My First Beetle Project- 1964

[ryans65]

What a beauty, thank you for the update!

[sportin-wood]

It came out awesome!! Congrats on the accomplishment. Looking forward to your next project.
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Dave

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1966 Bug project
1973 Thing project
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"Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman. He's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it." --- Jeff Spicoli

[pilottangocharlie]

Many moons have passed since I started this ‘64 restoration, but I have been visiting the forum here more as of late and kicking around the idea of getting another Beetle.

This sea blue car was sold to a nice gentleman in Missouri as I was part way through the process of getting it all together. I believe he discovered the car here on the forum, but I don’t exactly recall. He took the car across the finish line in great fashion and I’m glad she ended up in a good home.

For closure on this build I wanted to post some pictures of how she turned out. These were all taken by him.

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Tyler

[pilottangocharlie]

I wrangled with the hood seal, decklid seal, and both engine seals all afternoon and got them looking good. A new hood latch and pin is on the way and adjustment of the hood can begin.

I threw the driver side running board on to see how it would fit. It really makes the body look much better. It will have to come off for adjustment of the door.

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Tyler

[pilottangocharlie]

[67rustavenger]

That right there is VW PORN!

Beautiful work on that car. The puzzle rebuild will take some time and care.
The end result should be very satisfying.

Good Luck.
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I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!
2003 Astrovan? GFYS again, Xevin!
Don't let your bad ideas remain, ideas!

[pilottangocharlie]

The body is back in the garage! Now to put the puzzle back together.

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Tyler

[pilottangocharlie]

Paint is complete!! Now to get it back in the shop and sitting on the pan.

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Tyler

[dodgerodder]

Wow the paint looks really amazing, congrats!

Such a great feeling to finally start getting a project into paint.
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My 66’ build thread:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=699235

[pilottangocharlie]

While I was on a trip to Alaska last week the fenders, hood, decklid, interior, and other small pieces were painted. The first thing I did this morning after getting back was head over to have a look at the color. I am using the PPG code (12333) mentioned above for L360 Sea Blue. I wanted the car the original color, but didn't want to spend too much time messing with mixing to get what my eye saw as perfect. I went with the color as supplied from the PPG formula and this will be close enough for me. I took an original paint glove box door over to see how it compared. I am happy with how it turned out.

The wheels were finished with a powder coat. The blue turned out off from what is original, but these will work for now. At some point down the road I will likely find another nice set of smoothies and get paint mixed to get a more original match. I'll have to see if the color grows on me once it is together.

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Tyler

[pilottangocharlie]

We got to try out the PPG12333 paint for L360 Sea Blue yesterday and the entire body was sprayed with epoxy primer. Next week it should get the paint sprayed.

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Tyler

[pilottangocharlie]

We used reducer for the raptor liner on the pan.
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Tyler

[GB2S]

How did you cut it?

Geoff
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1963 Ragtop

[pilottangocharlie]

The pan is covered in bedliner that was cut down before applying so it isn’t as rough as it would be normally.
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Tyler

[dodgerodder]

You’re making great progress!

What did you cost the pan with? It looks really good!

Looks like the texture is smooth, some of the bed liner coatings are really sharp & rough
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My 66’ build thread:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=699235

[pilottangocharlie]

Inspired by anthracitedub and his transmission tear down and rebuild thread I set out to get the transmission apart that came in the car when I bought it. This was a good running transmission that had no problems from the little that I drove the car before starting the restoration.

I was hesitant to dive deep into the transmission as I have never messed with them, but I finally decided to give it a shot.

This evening after our family dinner date we went and picked up a cheap twelve ton press. The rest is history....

I made it through getting both gear stacks and gear carrier disassembled and the parts mostly cleaned up. It may be a little overkill, but I bagged the parts as this is a total newbie that will be putting it all back together. I have to say this is amazing fun to get to learn how this box of gears really works.

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Tyler

[pilottangocharlie]

A small update on the project.

I have been working here and there with the engine to get it running as good as I can. I ran into fuel pump leak problems during the first run, but managed to suspend a fuel can over the carb to bypass the leaking pump. I thought I had one of the bad rebuild kits so I purchased another from the classifieds here. Upon rebuilding a second pump it leaked the same as the first so I tried tightening the six pump half screw VERY tight and that stopped the leaking. I've got about an hour of run time on the engine and it is running superb. The carburetor I pulled from the junk yard has a throttle shaft that is a little loose and will drip fuel if any is sitting on top of the throttle plate, but other than that it is okay. I will work with it for now and look into a solution later before the car hits the road.

Now to get the transmission back together and onto the pan..

A photo of the nearly completed engine on the test stand this evening after some more runs to test the rebuilt fuel pump. I will have the rear engine tin fitted soon.

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Tyler

[pilottangocharlie]

Nearing completion of the engine. I just need to pressurize the oil system, drop the pushrods in, and adjust the valves before the first start.

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Tyler

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[pilottangocharlie]