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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:09 am    Post subject: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

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Just trollin ya.
I'm going to leave it alone until the turn signal quits working.

But...what part will go first?
Will the bulb burn out, or will it fall off? Laughing only time will tell.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:42 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

Sure makes visually checking the upper shock bolt easier.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

there is some rust, but more problematic is the partial lack of fender

Poor little Bug needs some care, Good Luck! Bug On!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

It's a daily driver, so I expect it's merely a matter of time before that fender get finished off....one way or another.
In 10 years the fenders have been hit 6 times.
If I HAD a perfect fender, I would put it in the rafters, not on the car.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

In my 35 years dorking around these cars I've never seen rust like that! I love it and it cannot be faked.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

You might get some good money for that fender, don’t some people call that patina ?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

I am predicting that when the fender dissolves completely, the turn signal will fail due to the lack of a good ground.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

Wait long enough and the Bug wont be rusty anymore, it be gone!


So Sad Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 1:18 am    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

Just stuff a can of rust converter in there.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 5:39 am    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

Ah, yes---------the proverbial "rust-free Colorado car". Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 5:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

yeah right? in colorado they don't rust if you let them sit, but they rust when driven.

When I got the car I pulled the body and replaced the channels and fixed all he rust.....lead chromate epoxy primer on everything I fixed, so don't worry, the main body is safe. Any rust bobbles on the main body itself I fix quickly, although I haven't found a way to perfectly match the very unique pearl yellow color.


but the fenders....I didn't do a thing to them, just bolted them back on again.

I let them 'fend" for themselves Razz
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

When the signal light does finally fall through, you'll have a semaphore thing going on!

Problem is, semaphores return to their upright position when you're through the turn. Confused
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

Update, it's still blinking.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

At least is not structural.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

modok wrote:
Update, it's still blinking.
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awesome. What color is that?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

Still rusting, too, I see.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:15 am    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

Pearl yellow.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:07 am    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

The turn signal looks like it's in good condition.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

hitest wrote:
In my 35 years dorking around these cars I've never seen rust like that! I love it and it cannot be faked.


You should come and take a look at Ohio vehicles! That rust is normal. You should get a load of my beater truck! Holes are as big as a volleyball!
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 7:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Noticed some slight rust around the turn signal Reply with quote

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hitest wrote:
In my 35 years dorking around these cars I've never seen rust like that! I love it and it cannot be faked.


You should come and take a look at Ohio vehicles! That rust is normal. You should get a load of my beater truck! Holes are as big as a volleyball!


I've seen rusty beetles, just never limited to the crest of a fender before (and now I'm up to 40 years). Wink
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