Hebster52

[chickengeorge]

Nice work!

[NJ John]

[Hebster52]

Cardboard Aided Design templates for next parts!

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~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

Cut out the cardboard templates in sheetmetal and cut some pieces for enginelid hinges.

Also found a replacement firewall as the original was cut too low..

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

Made a short clip after some more welding.


Link

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

Got some fully welded yesterday. So I took off the jig temporarily to file some of it as it's been a bit too tight at the centerline.

Then assembled the jig back as I prefer to keep it there until I get everything welded

Also now able to start playing around with the premanufactured louvers.

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[finster]

coming on nicely. those louvres look perfect
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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[Hebster52]

Thanks.
Today I just realised that I had not checked the symmetry from top to bottom before. Just trusted my eye measurements and the jig..

Measured it now diagonally from the handle hole to each corner. I'd say it's acceptable...

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

Now fully welded!
Next is to weld the bottom inner skin and to construct the hingemounts. Also need to fix some rustholes on the older split donor parts.

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

And it still fits without the jig!

So stoked that this worked out as I planned!

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

As the decklid is built from 72+ years old scrapmetal there's some rustrepair needed...

And done!

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[finster]

_________________
"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[Hebster52]

Did some reshaping below the nose. Now it fit almost tight.

Also started sanding off the paint. Nice to start seeing it as one part instead if a jigsaw puzzle. Unfortunately fuevto using over 70 years old scrapmetal I found some rusted through pitholes around where the logo have been..

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[VWGlassee]

wow, nice work on the enginelid!

[Hebster52]

Been of work sick on antibiotics the past week... Lots of time to plan next stages...
Started working on parts for the b-pillar...
This is what they should look like..

So I started to cut pieces and fit together with parts for cab mounts that I made already in 2016...

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

One small piece done...

After a lot of measuring and thinking and cutting I now have the main parts for one side ready to be welded..

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

Continued fabricating parts last week.
Hammerformed the new wedges for the upper door rubbers.

After that I went to the storage and brought home the split sedan doors so I could start prepairing parts for modifying them.

With some help by some friends and photos I eyeballed the first inner structure for the rear upper corners and did some cad.. (cardboard Aided design)

Then moved to sheetmetal..

When these were done I did the same for front corners..

Now there's just some minor parts more to make for the doors. Then I have to do some rustrepairs on them before I'll modify them to hebmuller doors.

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

Still some more pieces to make. Then I have to start restoring the rust on the doors before conversion.

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

I only had one grabhandle bar and needed one for the drivers door too so i hammerformed one instead of finding an old original one...

The past weekend I tackled the rust issue on the first door.

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD

[Hebster52]

The hinge fought back a bit but with a little bit if violence and heat I got out the old pin... Just got to ream up the holes for the oversize replacement pin.

Decided to not use rivets when installing the hinge back into the door.

_________________
~Kris~
The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD