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lovethatconvertible
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| Yep Un-clip and flip, Good to see an update. |
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iaccy
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iaccy
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| think you could use a bigger gas bottle |
My friend is a nitrous distributor and that was an empty bottle he had kicking around that he uses to fill customers small bottles. Surprisingly this was only $20 more to fill than one of those small 3ft bottles, so it seemed worth it.
And thanks Artifact. There's still a lot more work to do, but I figure after everything my old man has done for me the least I can do is get his car together the right way 
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ARTIFACT
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Ohhh I did not see this thread until today, had no idea you were working on a 2nd beetle, and what a cool car/story it is!
Thanks for documenting the metal fabrication, rust repair... I plan to do this with my 57, body off. Probably this summer, after a lot of practice on the MIG with scrap... 
Keep up the good work. Thanks for 2 inspiring threads.
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| The older car has 10 to 20 years more experiance in figuring out how to piss you off! the newer cars are still learning. |
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iaccy
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iaccy
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Next project. Donor '54 front clip.
Painstakingly drilling out every spot weld.
Finally out. Now I just need to do the exact same thing again to the one on the car. 
BAM and it's out. You can see the one I removed from the car (bottom one) was full of rust in the middle and along one of the edges. It was from mouse urine that soaked in the old cardboard trunk cover and rusted through.
It's weird seeing the car like this.
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iaccy
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janerick3
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Nice R-code engine, not a lot of them around anymore. If you're going to run the domed 83's, don't fill the tank w/87 octane. This was a 2-year, high-compression engine ('64-'65) and a lot of owners blew them up by being cheap at the pump. That's why VW went to the 1600--you can run them on regular.
I guess this qualifies you for membership in The 1500 Club...
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59 dormi
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Thumbs up for a neat piece of automotive history!!
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iaccy
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I'm usually a purist.
But I could also argue that this Oval was modified and represents a really nicely done period correct rodded Oval.
I'd keep it the way it it. It's a peice of history that stands on it's own.
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Yea ya know I kinda wish it was still all in one piece, but it's kinda cool the way it is. My uncles tell me stories of how back in the day after my dad built it everyone wanted to buy it. I guess my grandma used to be able to hear him a few streets away when he would come home 
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iaccy
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| nice build you got there, what did you use to clean your engine with?? lots of foam on the engine, I need to do the same to my 40 horse this weekend hopefully. |
We just bought some engine cleaner/degreaser at WalMart, using a hard bristled brush to get between the cooling fins and a power washer. Worked pretty good. Then as we took the motor I cleaned everything with carburetor cleaner.
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GLHTurbo
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it was your dads, def leave it the way he made it!
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Wannasplit
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I'm usually a purist.
But I could also argue that this Oval was modified and represents a really nicely done period correct rodded Oval.
I'd keep it the way it it. It's a peice of history that stands on it's own.
I like it. |
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paulsvwbug
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| nice build you got there, what did you use to clean your engine with?? lots of foam on the engine, I need to do the same to my 40 horse this weekend hopefully. |
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iaccy
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BISH
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I absolutely love it! Far better to be a bit different from the norm i reckon.
You cant replicate genuine history like that.
Enjoy it! |
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0nebadbug
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POLISH IT!
TUNE IT!
DRIVE IT!
Changing pops dream = Bad karma.  |
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