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shifty6d Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2005 Posts: 93
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Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:00 pm Post subject: '63 Buggy project |
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Buggy I picked up almost a year ago, not sure on the brand. Here she is as I got her:
Was used as a hunting buggy, lots of dirt underneath, few dents in the pan.
Got the body pulled a few months ago to paint and shot the main pan with Raptorliner recently, the rest of the pan is going to get finished in trim black this weekend.
Body is just set on pan temporarily on these two, have a lot left on the pan left to do and body to finish up.
Still haven't settled on wheels/tires or final ride height yet. |
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Humdinger Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2012 Posts: 183 Location: NE Arkansas
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Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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nice! I almost wish i would have done the raptor liner on my pan... Did you do the paint yourself? Is it metal flake or just metallic paint? |
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Humdinger Samba Member
Joined: September 27, 2012 Posts: 183 Location: NE Arkansas
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Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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nice! I almost wish i would have done the raptor liner on my pan... Did you do the paint yourself? Is it metal flake or just metallic paint? |
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andygere Samba Member
Joined: January 31, 2014 Posts: 600 Location: Central Coast, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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The paint looks great, and the deep dish steelies and Vdub caps look pretty classic. |
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shifty6d Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2005 Posts: 93
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, my girlfriends cousin and I did the paint work, cobalt blue .015 flake over black sealer. The Raptorliner is fun stuff to shoot, I may end up doing the black sides of the body with it. I do kind of like the retro steelies but they kind of need to be chromed now that it's painted, was also thinking of chrome Cragar 5 spokes. |
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mstevens Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2008 Posts: 225 Location: Boise, Idaho
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:45 am Post subject: |
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Looks like you have a great start so far! The paint and the pan look amazing. You should run both the steelies and get some cragars. You can swap them out depending on your mood. As it would look great either way. |
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Wetstuff Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2010 Posts: 700 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Great vintage color Shifty ..a '65 Cobra color. I am a fan of steel wheels; mine are on standby to replace Cragars. Nice job.
Jim _________________ Manx #2614 |
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didget69 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 4925 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:49 am Post subject: |
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The painted wheels add a nice look - keep them instead of going with chrome wheels -
bnc _________________ I never found the need to impress people with any mechanic certifications, trophies or track wins... unless it was for Mom to post on the refrigerator door. |
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shifty6d Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2005 Posts: 93
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Having a hard time deciding between old school style or lifted and widened, both makes sense in my world. Probably going classic street style initially then lift it later once it gets a few scratches. But I know me, I'll change my mind next week. |
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fullup12 Samba Member
Joined: June 10, 2009 Posts: 36 Location: TX
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:18 am Post subject: |
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I think it will look fantastic completed with the wheels that are on it and agree with the extra set of Cragars idea. On a side note, I have been thinking about painting an old truck I have Cobalt blue. Your pics confirmed that for me. The color is awesome! |
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slalombuggy Samba Member
Joined: July 17, 2010 Posts: 9131 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:31 am Post subject: |
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Keep the steelies, drop it down a few inches and it will look stellar, love the colour. Nice work so far.
brad |
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shifty6d Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2005 Posts: 93
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Been a while but finally got the rear cleaned up and trans. installed:
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kellison Samba Member
Joined: February 04, 2012 Posts: 109 Location: michigan
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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the pan looks great. is that a mouse in rear rim? |
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shifty6d Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2005 Posts: 93
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:41 am Post subject: |
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Mouse? Took me a second to realize what you meant. Haha, no that's a grind mark from me filling drilling the stem hole so I can use the more common smaller size. |
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truckdude Samba Member
Joined: May 01, 2014 Posts: 148 Location: Beverly Hills baybee
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Looks great so far. I like the 3 handle e-brake for bootleg turns. |
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