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kidosteele
Mr. Butthurt
Joined: July 14, 2004
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Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
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 Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 3:02 pm Post subject: 1965 beetle my 1st pan off |
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ok so I have been around Volkswagens my whole life... (I'm 29) My dad had a VW shop here in Saint Petersburg, FL and in 96 closed the doors up, do to a very bad accident while driving a VW.. long story short it's in the blood... I have owned 20+ VWs since I was able to work for my own money..
the Beetle is a 65 its in rough shape but very savable
plans are first off to just get it back on the road.. it did run and drive when I bought it (with a push start)..
I'm leaning toward a Cal Look standard
•no body chrome
•blade bumpers
•no front turn signals (ran in the place of the parking lights w/ LEDs)
•lowered (static at first, maybe air later)
•narrowed front track
•1600 to 1915 (1600cc to start with to get it back on the road)
most of the work will be done by myself.. I don't know how to weld so I will leave that to a friend of mine (Dave Perry) of Nice Rack!
On with the pics
this was the day after it got home, it did have full almost blackout tint on it..
the day after that.. I tore all the interior out of it.. to see what was really there...
I will update as the progress happens |
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grandpa pete
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Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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greetings fellow St. Petersburg resident and welcome to the world of VW fixing up....I am working on a 66 and might have some answers for you on how to fix them up....I suggest you read some of the projects and build threads and learn from others mistakes ( it's cheeper ) I will send you a pm with a land line if you want it.......
I live in northeast St. pete
Check out the thread below
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carcrazed
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| Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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very restorable...just have patience and it will all come together.
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kidosteele
Mr. Butthurt
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Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
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thanks for the offer Pete.. when did you get the eggplant? thought you only had the bus and the yellow car??
carcrazed that's all I have is patience... lol and when that's all gone I have hammers... lol
but really thanks for the encouragement |
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kidosteele
Mr. Butthurt
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 7:23 am Post subject: |
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fenders coming off for a further inspection
more pictures to come |
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grandpa pete
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took me a minute to figure out what an eggplant was..  ....the color is 1971 Chrysler " Plum Crazy " ; which the granddaughter titled the " purple car " and the sedan delivery will be two toned to mix and match
I sold the yellow convertible two years ago 
I traded the " purple car " for the bus last year 
AND I figured out who you are ; You should have kept that little beige one !!!......what was that 5 cars ago !!!
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Heathejj97
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 7:45 am Post subject: |
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Nice bug mate that heater channel pic scares me  but thats a sweet project : |
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kidosteele
Mr. Butthurt
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Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| grandpa pete wrote: |
took me a minute to figure out what an eggplant was.. ....the color is 1971 Chrysler " Plum Crazy " ; which the granddaughter titled the " purple car " and the sedan delivery will be two toned to mix and match
I sold the yellow convertible two years ago
I traded the " purple car " for the bus last year
AND I figured out who you are ; You should have kept that little beige one !!!......what was that 5 cars ago !!! |
yea that was the 67... it may have been that many air cooleds ago but more like 15 total cars ago.... |
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kidosteele
Mr. Butthurt
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Heathejj97 wrote: |
| Nice bug mate that heater channel pic scares me but thats a sweet project : |
thanks Heat yea they scare me also... |
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kidosteele
Mr. Butthurt
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kidosteele
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 7:49 am Post subject: |
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engine is out and torn down....
very crusty... its thick like tar...
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kidosteele
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2014 11:06 am Post subject: |
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40 cans of cleaner later
exhaust studs are going to need replacing... whats amazing is it had no leaks.. but with the stinger it had who could really hear it..
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kidosteele
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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These are the seats that came in the beetle... they were U-bolted to the stock seat tracks.... lol
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chink13
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| what kind of cleaner did you use?? that case looks great!! |
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kidosteele
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| chink13 wrote: |
| what kind of cleaner did you use?? that case looks great!! |
I used a local parts house brand "brake clean"
and some Purple Rush from Ardex a local detail supply...
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kidosteele
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 11:49 am Post subject: |
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time to get to work...
I don't think I need all this but I'd rather have it and not need it...
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kidosteele
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:32 pm Post subject: LET THE WELDING COMMENCE |
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kidosteele
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kidosteele
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| now he is on to the drivers side... |
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63Ragtop NZ
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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good work, keep it up!
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