"Ring frei" for Ring-Free 1957

[edgood1]

[Ring-Free]

A little unnecessary work.
The plate for the hinge attachment fell down into the B-pillar.

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[Ring-Free]

Now it's time for the tailgate.
The same condition as the other doors. A lot of material rusted away at the bottom.

I don't want to weld anything to the outer skin because I'll ruin the patina. I wouldn't be able to do it like this again.
I was thinking about gluing a bracket at the bottom to give it stability again. To replace the missing material and to avoid the risk of injury from sharp edges.
The sheet metal is very thin and pitted. I removed as much rust as possible, treated it with rust remover and primed it.

I then glued the sheet metal bracket in place.

After drying, I filed off the excess material.

I am very happy with the result

Let's repair the inner sheet metal. That's a bit more time-consuming
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[BarryL]

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[edgood1]

When used properly that panel bond glue is pretty amazing.
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1963 Panel to Deluxe Bus project :::: (photo album)
'65 Westfalia

[GERMANAIRE]

Wow!!! I just saw this thread and I am Totally Blown Away With The Craftsmanship!! You have Amazing Skillz and so glad you are showing every bit of it!! I am learning and noticing so many Awesome techniques, I will Definitely be following this project!! Incredible work!!

[Ring-Free]

Hi, thanks for the kind words to you and everyone else following my thread. I enjoy showing you this, just as much as I enjoy looking at yours.

The current works. A fun mix of gluing, soldering and welding
I have to redo the entire inner bottom edge and the reinforcement.

First the reinforcement. Unfortunately I had to do it twice. I had measured wrong. These pieces were very time-consuming as all the bends have to fit to the millimeter

The repair consists of 6 parts. The reinforcement, the lower edge on the right and left with the sealing bed and the correct rounding. One piece for the center and the two sides up. A few rust holes were filled.

Now the lower part is finished and can be inserted
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[karl h]

i have done this to my lid, but your work blows mine out of the water....
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86 Caravelle
04 new beetle vert

[Ring-Free]

Thanks,

The gluing and final welding work continued.

When applying a bit of Bondo, the tailgate ghost actually showed up and thanked me that his home was in order again. It can be seen in the lock area if you keep your distance from the picture.

As all the screws were rusted tight, I made a new screw strip for the hinge.

I am very pleased because almost nothing is visible from the outside.

Next up is something big again. Finally it gets its roof again

The end of the welding work is really in sight
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[edgood1]

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1987 Syncro Westfalia powered by Subaru
1963 Panel to Deluxe Bus project :::: (photo album)
'65 Westfalia