dubjeep's 1970 fixer-upper

dubjeep · Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:36 am Post subject:

Not having the best beetle day...
Started by assembling my two engine stands (to be used as a rotisserie for the chassis). That went fine except for the holes that were not drilled into the pieces.
Anyways, I rolled the rear wheels onto ramps for more clearance and jacked up the front of the chassis to get it hooked up to one of the engine stands and I noticed light coming through the passenger side floorpan in front of the battery area. It turns out that the pan has been fiberglassed over. Oh well... Guess I'll be hitting up WW.

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Once I get the chassis actually up on the rotisserie I will assess whether I need two pans or one.
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Gnarlyleech · Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:53 pm Post subject:

Awesome ride man. I wish I had a garage to keep mine out of the rain. You are doing really good so far. keep it up.
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peteandvanessa · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:50 am Post subject:

Good work man.

Pulling out the old pans and welding in new ones is pretty straight forward, it's just alot of work. You can get 3M seam sealer from oreilly's (if you have one in your area) off the shelf for about $30, you will only need one tube and then still have some left over.

beetlenut · Samba Member Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 2983 Location: RI

Previous Owners! Gotta luv um! Once you get that on your rotisserie, the pans will not be that bad to weld in. Might consider M&T for the pans to save on shipping.
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dubjeep · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:45 pm Post subject:

beetlenut · Samba Member Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 2983 Location: RI

Ah yes, the joys of being a new home moaner! Wink

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peteandvanessa · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:56 pm Post subject:

You might not need an air hammer. I just drilled out the spot welds and then used a cold chisel and a hammer to get the old pans out. One side took about 5 hours, the second side took about 3 hours.

If you don't have a sawzall, try a jig saw with a metal cutting blade, that should work too.
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dubjeep · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:09 pm Post subject:

peteandvanessa · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:56 pm Post subject:

beetlenut · Samba Member Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 2983 Location: RI

Give me a holler when you're ready to start on your pans. They're not that hard to do with the body off, just need the right tools in the right sequence. If you have some big pieces of cardboard left over from moving, save them to use as templates. Before you cut out your old pans, make a pattern of the pan bolt holes relative to the tunnel, so you can weld your new pans on and have all the pan bolt holes line up with the captive nuts in the body. One thing you'll need is a 4-4 1/2 inch grinder with thin grinding wheels.
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cseay1 · Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:21 pm Post subject:

dubjeep · Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2014 2:25 pm Post subject:

Well... I can't express how happy I am that Harvey is in a real garage now. Last Wednesday, 2/12/14, the tent garage that Harvey had been in collapsed from the very heavy and wet snow. Here are some pics:

As soon as I get a sawzall, and get a Saturday off I will be cutting out the passenger side floor pan.
When the snow allows me to get to my shed I will free up some more space in my Garage so I can actually store piecses of the car that I take off/apart.
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dubjeep · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 3:55 pm Post subject:

I finally did some work on Harvey that wasn't disassembly. Beetlenut came over to check out the car and offer his expertise. I cut out the right pan half (the left side is OK). I will grind welds down on the lips, but I am still saving up to get a tank, filled with CO2/Argon to weld the new pan half in.
It feels good to be working to fix the car finally.
Of course I have pictures of the pan half out:

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zodlaw · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:34 am Post subject:

Nice build, any updates at all? I have the same exact hit in the bug I am picking up on the 21 of this month, front apron, hood etc. Looking to see how yours will turn out. :)

dubjeep · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:08 am Post subject:

zodlaw · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:26 am Post subject:

I will on the 21, its sitting out in a yard under a tree. Its not a barn find but under a tree find. Its a mess but will start a build thread when I pick it up. Smile

I guess I am saving it. It has taken months to get this far. I started trying to pick this up in Aug of 2013. It has no Tittle but going with the owner today to get that taken care of, and its mine. Smile

I will post a link when I start it.

zodlaw · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:52 pm Post subject:

Here is my build thread http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7152415#7152415 I think though my front end is way smashed in than yours. lol Oh had my name changed been out of volvos for longtime.

dubjeep · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:39 am Post subject:

After a long hiatus, I finally got back to Harvey. Lately it seems like I am more motivated to talk about Harvey than actually do any work.

There were two bolts that I had not been able to get out, until today. The right rear body mount bolt had snapped off, but with plenty of threads still sticking out. After some heating with map gas it came right out; no arguments.

The other bolt was the only half-shaft bolt that wouldn't move. It stripped out inside, and was no longer round on the outside of the head. I scraped the grease off of the cv joint and went to town with map gas and penetrating oil. It took a while, but is now out.

After that, I started fitting the passenger floor pan. The fit is not as good as I was expecting, but that is only partially due to the pan. I will need to do some more grinding with the dremel, and patch the front right of the napoleons hat. I still don't have any welding gas, so I will be using the flux core wire that came with the welder. I have had the welder for like 2 years and never used it.

I will be forcing myself to work on the car at least 5 minutes a day to maintain motivation. I do plan on finishing this car someday.

I also received my VW engine adapter for my Harbor Freight engine stand. I will have a nut welded to the hole on top of the stand. The Harbor Freight stand uses a hole and pin design, whereas the adapter uses the older, t-bolt style. I would rather have the t-bolt style anyway because when you are rotating it you can leave some drag on the shaft. Other wise you have to hold the block and try to line up the holes for the pin.
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