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67rustavenger 
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 Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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That thing is looking killer! Apex predator is an efficient mouser.
The bug is really turning out well!
It appears you have about 20 hours more work to get it on the road.
Check that! Have you built an engine for the car?
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VW_Jimbo
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| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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Looking awesome! Loving the green and black!
You should get some green biodegradable paint or dye and change the cat from white to green fur. To match the Bug! Like this!
For animal lovers. I am just kidding!
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| Basically, a whole bunch of fuckery to achieve a look. |
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GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!  |
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Buggeee
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| Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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| 67rustavenger wrote: |
That thing is looking killer! Apex predator is an efficient mouser.
The bug is really turning out well!
It appears you have about 20 hours more work to get it on the road.
Check that! Have you built an engine for the car? |
Believe me, when this body work is behind me building an engine will be the easy part! LoL To get it on the road quick I've got all the parts for a fresh, stock, dual port 1600 waiting on the workbench, just calling for me to break from the body to come play with them. Focus, Focus...
Thank you so much for the encouragement.  Its getting more exciting every day as the momentum builds.
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72 Super Duper http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=672387
(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764
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Buggeee
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Rome
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| Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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| I've had this black and green racer in my head for years |
Great that you're able to see your dream through to reality!
Your nerf bars look abnormally sturdy. If you want to consider a look that's closer to the original 1973 Sports Bug special edition, you can find stock bumpers, sandblast the chrome, then choose to paint them either the same satin black or gloss green. Nice aspect of this is that you can buy used OG "thick metal" bumpers which are not perfect/mild rust, then smooth out the dechromed surface with your well developed bodywork techniques.
This is still down the road a bit, but for your stock 1600 engine, how about installing 2 taper tips in a stock muffler and painting them satin black (high heat paint), to match the look of the factory Sports Bug? |
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Buggeee
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StripedRedBug
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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Nice car. Very cool.
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Buggeee
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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| Rome wrote: |
...a look that's closer to the original 1973 Sports Bug special edition, you can find stock bumpers, sandblast the chrome, then choose to paint them either the same satin black or gloss green...
...taper tips in a stock muffler and painting them satin black (high heat paint), to match the look of the factory Sports Bug... |
Food for thought Thank you Rome.
I've seen folks use these chunky nerf bars on various old Porsche rally builds for some reason. I like the way their shape is bulbous, like the nose of the Super Beetle. It's a fettish, I'll admit. Not for everybody I would imagine.
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(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764
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| Every setback is an opportunity to learn stuff and to buy new tools. |
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Buggeee
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fredybear
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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Cool ass green. Opinion Here
I think....I t woold look awesome with the chrome strip on the running board to flow with the shine on the wheels. It would give it that line.
Plus with full bumpers, it would really stand out. Chrome down low wrapped around that green with the black. BAM |
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Marinablau703
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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| Looking great! |
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Tom K.
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Buggeee
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Buggeee
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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Checking off the short list of exterior details...
I deleted the hood seal c-channel from the quarter panels, so I'm using an alternative seal.
I got this small adhesive door seal on Amazon and stuck it on the edge of the hood.
I had put the c-channel along the cowl so a normal seal went there and I trimmed off the parts that would have gone down the quarter panels.
One of the little attachment nibs broke off the seal as I was trying to shove it in the little hole. A plastic screw from an American truck engine bay fastener happened to fit perfectly so things kept rolling along. (This is a fine example of why I tell my kids that every home should have a nut-and-bolt jar)
The hood was adjusted at the hinges, the handle installed, and now she has a functioning bonnet.
With a few minutes left before the evening's honey-do errands began, some bumper grommets dressed the rear.
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vamram
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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Looking fantastic Buggee. I'm confused though - isn't that a Mexican hood seal? What's the thing in the bag in the 1st picture?
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Buggeee
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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| Looking fantastic Buggee. I'm confused though - isn't that a Mexican hood seal? What's the thing in the bag in the 1st picture? |
I tried the generic clip-on door seal that seems to be marketed as a hood seal, and it was too bulky, and the hood would not close. So this is a smaller dimension generic stick-on door seal. That is it in the bag, and then on the hood.
If you run a search of automotive door seal on Amazon or Ebay you will find lots of interesting options.
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(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764
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67rustavenger
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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Yes. There is no engine in it. 
Unfortunately one of the byproducts of repeatedly pausing on a project is its parts tend to get harvested.... in this case the engine I had been bombing around with got planted in the 61 Tukis and I'll have to build another one now. At least it won't be my first time through it! |
So you have been very cagey with regard to the engine for this car. As far as I have know.
Do you plan on using one of those five camshafts and Weber carbs that are on the shop shelf?
Or are you gonna finally install the Spa Turbo you bought a couple years ago?
I haven't forgotten that buy. 
IMO. A turbo charged engine in this car would be the icing on the cake! 
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Buggeee
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:52 am Post subject: Re: Buggeee's 1972 Super Beetle |
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I dont honestly know!
I do agree this has turbo written all over it. I also have a 2.0, Type 4, 914 engine and am reading up on that conversion. The possibilities swim around in circles in my brain, but they all require research for me.
Right now I happen to have, I think, everything I need to assemble a fresh stock 1600 dual port. That will be the quickest path to launch it on the roads. Then, I can toy with building an engine with the performance parts and swap the engine out when one that is more appropriate to the looks of the car is ready to rock and roll. I have built a few stock engines now so there is no research involved in that move and I can knock it out fairly quickly. With a performance build I have a learning curve ahead of me that I want to enjoy at my leisure.
So, at first the plan is it will be a sheep in wolf's clothing (like the old Ghia advertisement).
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(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764
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