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BryanNunes Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2010 Posts: 88 Location: Hollister
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:30 pm Post subject: BNR 52 convertible build |
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Hello everyone wanted to share the latest build that I'm starting on its a 52 convertible built on February 14 1952, I'll be doing a full stock restoration form top to bottom. For those that know me I've been into Volkswagen since I was 13 years old, I started taking auto body classes in vocational in high school, than getting my first body man job at 16 in a collision shop form there went to a hot rod shop at 22 to work for a private VW collector at 25 to start my own shop at 28 to the present day. I've worked on a lot of cars form american muscle cars to rare European coach built cars I specialize in true metal shaping and high end paint jobs. Stay tuned...
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vwhelmot Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2006 Posts: 617 Location: united kingdom
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:30 am Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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Now that's how to start a build thread. No messing! Looking forward. |
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56samba Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2015 Posts: 262 Location: Germany
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 2:50 am Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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Wow that's a cool project! I think it's in good hands...
Do you also restore the Mercedes Gullwing in background? |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69813 Location: Phoenix Metro
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sled Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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yes PLEASE share with us as many photos as you can!
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BryanNunes Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2010 Posts: 88 Location: Hollister
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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Yes it is 300sl gulping a 1955 I doing for a customer, I'm shaping and making firewall forward, fenders inner and outer wheel wells, and around the grill there going to be more you see pictures on my social media pages. The body on the vert is actually clean it just has rust in the heater channel, under the back seat, and behind the body mounts above the rear axles, compared to last brown 51 vert I did this one is going to be a walk in the park.
The front pass quarter has a little tap that just needs a little pull
In the trunk compartment there some random holes that is going to be fixed
I first started by taking off all the weather strip clips or J clip off the body cause there a rust trap so when the body gets blasted it gets cleaned out.
I like starighten out the metal strips that holds the window rubber on top of the door and quarters so it makes easy to drop the side windows back in and put the rubber strips on after the car is painted
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sled Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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is that car grey?
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BryanNunes Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2010 Posts: 88 Location: Hollister
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sled Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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fantastic _________________ drive your split. |
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Raisedup58 Samba Member
Joined: December 26, 2011 Posts: 263 Location: Pocatello, Idaho
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:19 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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Only the best color combo on a split vert. _________________ L245 Original Paint Light Bronze 1958 Ragtop
L456 Original Paint Ruby Red 1961 Sedan
Orignal Paint Beetle Wheel Collector
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VW's At The Springs
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belairman Samba Member
Joined: June 06, 2010 Posts: 399
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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Your work is beautiful, will be following build. |
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Telephunken Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2004 Posts: 274 Location: Northern California
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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My old 50’ Cab was that “Atlantic Green” with “pastel green” sides. I remember sanding the crappy paint and finding the old green OG paint underneath. I love that color combo. I would love to see a pic of that car today...... |
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BryanNunes Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2010 Posts: 88 Location: Hollister
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BryanNunes Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2010 Posts: 88 Location: Hollister
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 7:02 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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So I got the car off the pan today was having a hell of a time even with the forklift, I looked underneath and found that someone had stitched welded the support rails to the pan
Once I got them cut it came right off
I cut the car in half and started by cutting out the vert front inner supports than was able to cut out the rusted heater channels.
I like to fully remove the inner panel cause they aren’t coated to prevent rust and if you see the second picture that’s a bare weld form factory by the crotch cooler that now can be coated you can see Volkswagens grey primer
On a side note when I was looking at the high beam switch area the November 51 convertible I did while back it had welded in nuts form the back and this February 52 has nut inserts it’s the little things.
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D-train Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2007 Posts: 1455
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:16 am Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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Can’t wait for more! _________________ shiny paint doesnt make it worth any more |
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oldbusboy Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2006 Posts: 604 Location: Bowen Island, BC Canada
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:57 am Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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Looks great! You are really breaking this car down before you build it up.
Trevor _________________ 1968 porsche |
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splitjunkie Samba Member
Joined: April 04, 2006 Posts: 4092
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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BryanNunes wrote: |
On a side note when I was looking at the high beam switch area the November 51 convertible I did while back it had welded in nuts form the back and this February 52 has nut inserts it’s the little things.
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From my October '51 sedan. It has the crimpted in nut inserts
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You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld |
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BryanNunes Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2010 Posts: 88 Location: Hollister
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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oldbusboy wrote: |
Looks great! You are really breaking this car down before you build it up.
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Not really I’m not going to take anything else off the front section I’ve noticed on the cars I’ve done in the past what Volkswagen did for rust prevention was really good but when they went to other coach built company they didn’t do much if not anything to prevent the rust. As you can see in the front section the blaster can get down into the lower pockets of the quarters and in the front fire wall, I use as much rust prevention products as I can like resign based weld threw primers not that copper or zink spray it accelerates rust cause of the differences of metals. _________________ https://www.facebook.com/BNRestoration
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BryanNunes Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2010 Posts: 88 Location: Hollister
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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splitjunkie wrote: |
BryanNunes wrote: |
On a side note when I was looking at the high beam switch area the November 51 convertible I did while back it had welded in nuts form the back and this February 52 has nut inserts it’s the little things.
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From my October '51 sedan. It has the crimpted in nut inserts
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I really dig things like this I wonder when Volkswagen switched cause who know how long karmman had the body’s for before they where finished _________________ https://www.facebook.com/BNRestoration
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splitjunkie Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:34 am Post subject: Re: BNR 52 convertible build |
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I think for some things like weld nuts that there was not a hard cutoff date for these minor changes. I believe that they would have made these changes to the different assembly lines over a course of at least several days maybe even longer. They were functionally equivalent and no customer would ever notice that some cars had one type of threaded insert over another. I know that there are plenty of mid 50's cars with the traditional stamped weld nuts for fender mounting and fewer examples of cars from the same period with square weld nuts so they did sometimes use different looking but functionally equivalent weld nuts in those locations.
That being said, Karmann would have definitely taken much longer to complete a car than the VW factory.
Based on the '51 LIFE magazine pictures of the VW factory we do know that VW supplied these bodies to Karmann as their starting point.
As you stated earlier, they would have been dunked in primer just like every other Beetle shell but Karmann would not have so you are going to have areas with no protection behind panels added by them. _________________ Chris
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