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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Also planning to do door panel similar to this:
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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1st attempt at an all glue no sew door panel!
I should have put a little more thought into lining up the plaid between the front and rear panels
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2022 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Plan to add a carbon fiber insert with some type of Porsche or VW emblem. |
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Tweeked the bumper so it looks less bulky. Now somewhat resembles a Porsche 356 bumper. Plan to give it the body color treatment, flush turn signals, & possibly push it closer to the body!
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Initial headliner install. Have a few wrinkles along the edges that will need to be pealed back and reworked.
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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3rd attempt at a door panel
The blue painted panel section on the door seems out of place….plan to replace it with a carbon fiber.
Painted front bumper
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 11:17 am Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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DerrickfromNC1 wrote: |
LED taillights. Wife said I’ve done too many mods at this point to install stock taillights so I’m going with these with he chrome blacked out. I will probably go with a 3rd brake light mounted in the grill.
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Not feeling theses rear turn signals….plan to replace with some stock units.
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Tail lights
Factory or aftermarket??
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Gr0unded Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2018 Posts: 256 Location: North Carolina
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vwuberalles Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2003 Posts: 1355 Location: Richmond, VA
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:03 am Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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My rocker panels/running boards covered in carbon fiber look tap. Will be clear coated.
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Another idea I borrowed from Porsche. Color coded tunnel console & door seals….still working on alignment issues. Some carpet under the tunnel console & the emergency handle boot will need some trimming.
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:09 am Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Seats inserts done. Unfortunately the original stitching on the rest of the seats from the seller was done in red & I’m not willing to spend what it would take to redo in blue.
Next on the schedule is to tidy up everything below the fuel tank, steering coupler, damper, fuel lines, alignment, all nuts/bolts, etc b4 final install of the tank. I thought about installing the tank on hinges for easy excess below but if I do everything right I shouldn’t need to remove it anytime soon.
In car shot:
Red stitching is a distraction…..wife suggested going over it with a black maker. |
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
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Busstom Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2014 Posts: 3790 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 7:04 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Following along and watching this project evolve. Hoping to see a youtube video later, taped by a crew in another vehicle, of this thing ripping around the roads. |
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4391 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Replaced the VDO speedometer with a GPS version. Slightly larger than the VDO & was a pita to hand file the carbon fiber dash to make it fit.
Also started working on the trunk area. I will probably either cut back the carpet to expose the fuel tank or make a black tweed covered panel just ahead of the tank. Spent too much time color matching the fuel tank to cover it up!
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Buggeee Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2016 Posts: 4391 Location: Stuck in Ohio
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2008 Posts: 1293 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: 67 Custom German Look |
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Buggeee wrote: |
Where did you mount the GPS antenna? I'm pondering on where to put mine and am leaning towards outside on a front bumper bracket.
p.s. the tank is too sexy for its shirt. |
The gps antenna is a small block about an 1” square and 3/8” thick. Since I will not be installing the windshield wiper spray nozzle(at least for the time being) I will mount the antenna over the spray nozzle opening with the antenna hard line coming up thru that hole.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X44D97L?pd_rd_i=B09X4...e39997c0e2
The bumper mounted option may in the end be better??
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