"What did you do with your Thing today"?

jesselee82 · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:02 pm Post subject:

I just bought my first 74 vw thing and t=yesterday I went to town on it.
- I sanded the convertible arms down to the metal and sprayed it with black rustoleum rust converter.
- sanded and sprayed the front fender.
- sanded sprayed rust spots on hood and windshield as well as rear floor below the battery (lots of holes there).
- Put the convertible top on.
- sprayed penetrate solution into doors and screw to release them so I could take of the doors. 3 came off so far... one to go.
It was a big day!

norcalmike · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject:

cleaned all the junk out of it. i also fixed my defroster vents. love that gas heat Cool

sixty9fasty · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:54 pm Post subject:

Spent less than an hour "polishing" my vinyl windows. You could hardly see through them, and I'm not a fan of the glass ones I have. So, they are good enough for a driver... far from perfect though... On to the pics...

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Semper_Dad · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject:

sixty9fasty · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:25 pm Post subject:

Lettuce · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject:

were your windows UV damage hazy, or scratched? Can you polish out light/medium scratches?

sixty9fasty · Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:09 am Post subject:

///Mink · Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject:

I finally accepted that winter was here and put the hard top back on Crying or Very sad

GI Joe · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 6:36 am Post subject:

Finally tore my engine down! Now I have that preverbial pile 'o parts in the garage corner!! Going to be some sandblasting/painting going on while the block/heads are off to machine!
Now If I could find the tin under the 1/2 jugs.... Everything else was there!(i think).
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Hobug · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 5:42 pm Post subject:

Put the top down and enjoyed the ride to and from our club meeting with my son. Gotta love 70 degree temps in November. Cool

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Van-go108 · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:23 am Post subject:

We took a short trip over the Black Range from Silver City to Truth or Consequences New Mexico to hang out at some hot springs. Damn nice weekend.

Emory Pass at the top of the Black Range, two Aussys in there right hand drive Off-Road vehicals on their trek and then some English tourist pulled up in a rental car. Both had to take pictures of us and our Thing. I'm a proud father. Laughing

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BNMike · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject:

We got 6" of snow last night, and it's not going to get warm for quite a while again Shocked

So......as soon as I can clean out enough space in the center of the garage, Hermann's backing in to have his front end worked on Smile

BNMike

norcalmike · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject:

put the stock shifter back on with the formula vee shifter sleeve i found at the swap meet for 25 cents

Semper_Dad · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:07 pm Post subject:

Repaired the emergency brake "tab" on the tunnel. Somehow it got bent down and was no longer engaging the ratchet cam in the handbrake. Now I can hear the distinctive "click, click, click" when I pull up on the handle.
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Van-go108 · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:59 pm Post subject:

I did a quick little thing out on the street today at lunch. I ordered some good quality motorcycle mirrors that came in today. Yanked off the stock ones and threw these on.

I think it looks mo' better. Tighter too. It seems like they are more than half the size of the "mongo-sized" stock ones.
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"Okay, so there's 6 beers and 5 of us. You know what this means don't you? 4 of you are going to have to leave."

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Lettuce · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:36 pm Post subject:

Van-go108, what kind of side curtains are those?

norcalmike · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:53 am Post subject:

wanna sell your stock ones?

Van-go108 · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:51 am Post subject:

My side cutains are plexiglass sliders for the front but the standard rear ones. I dream of glass though. Wink

Mike, I've got a stock pile of parts that the P.O. gave me. PILES.... I like to keep everything I can. It's the Pack Rat in me, I guess.
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"Okay, so there's 6 beers and 5 of us. You know what this means don't you? 4 of you are going to have to leave."

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1957 Continental Mark II Click to view image

Lettuce · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:12 pm Post subject:

Did you make your sliders? have any pictures of how they go together?

Van-go108 · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject:

No. I didn't make them. They were on the car when I bought it. I do have most all the old Trim Shop catalogs (I'm telling you, I got PILES from the P.O.) and they were offered way back then, I believe. I get some better pix for you. They are easy to replace if I need to. They have the tendency to vibrate open when driving and they don't lock.
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"Okay, so there's 6 beers and 5 of us. You know what this means don't you? 4 of you are going to have to leave."

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1957 Continental Mark II Click to view image


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