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Weezle Samba Member
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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Thank you, I made a piece and the seat looks great now. |
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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OK so I am trying to verify where the rear seatbelt, rear seat back pivot bolt and front seatbelt retractor go, any ideas
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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I found these on the car at one point, does anyone know what they are for?
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Plot61296 Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2016 Posts: 39 Location: Finland
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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quantumchaos wrote: |
OK so I am trying to verify where the rear seatbelt, rear seat back pivot bolt and front seatbelt retractor go, any ideas |
Front seatbelt retractor.
My rear seatbelt is fixed with the same bolt as rear seat backrest. |
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quantumchaos Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2020 Posts: 220 Location: Gardner, IL
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:39 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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Plot61296 wrote: |
quantumchaos wrote: |
OK so I am trying to verify where the rear seatbelt, rear seat back pivot bolt and front seatbelt retractor go, any ideas |
Front seatbelt retractor.
My rear seatbelt is fixed with the same bolt as rear seat backrest. |
Thank you, do you have any special washers for the backrest since the seat belt is there also, mine was not assembled with the original hardware but I fount the washers below in the floorboards:
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Plot61296 Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2016 Posts: 39 Location: Finland
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Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 10:19 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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I don’t remember is there washer like that in my setup, but that’s also not original installation.
But to my understanding there should be one. |
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quantumchaos Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2020 Posts: 220 Location: Gardner, IL
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:56 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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Hello All,
I am working to align and tighten-up the doors, now that I have installed all seals. Any advise on fixing the gap/alignment for the images below:
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Weezle Samba Member
Joined: February 07, 2014 Posts: 685 Location: ORLANDO
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:28 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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Weezle wrote: |
that door gap can be adjusted with the thickness of the square rubber bushings where the rear body mounts meet the threaded hole on the shock towers. Its kind of a PITA |
I looked at the rubber pad and this is what I found
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Weezle Samba Member
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 9:23 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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I ordered new ones and also have some zinc in case I need to adjust it a bit more
Thanks |
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VW_Jimbo Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2016 Posts: 9880 Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 9:27 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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What is the dimension of the gap at the bottom of the door to the B pillar?
Is the A pillar gap good? Consistent? _________________ Jimbo
There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but all the time necessary the second time!
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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VW_Jimbo wrote: |
What is the dimension of the gap at the bottom of the door to the B pillar?
Is the A pillar gap good? Consistent? |
The back seems to have a bigger gap:
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:06 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 8:06 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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I am having a tough time finding the back seat pivot bolts, the new ones I ordered from Jbugs are smaller at the shoulder than the back rest hole.
I found this but it was out of stock and I did not see anything on the Samba Classifieds.
https://airheadparts.com/vw-part/rear-seatback-pivot-bolt-151-885-591
Any Ideas?
Thanks Again
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superstarvw Samba Member
Joined: July 23, 2015 Posts: 26 Location: Indianapolis
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:34 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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quantumchaos wrote: |
I am having a tough time finding the back seat pivot bolts, the new ones I ordered from Jbugs are smaller at the shoulder than the back rest hole.
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Hi- any luck finding this hardware? all of mine is missing and the PO had replace with a random awful piece of stuff that is crossthreaded into the body... Would love to see a diagram or photo of the stock set up!! _________________ '74 Cabriolet (current)
'70 Ghia (sold), '72 Fastback (sold), '73 Super (sold), '71 Std (sold), '75 Std (MIA) |
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:08 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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No, I bought some metal spacers that I was going to modify but Have not got to it yet because of real life time constraints. |
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:07 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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I made spacer bolts for the rear seat and they work great, just alot more work
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quantumchaos Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:13 am Post subject: Re: 1973 Super Beetle Convertible Rebuild Project Fun |
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Hello Again,
Is there a way to not have the extra front seatbelt tightened when retraced, it seems to be fully retracted in the mechanism, any ideas?
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