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S4loridaguy
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:59 pm    Post subject: My junk Reply with quote

I have been a gearhead since birth - mostly Mopars with a Ford or Chevy tossed in here and there, from beaters to the full-on rotisserie resto thing. But I just recently got bit by the Bug - bug. I was at VW car show and saw my first Volksrod. I thought to myself, "That is BAD ASS!" Of course I had to have one.

I found a 68 Bug that had a crushed roof due to a tree falling on it. I brought it home and commenced to my first chop top endeavor. Since all cars need a name, and due to the amount of body filler used to fix my welding imperfections, the 68 was christened "James Bondo V-007." I drew some door art using the VW script. I flipped the Volkswagen "L" to make the "7".
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:21 pm    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

Because I can't sit still and finish one project before starting another, I decided to build a garage mate for James. I wanted to build a Volksrod truck so I started looking at other truck builds. I liked the idea of using the rear portion of a truck cab but didn't want to spend too much. And everyone around here thinks their rusted junk is worth at least $1000. Then I discovered the cab of my Dodge Ram had very similar body lines to the Beetle. Here:
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:31 pm    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

And just like that project V-100 was born. I found this body
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and found a wrecked Ram for $200 and the surgery commenced.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

Parted most of the Ram out and made my money back +++. Cool I still have plenty to do but I'm happy with my progress so far. Th Ram had vents in the rear section of the cab, which I wanted to keep. Luckily they were narrow enough that I was able to save them.
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I cut out the rear cab corners
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and transferred that to the V-100
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Did the same for the roof corner too
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:50 pm    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

Somewhere along the line I ended up mis-measuring or mis-cutting something, which put the driver side an inch shorter than the passenger side. This caused the back glass area to be all jacked up. So I cut out and rewelded two days worth of work. I got the sides within an 1/8 of an inch, which is good enough for me.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 8:32 am    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

Nice job repurposing domestic sheet metal. Looks good.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:54 pm    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

Nice work. Is the roof widened and stretched on the first bug?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 5:19 am    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

Ha! This is going to be fun.
Keeps the pics coming and best of luck Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:32 am    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

eyetzr wrote:
Nice job repurposing domestic sheet metal. Looks good.

Thanks.

NJ John wrote:
Nice work. Is the roof widened and stretched on the first bug?

The first bug has a Fernon's chop, so the roof is laid down, the a-pillars canted in, and a pie cut behind the two back windows.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:04 pm    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

That is unreal.That cab graft is awesome.Love a good Beetle truck build. Over here we call the utes.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 2:33 pm    Post subject: Re: My junk Reply with quote

Dude! That looks awesome and the body graft came out great! 👌🏿
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