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Stevo_L Samba Member
Joined: February 21, 2013 Posts: 10 Location: AUT
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 9:09 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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Thank you sir.
After trimming off the excess on the rear edge of the header bow, I also wanted to recreate the rolled edge of the original. While I initially thought that this rolled edge was to stiffen the piece, I determined that it was probably more of a “safety feature” due to the fact that all of the interior facing edges are rolled.
Knowing that it was unlikely that I could bend this along the total length & it still look decent, I decided to use a section of 1/4” brake line & after bending it to shape, I clamped a couple of scraps to the bow as a guide & began tack welding the tubing to the bow.
Unfortunately, even though I have welded to brake tubing before, this particular type became quite brittle after welding to it & cracked where the weld met the tubing. …
Oh well… looks like I’ll be finding an alternative.
In the meantime, this happened.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2021 9:14 am Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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Back in April…
And this morning…
10,000 miles in 4 months. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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didget69 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 4925 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:59 am Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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TDCTDI wrote: |
PeteSC wrote: |
Nice work bringing this back to life. Always enjoy your build threads. |
So I liberated a wiper shaft from a Beetle, and just to give it a VW feel, I snagged a window crank from another & fused them together.
The outer sleeve was just a bit too short to work but, by locking a couple of retaining nuts onto the sleeve..,
I was able to create enough friction to thread the crimped stop back enough to pass through the windshield frame.
I now has mechanical wipers.
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... join us for next week's exciting Adventure, where Chris turns wiper motors into window lift motors for a Beetle...
😂
Bryan _________________ I never found the need to impress people with any mechanic certifications, trophies or track wins... unless it was for Mom to post on the refrigerator door. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2022 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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OK folks, I recently sold the Warthog and the buyer decided to have me replace the pans. I will post the process here to keep him updated & to bring everyone along for the ride.
The new owner purchased these “premium quality” pans from “The Thing Shop”…. These are the same thin gauge, crappy, vague stamping pans that are available through all the other vendors.
So… do not pay a premium for the same old shit.
Today’s task was to start prepping the pans by stitching up the relief cuts in n the passenger side pan. After cleaning off the paint & a little hammer & dolly work, I began filling the seams.
And after a bit of grinding & planishing, it’s a bit more presentable.
I will leave this last relief open until the pan is in the car. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:42 am Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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Today was just a rinse & repeat of yesterday for the other pan half, clean off paint, hammer & dolly, stitch up, & clean off the excess.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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kent70ghia Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2020 Posts: 172 Location: WA
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2022 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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Chris, miss your posts from Ghiapet, Scullduggery, and the Warthog. What has happened with Scullduggery? |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:58 am Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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kent70ghia wrote: |
Chris, miss your posts from Ghiapet, Scullduggery, and the Warthog. What has happened with Scullduggery? |
World’s shortest attention span.
I still have it, it’s just been really busy & I have picked up a couple other projects… must…. continue…. to…. focus…
Too bad I can’t post about my air bagged ‘47 Plymouth business coupe with a TDI & 6-speed (on the column) manual transmission.
But here’s a taste…
Here’s how I converted an Audi Quattro transmission to rear wheel drive.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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PeteSC Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2011 Posts: 881
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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I'd love to see more on the TDI Plymouth. Not that you need more threads to keep up with....but if you were so inclined perhaps a thread on it would be allowed in the "Off-Topic" forum section? |
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toxicavenger70 Samba Member
Joined: July 28, 2019 Posts: 869 Location: CO
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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PeteSC wrote: |
I'd love to see more on the TDI Plymouth. Not that you need more threads to keep up with....but if you were so inclined perhaps a thread on it would be allowed in the "Off-Topic" forum section? |
Same. It sounds badass! |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:52 am Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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After a couple foul weather events & waiting for the slush & brine to clear, I finally got the beast back to the shop to begin the tear down.
Today, I began to remove the pan bolts. My strategy for this is to break them all loose, back them out a bit, soak the threads with PBlaster, & then tighten them back up so that the penetrant can do its magic on the part of the bolts above the captive nut.
As usual, the quality of the replacement pans leaves much to be desired. Due to vague stampings, lack of or misaligned holes, and thinner gauge of metal, I always (when I can.) use the original pan supports & outer bolt flange.
The factory pans have an additional bit of support for the jack points that can be seen here.
It would not be possible to separate this in such a way that it could be used again if removed, so I began to assess how much of the bolt flange could be used.
I noticed some damage on the driver side that I wanted to correct before separating the body.
So I clamped some angle iron to it to use as a straight edge/buck, if you will, & began to beat it back into shape.
Mo betta.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 11:14 am Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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After inspecting the new seat tracks supplied by The Thing Shop, I decided to reuse the originals from the beast.
This means that I needed to strategically hack the original tracks out of the car. The first thing I did was to remove the passenger seat & it’s 2x4 seat brackets.
The carriage bolts that were used spun freely in the wood so I had to cut the nuts off the threads under the car.
After yanking the seat out…
I then made a few starting points by plunging the cutting disc through what was left of the pan.
And then began hacking away.
I never knew that the seat tracks were at such a jaunty angle in a thing.
Anywho, I finally got it lopped out.
Here you can see the huge disparity between the original tracks & the crappy ones supplied by The Thing Shop.
It’s hard to see in this pic how much thinner gauge of sheet metal is used on the aftermarket tracks.
And even the front brace is completely different…
As I began to whittle away rotten old pan & the layers of patches, I saw that I needed to make a couple of repairs to the seat tracks. You can see that the end of the brace has rotted away.
Fortunately, some of the patch panels are of the correct gauge, so I lopped a section off.
And bent a lip to match.
I then carved out the rotten section on the brace.
And trimmed off a bit of the previously bent patch & trimmed it to fit.
And welded it in place.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 6:21 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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Today I continued on with the repair of the seat track. My first step was to strip off whatever coating was on it. My initial thought was that it was some sort of bed liner material but after a bit of heat to soften it up…
I quickly came to the conclusion that it was roofing tar.
And whoever applied it, did so right over the untreated rust.
So I carefully carved out the rotted section.
And after paring off the remnants of the floor pan, I clamped a couple pieces of scrap to the seat track to use as a guide, and then clamped a new section of metal to that. (The piece that I bent previously was just a bit too thin.)
I then flipped the piece over, & scribed a line onto the back of the patch.
I then trimmed the patch to shape (and apparently lost a few pics.)
Oh well, here’s the patch fitted in place.
And then glued back together.
_________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Dr. Larmdank Samba Member
Joined: November 16, 2021 Posts: 34 Location: QLD
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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Any thing going on with this thing lately mate? |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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Sorry, no. It was sold & moved on to its new owner.
I have since done most of the same to a Beetle…
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=766263 _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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Ark Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2006 Posts: 64 Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:18 am Post subject: Re: The Warthog |
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Bummer! I'm a big fan of Things. Was really looking forward to see your take on one.
Good work on the Beetle! |
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