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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

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Hopefully it will be at Terryville, at least.

Sorry for the thread hi-jack, but is Terryville back on this year?

Yeah, on Fathers Day.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

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Alright, it's done for now until I get more welding gas.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Alright... so I was googling around and I found a '67 bug body for sale. It's okay, has some parts I need, maybe even more solid than my car. I was thinking to put it on a pan and drive it. Then I thought no because that sounds a bit illegal, but anyway, if I can get this thing cheap, do you guys think I should get it and use it for parts? I feel bad chopping up a bug but....
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 3:48 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Get it. In most states, the VIN on the pan is the one that’s accepted.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:19 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

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Alright... so I was googling around and I found a '67 bug body for sale. It's okay, has some parts I need, maybe even more solid than my car. I was thinking to put it on a pan and drive it. Then I thought no because that sounds a bit illegal, but anyway, if I can get this thing cheap, do you guys think I should get it and use it for parts? I feel bad chopping up a bug but....


The vin on the body is just held on with pop rivits. People re body these all the Time.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:25 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Get that 67 body if it's in good shape and cheap and stick it on the pan from a 70s bug with a good title. the IRS, dual circuit brakes, 1600 DP, etc will make for a good daily driver with the good looks of an early car. You'd register it as if it were a 73 or whatever. Just make sure the donor chassis isn't a Superbeetle.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 12:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Okay, I’ll look into it. No title here in CT though.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Almost halfway done removing it...

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

What’s the deal? I’m working on the other rear quarter and I took measurements. I go to fit the panel now cut and it is completely wrong.... why?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 2:51 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Here’s my predicament with the cross braces-
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

That’s why I leave them in place & cut the old pan off of them & remove the crappy aftermarket ones from the new pans.

Have you installed any of the other bolts joining the body to the pan?

If not, you might be in for a fight all the way around. You might be able to loosen any bolts that you have secured & get some buddies to lift & jostle the body while you try to align the holes a bit closer.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Yeah my pans didn't have them. My original ones were messed up bad so I replaced them. I haven't bolted anything yet as I have to replace the channels too. All of the other bolts seem to line up except for these.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:22 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Just use a dremmel or a die-grinder with a carbide burr to open up the holes. You might need to make your own washers & then use a socket head bolt (typically Allen or Torx) so you don’t have clearance issues with the tool while installing.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 6:09 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

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Just use a dremmel or a die-grinder with a carbide burr to open up the holes. You might need to make your own washers & then use a socket head bolt (typically Allen or Torx) so you don’t have clearance issues with the tool while installing.

Alright will do.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 6:45 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Just know that a carbide burr throws metal splinters everywhere & youll drive them through your skin & calloused mitts just by trying to brush the shards off your arm, keep a few magnets around the hole to catch as many as you can.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:20 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

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Just know that a carbide burr throws metal splinters everywhere & youll drive them through your skin & calloused mitts just by trying to brush the shards off your arm, keep a few magnets around the hole to catch as many as you can.

Thanks, I didn't know that... I probably would have hurt myself Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

I’m starting to hate this car again...
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 7:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Don't let the frustration get to you. you're doing great. Heater channels are a massively big deal but once you have them fitted tight and welded in, you - and also the car - will feel like a million bucks. after that, it keeps getting better, and by the time you put paint/undercoating on it you'll have a hard time believing you were ever upset because it will look fantastic.

And when you feel the difference new heater channels and fresh heater hoses make in the "cool weather driving comfort" department... man, youll be absolutely floored. (i mean, you live it CT... theres plenty of opportunities for us north-east people to drive in the cold...)
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:18 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

Have you tried to fit it without the come along (winch) attached ?


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:47 am    Post subject: Re: Restoring My New (to me) 1967 Bug Reply with quote

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Just know that a carbide burr throws metal splinters everywhere & youll drive them through your skin & calloused mitts just by trying to brush the shards off your arm, keep a few magnets around the hole to catch as many as you can.

Thanks, I didn't know that... I probably would have hurt myself Laughing


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