Aquifer's '67 Beetle Thread

[aquifer]

Here are a few more pictures. It’s running really good and I’ve been driving it around to give it some exercise.

Oil puddles under the crankcase breather tube led me to discover that the oil deflector at the base of the generator stand was missing. Turns out it was relatively painless to replace. Of course, I forgot to take a picture of the new one correctly installed, but oh well:

I installed the passenger and rear seats along with a reproduction parcel tray:

Here are a couple of pictures from a recent test drive. I’m going to leave these wheels on it for now. It came with them when I bought it, and I like them for some reason. I have OEM rims for when I want to return to stock.

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Parts needed:
Front & rear NOS or used OEM door panels for a '67 in the original Gazelle color (dark tan/light brown).

[aquifer]

[scrivyscriv]

FYI… I tried the heat gun on my lobster claw plastic today. Can’t recommend it!
The pebbly surface texture gets soft and flows. It might work on a smooth plastic but you’re asking for trouble on anything with texture
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Robert in Memphis
Dünkelgrügen 1967 Java Green bug thread
Engine rebuild thread
If you're ever in the Memphis area, you are welcome to stop by for advice and help.

[Bobs67vwagen]

Great ideas from both of these methods. I have had my original Bentley manual for over 40 years and it has accumulated a few fingerprints over the years.

[aquifer]

[scrivyscriv]

[viiking]

Or DIY as I did back here....

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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=20
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1968 1500 RHD Lotus White Beetle since birth. In the hospital for major surgery
1966 Lancia Flavia Pininfarina Coupe - in the waiting room
Discharged: 1983 Vanagon, 1974 1800 Microbus,1968 Low Light,1968 Type 3

[aquifer]

I’ve been meaning to post these pictures as a suggestion for anyone who finds it helpful. I bought a new Bentley manual because my old one is tattered and greasy. I took the new Bentley to a professional print shop and had them cut off the spine, scan the whole book as a high quality PDF, and then 3 hole punch the pages.

I’m in the process of bookmarking all of the chapters and subsections in the PDF for quicker reference. I’ve used the PDF a few times to print a page so I can lay it there without caring if it gets greasy or ripped when I’m working on something.

I put it together in a binder and I really like it. I’ve added a few of my own odds & ends pages at the back - stuff I came across and wanted to keep for reference.

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Parts needed:
Front & rear NOS or used OEM door panels for a '67 in the original Gazelle color (dark tan/light brown).

[aquifer]

I did this with the wire for the license plate light. It runs really close to the generator pulley as you know, and gets cut sometimes. Not sure why this occurred to me but it should keep the wire away from the pulley.

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Parts needed:
Front & rear NOS or used OEM door panels for a '67 in the original Gazelle color (dark tan/light brown).

[House]

[desertrat57]

New to The Samba and am looking forward to learning more about my 1967 Beetle.

[scrivyscriv]

Looks good. It’s always easier the second time!
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Robert in Memphis
Dünkelgrügen 1967 Java Green bug thread
Engine rebuild thread
If you're ever in the Memphis area, you are welcome to stop by for advice and help.

[aquifer]

I re-indexed the rear torsion bars today. When I first got the car, the rear end was sagging badly. The untensioned angle of the spring plates was about 17-18 degrees. Bentley says it should be 20.833 degrees for a 1500 equipped with an equalizer spring, which mine has. So I reindexed the torsion bars and put it all back together. I thought I was being smart by over compensating for “tired” torsion bars, but I ended up with about 3 degrees of positive camber. Oops.

Today I tore it back apart and re-indexed the spring plates to the recommended 20.833 degrees (20 degrees, 50 minutes). It ended up as close to spec as possible I think.

Here are some pictures of the finished product. I still need to get an alignment, but that’s on the list!

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Parts needed:
Front & rear NOS or used OEM door panels for a '67 in the original Gazelle color (dark tan/light brown).

[aquifer]

I got the engine installed and running this weekend! I haven't had much time the past few months, but good progress was made this past weekend. Once I got the fuel supply to the engine, it fired right up and runs like a top! I drove it enough to make sure the rebuilt transmission was working too, which it was. I need to re-adjust the rear wheel camber, which I didn't do quite right. Oh well, live and learn!

The rebuilt OEM Pierburg fuel pump is from Bill at SparxWerks. He did a beautiful job, and it worked great right away.

The rebuilt OEM Solex 30PICT-1 is from Tim at VolksBitz. He also did a beautiful job. It was set correctly right out of the box, because the car ran great from the moment it fired up, with no adjustments from me.

It was expensive to replace the fuel pump and carb with OEM rebuilds, but I'm really glad I did. I'm doing what I can to keep it as original as possible.

Here are a few pictures:

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Parts needed:
Front & rear NOS or used OEM door panels for a '67 in the original Gazelle color (dark tan/light brown).

[aquifer]

I'm replacing the front and rear door panel pieces. The existing panels were aftermarket and the color was completely wrong. I ordered a kit from TMI, and the color is pretty close to the original Gazelle.

I bought a NOS front drivers side door panel from the classifieds that I will keep on hand while I continue to search for the other 3 OEM panels. I'm tempted to install the NOS panel, but I don't think the original color and the TMI color are quite close enough to mix and match, and it might look funny. That said, I haven't ruled out the idea, so I might try it to see if it's noticeable enough to bother me.

The ash tray was not installed in the existing rear seat panel, but I found it behind the rear seat just laying there, which was a nice surprise, so I cleaned it up and installed it in the TMI panel.

I'll use the TMI panels until I find NOS or good used OEM panels.

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Parts needed:
Front & rear NOS or used OEM door panels for a '67 in the original Gazelle color (dark tan/light brown).

[Redfox86]

I watched a video on YouTube the other day which was done by a VW guy all about the steering box renovation. It was useful but I’ll probably give it a quick watch again before I take mine apart. Turning mine by hand I can feel it needs fresh grease, I’m just hoping that when I get it apart there isn’t anything nasty waiting to surprise me which will mean it needs replacement.

[aquifer]

[Redfox86]

I’m glad you posted pictures of all the work you’ve done on the front end, I forgot to take photos on mine so I’ll be able to use yours as a reference.

I’ve just ordered all my front suspension and steering parts, as well as the rear suspension parts.

Looking good though,

[aquifer]

I installed the rear shocks today. Not sure why I hadn’t installed them yet, the rear suspension was pretty much done before I started working on the front end.

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Parts needed:
Front & rear NOS or used OEM door panels for a '67 in the original Gazelle color (dark tan/light brown).

[aquifer]