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62DoKaGuy
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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2018 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: single cab gate repair |
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| glideking wrote: |
Like a familiar face. I have gotten to know the look of my truck after all these years. If I know about a detail and can see it I have to try to include it. When I see shiny new gates at a show first thing I look for are those dimples. Are they real VW or repop? If you ask me at a car show to see my dimples I will pull down my pants. |
Haven't seen you since Bugorama last year, but I will make a note for next time: give kuddos for excellent attention to detail and thorough documentation; refrain from mentioning anything about dimples haha. Thanks for the great overview and for FINALLY getting those gates going haha. Cheers.
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
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5/61 Panel (sold)
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glideking
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:38 pm Post subject: gate repair |
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Removed all burrs so joints fit tight.
Rust inhibitor where it needs it most.
Step bit for making drain holes. I remembered to drill these before assembly so the holes can be deburred and prepped. I used an abrasive wheel in a Dremel to soften the drain holes so they will DRAIN!
Rant:
Paint will be very thin at sharp edges. It can be easily damaged and rust will form. All edges must be rounded for good paint coverage.
End rant.
Convoluted method for aligning parts for welding.
Clean plug weld holes.
Crimping.
Going for that steam punk look.
Test fit. I used a five pound hammer and blocks of wood to beat the gates into shape and set gaps on the truck before they get any paint.
Kurt
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1959 Single Cab Restoration"Funky Truck"
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...highlight=
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plane_ben
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 12:07 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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I can only imagine what your wood work looks like. Very impressive!
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Who.Me? 
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: gate repair |
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| glideking wrote: |
| Going for that steam punk look. |
It has its merits. Just needs clearcoat and some brass hobnails.
Awesome work and thanks for documenting it in detail. I think that this and Huetti's thread have become the reference books for single cab restos.
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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So much talent and attention to detail Kurt. You set the bar high!
I'm looking forward to seeing them painted, mounted on the single cab and the whole package together for the first time.
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glideking
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Mile High Puma
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:16 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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Damn Kurt, that looks awesome. Glad you came to your senses and lowered it, love those 20” stock style rims too! 
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DadaCheese
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:29 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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Kurt,
Love it, now you can also get that Subaru conversion in that you've been putting off. 
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:58 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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Needs earlies, and maybe some scallops!
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 10:19 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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Don't forget the pink wiper blades, fluffy dice on the rear view mirror and the pinstripes on the tires...
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cru62
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 11:24 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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SUNROOF!!!!
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Da TOW'D
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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and chop the wheel wells
April fools
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Major Woody
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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| That green bustruck would look so fresh with "Florida Look" white window rubber. I hear Johnny's Speed and Chrome is coming out with a set for single cabs. |
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glideking
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fotoroadie
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:53 am Post subject: Re: single cab gate repair welding |
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All metalwork is now done. No more cutting, blasting, welding, grinding or pounding.
Kurt...
When are you going to paint the gates?
I still don't know when...
17 days left to Kelley Park show.
Even the soap dish has been welded on.
The next few weeks are looking very dusty.
Kurt |
Roll 'em to the show like that so people can see detail of you're work mid-stream |
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nlorntson
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:58 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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Hey Kurt
The gates are looking great thus far!
If you haven't already, I'd recommend using some of the eastwood internal frame coating stuff or rust encapsulator on the internal ribs before you get started on the bodywork.
It's an awful, messy job if you don't tape off all the seams, but it will add the rustproofing and future water protection you'll want to keep Funkys gates in great shape after a rain storm.
BulliBill Bowman shared his technique of this step, but he did it after paint.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7298342#7298342 |
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62DoKaGuy
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:31 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Single Cab Restoration Thread "Funky Truck" |
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Hey Kurt
The gates are looking great thus far!
If you haven't already, I'd recommend using some of the eastwood internal frame coating stuff or rust encapsulator on the internal ribs before you get started on the bodywork.
It's an awful, messy job if you don't tape off all the seams, but it will add the rustproofing and future water protection you'll want to keep Funkys gates in great shape after a rain storm.
BulliBill Bowman shared his technique of this step, but he did it after paint.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7298342#7298342 |
I did the same to mine, based on Bill's thread, and did two coats. It made the gates a little heavier, but nothing too major. I also solved the problem of the few remaining audible rust/dust/unknown particles that would shift, whenever I opened/shut the gates. They were caught up in the Rust Encapsulator, and now it's all quiet. Whether or not you go that route, it is a option out there - a MESSY option, so do it BEFORE bodywork and paint.
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
4/62 Double Cab
5/61 Panel (sold)
4/59 Single Cab (sold) |
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sgellis
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glideking
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:27 pm Post subject: single cab gate repair welding |
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Internal frame coating is my middle name. I will do it after the first coat of epoxy. I don't want it between the bond of the epoxy directly to the bare steel. I let it run around and soak into the seams them wipe off all the runs.
As much as I like the "funky green" paint I am glad when the last of it is all washed off. Clean bare steel to start a good foundation.
Short strand waterproof polyester on each weld.
After a very noisy session with the shrinking disk on both sides of each panel I started the skim coat.
90% ends up on the floor.
I just realized that two days ago was the break even point if I had purchased reproduction gates. Repo gates would require all the work I would be doing from then on if not more.
15 days left.
Kurt
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1959 Single Cab Restoration"Funky Truck"
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...highlight=
1965 21 Window Restoration Thread (From old photos)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6...highlight=
1963 Panelvan build "Tyvanosaurus Wrecks"
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