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PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:26 pm    Post subject: 1973 Bubbled Rear Apron & Restoration Thread Reply with quote

Is this original material on a 73?

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:35 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

That doesn't look correct,
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:13 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

I think the bulged rear apron was introduced on German built bugs for the 75 model year, something to do with extra space for a cat on FI cars, but was used on all models till production ended.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:00 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

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Like that American paint theme!
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:39 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

$150 15yrs ago, put a single port in, now should I fix it?



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:44 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

They sprayed everything, hiding the beautiful red.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:11 am    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

That VW wants to be Red
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:47 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron & Rebuild, Ugg....... Reply with quote

Had to drill one door bolt

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Body off pan time, nice and easy bolt removal. A few pan bolts are being sticky, water got in way back in the day

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Uglyness


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:54 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron & Rebuild, Ugg. Reply with quote

Did the subject change work?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:55 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron & Rebuild, Ugg....... Reply with quote

How come I cant change the subject line to this???


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:06 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

Original red hiding. Stripped the white off and removed the primer with lacquer thinner. Bingo.

Awesome, no accident, dent free almost all rust free car.....Anyone want it????

I just fix it, stare at it, and and it will just sit, like my others.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:56 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

Extraction, pilot hole


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 1:19 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

260KMN wrote:
I think the bulged rear apron was introduced on German built bugs for the 75 model year, something to do with extra space for a cat on FI cars, but was used on all models till production ended.



So this bug cam from Germany?? How do I find out where it came from? Anyone??
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:58 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

That apron was probably purchased at the vw dealer in the 80s to repair a damaged one. I think the older ones were NLA.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:26 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

260KMN wrote:
I think the bulged rear apron was introduced on German built bugs for the 75 model year, something to do with extra space for a cat on FI cars, but was used on all models till production ended.


It was used on German production cars from MY 1975 on.
The Mexican beetles from 1978 on used the old flat apron again until they got a catalytic converter (1992?).
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:58 am    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

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So this bug cam from Germany??


all US market bugs came from Germany. Wink you have a standard with IRS so it is a US market bug, on which someone replaced the rear apron with a later model's part. Nothing to worry about.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:48 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

Diamond blue1969 got it right, there was a time in the 70s and 80s when that rear apron was the only one available from the dealer.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:45 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

Who likes a bubbled rear end anyway Shocked Shocked Shocked

So this rear is an original replacement on this car?

Noticed the decklid was replaced, must of been tapped in the back way back in the day. Also it was resprayed red over the original red on the outside when delayering.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:23 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

This paint stripper sucks.

What happened to the stuff that burned your body parts when it got on you and dried up hard, instead of this slime.???

Guess I have the wrong formula Exclamation Idea Exclamation

Crap
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:36 pm    Post subject: Re: 1973 Bubble Rear Apron Reply with quote

And I gave Her 3 dollars Shocked Shocked Shocked
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