My 67 Bug rebuild

littlebill86 · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:10 am Post subject: My 67 Bug rebuild

hey guys im new here to the samba but not to aircooled cars. just wanted to post my progress so far on my 67 bug. hope you enjoy.
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this is all the teardown, both floor pan halves are being replaced and the pan will get sealed with por15 then undercoating on the bottom.

crvc · Samba Member Joined: April 28, 2004 Posts: 1017

Goood job.

When my '67 was in pieces it never occured to me to balance the chassis on wheels like that to get to the underside. Smart.

crvc

littlebill86 · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:49 am Post subject:

thanks. there was a couple of us there so i thought it would make thing really easy. and it did. im currently drilling out the spot welds for the floor pans. pics to come soon.

littlebill86 · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:56 am Post subject:

well yesterday was Monday and that's the big progress day for me.
my dad and i built a cart so we can move the body around very easily, worked like a charm.
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after that was wall finished up i started the lovely job of drilling spot welds, i think i only broke 4 drill bits. In the end i got both floor pan halves off and prepped for the new halves to be installed.
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once the pan was taken car of for the day we went ahead and began paint stripping the body. what a fun process and its cool to see such a big change in about and hours time.

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and but the end of the day this is about what we ended up with.
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more updates to come. hope you guys enjoy.

craigman · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:08 am Post subject:

Look'n good man! Keep us updated!
Welcome to the 67' club! Cool

ping349n · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:22 am Post subject:

Looks about like where I am at right now. Keep up the progress and the updats!

littlebill86 · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:59 pm Post subject:

holy cow i finally have a floor!!! i hope i can keep making some more progress now that i have a new spot to work on my bug. have not felt accomplished about my bug in at least 6 months.

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littlebill86 · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:35 pm Post subject:

ordered air ride and a 4 inch narrowed beam today!

67_SO42 · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:19 pm Post subject:

Nice sir and moving along fast. Can wait to see whats up. The more pictures the better!
Where is your air ride stuff from?
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littlebill86 · Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject:

i ordered it all from airkewld. i have wanted their products for years!

littlebill86 · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:23 pm Post subject:

well three weeks later im still waiting for my parts from airkewld to arrive Sad

. i cant wait

littlebill86 · Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:36 pm Post subject:

i received the tracking numbers for my air ride kit today will have it Tomorrow. thank you airkewld. i cant wait!

Bashr52 · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:33 am Post subject:

littlebill86 · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:39 am Post subject:

Nope. i have not decided what to do for brakes yet. i have a long way before its done to make that decision. my air ride is on the ups truck for delivery right now. Airkewld stilll has me on the build list for an ultimate beam. getting pretty excited.

danno627 · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:37 pm Post subject:

You look like Quentin Tarantino.
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littlebill86 · Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:10 pm Post subject:

lol i am actually in none of those pictures. that is a buddy of mine.

littlebill86 · Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:15 pm Post subject:

got my air ride stuff just waiting on my beam to arrive. here are some install pics! hopefully a video of the travel soon.

gettin better with the welder.

leveling the control arm mounts.

tacked them in

upper bag mounts pretty much tacked in place.

new lower control arm mount at the bottom of the rear shock

this is were you trim up the brace in the corner of the frame horn and the torsion tubes.

lower control arm mount from the front view

pretty much all welded in. excuse some of my messier welds,

jkallhoff · Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:59 am Post subject:

littlebill86 · Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 9:25 pm Post subject:

sorry its been forever since an update, i am still waiting from my ultimate beam to arrive from airkewld. Its been two months since the order was placed.

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