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beetlenut Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 2983 Location: RI
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:33 pm Post subject: 74 Super Rusterection |
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Well I've been meaning to post a build thread for a long time, and I have promised to do so in the past. So I'm finally getting to it. It will take a while to get all the pics up, but I have to start somewhere don't I. The below photo is when I first bought the car back in 1999. An unassuming 74 Super with one piece windows and 4 into 1 exhaust. It was a good commuter car compared to the gas hungry Pathfinder next to it.
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... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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beetlenut Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 2983 Location: RI
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Then I got rear ended by a drunk driver on the way home from work about 8 months after I bought the car. At that point I had replaced the drivers side floor and heater channel. You can see the truck that rear ended me in the right of the photo. Driven by a three time looser that had no license and 3 DUI's at the time. He also took out 4 other cars besides mine. And then tried to flee the scene.
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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beetlenut Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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This was what I had left when I cut out all the accident damage. If I would have really gone through the car closely at that time, I would have scrapped it then, instead of taking on the absurd amount of work that would follow! The only thing I had a lot of at that point was time and ambition. Since I had never done any welding or body work up to that point, I figured by the time I got done, I would pick up some new skills and learn a lot more about the inner workings of the bug. That was the level of denial and clueless blind ambition I was functioning at at that point!
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104
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beetlenut Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 2983 Location: RI
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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I managed to find a Gold 74 super that someone was scrapping. Probably in better shape than mine was! I used a sawall and cut off the sections that I needed. Plus got a bunch more stuff like seats, steering wheel, death-foam replacement sections, rear fender, and a rear deck lid. This pic was of final fitting before the big MIG stitch job that was to come.
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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beetlenut Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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Of course a routine job like this was just too easy, and going along too well. So life got in the way and caused a move. I had to get the bug to a point that I could move it to the next house, or I'd have to scrap it. I worked pretty nonstop for about two weeks to get it to the point where it would survive a move of about 40 miles. This was the rear corner back together from the accident damage.
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104
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beetlenut Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 2983 Location: RI
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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More surprises and how I fixed them...
Rear cross member, rust in lower package tray/fenderwell
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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beetlenut Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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Lower quarter panel...
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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beetlenut Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Rear fender nuts...
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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beetlenut Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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The death foam repair and crescent vent fill...
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 24130 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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beetlenut wrote: |
If I would have really gone through the car closely at that time, I would have scrapped it then, instead of taking on the absurd amount of work that would follow! The only thing I had a lot of at that point was time and ambition. Since I had never done any welding or body work up to that point, I figured by the time I got done, I would pick up some new skills and learn a lot more about the inner workings of the bug. That was the level of denial and clueless blind ambition I was functioning at at that point! |
Which makes you exactly like the rest of us.
Yes, it's monumental. But in the end it's a thumb in the eye of the drunk driver.
What happened to him, anyway? _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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MarshallGTi Samba Member
Joined: July 18, 2012 Posts: 69 Location: JHB, South Africa
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beetlenut Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 2983 Location: RI
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Blue Baron wrote: |
Which makes you exactly like the rest of us.
Yes, it's monumental. But in the end it's a thumb in the eye of the drunk driver.
What happened to him, anyway? |
I'm sure he got right back into another car and did it again! After all, this was his third DWI and he was already driving without a license. He went to trial, and I didn't even have to testify due to all the other people he took out during that accident. Years later, my car is going back together and is completly rebuilt. So life goes on.... _________________ scrapyards are for quitters
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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beetlenut Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 8:18 am Post subject: |
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More fixes, tunnel rot and frame head....
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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HUGO bOSS Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2008 Posts: 2602 Location: Madeira Island - Portugal
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dubjeep Samba Member
Joined: December 24, 2011 Posts: 354 Location: Rhode Island
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beetlenut Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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danno627 wrote: |
Your work is amazing! |
Thanks. More persistence than anything else! _________________ scrapyards are for quitters
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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beetlenut Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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Small update, got my refurbished steering box, pitman arm, drag link, and steering universal arm with new rubber booties back on the car.
These booties were not on the original car when I got it, and they weren't easy to find. Jon at Topline took care of me with those. _________________ scrapyards are for quitters
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Wetstuff wrote: |
... I spend more time shaking it than directing it?! I get a pretty decent blast for 8sec. then have to shake it again. |
- Words to live by right there!
My 74 Super rebuild thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6507104#6507104 |
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EXJAY Samba Member
Joined: October 04, 2009 Posts: 1109 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Good to see you were willing to save it. Keep up the good work!!! _________________ EXJAY
'74 Superbeetle (Family owned since new)
'73 181 Thing (sold) |
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TequilaSunSet Samba Member
Joined: May 30, 2012 Posts: 2109 Location: Philippines
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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Your tenacity rocks! _________________ Don't harsh my mellow...
1985 Hightower Vanagon 1.8T- Gone
1972 Panel Bus- Gone
1967 Bug- Gone
1964 Euro Sunroof Bug- Gone
1969/72/63 Sunroof Bug- Gone
1975 Brazilian Bug in the Philippines 🇵🇭- New to me |
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dubjeep Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:20 am Post subject: |
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Why did you choose to repair the heater channel instead of replacing it? How did you treat the rust inside? Also, are you painting the car green again? _________________ "Harvey"--My 1970--http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=495804 |
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