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scooter8
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Found some more time and started looking at the front end, fenderwells and the thing I dreaded the most....MUDSILLS  The only place I knew there was damage on the car was the front passenger side, it got tagged kind of from the bottom and creased the quarter panel a little.
Cone is good, damage is just to the right of it
Inside fenderwell, a few wrinkles
The passenger side mudsill area looked ok, have to cut in a little metal
Top area looked good
Whoever did the bodywork last filled in the damn logo inset with bondo 
The drivers side was another story, top was ok....
....but the bottom 
Enough dirt and rust to fill up a shoe box
All in all I guess it's not too terribly bad, I've seen a lot worse.
Driver front bucket area
Steering, master cylinder and under gas tank looked real good
Probably have to cut in some new headlamp metal, both sides were pretty rusty
Need a little metal for the turn signals too
Um, yeah 
When good seals good bad 
To be continued............
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scooter8
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Well after too much time the Ghia found it's way back into the driveway for some much needed attention. Me and my daughter spent a couple days taking out the pop-outs, pillars, trim, parts of the dash and rear bumper.
"A" workin hard 
Inside my rear quarter panels
Rear bumper brackets
Rear bumper looks OK
Found this little kid hiding in the dash
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rustfree1967bug
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It looks like a good solid car to start with, but i guess anything looks solid compared to what the acvw's look like in minnesota.
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VWs4Sunday
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I think it's awesome that you and your daughter are doing this project together. So, the big question is, is the car for you or her??
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Londonsworld
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: Restoration |
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| Great project....keep the pictures coming... |
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scooter8
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| rustfree1967bug wrote: |
| It looks like a good solid car to start with, but i guess anything looks solid compared to what the acvw's look like in minnesota. |
I hear ya, I was born and raised in Mich, I too know what rust really is 
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| I think it's awesome that you and your daughter are doing this project together. So, the big question is, is the car for you or her?? |
You and me both Probably go to the wife, she loves it. Daughter already has a bug she restored and I want a single cab.
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| Great project....keep the pictures coming... |
You got it, I know you guys are suckers for pics
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scooter8
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Got inside the cone area, looks pretty good, all surface rust, not even a pin hole so far.
Took out the front grills and screens, same thing.
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wardvwracer
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Cool stuff! Keep the updates coming as you continue to make progress. 
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scooter8
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Took off the decklid and hardware
My daughter ground down the bondo areas to see how bad it really was underneath
Nothing too dramatic
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scooter8
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Pulled the motor over the weekend
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scooter8
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Spent most of Sunday (with my daughter again ) taking off every body bolt from the pan and inside the car, unbolted the steering column from the coupler, unbolted the gas tank and pulled it out, unhooked the speedo and masters cylinder lines, etc....
Inspecting our work
I'm hoping to build a frame this week to hold the body when I pull it off the pan.
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Thats a mighty strong little dog you got there, supporting the full weight of the car on its head while your daughter works on it 
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THE-GREYHOUND
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He nice job
lot of work but 1 day
He nice dog you have
I love dogs
good luck and let us know everthing about thi project
Like the photo's |
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Delaware Dave
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LOL, Okay, so what's your dog's name? Jack? 
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| Great work so far........I have a 10 year old daughter that keeps asking me when we are goig to work on a dub together...I figure I have a few more years to convince her pink would not be a cool color to paint a vw! |
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Zack1978
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Everything looks great so far! I always enjoy pics!
The only thing I will say is please protect your daughter when she is working on the car, gloves, long pants, and long shirt, etc. I am sure it was hot outside, but it is always better to protect yourself. A few weeks ago I figured safety was not all that important, and I ended up with 38 stiches in my knee when my chain saw slipped.
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execk2
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What's the dogs name Jack? That's hilarious...
Looks like you guys are doing a great job, saving another one. Good on ya!
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scooter8
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Did some final dis-assembling before I lift the body off. Found out on 68 and maybe 69 models you have a torsion Bar, sometimes called a Z-bar, that goes through the body on the passenger side only.
Passenger side bolts on the insdie of the body, still have to remove it.
Torsion/Z-bar
With that out of the way I think I'm ready to lift it off.
Got my dolley built (thanks to several of you on here)
and with the help of some of my fellow Pikes Peak VW freinds lifted the body onto it.
And my newest favorite picture
My daughter couldn't wait to get under there and start tinkering
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Well it's been almost a year, sorry boys and girls, I'll update my thread.
So the next day we rolled out the pan to see what we had to work with.
Not too bad looking, no holes in the pan, mostly surface rust.
As always, Amanda my daughter was the first to jump on it.
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