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Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:57 pm

Dave has been working on ole Ruby for a while and has done the majority of the metal work on her. He decided to bring her to us to get her wrapped up for him and into paint so that he can get her back together and on the road for some summer time cruising! Dave did lots of metal replacement on her and did a very good job of it using OG metal from donor cars, so we dont have a lot of welding to do on Ruby before bodywork. we did get her all blasted to bare metal and looking super nice and solid then gave her a nice coat of epoxy to seal her up ! somehow i lost some pictures of when she first arrived. Maybe Dave has a pic or two we can get him to throw up here to show the "before" shots. and hopefully he will chime in with some floor pan updates for us as he is doing that at home to get it ready for the body.I will be updating as we go along to bring Ruby back to her better than new status!

Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:14 pm

I definitely will put some before pics and some during pics to show what I started with. Hopefully they will be in chronological order.

Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:35 pm

here are some highlights from the past 6 years, this is why Joe has it now. I am very slow.

Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:43 pm

dropping it off at Vintage Metal Werks.

Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:57 pm

more dropping off pictures.

Thu May 23, 2013 9:58 am

Nice work

Thu May 23, 2013 3:43 pm

Thanks, hopefully we'll be getting some updates from Joe very soon.

Thu May 30, 2013 8:46 pm

We've got some of the metal work wrapped up on ole Ruby here! We welded up all the extra holes in the front parcel area where it must have had some speakers and or radio or something hanging there over the years! We also got a couple rust holes repaired in the wheel well area and some finish metal work done in the spare tire well, and we replaced the majority of the drivers side carpet retaining strip on the rocker area! Not much more welding Ned's done in his beauty . Then time to do final fits of all removables and the. Into bodywork!
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I will get some more pics uploaded this weekend of the different metal work areas we've done, we also did some welding and cleaning up at the ottom of th door pillars .
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Sun Jun 30, 2013 7:08 am

here are some pics Joe sent to me a while ago, first two are him working on the reinforcement rail that I hand fabricated to look like the original, third are seat belt mounts added to install lap belts, they are anchor plates from an old pan, welded in from underneath, last pic is the drivers side carpet retainer repair. just had a couple spots where it was rusted out.

Sun Jun 30, 2013 7:50 am

back home

Sat Jul 27, 2013 4:12 pm

got door gaps dialed in

Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:08 am

bugmandave wrote:
back home

WOW, That Looks Awesome. Keep us in the loop, Can wait for the next installment. I guess that's the pan waiting to be reunited with the body?

Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:51 pm

that is the pan, and now the body and pan are mocked up together so I could get the door gaps correct. just a few more small welding repairs and then on to the body work.

Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:56 am

got the metal work wrapped up. brought the vert to get body work and paint. hopefully have it back before spring so I can start with the assembly.

Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:11 am

here's a link to some progress pictures from the vert project
http://s188.photobucket.com/user/bugmandave/library/?sort=2&page=1

Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:28 am

Very nice... that will be a great car when done.

Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:04 pm

thanks, And here are some goodies I've collected, there are some advantages to taking a long time to restore a car. all og or NOS. tailpipes are NOS HWE with VW logo, Happich box is my rear gravel guard set. near NOS sapphire II ivory knob radio, two NOS Hella vert dome lights, and yes, those 101 mirror boxes are full.

Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:10 pm

fresh rebuild and facelift, plus a few extras.

...69mm crank, 83mm pistons, mild high lift cam, performance valve job, pocket port and cc'd for 7.9:1 compression by AJ , 200mm clutch 1.1:1 rockers. not your grandpa's 40hp

Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:29 am

Looking very nice there Dave. Hope you get alot done over the winter. Keep em coming.

Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:37 pm

update.. body work pics