mc lovin it , early 1964 bug project

[pittbull]

Lovely project, good work!

[TDCTDI]

That is definitely a lot of work in not a lot of time.

Be sure to deal with that lack of fuel line before you start top coating the pan. You’re gonna need to cut open the tunnel to fish the new line in.
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[bad91teg]

76 rustavenger / 66brm / TDCTDI / pittbull / thanks a lot everyone. nice to get input on this project. im all ears . ive owned many vws ,but this is my 1st time pulling a body . so yea ,,,everyone feel free to throw your 2 cents in .

[bad91teg]

this weekend started cleaning the rear . back at with the wire wheels ,sanders,grinder, stripper,and a lot more elbow grease lol

[bad91teg]

[bad91teg]

a lil before and after weekend action shots

[bad91teg]

well I don't have a welder to install new rear pans. but the good news is my buddy has one. bad news hes in the middle of moving. so...gonna be a month or so before floor pan repair. so im gonna keep working on what I can ,to keep it movin .

[bad91teg]

well here is where I was sitting . trying to decide how to keep the project moving forward , while waiting for my buddies welder. also.... good spot to hold your phone watchin videos lol

[bad91teg]

decided to work on front beam next . it already has adjusters , brand new shocks , good brakes and pads . steering box feels tight . will add corn oil or ? to steering box . stripped the beam to bare metal and painted . forgot to take pics of striped beam . soon I will buy tie rod ends .sway bar bushings.

[bad91teg]

QUESTION … am I correct in thinking this beam has been hacked ? in the first pic you can see . it looks like the steering horns or steering stops have been hacked off . or is it just missing rubber top ? it just looks like they were cut off

[bad91teg]

I used black engine paint . but its looking better

[Bryan67]

[bad91teg]

moved to bulk head . my wife loved me using her vacuum . but hey I needed the inside clean . inside of bulkhead was done with rust converter . then I used engine paint to coat inside bulkhead and tunnel.

[txoval]

That rubber bump stops were cut off...

[bad91teg]

[bad91teg]

I hate to admit it ……. but I followed the instructions lol. im more of a look at a few pictures type of guy . but this time I followed por 15s instructions to the T . and dam soooo happy the inner tunnel was painted after this was done

[bad91teg]

after getting those type of results ,it really put some wind in my sail …. after putting "YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE ME ANYWAY " amount of hours stripping this to bare metal by hand , this was great

[bad91teg]

on to the rear .. im going por 15 on chassis only. from what I researched its uv un stable ? then adding por 15 top coat .

[bad91teg]

[bad91teg]

another thing I learned along the way . protects the threads .bolts ,screws