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Digger89L Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2013 Posts: 1130 Location: Western Canada (SK)
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Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:43 pm Post subject: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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Just rescued a 66 sunroof bug from going to the crusher ...don't really need it, but I paid a fair price, and it was the right thing to do (I think ...). The roof and all parts (even the handle) are all there, but the lower part of the body would need a LOT work to get it back on the road. It would be doable, though. Front fenders are missing (came 67 and 68's) ...rear fenders are 'cut' for wider tires. For some reason, it came with a 1966 1200cc engine (D0494349) ..but the engine is apart. I'm working on a 66 Deluxe right now, but have no desire to try to graft in a sunroof. So ...should I try to sell it 'as-is' ...or part it out? _________________ "If you can't fix it with pop rivets, crazy glue and duct tape, or hold it together with zip ties, velcro or magnets, it REALLY is broken." |
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Pruneman99 Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2012 Posts: 5013 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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You can send me all the sunroof parts, I won't mind
If the rust is really bad, part it. If you think someone would want to make a project of it, sell it off in one go.
Maybe a few pictures would help. |
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hitest Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2008 Posts: 10296 Location: Prime Meridian, ID
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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Sunroofs can't be as popular in CA as they are in the US. I'd part it out- cut it at the pillars and send the rest to the scrapper. _________________
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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KTPhil Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2006 Posts: 34003 Location: Conejo Valley, CA
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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Best grafting is done by peeling the roof and cutting/welding at the pillars, so I agree, chop it about 6 inches below the roof on the A/B/C pillars, and also include the metal drain tubes, too. |
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Digger89L Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2013 Posts: 1130 Location: Western Canada (SK)
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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Finally got the position where I could take a few pics of the vehicle under discussion. The front apron is crunched a bit on the passenger side, and the rear apron will need replacing. floor pans are typical for a 20 year field-find. Sunroof section, inside and out looks really decent. It came with both rear seat sections, and 2 fronts seats (earlier than 66 though). No fenders or bumpers. As I said, engine is out and in pieces. Still pondering my next move ....
_________________ "If you can't fix it with pop rivets, crazy glue and duct tape, or hold it together with zip ties, velcro or magnets, it REALLY is broken." |
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67ctbug Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2016 Posts: 3619 Location: CT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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I would save it... but I’m not normal _________________ '67 Beetle L41
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12850 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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Toss a set of pans in it, lop off the ends & toss a narrow eye kit on it & bomb around the trails in it. EVERYONE needs a beater. That way you could be buggin in the shitty weather too. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Digger89L Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2013 Posts: 1130 Location: Western Canada (SK)
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 3:12 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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67ctbug wrote: |
I would save it... but I’m not normal |
Those were my thoughts, too ...after going thru and checking it out more thoroughly. I think I'll go ahead and advertise it here on the Classifieds, and perhaps next door in Alberta, ....the market is better there than here in SK. _________________ "If you can't fix it with pop rivets, crazy glue and duct tape, or hold it together with zip ties, velcro or magnets, it REALLY is broken." |
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klroger Samba Member
Joined: September 22, 2017 Posts: 150 Location: deep river, Ottawa Valley
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Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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If you are parting it out, I would be very interested in the 4 way flasher switch if you could get the knob off without it breaking (like mine did when I painted the car). I'm in Ontario btw..
Thanks, Roger _________________ I Didn't know what to do, So I Didn't do anything!!!! |
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Ceckert64 Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2015 Posts: 1957 Location: Manitowoc, WI
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12850 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:26 am Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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And the vultures begin circling. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Pruneman99 Samba Member
Joined: February 22, 2012 Posts: 5013 Location: Oceanside
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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TDCTDI wrote: |
And the vultures begin circling. |
Yep.
Better than it going to the crusher. It can donate it's parts to help other bugs live on.
I'd seriously ask about the sunroof parts, but shipped and import tax would make it not worth it. I'm sure I can find some here in SoCal when I get to that point. |
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Digger89L Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2013 Posts: 1130 Location: Western Canada (SK)
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Free advice, please (Yeah ...I know what its worth!!) |
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I have it listed in theSamba Classifieds now, and on Kijiji.ca. Lots of views and and one local inquiry. I'll post updates. _________________ "If you can't fix it with pop rivets, crazy glue and duct tape, or hold it together with zip ties, velcro or magnets, it REALLY is broken." |
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