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TripWire
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:59 pm    Post subject: 1959 Convertible Beetle Restoration Reply with quote

I picked up this 59 vert as partial trade in January. It looked pretty nice and I was looking forward to doing a quick refresh on it. Unfortunately it had a lot of hidden/disguised rust and body damage. Needles to say it has gotten a little more involved than I would have liked it to have been! Some of you may know this car and love it for what it was. To those I apologize... it will be changing a bit (or quite a lot). I will try and update as much as possible and will try and keep the blurred iPhone pics to a minimum.
This is how I got the car...
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This car has had a HARD life!

Starting with the rear, it had a clip installed at one point in its life and it looked a little odd. I started trying to correct the strange fitment and found something very interesting.
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Whoever installed the rear clip just cut the rear apron out and wrapped the new clip around the existing side panels and welded it on!
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The other side was more of the same... and then I found more rust problems. I decided to have it media blasted.

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The following are pics of all the work I have done so far...

A pillar was beat! had to pull it out.
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Heater channel under rear seat was toast.
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Driver side rear quarter panel only had an inch of body filler in it. It was BAD. Had to replace the whole quarter.
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Rear package tray was bad too...
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That's it for now. There are more pics in my gallery if you would like to see more. I just wanted to get a thread going and caught up to where I am now in the build.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice work, keep us posted.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah man, nice work. It nice that you are making things "right" on it.
After the metal work, what are your plans for it?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 4:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

More repair to the passenger side inner and outer rear heater channel area.
Opened up.
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Blasted.
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Repair panels made.
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And welded in.
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And POR'ed.
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Plans are to do all the body work and paint it after I finish getting everything back like it is supposed to be. I will do all the work on the side of my garage as seen in the photos. I will even paint it there! I did it with my black notchback last summer and anybody who has seen it can attest to the results.
I usually try to start with a solid rust free/accident free car but this one is not either. It has it's solid parts for sure but has the usual convertible rear rust. Once I conquer that area I will be cookin'. I have some custom plans for the build. It will have some of the flavor of my Notch and some of my Oval that I sold a few years back. Both of these cars were restored and painted beside my garage.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 12:44 pm    Post subject: Re: 1959 Convertible Beetle Restoration Reply with quote

TripWire wrote:

This is how I got the car...
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Seeing this before pic and the after-math makes me afraid of taking mine apart. What a can of worms!

Wonderful job though. This thing will be so much better in the end, enjoy!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I decided to finish disassembling the pan yesterday. I was having trouble getting the front nose cone mount off. Once I got it off I realized why...
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Who needs a bus nose cone when all you have to do is this!!!
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow! Doesnt look good..
Im curious how this will turn out.. Looking at your Notchback and Oval I think it will look awesome
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 6:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

More progress. I have way more done than I have posted!
Anyway.... the floor pan...
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sweet tire/rim combo Cool
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TripWire wrote:

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I recognize the 'Notch from Hot VWs last month! Congrats & good luck with the vert Applause
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This past weekend I did all the paint prep on the body and doors. I also put up the panels that turn my car port into a spray booth. Yesterday I got the paint on the car. Came out great! I am very happy with the results! I love Southern Polyurethane clear and usually use their universal clear but decided to try their euro clear as it allows the user to adjust the solids content with the reducer. It also has a shorter cut and buff window which I wanted. The universal clear stays soft for months. This is good if you cant get to the color sanding and buffing right away. Anyway... I laid down three coats of the euro clear and will start the color sanding later today.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pretty nice!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are those snowflake taillights with hearts grafted in? More pics of those?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Starting the assembly.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thebucket wrote:
Are those snowflake taillights with hearts grafted in? More pics of those?

Yes they are. They aren't exactly a good execution though. The cut outs for the hearts are pretty rough and they are glued in. I will not be reusing them on the build.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:30 pm    Post subject: More assembly being done. Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW! That is NICE man.......................
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah what he said!

well done sir, well done.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

very inspiring build!
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trying to get this thing prepped for Bug Jam! We'll see...
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