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veskovici
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 1:39 pm    Post subject: Finally my 53 Reply with quote

Well this is my 53 oval. I drove it , went to shows and gatherings collected small bits and parts as it was all with wrong parts, enjoying in it. I knew that when i start to correct and fix all bad welding and rotten parts joy is over for about one or more years. Also i never wanted new and shiny oval, but will see at the end what will come out.

This are some pictures of it when i drove on a daily basis.

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Bad things are that body is welded to the chassis with no bolts at all Rolling Eyes and front frame is all rotted and badly fixed. ( some of bad fixes are my work done by laying under it and welding Laughing ), so i had to trace and acquire new correct year chassis. So I did.

Pictures of welded frame

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and floor ( by the way floor has been made from 2mm sheet metal previously )

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And new and already striped chassis

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Then epoxy primer

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First I started with front firewall as obviously mine will be cut of so I found not so good another one
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And gave him a little love

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First I thought ,well it will be easy done but now i know what I knew before, this is a beginning of a long road, but not without fun Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:40 am    Post subject: Re: Finally my 53 Reply with quote

Great work, Veskovici. I also like the contrast of the red Beetle with the background in your pictures.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 8:42 am    Post subject: Re: Finally my 53 Reply with quote

Very cool!

I will be, hopefully soon, dabbing up those same lower corners at the bulkhead wall. What did you use to make the recessed segment? Any tips?

Keep at it! Looks like a great project!
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Finally my 53 Reply with quote

VW_Jimbo wrote:
Very cool!

I will be, hopefully soon, dabbing up those same lower corners at the bulkhead wall. What did you use to make the recessed segment? Any tips?

Keep at it! Looks like a great project!


I just hammer it using half oval pipe and another straight smaller diameter concrete armature but first if necessary i bend half pipe , or just hammer it Wink

Ok. Next i started working from behind so I fixed engine bay right corner as I started from left passenger side. Someone had hard time installing bigger 1300 engine so he hacked corner of rear small firewall
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Than started to work on rear apron and rear tails. couldnt find exact mach and right year bumper bracket so i use what i can find and another reason for using this tail section is because i have entire driver rear quater panel with same tail section
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So vire holes are exact match to original so i used this holes to measure and cut new piece
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inside is not too bad but it will need a lot of work.

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This is rear driver side quarter panel which i maybe install if original is too bad. Shame I dont have pass side as well Wink


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:51 am    Post subject: Re: Finally my 53 Reply with quote

serious shit man!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:54 am    Post subject: Re: Finally my 53 Reply with quote

yes serious business.

As I move along I had to consider either to buy new entire section behind rear wheel or to try to reconstruct existing one. So first I will try later and then if I fail, I always can cut and weld a new.

first I transferred curve and dimensions to new sheet metal and then welded original center piece to it

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Then i copied bracket from already cut piece
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than fixed truck area lip that welds to inner wing
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Then assembled all together to make sure it sits well and marked metal where to cut
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then installed inner sheet metal
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Than straightener part welded trough holes aka " spotwelded"

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And Voila... finished and satisfied . I let it sit a little higher 0,5 cm as I suspect to measurements .. easy fix.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:06 pm    Post subject: Re: Finally my 53 Reply with quote

Very nice!
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