What would you do with this 52 Zwitter?

[46split]

The Bondo And the Grafts will Hold up in Court as it was sold as a CONCOURSE restoration and by this definition alone seperates it from bad workmanship as the concourse standard is at an entire different level of expectation not to mention changing vins is a FELONY. Oh and the videos he has puts him at great risk because he is expected to produce this quality as he defines it so well.BEEP>BEEP.

[janerick3]

Some details on this shell bear resemblance to my '55 parts car. I cut out the semaphore posts, floor vents and apron from it in 2003. It had a damaged front quarter that was hastily repaired early in its life and some minor roof damage, but not from a rollover.

However, the rear shelf hadn't been hacked to fit a tunnel-case transaxle and the fenders were held in place by tacked-in square nuts from the factory, not weld nuts.

I haven't seen the '55 in 14 years and last I knew some land speculators from NY who bought the adjoining wooded properties about 10 years ago were pressuring my brother to clear the dozen or so cars/trucks (including 3 bugs, 2 Ghias, 1+ '67 deluxe microbuses and a '65 Variant) and two old mobile homes off his 7 acres in the northeast hills.

I'd be curious if the left front brake line support (w/the '55 frame number) was swapped and whether the door hinges have oil slots or oil holes.
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[ajl1971]

I totally agree with all you guys. We, as truly passionate for VW's have the obligation to stop in any shape, type or form people like this. I believe its an insult that after all he has the balls to place an ad on the samba and make fun of it. If I was the owner of the samba I would banned him from posting, placing, commenting or anything on the samba, people need to be aware of this. Its just my opinion.

He can move anywhere but this will follow him forever and like one of the guys here said, we are going to be questioned at the time we decide to sell our cars because of this. If it was Joe the plumber, well, it was not right but a guy that pretend to be like the master of restoration, well, here you go, it back fired him ! Looks like he is desperado to be a reputable man, I think he should call Velocity channel to get hired and show the world how is done, if he did not already done that.

If you think about it, nothing is new on his videos, he has copied what is already known for years, there is absolutely nothing new on any video except to use home depot roof stuff on the luggage compartment, I did not know that one and you right, spray cans all over the place to do a Concours restoration. Geeez.

[luftkraft]

Yes maybe that is what he should do..call the velocity channel because lately he just thinks he is a regular Wayne Carini of VW's I saw him two weeks ago at the Bear Mountain Car Show with his billboards and business cards. He is just a Duche... Did you guys know he even entered that hacked up vin tag switched piece of shit into a concourse d'elegance show in CT a couple years ago? He should be banned. And thank you Bonecollector for starting this thread to finally shine a light on this duche bag's shady work.
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[TinCanFab]

[ach60]

[splitjunkie]

Same color but that is the wrong '52 Zwitter. They used a bunch of crappy quality patch panels, as they do on most of their cars, on that one but that car looks pretty solid overall.

This is the one in question.

http://www.classicvwbugs.com/52ZwitterRag/
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You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld

[ach60]

[nlorntson]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/volkswagen-beetles-new-york-auto-shop-restores-bugs/

[Fifty-Eight Rag]

[splitjunkie]

Good God.

I hope the reporter didn't let him do anything to his '67...
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You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld

[silvertonguedevil]

I'd be in prison.
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[APPLEGREENVW]

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[joey1320]

A total shame.
Valuing money over your word and reputation.
Hopefully the perpetrators get what they deserve.
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[TDCTDI]

What would I do with it?

I would clear coat it, make signs & plaster them all over the car pointing out all of the flaws and hacks and who did it & take it to EVERY show, club meet & even park it on the street in front of his shop every day that it wasn't one of the aforementioned events. (OOPS, this idea was in the first post)
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[splitjunkie]

[René R.]

What has happened with this car since this story first came up? Last I heard was that the owner decided against re-restoring it. Did he simply junk it? Was there any legal action? I can't believe he would just walk away.
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[Onceler]

Found this thread from another topic. WoW! This guys "restorations" are driver quality at best. Or maybe 80's style restorations when the values were relatively low. The appliance spray bomb on the seats was hilarious. Full disclosure, but that's what I would do on my amateur fat chick drivers. Any restoration shop that farms out bodywork and paint is a hack operation. The painter probably ratted the shop out when he discovered this pos sold for $70k. The shop owner is just a hype man with no interest in the process, other than the process of the art of the deal. he won't even acknowledge the allegations, just Spues out more BS hype about his business. It's like those late night vitamn comercials, just cause people buy stupid shit, doesn't mean it's legit
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[The Head]

So...... the long awaited answer The Zwitter will ride again. All of the issues with the body have been fixed, correctly this time, and the car is currently painted. Here are some pictures of it in primer. I will have some painted pictures shortly. It will be on a full tube chassis with a CB Performance 2005cc engine. So that means the 52 chassis(believe it or not it was on a 52 chassis), 52 front seats and the (Mr Okrasa) Joe Ruiz built December 1952 engine will all be sold off.

[GArBa]

that's a good news!
now, arguments aside, do you happen to have pics of the restoration process? I'm quite interested because there were a lot of complicated areas in the video and it's always nice to see how the job should be done.

ps. is there anyone that can direct me to the full version of that post-shotblasting examination a part of which is in the OP's video?

thanks
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