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BWE
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 Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:17 am Post subject: Re: My 73 beetle cut, measured, chopped, measured, and welded |
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I'd just like to say that I think this project looks great, and I don't get what people's hangup is about it.
The top was a bit wonky on the driver's side, but it looks like you got that figured out. I think a 4" stretch is just the right amount, and the beefy back tires give it a great aggressive, utilitarian stance. Would keep the current color as well, if possible.
It might not be the California look, but if I thought I had the technical skill to pull it off I'd do exactly this to mine.
Look forward to seeing more progress on this. |
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chopped73beetle
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Location: Connecticut
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: My 73 beetle cut, measured, chopped, measured, and welded |
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| Any updates or progress? |
Sorry, it's a slow process. I'm picky, and have several projects on my hands. I but trig welded the patches closest to the drip rail. They are but welded, I still have to stretch the weld seam with hammer and dolly. I bought wolfsburgwest floor panels and deluxe heat channels. The floors slipped right in. Let me find a pic. I size the front strip and put some compound curve in it with my englishwheel that I built
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allsidius
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VERTED71
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:18 am Post subject: Re: My 73 beetle cut, measured, chopped, measured, and welded |
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Any updates or progress?
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mikeonthebike
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| Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: My 73 beetle cut, measured, chopped, measured, and welded |
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| Dang Unclepete. 5 years later. Where you been? |
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unclepete
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| Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: My 73 beetle cut, measured, chopped, measured, and welded |
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vw_hank
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| from the photos, the rear tires look to be sized incorrectly. they are so tall, they look almost like pickup truck tires? the correct radial tire size is 165/80 R15. |
there's not A lot of bugs still rolling 165's
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MrVWGuy
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| torsionbar wrote: |
| from the photos, the rear tires look to be sized incorrectly. they are so tall, they look almost like pickup truck tires? the correct radial tire size is 165/80 R15. |
I'm thinking the tires are the least of that poor car's worries. 
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torsionbar
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| from the photos, the rear tires look to be sized incorrectly. they are so tall, they look almost like pickup truck tires? the correct radial tire size is 165/80 R15. |
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unclepete
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Small update. Bought clamps and but welding clamps, did some more welding.
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bugninva
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| WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS??????????????????????? |
the real question is, why do you care what he does with HIS car? |
yeah, I knew that response would come |
it is a valid response.... I like flames... you like flames, but others may flame us both for liking flames.... 
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GEX has. Just sayin |
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Froski
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| WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS??????????????????????? |
the real question is, why do you care what he does with HIS car? |
yeah, I knew that response would come
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bugninva
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| WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS??????????????????????? |
the real question is, why do you care what he does with HIS car?
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GEX has. Just sayin |
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unclepete
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| not a fan. I don't like chopped or lowered. I cringed when I saw the first pic and astonished when I saw the pic of the car before you did this to it. It WAS a damn nice looking ride. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS??????????????????????? |
Well ya see my mom did that too. At the time i had to many cars. I needed reason to get rid of the blue bug, so i cut the top for use on the gun metal one. Ya see im done with college this spring and cant have to much of this stuff. Can sell it so while not chop it. Chopped is unique, why do you thin ratrod get more attention that grade A restorations, there different.
Well I deceived you though, I did such a nice job painting hey and taking the picture that you didn;t realize the mismatched doors, hood, and floor rot.
I would rish a nice bug!
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Froski
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not a fan. I don't like chopped or lowered. I cringed when I saw the first pic and astonished when I saw the pic of the car before you did this to it. It WAS a damn nice looking ride. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS???????????????????????
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unclepete
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Thats funny, im quite certain i took the same amount of material out of bott sides
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Dismas
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Agree, looks like the driver side ended up lower.
on a hijack sort of note, I am doing a 3" chop on a 70 . . this pic is from about a week ago:
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Inane Cathode
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| From the front the drivers side of the roof looks sagged, and from the side i sure hope thats not how you're going to weld it together. The front half of the roof doesnt match the same slope as the rear half. |
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norcalmike
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BugMan114
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Im with the guys above, the chop looks good, but the whole thing kinda looks funny, because everyone is uded to chopped tops, with lowered suspensions. the chopped looks give you a wider, flatter apperence. So having it so high, kinda interferes with the illusion of lowered, the chopped roof is creating. I like it tho. finish the roof, thro a rack on top, and some surf boards, and go to the beach 
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