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 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2017 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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Nice ride. I picked up a 63 titled 64. it's a nice year.
It sure did clean up nicely with the rubbing compoun
Where did you get the rest of the part for the safari windshield? I see you removed the skins off some other windows. I'd be interested to see how to get the rest of the parts. |
After trying to make the safari windshield myself out of a set of rear quarter windows, I found that the windshield with the frame was to big so I gave up and ordered a kit from Loose Nuts http://www.vwloosenuts.com |
Your window looked awfully close to his and is why I asked. Looks good.
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cfelke
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:53 am Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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This looks so much better than the 54 year old original upholstery that was in the old Beetle. TMI two tone 328 dark grey vintage (as that was the closest to the color of my door panels) with 334 mesh grey vintage inserts. Slowly coming together!
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heimlich
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:43 am Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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Looks good. Did you repaint the frame?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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| Looks good. Did you repaint the frame? |
Yes I did but I got some scratches when I was assembling it.  |
I figured that is what happened. It happens to me too. You take such care in putting it all together and then the dam thing is tough to do and something falls onto it or gets in the way while your struggling with it.
Just take some touchup paint to it. You might be able to wrap the seat in paper and then paint it.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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Was yours manufactured with the hole in the roof? Also, it looks like someone replaced your rear lights with later ones. I thought the 64's were all red.
I see you got your interior in as well. Looks good with the red. Mines somewhat reverse with white on the outside and reddish interior.
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cfelke
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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Was yours manufactured with the hole in the roof? Also, it looks like someone replaced your rear lights with later ones. I thought the 64's were all red.
I see you got your interior in as well. Looks good with the red. Mines somewhat reverse with white on the outside and reddish interior. |
No, I grafted the ragtop in. You can see it on page 2.
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cfelke
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:58 am Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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Finally found the perfect stereo for my Beetle.......My dash is uncut and has the radio delete plate. I did not want to cut my dash but I still need some tunes. I finally came up with an answer that meets my needs. This is a tpa3116 Bluetooth / usb board that is super small as you can see it sitting in my hand. It will be mounted under the dash where nobody can see it and it actually puts out a ton of sound. Best part, the price was only $10 on eBay with remote.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:54 am Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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I got a couple things done on the old girl. The ragtop that I grafted in had a broken metal bow. I found a black pipe nipple that was about the same size, i grabbed my anvil and started beating. the first one cracked so the next one, I heated it up before hitting it and it worked out. I ground the edges and welded it in.
Next was to put some quick roof in the package tray area and behind the rear door panels.
My door panels had shrunk over the years. I grabbed my daughter's hair dryer, a paint brush and some contact cement. this was not the easiest task and my fingers hurt like hell but it looks much better than before. I can't wait for all this glue to wear off my fingers.
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 8:00 am Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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I am working on the headliner now. I forgot how long this takes as it has been about 26 years since I did this the last. For the most part it has been going pretty good, just taking forever. I originally was going to cut my underlayment for the headliner but was worried, I would screw it up so I bought a kit from Wolfsburg West. I may as well have just thrown that $35 plus shipping out the window. It was just thin foam that was pre cut and you could see the edges through the headliner. I went ahead and used flooring underlayment and it is working out pretty good for the most part. I will post more pictures when I get it completed but until now here is what was done. Working 12.5 hour nights this week doesn't give me a lot of time to work on her.
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finished the headliner....
Installed the ragtop...
Installed the back window....
Working on the rear seat.... while taking apart the seat I found that the seats were earlier than the car. I knew 64s had a cloth seat. this tag inside explains why.
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I got Pickle’s lick of approval on the new seat upholstery tonight. She said to hurry up and get this damn car done because she can’t wait to try out the safari windshield.
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 10:52 am Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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How difficult was the headliner, what adhesive
Did you use?
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How difficult was the headliner, what adhesive
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The headliner was not as difficult as one may think but it is time consuming. I think I spent the most time looking at it and thinking about doing it than the actual task itself. I would highly recommend watching Chris Vallone’s Classic VW bugs headliner videos on YouTube. The videos go step by step and really help. I don’t recommend buying the headliner padding kit you see advertised, just use wood floor underlayment. As for spray adhesive, I used 2 1/2 cans of 3m hi-strength 90 contact adhesive.
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: My new 1964 Beetle project |
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Was yours manufactured with the hole in the roof? Also, it looks like someone replaced your rear lights with later ones. I thought the 64's were all red.
I see you got your interior in as well. Looks good with the red. Mines somewhat reverse with white on the outside and reddish interior. |
Those are Euro lenses.
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Finished the interior today.... Carpet, rubber mats installed, painted shifter and E brake, installed the seats and parcel tray. Still a ways to go on this beater.
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how did you end up mounting your tpa3116 Bluetooth / usb board ? Does it work well? What kind of speakers did you use? I'm looking into this as a cheap solution for a radio option. Also, idk how much you know about radios and these usb boards, but do any of them have a radio in?
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