Portland Metro Area

[pdxeuro]

Old thread, but I’m in SE Portland with a 59 bug.

Anyone know of a good painter who knows these cars?
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Portland, Oregon
1991 Westy MV
1959 Bug
1977 Westy Bus - sold
1968 Bug - sold
2002 Eurovan - sold

[DHMaher]

I believe the owner of Trafton on Stark also owns a body shop or used to. Might be worth a call to see if that’s still the case or who they’d recommend. Let us know what you find and out.
-Daniel
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[67rustavenger]

Steves Imports does great body/paint work. Among other services.
https://stevesimports.com/

Good Luck.
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[67rustavenger]

Too funny! I bought the OP's pile 5 years ago. It needed/s allot of work.
It currently resides in my drive way torn apart. I steal parts from it for my current, driver 67.
The paint fade on the passenger door is a dead give away. It took a hit on the side and the hack that did the body work. Mudded about 3/4" of filler on the rear 1/4 panel.

I never did get the title for that car.

Carry on!
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I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!

[Thread]

[sqcomp]

Tearing into this thread...

I just picked up my first VW and have started the journey of the build. I'm an absolute cherry when it comes to VWs, they (mine) seems quirky yet easy to at least disassemble. As you can see, this isn't going to be a restoration.

I wanted to go full bore into making a drag bug. Currently the pan and body are all covered up in a barn in the valley.

Not seeing too much in the way of shop recommendations using the site search function, perhaps I'll ask here.

I'm ready to drop some serious coin on the front end, as the stock front end pictured is a basket case. I'm ready to get an RLR racing beam setup with adjustable coils and a disc brake kit (something around $4000).

The question I have is, who or what shop in the PDX area can truly handle the assembly on a pure racing setup? I've been looking at the Always V-Dub shop, but I dunno, as I have absolutely zero experience with the VW world and don't want to miss the "little things" if I did it myself...and have the front end fail me in the 1/4 mile.

Thoughts?

[Cooldrum]

I'm in SE PDX near Reed College. '67 Savannah beige stocker rolling around these parts.

[pdxeuro]

Anyone in the Portland area have a kingpin reamer tool and willing to help for a few bucks or beers?
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Portland, Oregon
1991 Westy MV
1959 Bug
1977 Westy Bus - sold
1968 Bug - sold
2002 Eurovan - sold