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JerryMCarter1 Samba Member
Joined: January 07, 2007 Posts: 6199 Location: N.W. Phoenix
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Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Magic Man ! _________________ Experience always triumphs over hearsay and You get to select which theory to believe |
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djkeev Samba Moderator
Joined: September 30, 2007 Posts: 32632 Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:05 am Post subject: |
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Pushed the car outside to clean up it's droppings on the floor in the garage (a substantial pile!!).
While outside I decided that considering that the windshield rubber seal was rock hard, the plastic chrome trim was faded black and the seal had pulled back from the frame, that I'd remove the glass.
The PO's had also poor painted to the edge of the rubber leaving a mountain high ridge of paint along the entire perimeter. The Black in front of the dash is also rusty and need of refreshing as well.
Removing this glass was Easier said than done! I couldn't cut the rubber well for it crumbled and chipped as I cut it. It also broke off razor blades as you shoved them in and dragged them along. The rubber despite it's advanced age and decay had fused itself to both the body and the glass as well so that considerable care had to be exercised to slip in a very thin putty knife around the glass to break the bond between it and the rubber.
A trash can of crumbled rubber later and a time period that was MUCH longer than anticipated yielded this....... (I've come to really dislike Ravenna Green!!)
The Rust is far better than I anticipated, compared to some I've seen, non-existent!!)
I was happy to see that the factory drain holes were not enlarged and horrible rotten as well.
I've done older windshield removals but haven't seen (or fail to recall) the seal retainer "teeth" as shown in this photo. What year did they begin to be installed I wonder??
Well, it's my Birthday weekend so this project may just lie dormant for a few days!!
Dave _________________ Stop Dead Photo Links how to post photos
Ghia
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=392473
Vanagon
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6315537#6315537
Beetle
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=482968&highlight=74+super+vert |
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djkeev Samba Moderator
Joined: September 30, 2007 Posts: 32632 Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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slione Samba Member
Joined: June 18, 2011 Posts: 180 Location: NJ
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Nice work Dave! _________________ 1974 SB Vert - Getting there, slowly but surely |
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60ragtop Bonneville Belt Bitch
Joined: March 13, 2006 Posts: 7800 Location: Big Wonderful WYO 82401
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:47 am Post subject: |
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I have installed several of the dash toppers. How ever the last one 2 years ago is staring to buckle but the car is not garaged at all. This is the first one that did that that I know of.
Don't remember when the grippers were first installed but most were not re-installed as the replacement seals were not made properly for a good fit.
Happy birthday
How's it feel to be old |
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alexvw Samba Member
Joined: February 03, 2011 Posts: 1023 Location: Hales Corners, Wisconsin
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:52 am Post subject: |
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djkeev. THANK you so much for posting those pictures. I saw those two holes in my back window and thought they were rust holes. I was going to weld them up.. Those are drain holes, I would have never knew! Thanks again _________________ 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL
1974 Volkswagen Superbeetle( Mitsubishi 4G63T Swap in Progress )
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djkeev Samba Moderator
Joined: September 30, 2007 Posts: 32632 Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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djkeev Samba Moderator
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mnussbau Samba Member
Joined: August 26, 2006 Posts: 4589 Location: Central Maryland
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:37 am Post subject: |
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I bought a DashMat for my '74 vert from JC Whitney, it fits nice and looks good. You need to use velcro (included) to hold it down. _________________ Mike
Sold my sedan
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RocketA Samba Member
Joined: March 29, 2011 Posts: 453
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:30 am Post subject: |
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I think it's amazing that you're posting all this. Maybe it's an impression more than a reality but it seems like a lot of the respected, reliable, and frequent posters on this forum imply that they wouldn't be caught dead anywhere near a rusty car (and admonish all those with rusty cars to get busy welding immediately) let alone alive and driving it around and enjoying it like you said you were up until deciding to sell it. Your post reinforces for me that a huge part of bug ownership is taking pleasure in the car you have, fixing it as you can when you can, and enjoying yourself while you have it instead of driving around in a cream-puff only when the temperatures are above 70 and the relative humidity is below 20% etc.
Some lucky someone is gonna get an awesome car out of this. Great work! |
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djkeev Samba Moderator
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mnussbau Samba Member
Joined: August 26, 2006 Posts: 4589 Location: Central Maryland
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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I see JC Whitney no longer sells DashMat but they now have Dash Designs. Looks and costs almost the same, I paid $31 but now it's up to $32. Search for an online coupon and you can get free shipping. _________________ Mike
Sold my sedan
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djkeev Samba Moderator
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neena Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2010 Posts: 581 Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: |
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well, been working on that nasty running board mount..... cut out the rust and botched welding and am fitting in a new panel to weld in. Still racing the fair weather window snapping shut before paint season is over!
Rough fitting...
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Is the panel here one you fashioned yourself or one you bought? Oh...and out of curiosity, what's your welding set-up? |
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djkeev Samba Moderator
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