Finnish 1300 '70 back to road

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Hello to everybody!
I'm a proud owner of a 1970 1300 since the end of last year. My new bug has been in stand still atleast 11 years. I has been in one family tens of years. Previous owners have taken very good care of this one and exposure to road salt has been quite minimal due to lack of use.
The first owner had it 10 years. Every service stamped on the book. To my knowledge total mileage is around 90000. We hauled it nearly 200 miles away with my friends truck. I bought it only based on sale photos

I hope to get it through inspection to driving this spring and regain original historical 1970 reg plates back for the car. Maybe later next winter I get it painted. I have some bodywork to clear. Hatch edges, sparewheel well, front mud guard inner part. Brake cylinders I replaced all 4 of them. Now I'm doing bodywork in the front. In person I'm very new to aircooled VW so I'm learning all the time.

Good news is that the car is complete and most of the parts usable. Rust is amazingly minimal to be a beetle of this age. I don't have to replace any large sections of the body. Most of the rubber has to be replaced naturally. Engine has been done long time ago, but not driven much after that, only some thousands. It runs very nicely
Some photos below.

[neil68]

Very nice, and only 90000 km!!
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Der Kleiner Rennwagens
68 Beetle 2332 cc, 204 WHP
12.5 seconds @ 107 mph
Dynojet Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9B_H3eklAo

[plotch]

I can't believe that no one has mentioned the gas filter yet. Nice car and good luck.

[joey1320]

Remove the fuel filter away from the engine compartment
You ca n place it by the transmission and one more under the fuel tank.

Clean ride. Loving the seat covers
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This was the way I bought it. The filter is clambed and is able to hold pressure 10x times original fuel pump can produce.
The bug is undergoing full service at the moment. Thanks anyway for the fuel filter concerns

[Hatracks]

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Something from this weekends stuff.

I shot the primer for the cleaned wheels.

Removed also the right front fender. One bolt snapped, one nutsert started turning, one came straight trough, one I had to cut with wheel The bumber bracket holder is a toast.

I use citric acid mixed to water removing rust from the loose parts. Citric acid one of weakest acids so it is not dangerous to healt. It is kind of natural product. When I remove some part that looks rusty I just drop it in.

Here are the first parts to come out of chemical rust removal. Citric acid softens the rust so that it can be brushed away with a steel brush.

[Rome]

Excellent find!

Will you paint the wheels silver like they were originally from the factory?

[Tim Donahoe]

The car looks like a nice find.

You might try apple cider vinegar as a natural rust remover. Use it without diluting with water. I've had very good results.

The welding looks good, too.

Tim
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Richard O'Brien

[sjbartnik]

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Starting bodywork in the front area.
I had to undo most of the previous repairs, not to mention about removing undercoating. Both in and outside had very thick coating. Small overpatching on the both corners and some larger in the sparewheel well. There are just too many layers for rust to find a way
I ordered both front corner repair pieces and already have the bottom which I have to extend 1.5 inches because the old seam was that much higher.

I was a pain to get loose. 3 drill bits broke. The cutting wheel doesn't reach upright seams.

The upper part I leave as it is, only grind down the old welds.

[Tim Donahoe]

Be sure to wear a hat to keep from pulling your hair out .

Keep up the good work.

Tim
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[Rome]

Your wheel paint scheme will look very good. I did the same on my '70 Fastback, which originally also had silver wheels.

Your Beetle was built on Oct. 27, 1969. See that small tag to the left of the hood latch? The number 42 is for the calendar week. 1 is for the first workday of that week. You know it is in 1969 because the 1970 model year started in August and ended in late June 1970 (July was usually factory closed for product retooling for the next model year). Look up "perpetual calendar", 1969, and find the date of that code.

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[67rustavenger]

I had a look at your local parts house's website.
That image on the home page of the Ghia rally car is sick. aircooled.fi
I browsed the engine parts listing(heads) on the site. Funny thing is that either you guy's are really into VW performance. Or those heads that are out of stock are special order.

Keep up the good work on your car.
Have a great weekend.
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Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!

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Work is getting on little bit slowlier.
Not been working on every evening. Now I have spend 1 month into project. Been repairing front apron and left front wing patching. I have replacement piece spare wheel well which I have to add a fabricated 2-way curved front piece. That is almost ready to weld on.
I was really pissed to see that my shield gas for MIG was empty. I thought I had about 100bar left. I takes 2-4 weeks to get refill. Luckily I have option to change process. I change to TIG with pure argon that I have left. Argon cannot be used MIG. From which I tested on the fender I'm able complete the work without the weeks of a downtime

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Hello everyone if anybody is watching.
Done most of the welding by now. Had some nice weekends breathing that dust

Pics in some order by the dates.

Got little sidetracked with the wheels but happy now they are finished.

Now on with the body

I'm going to register and go inspection next month.
Most of the things to be done from now on are only looks, not so much technical or structural That said I have to paint left front wing, suffered from the welding.