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Huetti_1989
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 Posted: Fri May 19, 2023 12:42 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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| djfordmanjack wrote: |
You are really doing great work Hütti. And by the way, your photos are really good as well ! It will be cool seeing this in real life !  |
Nothing interesting to see here, i worked nearly every day 5-8 hours on the roof windows.
We now have a 19 Window deluxe.
The whole roof is crazy soft wiggle metal, every spot needs a lot of adjustment, and beer, a lot of beer.
-Christian
Drilled the thick metal off tho get the inner frame out:
Sone cutouts from the left side:
Started the passenger side:
Adjust, measuring, clamp, cut, adjust, measuring, hammering, and spoted:
Still two outer window frames todo:
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ryans65
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2023 5:18 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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| that's a really neat method with the chunk of copper and the vise grip!! bus is looking killer!!! |
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Huetti_1989
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djfordmanjack
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| Posted: Sun May 21, 2023 11:39 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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Hütti, thx for having us on Friday and your touring of the shop, the DLX build, parts and projects and some more projects, and then some more parts, projects, restored drivers and some more project parts.....  . It was amazing and very enjoyable! Hoping to be back soon !
The DLX is coming out great and the build is second to none really. It also has a real cool vibe going. The patina is unbelievably cool to see in real life. The 57SC is killer and the daily T2a SC was real fun taking it out for a short trip. Huge respect to your efforts!
I am not talking about the place you are living and working because - in the language of our international readers- it is simply mind blowing....hahaha
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Huetti_1989
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PeteSC
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2023 5:10 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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| I have no advice for the seal/window placement, just wanted to say that your weld dressing and metal finishing always is always an impressive sight. |
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boulderz
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2023 6:28 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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| Huetti_1989 wrote: |
i finish the weld on the first window,
it needs a whole evening, and 1.3 m of welding, on the complete roof i had to weld anything around 16 Meters, so 52.49 ft
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52.49'...that's a lot of tacks. What a marathon, keep it up! |
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BarryL 
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2023 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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| Huetti_1989 wrote: |
... the window should sit deeper in the end i think.
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Picture of the inside? |
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Huetti_1989
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| Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 12:11 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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... the window should sit deeper in the end i think.
Picture of the inside? |
Unfortunately i don’t made a picture from the inside before i put it out again.
The lip goes good over the metal, i think the window should flush deeper with better seals and with some kind of lubricate, but i am afraid of that step before painting 😬
But on the pictures it is to far out right?
I also have some good used rubbers and a set of nos rubbers, they look way better shape, but i don’t want to install that rare og rubbers twice, so i had to do first the paint and the headliner.
Picture from the og used rubber vs. the repro one (bottom one)
Tack, grind, hammer, weld, grind, hammer…….:
Because someone asking because the burntrough and the backside of the roofwelds:
I hope you guys like what you see here 😅
-Christian
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My 1957 semaphore Single Cab:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=605363&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
MY 1967 Sparsamba:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=757182
My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost Barndoor:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621802
My 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westfalia:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=716285
My 1991 Westfalia California:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=650751 |
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Huetti_1989
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Huetti_1989
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:30 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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Grind, Weld, drink beer, hammer, drink, sleep, weld, sand, eat, curse, cut, tack, weld, sand........
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My 1957 semaphore Single Cab:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=605363&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
MY 1967 Sparsamba:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=757182
My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost Barndoor:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621802
My 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westfalia:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=716285
My 1991 Westfalia California:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=650751 |
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Huetti_1989
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PeteSC
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:13 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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| Huetti_1989 wrote: |
finished the welding on the outer roof yesterday, just need one or two days grinding the weld flat:
its amazing how strong that roof is now, no bumbs, wiggle or frogs, or as you call it...
matching colour beer of course
-Christian
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Your welding and metal work continues to impress. I have a question - there are spaces between your welds that look finished - are you grinding/finishing your initial tack welds before you do the remaining welding? |
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Huetti_1989
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mandraks
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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i love watching welding. I personally do not weld, never even tried it, and i have a welder...
anyway, would it be less work if you used a tig instead? less grinding?
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PeteSC
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 6:17 am Post subject: Re: 67 Sparsamba repair from Austria |
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| mandraks wrote: |
i love watching welding. I personally do not weld, never even tried it, and i have a welder...
anyway, would it be less work if you used a tig instead? less grinding? |
I’m exactly like you, haven’t done it, but have a welder with the intention of learning by practicing on scraps.
I believe TIG welding requires the surfaces to be free of contaminates, like meticulously clean, and produces more heat. I don’t know how well that mixes with trying to preserve as much original paint as possible.
***EDIT*** I totally jinxed myself by saying above that I had a welder and never used it. Clutch tube broke completely free on my way home on Friday, so I spent all day today getting familiar with it and putting it all back together. Tough project for a first-timer. |
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