for a drive and enjoyed the beautiful day.

Underdog65 · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:17 pm Post subject:

Built and installed my Vintage Speed roof rack
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inzel · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:49 am Post subject:

Today I put my pride in my pocket and put on a crappy front bumper so I could legally drive around. Bad pic but a pic nonetheless. It is straight even though the pic is very crooked haha

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Underdog65 · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:43 pm Post subject: New motor

I purchased this 1600 S/P motor duel relief case turn free not sure about trying to rebuild it myself or use it as a core. I have never built a motor before but I would like to try if the cost savings would be worth it,
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panicman · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:53 am Post subject:

Bought what looks like a decent 1960 36hp, complete, and am starting to refurb parts of it.

This weekend, the manifold and muffler were de-crusted and finished with high temp coatings.

I have only degreased and washed the tins. I am debating powder coating vs semi gloss hi heat black paint. The cooling ring is finished in black, and I zinc plated the hardware.
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Old Vegas · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:18 am Post subject:

I drained the transmission and put new gear oil in it. PUlled the swing axle boots, but ran out of daylight to put the new boots on.

Also since the my '63 sat for 10 years and now that the weather is in the 70's I am starting to find the residents that came with the car are coming out, I had to kill my first very large black widow that was chillilng near the M/C - fuel tank area.
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