The best 58 bug project, ever.

[lawn ninja]

So last April I bought a 58 sedan and decided I was going to build it up. At first the plan was to just paint it do up a quick interior use the 1600 that came with it, blah blah blah... Well that plan didn't really ever happen. Instead I got it found some shit the PO tried to hide and decided to screw it all, bank account be damned. I went all out. Right now the car is at the paint shop and has been for 6 months or so. Last I saw the body was sitting painted but they were letting the paint cure for a month or two Then they were going to color sand it all. So anyways enough of my blabbering here are some pics of the resto. More to come once I get some updates...

This is the day that I drove up to pick it up. It was a long day. I left early in the morning, drove to the bay area from so cal and then back to so cal.

[lawn ninja]

THis is when I started sorting the project into boxes. I love tupperware.

Here you can see some of the color.

the turn signal stock. 6 wire, good shape, thank god.

All the odds and ends, sorted.

The sole piece of door panel material that exists for this car. It's part of what helped me decide that the car was diamond grey.

under the chrome a hint of the original grey color.

OG arm rest.

door panel with chrome trim pieces.

The back seat how it was found.

surprise, surprise a sweet surprise.

underneath the cover. OG interior.

[lawn ninja]

More of the color

getting ready to go to the blaster.

rust in front of the torsions

fenders

the back seat; lower section

post blasting seat cushion

good bumpers, wrong year overriders

out in the street about to go on the trailer

on the trailer

at the blaster off the pan

Pan at home with me pulling the motor out, or getting ready to.

[lawn ninja]

Motor pulled

Pan, sans motor.

pan back on the trailer and ready to go and retrieve the body

body back from the blaster

for the springs I sealed them with self etching primer, but used white.

I bought these panels for the chrome bits on them. The clip in the background is the spare metal for my body.

[lawn ninja]

Here are some parts I started collecting for the car. I just took pics of everything so you'll have to bear with me.

This is nothing special; one of the mounts on the 58 was twisted.

Harness from Wiring Works

smoked vert mirror and the vw logo cap.

rechromed ash tray.

56 plates

58 seat backs ( my car cme with one late seat on the passenger side and the base of one had some broken tabs, all of which I noticed after blasting them)

58 bases

bumpers

subsequent destruction of the seat material..

torn down seats.

5 inch narrowed front beam from airkewld.

[lawn ninja]

So next on the agenda I took the car to the body shop and dropped it off. That was six months ago and I have some pics that go through some stages. I don't have anything yet with the outside painted but I will soon.

[lawn ninja]

Some pictures of the long block, its a 1914, nothing crazy insane but fun none the less. Finishing the motor is my next mini project on the car. I'm waiting on the engine tin right now and once I get it I can start to throw the motor together.

[lawn ninja]

more body shop pics along the way.

[lawn ninja]

Here is where stuff starts to get a little bit more shiny.

[lawn ninja]

Round about this point all of my interior stuff came back and the materials came in. So I started the assembly. This is about up to date. I have completed more on the interior but I'm taking my time with the covers so they sit perfect. I should have some more pics soon and some more updates from the paint shop.

You start with some bare seat frames freshly painted. The bright white stuff is sealer and the off white is paint. The grey areas are the primer that Koch used.

This is the cardboard backplate for the seat. It prevents people from fucking up the material on the springs when they shove their knees into the seat.

Assembled and ready for burlap.

cardboard backing in place. It had to be trimmed so the corners didn't stick up beyond the frame. I made the slots larger so it slid down. It would of created a werid bump in the upholstery.

Burlap sheet cut and layed on the spring. The burlap is used to prevent the coconut hair padding from working itself into the spring cushion. It is what the factory used.

Here is the burlap all trimmed and hog ringed to the spring cushion.

Here it is with the coconut padding on.

side view of upper front seat.

Both upper fronts, with the innards fully assembled.

lower part of the rear bench with the burlap on untrimmed.

trimmed.

close up of the hog rings

back seat with padding on it. The clamps were to try and curve the pad, but it didn't work. I ended up using gorilla glue on the whole back seam, to hold it down in place.

clampity clamp clamp.

upper with just burlap and trimmed.

upper and lower rear completed.

[NOTAHONDA]

Nice work!

[39coupe]

very nice
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[chickengeorge]

Very nice.

[jmw1982]

looks beautiful, its funny how the low budget project always turns into the money pit. but it looks like it will be awesome when its done.. keep the pictures coming...
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[Dubbin68]

Looks sick! can't wait to see this thing all put back together...
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[Slowlow]

Nice!
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[iaccy]

wow that was a serious series of pictures...it's definitely progressing well!

It sure looks like you're a vw guy, I saw a corrado, and a jetta in the driveway . Just out of curiosity, what's under the car cover?

[FiveSeven]

Nice lookin' project
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[bigblue]

wow...beautiful car!!!
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[Steve.]

Very nice! Thanks for all the pics
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