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Navydave73
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 Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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Freshly cured paint before color sand
before color sand
My son & I used 1,000grit and 1,500 grit with a bucket of water and a little dishsoap.
My boy said "something wrong with sanding fresh paint. it used to be so shiny". just wait and see!
3M's compound comes in 3 steps. The color of the spout matches the color of the compound and the color of the pad. pretty hard to mess up.
and after compounding/buffing. each compound had a specific speed to operate the buffer. came out pretty good.
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Assembly can begin!
Windshield goes in. What a pain in the ass the chrome deluxe molding is. never done it before.
Rebuilt Speedo, reset to 00000. Thanks Corona Ryan!
Cool OG Bumper I bought in LA.
Personally, I hate Disneyland. but it does make the Bug look old school as well as confirming the originality of the bumper. My Wife and I talked our son into leaving it on there. The red matches our accents anyway.
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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Headliner padding going in. I ordered the Chris Vallone video a few months ago for ragtop headliner installation. it is worth every penny!!! We have watched it several times, my wife is sick of hearing Chris say "Posh"....we have watched it a lot. This video is a must have!
Headliner padding going in. purchased this from Veterans Upholstery Shop in Los Angeles. it was two layers, I peeled off the top layer for all the areas except the door pillars and the roof.
Headliner starts with the door pillars
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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forgot about a broken bolt on the passenger side pan rear axle support. too bad we didn't re-tap this when the body was off.
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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Wiring Works. Excellent instructions, quality of the kit is great and it came with all the grommets! highly recommend.
Popouts installed for the last time. I am very glad we set these up before paint. a little difficult to wrestle with.
Templates for the carpet.
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:03 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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The original German Square Weave Wool Carpet kits are $500 for the 8 piece and $600 for the 9 piece that covers the tunnel. I bought the same carpet at Veterans for $95 a linear yard at 77" wide. Here we are designing our cut print so we can maximize the material and minimize waste. This is the 3rd and final revision before we laid it out on the carpet.
Here is all the carpet pieces cut. hope I didn't screw it up.
another reason why I am doing this project with my son.....QA/QC. The submarine community is still alive because we trust, but verify everything. I took the opportunity of laying out the carpet to discuss Quality Assurance and Quality Control with my son.
How do we control quality? We drew out the cut plan and made templates with cardboard to make sure everything will have enough material to trim.
How do we Assure quality? I laid it out with chalk on the actual carpet based on our drawing. Then, I had my son (Logan) double check my measurements and layout and give me a check mark in chalk on each outlined piece. Then we cut.
I hope these are the little things that he will remember about me and this project when I am dead and gone. I am very proud of him.....and jealous....he gets to paly with the car on summer break after swim practice while I am at work!
He has been slaving away on the steering wheel every day. POR15 epoxy...let it sit for 48hrs....then sand away. I think we are getting really close to painting that also. |
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Moodster
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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| Excellent build thread! Very motivational for those of us with a project sitting in the garage. Anyone can just hand the keys to their kid, but the boy who helps build his own car is the one who learns skills and life lessons. He is the lucky one. |
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EverettB 
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mukluk
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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Outstanding job getting another one back on the road, igniting interest in our hobby, passing on skills to a new generation, and showing what can be done with a bit of thought and perseverance. 
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lovethatconvertible
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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[quote="Navydave73"]Wiring Works. Excellent instructions, quality of the kit is great and it came with all the grommets! highly recommend.
Seriously, you painted the speedometer cable? Couldn't of removed it and re- lubed for peace of mind?
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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[quote="lovethatconvertible"]
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Wiring Works. Excellent instructions, quality of the kit is great and it came with all the grommets! highly recommend.
Seriously, you painted the speedometer cable? Couldn't of removed it and re- lubed for peace of mind? |
Haha. It was cut when the Baja crew chopped the car. I have a shiny new one that will be going in. |
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:07 am Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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| Awesome progress and I love the carpet layout and design for max usage |
Thanks Everett. It was driven by the cost of the carpet and not to mention, they cut it short. I bought 2 yards which should have been 72” but it was 68”. So rather than go back to the shop and try to return, we went through a few different revisions on our layout, moving pieces around until we had a good cut plan. The center carpet for the tunnel was the piece that was difficult to find a place for. It’s not correct for this year car, but Logan and my wife like the look. |
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Corney13
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 11:02 am Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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| Looks awesome, great job! |
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AlanInMass54
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| Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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| Fantastic work on this car by you and your boys, Sir! One hell of a transformation. Very much looking forward to a resto topic on the Bus next! |
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car_cursed
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:58 am Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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| What wiring harness did you go with? I need one for my '60 as well. |
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swharris
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:07 am Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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| Moodster wrote: |
| Excellent build thread! Very motivational for those of us with a project sitting in the garage. Anyone can just hand the keys to their kid, but the boy who helps build his own car is the one who learns skills and life lessons. He is the lucky one. |
Agree 100%. Those details come naturally to some, but those of us "blessed" with the curse of ADD(which runs strong in our family) don't naturally have that aptitude. Keep it up, and thank you for including those hints and tips! |
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:47 am Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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| car_cursed wrote: |
| What wiring harness did you go with? I need one for my '60 as well. |
Wiring Works purchased at Wolfsburg West for $240. It came with everything except battery cables. Wiring Diagram as well as the schematic, headlight connectors. Very worth the money. It even had a section of the instructions to cut out and put in the fuse block like the original that tells you what fuse does what. |
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:49 am Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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| swharris wrote: |
| Moodster wrote: |
| Excellent build thread! Very motivational for those of us with a project sitting in the garage. Anyone can just hand the keys to their kid, but the boy who helps build his own car is the one who learns skills and life lessons. He is the lucky one. |
Agree 100%. Those details come naturally to some, but those of us "blessed" with the curse of ADD(which runs strong in our family) don't naturally have that aptitude. Keep it up, and thank you for including those hints and tips! |
thank you....Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is my special power and I must use for the good of the universe. over the years I have also learned to push the "F%$@ It" button and move forward. We can analyze forever and never get anything done, but at some point we gotta aim for 80% and launch the damn plane. |
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:55 am Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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We did hot up the bug yesterday, tested the lights and wipers! we might have the running lights & brake lights backwards but no big deal. I couldn't get the flasher to work though. I put power to the turn bulbs and they lit up so it isn't a grounding issue.
I have an old 12V flasher that looks really nice, I hate to replace it with some black plastic thing, maybe we will crack it open and see if it is just contact points that need cleaning.
but it was cool to see the headlights and taillights light up! |
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Navydave73
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 Ragtop Resurrection from Baja |
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Started the carpet
The luggage tray area before cutting and trimming the pieces
Looking good, not glued in yet. I need to buy the heater trim rings from WW this Friday, almost forgot and glued the carpet in.
Snuck in a few minutes to install the passenger turn signal lense on my Bus
My Pfaff sewing machine with the new binder foot attachment. I suck at using it, definitely something you have to get used to. I am pretty good with upholstery, or you will see soon, but this carpet binder.....Loser! 
Gratuitous shot of the pre-glued-down-luggage area. I saw in the Bentley manual that there is a piece of rope sewn to the back of the carpet where it meets the headliner in the back, so i sewed a piece of 1/4” rope to the carpet and tucked it behind the firewall. Looks pretty good. Don’t look at my corners...Jeez this thing is tuff
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