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theKbStockpiler
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 Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: 1964 beetle rust repair questions |
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Here's a link for repair panels.
https://www.millsupply.com/auto-body-rust-repair-p...s-rockers/
The fender areas are a compound bend with a lip so it's going to be involved to do a nice job with that. The metal has to be shrunk or stretched and the same goes for the lip.
If you hammer a piece of sheet metal on a anvil , it will curve up away from the anvil and towards the hammer giving you a cheap method to make a compound curve.
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: 1964 beetle rust repair questions |
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Looks like you’re going to need to replace a heater channel. If not, they make a piece for just the outside. I have one somewhere.
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theKbStockpiler
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:55 am Post subject: Re: 1964 beetle rust repair questions |
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I think the images and the quality of the parts are two different issues. A lot of the parts do not fit perfectly and taking a better picture would take more time.
Somehow they cut corners on there stamping mold. The parts are consistent compared to the same part they made but there is usually an area that does not match perfectly that connects to another panel.
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67ctbug
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:15 am Post subject: Re: 1964 beetle rust repair questions |
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I’m pretty sure that’s the right one.
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