New project: 63 sunroof notch

Zwitterkafer · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: New project: 63 sunroof notch

So glad to see you back at it, I'll be following along! Not much has happened on mine either, but the body is now rolling around on a dolly since work on the garage meant that the car had to be moved!
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mdege · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 5:50 am Post subject: Re: New project: 63 sunroof notch

It has been really quiet here. Not too much happened for a long time on this project.
Another '84 Mexican bug for my youngest son got in the way. But we are on the home stretch on that.

I am finally getting around to putting the front beam together on the notchback. Most parts are NOS except for the beam, the torsion bars and the upper seals which are reproductions. I made the mold and my friend Martin Kricke helped me make them with his equipment for heating the mold and pressing the material into the mold.

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Zwitterkafer

If you need measurements from the bumper bracket bolts to other datum points, feel free to PM me. I have easy access to carry out such measurements.
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mdege

Thank you for the picture. That is getting really close to mine. Min is from Dec. 62 if I remember correctly.

That's going to be a good challenge to get that shaped correctly Shocked

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1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
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Zwitterkafer

Maybe this pic from a Nov 1962 Notch might help a little.

Love this thread! Thanks for all the good pics, they are very helpful!

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mdege

Thank you

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1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

andybla · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:20 am Post subject: Re: New project: 63 sunroof notch

looking very good Cool

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Awesome stuff!
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mdege · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 4:31 am Post subject: Re: New project: 63 sunroof notch

ibjack · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: New project: 63 sunroof notch

here is the best I have, hope it helps. This an October 61 car

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mdege

I am really bad a keeping this thread up.

I have been plugging away on this car and I am slowly getting the body ready.

I have replaced both rockers. I was lucky to get my hands on a good used one for the left side. And I was able to make a mirror copy of that for the right side.

I still have two areas which are causing me a headache. The PO. replaced the rear corners including the bumper brackets. Unfortunately he did not manage to get it right, actually its way off. The parts were welded in about 1" to far forward and tilted the wrong way. But see for your self:

Unfortunately I have nothing to go by to get it right. I would be really happy if someone could help out with some good picture of this area on an original early notchback.
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1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

Bobnotch · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:04 pm Post subject: Re: New project: 63 sunroof notch

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Wow!
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mdege · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:31 am Post subject: Re: New project: 63 sunroof notch

I just noticed, that I missed to show you how I fixed the front right bumper mount. I did this quite a while back, but here it is:

First I made the tools for the metal stamping: