TheSamba.com :: View topic - 1957 Coral red oval from Callook to original/oldspeed

Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:28 am

Hi everyone,

My name is Yannick, 33 years old and I live in Belgium. I've been into aircooled VW since I was 17.
My previous project was a 1964 bug that I owned for +10 years. I turned it into a callook, then restored it and sold it january for a new project.

A couple of weeks after I sold the '64 I bought a 1957 coral red callook oval. I bought it because it is a sollid car and because I like the color ;-)

First thing was to replace the US headlight with EU headlights.

Bought a set of fogglights

And painted them coral red

A set of EU bumpers and 356 wheels to change the look of the car 8)

Out with the 'old' engine

Fixed the wiring, replaced all the fuellines and painted some parts

The new engine that is currently being build (Riechert kit, fram filter, ..)

Bought a set of original wheels

And repainted them:

To be continued 8)

Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:13 am

Nice job, beautiful car!

Thu Jun 08, 2023 10:35 am

Very nice, Coral is a great color!

Thu Jun 08, 2023 11:13 am

Those are some NICE painting skills!! DO that yourself?

Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:14 pm

After reading and seeing the first posts, especially when I saw the coral on these sport rims I was thinking it won't be worth to look further, because I'm a stock-nazi. Glad I read also the rest because it turned out to get intresting. Thank you for the nice job on the stock wheels and giving it back a 30hp engine with period arrangements! That is and will be a beautiful car!

Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:34 pm

pastellgreen wrote: After reading and seeing the first posts, especially when I saw the coral on these sport rims I was thinking it won't be worth to look further, because I'm a stock-nazi. Glad I read also the rest because it turned out to get intresting. Thank you for the nice job on the stock wheels and giving it back a 30hp engine with period arrangements! That is and will be a beautiful car!

Agree 100% with the above.

Coral is one of my favorite colors, and I love the transformation back to stock.
Great looking car!

Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:47 am

TXHCBeetle wrote: Nice job, beautiful car!

Thanks!

EverettB wrote: Very nice, Coral is a great color!

Thanks! Yes it is 8)

Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:47 am

NachoCar wrote: Those are some NICE painting skills!! DO that yourself?

Thanks! Yes, it is not perfect but good enough for a car that is going to be driven :lol:

Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:49 am

pastellgreen wrote: After reading and seeing the first posts, especially when I saw the coral on these sport rims I was thinking it won't be worth to look further, because I'm a stock-nazi. Glad I read also the rest because it turned out to get intresting. Thank you for the nice job on the stock wheels and giving it back a 30hp engine with period arrangements! That is and will be a beautiful car!

Wauw, thanks! :D
I've always been into customizing bugs but I appreciate the vintage scene more and more. I can't wait to start driving this thing 8)

Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:49 am

stale air wrote: pastellgreen wrote: After reading and seeing the first posts, especially when I saw the coral on these sport rims I was thinking it won't be worth to look further, because I'm a stock-nazi. Glad I read also the rest because it turned out to get intresting. Thank you for the nice job on the stock wheels and giving it back a 30hp engine with period arrangements! That is and will be a beautiful car!

Agree 100% with the above.

Coral is one of my favorite colors, and I love the transformation back to stock.
Great looking car!

Thanks! 8)

Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:50 am

Next update in the making: floormats 8)

Wed Jun 28, 2023 4:07 am

Time for an update :-)

So I started making a set of floormats. The old set was black..

Used the old ones to make a new set (with some adjustments)

For the trunk I had nothing to start from

Then I've cutted some fabric for the edges of the floormats

Et voila:

The heatherchannels were white (the car was originally coral red but was painted white during its lifetime :) ) so they needed some paint

The steering colomn tube had seen better days

(The shifter also has been repainted)

Also added some extra gauges 8)

And mounted the Marshal lights, Love it! :P

Yannick

Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:35 am

wow - what a stunning metamorphosis from duck to awesome swan.

Wed Jun 28, 2023 6:02 pm

Please share the paint code for the "rusty brown" color used on your rims. It looks perfect!

Thu Jun 29, 2023 12:44 am

Great stuff!

Thu Jun 29, 2023 9:36 am

Incredibly impressive work!

Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:58 pm

This car is incredibly beautiful.

I especially love the wheel transformation.

Prior to seeing this I did not know why I did like not the two color wheels on stock '63s such as mine, but now I know why.

At some point during production, the inner and outer colors were reversed. Body color on yours is outside with the cream color on the inside. For my year, the body color is on the inside with the cream on the outside.

I much prefer the cream inners.

Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:49 pm

That is a beautiful vintage VW and some very nice preservation work. Very inspiring for me as coral is my favorite color for this era. For the last year or so I've been considering letting the 57 Deluxe that I've had stashed in the barn (original coral red car) for 35 years go to an new caretaker. Seeing this car kinda puts a different spin on my thinking. Since acquiring this car, I've never considered a different color than the original coral in the event that I pulled it out and and started work on it. It's almost a virtual zero rust car per my original evaluation. I've been enjoying the heck out of the 63/64 rag-top 117 this Summer.

Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:09 pm

Strong work on the carpet. Very impressive!

Mon Jul 03, 2023 1:03 am

kaieric wrote: wow - what a stunning metamorphosis from duck to awesome swan.

vwhelmot wrote: Great stuff!

René R. wrote: Incredibly impressive work!

xraymatt wrote: Strong work on the carpet. Very impressive!

Thanks guys! 8)