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PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Made patch pieces for the holes. Tacked them completely in until I got the hole seam covered.


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I then ground the welds down until it was smooth.



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Cut this piece out too. This part is partially under the radio.


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A little filler and you'll never know


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This has to go too.


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Tacked in and ready to go.


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Clean OG paint under the layer of undercoating Very Happy



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
think you could use a bigger gas bottle
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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... Smile

Keep up the good work. Thanks for 2 inspiring threads.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
slow36hp wrote:
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 Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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How worried should I be that the "top" is on the bottom? This must have been like this for the life of the time my father owned it. Would it as simple as un-clipping the rockers and flipping them?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:31 pm    Post subject: Rockers Reply with quote
Yep Un-clip and flip, Good to see an update.
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