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TCBeier Samba Member

Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 109 Location: Granite Bay, Ca.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:28 pm Post subject: 1966 body off resto "Stute The Wonder Bug" |
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My brother (aka:Braun)blessed me with a 66VW body and chassy with a 1200 / 6v. I decided to take it down to bare metal and rebuild completely - body off. I am in the 10th week and decided to log the progress here.
Welcome to your new home "Stute".
Not too bad.
did quite a bit of dismantling the first night. The girls were helping too.
they found 3/4 of doobie under the bonnet. _________________ Here's to women, that wonderful vine. She blooms every month, bears every nine. She is the only creature this side of hell...can draw juice from a nut, without crackin' the shell. - CHEERS!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525849&highlight=stute
http://stutethewonderbug.blogspot.com/ |
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flyboat Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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As long as the girls are helping out, it should go fine. If it doesn't, blame the girls. Have fun and make memories
Lots of folks name their cars, but "stute", share this one with us. _________________ 79 super Vert
62 Ragtop Bug
66 tintop Westy
Porsche 914
09 Z06 Vette track car |
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TCBeier Samba Member

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VWcruzer Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:47 am Post subject: |
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Great work so far, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. |
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TCBeier Samba Member

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:05 am Post subject: 1966 body off resto "Stute The Wonder Bug" |
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I found that 4 office chairs to roll the chassy around worked like a charm. I can sit in one place and maneuver the chassy about with ease (while seated).
_________________ Here's to women, that wonderful vine. She blooms every month, bears every nine. She is the only creature this side of hell...can draw juice from a nut, without crackin' the shell. - CHEERS!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525849&highlight=stute
http://stutethewonderbug.blogspot.com/ |
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TCBeier Samba Member

Joined: June 12, 2012 Posts: 109 Location: Granite Bay, Ca.
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:03 am Post subject: 1966 body off resto "Stute The Wonder Bug" |
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Was going to take the spring plates off and got a bit trepidatious because of all the horror stories (WATCH OUT!). So I decided to take the transaxle off first.
Pulling the bearings was a PITA! I finally reshaped a HF puller and it worked.
Here is a close up of the tool that did it. The chain vise kept it from slipping off.
_________________ Here's to women, that wonderful vine. She blooms every month, bears every nine. She is the only creature this side of hell...can draw juice from a nut, without crackin' the shell. - CHEERS!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525849&highlight=stute
http://stutethewonderbug.blogspot.com/ |
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TCBeier Samba Member

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TCBeier Samba Member

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:21 am Post subject: 1966 body off resto "Stute The Wonder Bug" |
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I found that coffee filters were perfect for keeping the tranny free from debris
Now it is time to strip the chassy of all the cables n such.
_________________ Here's to women, that wonderful vine. She blooms every month, bears every nine. She is the only creature this side of hell...can draw juice from a nut, without crackin' the shell. - CHEERS!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525849&highlight=stute
http://stutethewonderbug.blogspot.com/ |
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TCBeier Samba Member

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wayne1230cars Samba Member

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Great work and a very interesting post. Keep the pics coming. _________________ 1960 beetle
1970 beetle convertible |
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TCBeier Samba Member

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:50 am Post subject: 1966 body off resto "Stute The Wonder Bug" |
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Hmmmm... I used a dremmel to mark the steering box location. What a mess!. it grinds when turned, so I guess I have to rebuild this too. Any pointers?
_________________ Here's to women, that wonderful vine. She blooms every month, bears every nine. She is the only creature this side of hell...can draw juice from a nut, without crackin' the shell. - CHEERS!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525849&highlight=stute
http://stutethewonderbug.blogspot.com/ |
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TCBeier Samba Member

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TCBeier Samba Member

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:12 pm Post subject: 1966 body off resto "Stute The Wonder Bug" |
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First attempt at blasting (HF sale on blasters). Nozzle too large for soda ash - try again next week.
This was originally posted on page 198 of what did you do to your beetle today.
I am sorry for the double post. I am trying to get it all on this one thread. _________________ Here's to women, that wonderful vine. She blooms every month, bears every nine. She is the only creature this side of hell...can draw juice from a nut, without crackin' the shell. - CHEERS!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525849&highlight=stute
http://stutethewonderbug.blogspot.com/ |
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TCBeier Samba Member

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:35 pm Post subject: 1966 body off resto "Stute The Wonder Bug" |
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Bought a radio off a Samba member (locally)... seems the only thing the car didn't have. Second purchase was the glass to frame seals for the pop outs. Spent many hours searching info on how best to do it (not a whole lot out there). I found one post here http://www.thebugshop.org/bsp57_17.htm with photos. The guy used a nylon binding strap which was difficult to keep centered. I was dreading the task - as it appeared daunting.
Lo and behold, after trying diff things for several hours, I thought of this cable / turnbuckle thing. The cable rides in the window to body seal grove and cinches it up like a hot knife through butter.Each window went together in 20 minutes. Oh, and I found KY jelly to be the best medium to aid in slipping the frame on. This photo was taken prior to final cinching - see the gap at the seam.
Dental floss perpendicular between rubber n frame helped to keep the rubber in place while cinching.
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This is the last double post I promise! I was so excited about the result that I posted it here http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...lass+frame before starting this resto thread. _________________ Here's to women, that wonderful vine. She blooms every month, bears every nine. She is the only creature this side of hell...can draw juice from a nut, without crackin' the shell. - CHEERS!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525849&highlight=stute
http://stutethewonderbug.blogspot.com/ |
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Chris659 Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Looking really good so far! You have some really nice workspace too! _________________ 61 ragtop, 12 turbo beetle |
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notsnarb Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject: Re: 1966 body off resto "Stute The Wonder Bug" |
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TCBeier wrote: |
Bought a radio off a Samba member (locally)... seems the only thing the car didn't have. Second purchase was the glass to frame seals for the pop outs. Spent many hours searching info on how best to do it (not a whole lot out there). I found one post here http://www.thebugshop.org/bsp57_17.htm with photos. The guy used a nylon binding strap which was difficult to keep centered. I was dreading the task - as it appeared daunting.
Lo and behold, after trying diff things for several hours, I thought of this cable / turnbuckle thing. The cable rides in the window to body seal grove and cinches it up like a hot knife through butter.Each window went together in 20 minutes. Oh, and I found KY jelly to be the best medium to aid in slipping the frame on. This photo was taken prior to final cinching - see the gap at the seam.
Dental floss perpendicular between rubber n frame helped to keep the rubber in place while cinching.
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This is the last double post I promise! I was so excited about the result that I posted it here http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...lass+frame before starting this resto thread. |
OMG, please, please PM me and I'll send you illustrated details on how replace pop-out seals, I do a set every few weeks and it really is the easiest job to do - and I've never ever had to cinch them either. All credit to you for the ingenuity and well done. |
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EA812 Samba Member

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62RagAZ Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Looks like a great project, I see you live in Granite Bay Ca. I am surprised you are able to work on your car in the garage there without neighbors saying anything. My mother lives right near Sierra College and Douglas just up the hill on Sierra College and her neighborhood is full of HOA nazi's I swear!
Looking forward to seeing your progress, have a good one! |
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