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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:12 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

I did a little digging around the windshield though
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You might remember this from a couple of weeks ago
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Ugh! I hate rust
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:18 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

I can’t wait to see how you fix this rust.

You should see my car!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 11:11 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Broke out the Dotco today and went to work stripping the paint and bondo off the windshield channel
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Drivers side. Thought I’d hit the passenger side while I was here
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Oh yeah. This is gonna be fun. Did I mention I hate Bondo too?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:05 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Still removing Bondo from the windshield area
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Driver's side looks ugly but it's contained
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Passenger side actually turned out to be worse but it's contained as well
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This is the center section. Some pitting rust filled in with Bondo, but doesn't appear to go through...we'll see
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:46 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Well, I decided to take a look at the back window frame and....
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It’s pretty ugly too
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:18 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Yikes, I fear mine may be in the same shape... I can't wait to see your repairs.
Cheers!
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:54 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

I'll be honest Mike, I'm half dreading, half looking forward to the repairs.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:58 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

You need to cut all that rot out, make up and shape the new pieces, and weld them in.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:31 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Yes sir, I'm just waiting on a stretcher/shrinker so I can start bending some metal. It'll be here Wednesday. I had to work this past weekend and I'll be working next weekend as well, so I'm just in the evaluation stage right now.

I typically work one area at a time to keep from getting to many pots on the fire. So far I've closed up a big gash in the rear firewall. After that I repaired a 6" crack on the hood. Currently the front clip is nearing completion with welding new metal in after cutting out the rot and straightening the bent metal. I will work the windshield area next followed by the rear window. I really despise Bondo but a little glazing putty is unavoidable. And truthfully the only reason I've used any glazing putty at this point was to test the invisibility of the repairs. I'll finish up by revisiting the heater channel repairs I did 3 years ago. Everything else is solid and intact.

Finally, I'll have the car dustless blasted. This is why I'm trying to avoid any putty at this point. It will be removed when the car gets blasted. Hopefully nothing gross pops out of that. Then I'll do my final glazing/fill, prime it and prep for paint.

I don't like looking at the whole project this way, but rather approach it from a milestone point of view. There is no end point in time, I'm just in metal repair mode now. But, I do welcome advice and appreciate all of it.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:58 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

New toys arrived! Got a metal stretcher/shrinker set and some clamp clecos. This morning I got out in the garage and played around with a piece of scrap metal.
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This is just an experimental patch, just to get a feel for fabricating a curved piece.
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Super easy! Took about an hour to make this one. I won’t install this one, it’s too narrow and I need to get better at cutting. But I am pleased with the simplicity of the shrinker/stretcher.

Now to acquire some 20 gauge metal, practice my butt welding, and start making some patches
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:23 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Today I thought I’d tackle the back window as it seems the hardest to do. There are about 8 holes across the bottom of the window frame. I did one One this afternoon.
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I started by bending a patch. Then carefully cut out an area slightly smaller than the patch
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Then using clecos I trimmed the checked the patch fit. I started by using a dotco to get it close and ended by hand filing the patch until everything matched perfectly.
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Then the welding began.
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A lot of grinding
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And it’s done.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:34 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

That’s awesome work. How did you get the curve into your patch piece for the. Rear window channel?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Metal shrinker/stretcher Don...
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Bought off Amazon
And an 18” sheet metal brake
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Available at your finer Harbor Freight Stores
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:40 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

I had figured that. But I meant the slight curve the joins the rest of the body work, not the window channel.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:40 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

I had figured that. But I meant the slight curve the joins the rest of the body work, not the window channel.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:06 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Ah, that. Ancient Chinese secret. Wink

Really though, it was just some very light hammer work once it was clecoed in place.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:24 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Here's a step by step of the patch fabrication

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Today we'll be fabricating a patch for this area
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First I cut a rough piece out of the front clip I bought a couple of weeks ago. This is from the gas tank struts. It's already been through the stretcher to get the radius of the back window. Clamped in place with vice grips I'll lightly hammer the shape to match the curve downward on the body.
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Here it is.
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I removed it and cut it to size. It is now clecoed in place to check fit.
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It required a little more hammer to lay like it should.
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After hammering I drew an outline of the piece.
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And voilà. It is ready to be cleaned up. This was all done prior to cutting the body. I'm using the body as a dolly in essence. Tomorrow I'll clean up the piece to remove the paint and straighten the edges smooth. Then I'll mark the body and cut out the bad metal slightly smaller than the patch.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:02 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

awesome. thats what I was needing!

thank you for taking the time and photos
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:24 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Glad to help. Once I cut out the pinch seam part of the old metal, the new piece should fit perfectly.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:12 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

While waiting to see if I'm going to be furloughed, I figured I'll keep my hands busy to take my mind off of it all.
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Three holes fixed. Now there is glazing putty on it setting up.
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Next hole is surrounded by some deep pits, so I'll be cutting out more than I really wanted to
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Patch is fabricated
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