My '67 Patina Project

[TimAlan]

So I haven't owned a VW in close to 10 years now and got bit again..

After sifting through people's overpriced basket cases and delusionally priced "vintage projects" (WTF is in the VW water these days?) I found a somewhat straight, nearly complete '67 that had been sitting for about the last 21 years.

There's Ruby Red underneath that orange.. I'll begin the tedious process of unearthing it shortly here. The rest of the plans are a -5" beam, discs and spindles up front, -3" drop plates in the rear, and re-pop (I'll pay to play when the real resto goes down) 4.5 & 5.5 Fuchs. This car is gonna be a fun driver until I can afford to give it a real pan off resto.

I went thru the OG paint resurrection thread and picked up some of the recommended supplies. In the next few weeks I'll start attempting to get the Ruby Red back.

[webberjames95]

Very Similar Car here:

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1967 Bug:
Olga: the Cal look car lost in the PNW SOLD

1984 Vanagon:
Berty the Vanagon

1973 Bus
Amber the Bus Sold

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[TimAlan]

James - That's freaky! Dope car though!

Well.. I got to stripping some of the respray with Motsenbockers (about one layer at a time) and there's a boatload of primer underneath some spots, but others had almost nothing. I'm gonna go to Easy-Off next and see if it gets thru the old paint and primer in less time. I feel like the Mots is best suited for the final layer right above the OG paint.

I also ripped out the interior and, well.. I put the horse before the carriage and didn't check deep enough when I picked this thing up. I pulled off the crusty carpet over the rear luggage tray and F#&K..

I already knew the battery tray was toast.. But I didn't see how far up it went on the passengers side due to the 5 layers of carpet, rubber, tar board, rubber and more tar board.

So it looks like I'll be buying a MIG welder, a replacement luggage compartment/ firewall and learning how to plug weld. This will be followed by pulling the body off the pan and replacing the halves. I didn't intend on doing this and it'll be my first time, but while I have the pan off I'm gonna blast it, POR 15 it and repipe the brake lines.

Prior to this point I've only turned a wrench and done basic work to previous cars.. So in short I'm jumping into the deep end!

[Not All There]

good luck, just take your time with it and do it right so you dont need to do it again in a few years