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T64sunroof
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 Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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| It's just fantastic to see this beetle coming back to life in stock form! |
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Brendel20
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Location: Troy, IL
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| Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Making some progress on this one. Working back to front. As you can see, lots of rust.
Did some cutting
Some Welding
Took lots of measurements, angles, and locked in OG location prior to cutting
Cut out the junk and carefully fitted the new section.
Not welded, but fitted and perfect
Up next, rear apron
Both sides done
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Rome
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 4:53 am Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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| Also been cleaning up my splitcase. |
Is that really the same transmission you showed at disassembly? Egads- the huge amount of corrosion powder in the bellhousing! How did you clean that out? Did you treat the cleaned off surface with anything?
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Fifty-Eight Rag
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icekoffee
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Is that an autocraft rear apron? You will have to let us know how she fits. I am impressed with the quality but haven't tackled fitting it just yet. Car is looking great.... Although I didn't love seeing your bus in the classifieds 
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Brendel20
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Location: Troy, IL
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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No the rear is from Virtanen. Fit and quality is top notch. I've gotten quite a few parts from him recently. All are great and fast shipping.
Unfortunately I only have so much garage space and can't park projects outside in my neighborhood. I have my eye on something else so something has to go and it won't be my wife's car  |
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Brendel20
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Here's the rear apron fitted and welded.
Also working on fitting the left channel and a little work up front.
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GELS
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Great work Brendal! I'm in a similar position with a 54 too. Similar amount of rot too  |
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Brendel20
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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| Thanks! I need to update this thread. There’s been a lot of work completed since my last post. Best of luck on your build. Updates soon |
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BulliBill
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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...so will this beauty be showing up "in progress" at Russ & Jodi's upcoming Volkstoberfest Show at the Shafley Bottleworks on Oct 6th? We hope to see you there, it's been a while!
Bill Bowman
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[email protected]
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Nice sweet ride. I got a 1954 oval awhile back & my boys are old enough now to help so we’re gonna start working on it.
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Brendel20
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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| BulliBill wrote: |
...so will this beauty be showing up "in progress" at Russ & Jodi's upcoming Volkstoberfest Show at the Shafley Bottleworks on Oct 6th? We hope to see you there, it's been a while!
Bill Bowman |
Hey, Bill...good to see you at the bottleworks. Sorry I’m just now responding to this. This one won’t be making any events for a while unless the event takes place in my garage |
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Brendel20
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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| Nice sweet ride. I got a 1954 oval awhile back & my boys are old enough now to help so we’re gonna start working on it. |
Thanks! That’s awesome you are making it a father son project. My son is only 4 but already loves vws. Hopefully he’ll be welding soon. |
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Brendel20
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:16 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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I have a couple other projects that have slowed the progress on this car but here are a couple pics of the latest work:
Both doors have bottom rot requiring complete replacement. I’ll add some welding pics when that happens
Here’s the right side and a little work getting the door to fit.
I put it on the chassis to see how things were lining up and to allow better door fitting. Long way to go but lots of progress from where it started
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fes
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Amazing work so far and hats off to your persistence..seeing the condition of yours when starting out makes me feel better about mine..rusty,and need of the repairs in most areas you are tackling.
I have a few questions for you..
What was the media of blasting agent used on your body,sand?..if so anything special about it..black gold? one can go cross eyed and have a million opinions searching the "paint/body" forum here..
I too need to graft a lower donor area on my passenger door,was yours from an Oval or a later door?
The pans look fantastic and it looks like you went with Klassicfab channels,did you by chance dryfit them to the chassis before welding in to the body?I''m looking for measurements on how far the front should stick out past the napolean's hat area and how far they should sit forward of the rear cross braces where the rear firewall/body crossbraces rest
Keep up the good work,looking forward to more updates
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Brendel20
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2018 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Thanks! So I do not know the exact brand of sand type abrasive but the shop I took it to took care not to get too aggressive so nothing would warp.
The door bottoms are Virtanen and channels are KF. I didn’t do any dry fitting but took lots of measurements before cutting out the originals. I can get you some measurements soon. Good luck! |
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Brendel20
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Well it’s been a bit since my last post but I’ve been slowly truckn along on this 54. Just got in a set of BBT fenders from cip1 and loosely bolted them up. First impressions are great. I plan to makes some more updates soon....
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56samba
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Glad to see some progress again!
The fenders look really nice, when I was working on my 54 they weren't available back then and it took a lot of time and patience to fix year correct ones. It will save you a lot of time and from the pics they look really nice. Please let us know how they fit and how the running board area looks. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you want to hammer out the two dimples in the buckets?
Can't wait to see your car in paint., L213 is such a beautiful and yet so rare color!
Best regards,
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3foldfolly
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| Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:15 am Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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| How about an update on this build? |
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dtadpole
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 5:55 am Post subject: Re: Brendel20's 1954 Beetle Build |
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Hows the oval coming along! Looking great so far!
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