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sunroof
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| Don, is it the same motor? |
Yes, it is the same motor. She put up a hell of a fight but she is sweet as anything now. The latest is that I had to replace the intake due to a big hole in the heat riser. The good news is that it idles and runs noticeably smoother now.
The bad news is that the diaphragm clutch has got to go. Really hating on it now.
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sunroof
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| Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2024 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Field find 1954 Canadian custom |
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Looking at the VIN of my car and the tables here in the Technical section and doing a little math and guesswork I have determined that today is the 70th birthday of my little car whom I call Betsy.
Happy birthday old girl!
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VW_Jimbo 
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Happy Birthday!
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sunroof
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| Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: Field find 1954 Canadian custom |
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The '54 report:
Betsy got some new parts!
Confession time. When I repaired the A pillars I did not brace them up and the whole front of the car dropped about a half centimeter causing the door bottoms to rub on the heater channels. Not much, just enough to take off the paint. Lesson learned. Anyways the door bottoms needed to be replaced due to hinge problems and rust so I bought Virtanen's ribbed door bottoms intending to do the job myself
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1453062
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1895664
But I could not figure out how to approach the problem so things sat on the shelf for over a year. In August I had a brainwave and took the car to a buddy of mine who has a body shop in his back yard and he agreed to tackle the door bottoms for me. This is a guy who only takes on projects that interest him so I was pretty stoked that he said yes. Well I got the car back today and am pleased beyond measure.
You can see the line where the new panel starts
Wow. That was worth every penny
Don
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| Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Field find 1954 Canadian custom |
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A diamond in the ruff!
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Busstom
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| Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Field find 1954 Canadian custom |
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Bodyline creases look really good, lined up nicely.
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VW_Jimbo
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That came out great!
Did he cover it with aluminum tape?
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sunroof
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| Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Field find 1954 Canadian custom |
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Did he cover it with aluminum tape?
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Not sure what you mean
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| Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Field find 1954 Canadian custom |
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Maybe a reference to the foil-backed panel damping material inside the door 
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sunroof
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Anyways, further to the '54 report
I debated with myself for a while about replacing the door cards. They were pretty stained and worn out but sort of matched the body. However with the purchase of the type 3
I have decided to sell the beetle. To that end it was necessary to spend the money to get the door bottoms done and make new door cards.
Before:
Here we see the badly damaged hinge mount and my futile attempts to get things to line up. Replacement really was the only possibiliyt
After:
In order to repair the mistake I made with the lower hinges Peter had to drop the hinge about 1/4" to get the doors to fit. Also the hinge mounts in the doors were badly distorted from years of people (me) opening and closing the doors with seized hinges. Also also the door bottoms were rusted through so Peter took care of several problems at once and did a beautiful job. However! This raised the door bottoms by 1/4" so I was pretty worried the new door cards would not fit. OY!
So I was pretty happy with this:
I think that went well.
Don
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VW_Jimbo
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| Maybe a reference to the foil-backed panel damping material inside the door |
Exactly!
Selling? What? Good for you! I will miss your updates. Good luck and I hope it sells quickly and for a higher price than what you set it at!
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sunroof
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So my buddy Scott is restoring a '54 deluxe
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=797788
But it came with a set of standard wiper blades. As soon as I saw them I said I want those. So we made a swap and now I have these:
They will go perfect with my car
Super stoked
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sunroof
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 8:32 am Post subject: Re: Field find 1954 Canadian custom |
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| I may be mistaken but are those 59 up symmetrical wipers? |
I think you are right. I could only use one arm, the other was the same and pointed in the wrong direction. Good spot.
Anyways I was cleaning my windshield and broke the third and last WW reproduction wiper base, those things really are shit. I took the opportunity to install my "new" wiper bases
I think I will have to paint the blades black to match.
Anyways, these NOS SWF wiper bases now go to Scott's '54.
A good swap, happy to get the black ones.
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Well rats, the generator pulley destroyed itself.
I ordered a new one from Kaefer-nostalgie. I just hope he didn't put it in the mail.
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I bet I could model one of these shims in solidworks and send it to someone with a laser and cut a couple out in the same thickness as the pulley. Then find someone with a lathe to cut the center out of the pulley then find someone with a TIG to weld the new centers in. Hmm, I will have to look into that. The lathe and the solidworks are easy but the laser and the TIG might be a little more difficult.
Also my buddy Jay has a '57 that he has had since he was 15, I remember meeting him then and how proud he was of the car. Fast forward to today and he is now 53 which means he has had the car for, hmm, lets see, where's my calculator... 38, yes, 38 years. Anyways he is not good around a wrench so he has asked me to rebuild his carburetor
Happy to help. I quite enjoy rebuilding 28PCI. Anyways he called me in a panic the other night because his car wouldn't start, turns out it was a stuck needle valve (float valve) so time to rebuild.
Don
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 10:54 am Post subject: Re: Field find 1954 Canadian custom |
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There's always Send Cut send to laser cut your design.
I know how you folks up north feel about the US currently. Maybe there is a company there that can preform the same type service for you, without the tariff bullshit.
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