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Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:36 pm

Yesterday....while I was helping Momma with her Garage Sale...I started stripping my "new" Thing front beam. I got the brake rigging off the back plates. I'm going to have some parts replacing to do, but it's not too bad :)

BNMike

Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:04 pm

Semper_Dad wrote: Not sure how much heat your heater is putting out but mine would melt any PVC and wire hoses. Previous owner had used some vacuum cleaner hose and it was a melted mess when I pulled it out.

I'm not running hoover hoses here. So anyway, today, I just drove her, enjoyed some good dirt and gravel roads... and had fun !

Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:44 pm

Finally got around to finishing the right rear rocker repair on the '74 ex-Acapulco and then started the miserable task of taking of about 17 layers of cracked paint from the hood. Kinda cool to see the original Acapulco blue under all that mess.

Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:13 pm

Did you fix the 73 already?

Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:04 pm

got my new axle cv to cv from the thing shop

treated the thing with some NOS wiper blades. figured it was my only vw with wipers so i needed blades

Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:10 pm

We enjoyed a Day at CYW 32 in Sevierville!!

Last time on the road before the teardown! Body off coming soon!!

Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:23 pm

We took Hermann for a drive up to Wind Cave park and back. A beautiful day, and we got lots of smiles, waves and "thumbs up" :D

BNMike

Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:34 pm

I sold the tires off of it!! Sitting up on stands now, going Nowhere!
Engine comes out this week, and get's torn down!!!

The teardown has officially begun!!!! Yeah!

Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:14 am

Looks to be in good shape - what are your plans for it?

Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:11 am

Celebrating the 300k odometer by washing her real good inside and out and also repainted the rear bumper. (also oil change, new plugs, rotor/cap/points and all filters. :lol: )

Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:31 pm

Looks can be deceiving! She is in good shape, but not right. There was some shoddy collision repair done on the DS rear corner, along with some equally poor body work on the inner rockers. All this was accomplished in 81 when my Dad had her restored in Greece(outer rockers, paint, upholstery).
SO, almost 30 yrs later, it's time for a redo!
Grafting another rear clip, patching inner rockers, New engine, poosibly new pans, new Upholstery, new windsheild, and new paint!

waxhead wrote: Looks to be in good shape - what are your plans for it?

Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:44 pm

took my Thing to the AACA Fall National meet at Hershey this past weekend....didn't have it judged, but it got a lot of attention!

Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:08 am

Well, it wasn't today, it was Wednesday :lol: I took Hermann over to the Depot when I went to take my re-certification rules test. The only problem I had was that it was a little "brisk" :shock: at 7:30AM, and running Hermann without his top, I about lost all the feeling in my ears :lol: Other than that, It was a successful 40 mile round trip :D

BNMike

Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:01 pm

Not all done today but the latest progress is: Dash kit, radio, cup holder, map light / interior light, The Thing sticker, horn, horn button, front and
rear blinker lenses, hard top, defrost lens, gas cap, side mirrors - waiting on passenger side

For now the speakers are only held in place by their magnets. Need to get some front and rear speaker panels to actually hold them in place.
Changed out the turn signal lenses and the brake light / blinkers. Will be changing the brake light blinkers back to the original with new lenses hopefully.
I wanted the smoked lenses but the aftermarket ones really are total junk. If they had made just the lenses you could change instead of trying to do
the whole assembly it might have been alright. The connections keep coming loose, making them not work. Picked up a hard top. Need to do some sanding
or grinding to get it to fit better.

Before:

After:

Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:58 am

Looks Great Mikey! You've gotten a lot done with your new Thing!!
So, what's the tire size you've got on the chrome wheels? Looks great!

Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:19 am

BNMike wrote: The only problem I had was that it was a little "brisk" :shock: at 7:30AM, and running Hermann without his top, I about lost all the feeling in my ears :lol: Other than that, It was a successful 40 mile round trip :D

BNMike

LMAO. :lol:
That's my daily senario only I leave home at 6:30. I believe I've learned to dress for it better, however. :wink:

Diehard Vert Driver

I just ordered more goodies for mine this morning. This afternoon, the family and I are on our way to the mountains north of town to play. Going to help a friend set up his Tipi.

Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:14 am

Thanks. I'm running 205/75R15 Cooper ATRs with the 15"x7" rims on all four corners. Oh and a much belated thanks for your help on the disc brakes. I'm really impressed with them.

Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:58 pm

Went to the 2010 VW Fall Fling at the XXX Rootbeer Drive-n in Isssaquah, WA. Air and Water Cooled event. Guessing there 75-100 cars present. Only 3 Things in attendance.

Mine

Don's

The other Guy's

Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:07 am

Replaced the cables to the heater boxes. Originals were cut exiting the tunnel. I now have heat! Next up is to fix the defrost/heat cables which were cut as well. For now I have all of the heat exiting via the defrost.

Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:28 am

Let me know if you need any cable connectors. I have some extras.

Or make your own from "European electrical terminals" available at Radio Shack.