Project 67

[dustymojave]

[oldschool5er]

Yeah I wasn't paying attention Richard and thought he had adjusters but if I had read back I would have seen he didn't have them, but the beam had been cut and turned quite a bit by the looks of it. Thats good to know about the Sway a Way adjusters as I had always trusted them, hopefully when he retires it won't leave a vacuum as they have always been my go too. I am glad you passed that along so people can look out for old stock. Mark Anderson at Gonzo racing has had two failures in the last few years at the B1k and I respect his build so that had made me even more cautious using adjusters if not really needed. Brians younger than me even, maybe he will find it hard to leave the Biz lol.. as you know very well it kind of sticks to your bones lol.
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[dustymojave]

I have a lot of respect for Brain Skipper. I 1st met him when he was a top engine builder. Then later when he had bought Sway-A-Way, his little brother Tim co-drove my race car and quadruple endoed it. Got the nick name "Flipper Skipper" on my nickle.

But us old farts gotta retire sooner or later. I've been retired for 3 years now.
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Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
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Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet.

[Stauffenberg]

Well Ive been getting after some of the rust and I ordered some panels that already got here, but as we all know you start digging into rust there is always more than what you can see so this happened

I figured it would be pointless to weld a bunch of panels right next to a rusty spot that I couldnt get to with the body on and if its alreaddy this far apart why not go the extra mile
I built the frame to hold it up and it doesnt look like it but its very solid and i screwed it to the wall, last thing I need is it to fall onto my motorcycle

I ordered the panels from CIP1 and two of them were klokkerholm and the other is unknown and ive heard good things and bad about klokkerholm but as long as it has the basic shape im not worried about it

In typical Colorado fashion yesterday it was 60+ and now its 12 and snowing

[Stauffenberg]

Also all of the pan bolts came out without snapping... Is this normal or should I go break one off?

[Stauffenberg]

I tore into the passenger A pillar this weekend and got that wrapped up, but not without bumping my settings on the welder and spending 3 hours getting frustrated and blowing holes through it Ended up cutting some of it back out and fixing it after I figured that out

The A pillar panel I ordered fit something awful on the bottom but I was able to modify it to work aaaannnd the klokkercrap front wheel house area panel I ordered needed some serious hammering to get it to fit
From now on i'll just stick to making my own panels

My welding is getting better and i'm getting better at the stitch welding not as good as quite a few people here but i'm happy with it so far

Since I had taken care of the rust in the front I moved to the luggage shelf/wheel well area where there was another patch over rust like the front wheel well. So I cut all that out and made a few panels and welded it all up

And ground down

Once I get the body back on ill make a new body mount.

Also out of curiosity when your'e welding and you run out of places to attach your ground what do you guys do? I just welded a small tab to an area I already welded and broke it off when I was done

[Stauffenberg]

Finished up the passenger side wheel well today and im happy with how it turned out because I can feel im getting closer to being done with rust repair haha anyway heres some pictures

On to the next side

[joseluis17g]

Looking good
Keep up the good work!
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73 Porsche 911
82 Mercedes UNIMOG
83 Jeep CJ7

[plotch]

Nice work. Doing much the same in the same spots. Thanks for some ideas.

[Stauffenberg]

Thanks joseluis17g and plotch!!

Started on the drivers side which was worse than the passenger side so I was putting it off. First off cut into it....

That was rather stressful as it just kept going
The repair panel I ordered fit like crap all over so I chopped it up quite a bit to make it work and tacked it into place

Partially tacked in

and all the way welded along the seam

I took my time and waited until it cooled all the way down and I did have some warpage but this is the worst of it so I'm pleased

Also knocked out some of the the bottom portion before calling it a day

I can't wait to be done with welding sheet metal

[Buggeee]

I hope my welds look like yours one day. I am not jealous of the opportunities you have found to practice (lol), but the skills you have look awesome to me. Nice work!
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1966 Sportsmobile Camper https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0
72 Super Duper http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=672387
(adopted out) 61 Turkis Pile https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=728764

[Bock]

You are getting a lot done on this thing. You asked about running out of ground for welding. If you have an air sander or something you can just sand the paint off another part of the car as long as there isn't an insulator it will work out just fine.

[Stauffenberg]

Thanks Buggeee! Iv'e checked out your build(s) my first car was an orange 71 Super and I wish it was in as good of shape as yours at least rust wise haha mine was like your minions bug but much worse

Bock, Im trying to haha my goal is to drive it to the Bug-In we have here at the end of July as it will be the first time in 8 years I can attend the show because of my National Guard commitments

[Stauffenberg]

Not much of an update, but progress is progress right?
Wanted to replicate the other side and make it some what look factory but with the panel I had the piece I made went over instead of under but it came out just fine

Also saw someone talk about the flap wheels for angle grinders to knockdown welds and those things are awesome!

[Stauffenberg]

Still working on the bug but didnt get squat done this weekend with the holiday. Last week I did finish off blocking the heater channels and the drivers side rear quarter and luggage tray(forgot to take a picture of the quarter)

Started on the passenger heater channel as thats pretty rusted out
First out with the bad

Weld in the new

And grind it down

You can see that I did put it back on the pan for now and its given me some serious motivation to get this rolling

[20valve]

Great job! Here’s my 67 I’ve been building. My wife and I are going to be driving this to Colorado from Alabama this summer.

[tobiism]

[20valve]

[Stauffenberg]

20valve that thing is SWEET!! You'll have to bring that to the Denver Bug In on the 29th of July so I can check it out!

[Stauffenberg]

Well I won at craigslist today when I found a rolling chassis from a 69 that has almost everything I need to convert to IRS!! the best part was it was FREE
It came with an extra drum to drum beam but the passenger side is bent so i'm not sure how usable that side is but I will have a ton of spare parts after I get what I need so if someone is needing something i'll keep the free train rolling if you come pick it up! The only part that sucks is there is no title or i'd fix the pans and swap it in haha