My 63 body on a 59 pan Herbie project car

[slave1pilot]

I Keep trudging along
Weather was nice so I pushed Ol’ Herb out into the sun to continue the hammer and dolly work in the spare tire area

I’ll head back out tomorrow and do a little more
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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[slave1pilot]

And another test fit of the front skin

Still smoothing the rest of it
Just gotta make sure I stay on course and don’t distort it too far .
I have a spare tire coming over to make sure it’ll fit before I weld the apron on
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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[slave1pilot]

The grey canvas ragtop cover came in from Sewfine today
I like it
This is out in the sun next to an L87 apron

And this pic is inside under fluorescents to show the stitching

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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[jitbba]

That’s exactly what I have on my bug and it’s great! Unfortunately my ragtop stays outside and it has held up very well
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My other ride is a Zildjian

[slave1pilot]

PROGRESS!!!
I finally got the from apron welded on

And I put the fenders (wings) on to check alignment and it looks good

Except...
The grey one is aftermarket and the horn grill is too high

Now I have to source a replacement
Again.
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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[Busstom]

The hood gaps look excellent, especially considering the front end was crumpled at one point. It looks like you did more dolly work on those inners. I have a '65 with very similar damage, I got my hood gaps really good too...but I think I'm gonna try to skate by without an apron replacement (body-off thread coming soon).

I may have missed it, but where did you source that 3-finger apron? NOS?

[slave1pilot]

Right here in the Classifieds
It is old stock, but the tag shows Brazil.
I liked it because it came with the weatherstripping channel already attached.
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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[slave1pilot]

I got a donor fender from my neighbor down the street
It’s a 64, so the turn signal is in the wrong spot
I’ll have to relocate it and weld up the old hole

I sprayed some rattle can primer on it to see if it looked ok

And it matches up really well
I’m going to keep this one as it’s been impossible to find a matching set
The bottom front corners of each of the fenders need rewelded because they have small tears . That’s ok
I the fenders lines up well at the body too
But it’s still needs some hammer and dolly work to close the gap a little more

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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[slave1pilot]

Made it a little better today

I’m gonna pull the fender back off and sauté up the edge
It should be ok then
Besides , I need to weld up the bottom corner anyway

Btw- does anyone else have stacks of receipts like this that you are too scared to ever add up ?

The CIP1 stack is probably two dozen pages thick
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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[car_cursed]

That's why I do not bother tracking costs. It also gives me plausible deniability with the wife.

[matthew henricks]

Just found your thread. Nice progress. I had to do a similar repair to the front nose on my 64.
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1964 Original Owner build Thread. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=702135&highlight=

Ambulance Fan's. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=627707&highlight=

Parts i am looking for:
64 bug nice used front/rear Black LHD floor mat.

[Busstom]

[EA812]

[jitbba]

Anything new?
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My other ride is a Zildjian

[slave1pilot]

Corney gave me the dimensions for the hole I need to cut in the roof for the ragtop graft
I’ve been waiting for those and for it to warm up a little
I’m pretty intimidated to cut a hole in a perfectly good roof . If i screw it up, the body is useless
-again

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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[sportin-wood]

Search the many posts on the subject. I think you're thinking too much into it - you'll do fine.
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Paused 66 project bug
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"Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman. He's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it." --- Jeff Spicoli

[slave1pilot]

Almost ready to cut a hole in the existing roof for the graft
I marked a center line on the top Of the roof

Marked the center inside as well

I then started to trim up the donor piece And realized that the supports on the clip would help me center it

I then trimmed quite a bit off of the perimeter

Since I am welding from the bottom up, I dont need much overlap
The 9 holes on the bottom are just for a guide and will be cut off after I mark the holes


S
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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[slave1pilot]

Here’s the piece I started with today

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Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[Rome]

[slave1pilot]

Right
I meant That they are only still attached to the clip so I can Mark where they will be drilled into the roof
Then after I mark The new position, I’ll take that section off of the clip as well
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My Photobucket for my Herbie Project - http://s1288.photobucket.com/user/TK-439/library/Herbie?sort=3&page=1

Currently:
1963 Ragtop Beetle
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle