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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31270 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:57 am Post subject: |
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Amy...am I smoking too much grass or is your 1968 a swing axle chassis? In your pix of the luggage compartment removed, it's a swing axle back end.
On edit....my fail. I got 1968 in my head as the first year of IRS, when it was in fact 1969. Nothing to read here folks, move along...... |
_________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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gt1953 Samba Member
Joined: May 08, 2002 Posts: 13843 Location: White Mountains Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:11 am Post subject: |
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I do like what I am seeing. You will have a trophy car for some time to come when completed. Drive it enjoy it they do get rock chips in Arizona when you do. _________________ Volkswagen: We tune what we drive.
Numbers Matching VW's are getting harder to find. Source out the most Stock vehicle and keep that way. You will be glad you did.
72 type 1
72 Squareback
({59 Euro bug, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 73 type ones 68 & 69 type two, 68 Ghia all sold}) |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Cusser wrote: |
Abscate wrote: |
Amy...am I smoking too much grass or is your 1968 a swing axle chassis? In your pix of the luggage compartment removed, it's a swing axle back end.
On edit....my fail. I got 1968 in my head as the first year of IRS, when it was in fact 1969. Nothing to read here folks, move along...... |
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What? Did Amy find some soviet jewelry in the trunk???? _________________ .ssS! |
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azamy66 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2003 Posts: 147 Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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No, but I did find s German drivers license under the seat. Lol "if it's not one thing its another" |
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azamy66 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2003 Posts: 147 Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:56 am Post subject: |
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Still working on the undercarriage. Ugh Makes we wish it were easier for me to do a pan off, but I will have to work with what I've got. I am also working in a storage shed where there is no water accessible. That makes it tough as all I can do is scrape and grind and wire brush. I'll get it done, but had to move on to something else to keep me motivated. The inside of the car had a good amount of old glue inside. Have been working to remove all that and sand it down. Yesterday we got the foot well area done and shot it with primer. (I was dying to paint something) I know it's not much , but I am finally starting to feel like I am getting somewhere. This is definitely a good lesson in patience.
Here is a pic of the glue I was dealing with...
All cleaned up and sanded down...
Primed and ready...
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Fiatdude Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: now in MO.
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:23 am Post subject: |
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You should just pull the steering column out and get it out of your way -- only a few bolts and it will make everything so much easier _________________ Remember, as you travel the highway of life,
For every mile of road, there is 2 miles of ditch |
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azamy66 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2003 Posts: 147 Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, that steering wheel will come down eventually.... I moved on to the engine compartment. That is now sanded and primed. I wish I could say I was doing this all by myself, but my boyfriend has been a valuable part of this whole process. He's been a very patient mentor and guide. Not to mention he has all the tools I need. Thank goodness for him.
We worked on the trunk area a bit today. Tons of nooks and cranny's there that are really hard to get to. Probably another few hours on that tomorrow and it can be primed as well.
I have a question about the area of the body under the gas tank. In a pan off, that all gets painted with he car, the same color as the car. With the way I'm doing things I'm not quite sure how to handle it. It will need to be painted, but would it look alright if I just painted it gloss black in those areas?
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Fiatdude Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: now in MO.
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:26 am Post subject: |
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it depends if you're listening to the stock Nazi's or not _________________ Remember, as you travel the highway of life,
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allsidius Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2010 Posts: 1475 Location: Norway
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Fiatdude Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: now in MO.
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:35 am Post subject: |
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autocorrect suks lol ---- didn't even notice it had done that _________________ Remember, as you travel the highway of life,
For every mile of road, there is 2 miles of ditch
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allsidius Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2010 Posts: 1475 Location: Norway
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31270 Location: Hot Arizona
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57BLITZ Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 2385 Location: DEEK - U.S.A.
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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Black is okay with us if it's okay with you Amy, but here's another option for you to consider . . . spray can paint in the correct color . . . check out the third post on this page of this build thread . . . http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=524322&start=480
BTW . . . nice job you're doing on your convert! _________________ Jesucristo es mi Seņor y Salvador! |
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azamy66 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2003 Posts: 147 Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the suggestion 57Blitz. There is an auto paint store not too far from me. I will definitely look into possibly getting a can of my paint to finish that area. And what a great little thread you led me to. Nice to see a young girl taking interest in VW's. And kuddos to her dad for mentoring her through it all.
Got the trunk area primed today. Amazing what a difference a fresh coat of paint can make. Cleaned up pretty nice. I tried a different primer on it. It looks really dark in pictures, but it went on nicer than the light stuff I used for the engine compartment.
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31270 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Amy - driving home from work today, saw a nice orange-yellow Convertible driving north on 56th Street near Greenway, so you better get it running soon !!! The top was down. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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azamy66 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2003 Posts: 147 Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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So jealous. It was very much my goal, Cusser, to have it painted by the end of March, but I'm not sure I can pull it off. It may be Fall before I'm running about town with the top down. (Sigh) |
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azamy66 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2003 Posts: 147 Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Today was filled with cleaning and painting the front end under the gas tank. Decided to go with black. Still have work to do in that area though with repainting the front end components. Probably need to spend a few more hours making sure I've got as much grime off as I can before that.
Ii also had my mind set on cleaning up the wheels today. That was a dirtier job than I expected. All 4 where caked with probably 20 years of brake dust and grime on the insides. They cleaned up nice for the most part. I will paint eventually, but at least the dirty work is done.
Before....
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azamy66 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2003 Posts: 147 Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Gas tank repaint success. The inside of the tank looked good, so I turned my attention to the outside. After wire wheeling and sanding I used a primer called Zero Rust and then finished it with black appliance paint. Looks good as new
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Cusser Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2006 Posts: 31270 Location: Hot Arizona
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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Nice, Amy. We have great day for this today, I'm off work today (I work at Scottsdale and 101).
But I'm replacing the oil pump and a valve cover gasket on a leaky 1998 vintage 198K Nissan Frontier today, maybe I'll get a chance to drive my Convertible later. _________________ 1970 VW (owned since 1972) and 1971 VW Convertible (owned since 1976), second owner of each. The '71 now has the 1835 engine, swapped from the '70. Second owner of each. 1988 Mazda B2200 truck, 1998 Frontier, 2014 Yukon, 2004 Frontier King Cab. All manual transmission except for the Yukon. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335294 http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=335297 |
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azamy66 Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2003 Posts: 147 Location: Tempe, Arizona
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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I hope you got a chance to take a joyride in your conv today Cusser. It was the perfect day for it for sure. |
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