March 2nd, 1955 Strato Silver Project

[tomsbuggered]

Wow Tyson , very nice.

Your attention to detail makes the whole project stand out. Keep up the good work.
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June 1956 VW Oval Beetle

[carnut63]

👍 finally finished! (Okay well almost. Still missing a visor, hood latch, and door contact switches...close enough)

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Tyson

---> Mar 2 1955 Strato Silver Oval <---
---> July 1957 ragtop project <---
---> May 5 1966 Ghia <---
---> 1962 Ruby Red Deluxe (sold)

[tomsbuggered]

Well , that is one fine automobile! Nice job. Love that you stayed with the original interior colors.
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June 1956 VW Oval Beetle

[Ted2]

Stunning car, great work.

[René R.]

Wow. That's gorgeous......

You make me want to consider a whole new restoration on mine now. Though I only learned it later on, the original color of my '54 was strato silver, and the Birth Certificate shows it had red leatherette interior. I never realized how great that combination would actually look until I saw your pictures.

Congratulations on a great restoration!
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Gone but not forgotten: 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1966) - another 1950 Hoffman split (restored in 1996)

[carnut63]

Thanks. I’m not really sure why my driver seat looks crooked. The seat tracks are straight, and the seat frame appears to be original...
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Tyson

---> Mar 2 1955 Strato Silver Oval <---
---> July 1957 ragtop project <---
---> May 5 1966 Ghia <---
---> 1962 Ruby Red Deluxe (sold)

[66brm]

What happened to the bolts holding the pan to the body at the Napoleon hat?
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Aust. RHD 66 Type 1
Aust. RHD 57 Type 1 Oval

[carnut63]

Good call. They’re missing. I remember having a bitch of a time getting them in
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Tyson

---> Mar 2 1955 Strato Silver Oval <---
---> July 1957 ragtop project <---
---> May 5 1966 Ghia <---
---> 1962 Ruby Red Deluxe (sold)

[Keith]

[joey1320]

Wow amazing work.

Can you clarify the wiring harness you used?
WW = Wolfburgs West?
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**1971 Super Project
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0

[carnut63]

Yes its Wolfsburg west. Overall pretty good but a few of the wires were just a little short.
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Tyson

---> Mar 2 1955 Strato Silver Oval <---
---> July 1957 ragtop project <---
---> May 5 1966 Ghia <---
---> 1962 Ruby Red Deluxe (sold)

[joey1320]

Thank you
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**1971 Super Project
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0

[Navydave73]

Great job. Beautiful car. I do my own paint and body work, PPG single stage. Any runs or sags can be color sanded and buffed out without too much work. Some day, i will get good enough to have so many blemishes to repair. I will be buying myself a late Christmas present in January, a Devilbiss DV1 paint gun, I will see if it lives up to the hype. My Home Depot Husky has done OK for me over the last 20 years.

I have a question for you about the strato silver. My buddy just found a 56 Oval rag and we will be painting it your color. Did you use single stage or base coat/clear coat? I am reading online that you cant sand and buff single stage metallic. Did you find this to be true or did you go with 2 stage.

Thanks for your time. Again, beautiful car. My buddy was thinking blue wool interior but I’ll send him a link to your thread and maybe we can go with the red vinyl.

[carnut63]

[carnut63]

Installed a 3rd brake light today, just a cheap one from Amazon.
Looks right at home.

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Tyson

---> Mar 2 1955 Strato Silver Oval <---
---> July 1957 ragtop project <---
---> May 5 1966 Ghia <---
---> 1962 Ruby Red Deluxe (sold)

[carnut63]

Got her all polished up and made my 9 year old very happy!

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Tyson

---> Mar 2 1955 Strato Silver Oval <---
---> July 1957 ragtop project <---
---> May 5 1966 Ghia <---
---> 1962 Ruby Red Deluxe (sold)

[tehillah1]

What a beauty.