My 71 squareback...fixing up a classic vw

[No_name4aday]

drove 5.5 hrs to buy my first vw the uhaul place was stocked with an idiot who didn't understand what a car trailer is. Lucky it has a towbar after wasting 2 hrs screwing with uhaul hooked up and made it with no drama thank God for that.

i dont have any other pictures bought it on 4/20 these were the next morning. The rear corner was the worst spot on the whole car, pans under look great. Step 1 began bought full set of seals and gaskets over 1k, tear it down and make it dry.

started on the doors and passenger side

this was when the not so unexpected rust began to expose itself.

[No_name4aday]

looking around and peeling the head liner found little more. Put a coat of rust treatment on the floor. And went to town on the teardown it went to welding levels so a body shop will be helping me fix the rust.

[No_name4aday]

Found the rust got it mostly stripped steering column and inside door handles and hatch latch working on getting body work done then i will paint it when they get it dry. Going to have to get rear corners d pillars the top hockey stick. Are the non vented ones the same minus the vents? The vent cools the brake lights I dont need brakes i go fast! Can i use any rear pillar on a 71?

[Braukuche]

Looks pretty solid over all. Great color too.
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[Tram]

The vents on the D pillars are to allow air to exit the cabin giving you better air flow. Mike Fisher or Boo-Koo-Z on here may have the correct good dry sections you need.

Consider going back to the original fuel injection system.
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[Bobnotch]

[No_name4aday]

Yes that foam the gutter drain and the vents is a bad combo. thanks for the tips on people to try much appreciated.

[No_name4aday]

Got the motor up on a stand and started the disassembly. Found a earlier roof section for my rusty d pilars, the 3 late model ones I saw 2 were really bad, just like mine or worse, the other had slight blistering on the foam, I was not taking that chance, its ruating inside out. Body shop will do my welding in about a month, ill be working over the engine and starting to sand the body next.

[Scotty D]

Congrats on the purchase. My first car was a ‘72 clementine square. I’ll be watching this one.

[No_name4aday]

Been kinda busy 😕 but got the flywheel off shop organized and ready for parts cleaning on the motor. Got a rigid dual action variable speed sander, did most of 1 fender for seeing how it will go. That fender had been resprayed 1 time.

[No_name4aday]

I started to clean parts for the motor and teardown has began,, I am not sure yet what will get built, I have no real clue a cc to go for yet. The body shop guy called and is getting close to ready for it. After the welding is done it will be cooler in the garage 😎

[Bobnotch]

I hate to say it, but it looks like someone has been inside it already. Most stock engines stopped getting flat top pistons after 71, and they wouldn't be that clean looking either. I'm guessing you're probably going to find a bearing or something bad inside the case. All of the crud on the outside does bode well for it being taken care of, or a no leaks case either. What condition were the heads in?
The brown Bentley manual will be a big help for inspection purposes, along with putting the car back together again. If you don't already have one, I'd look for one. E-bay is a good choice, along with some of the parts suppliers that advertise on the Samba. It'll quickly pay for itself in just a couple of jobs.
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[No_name4aday]

[No_name4aday]

Here is the other side, so why would #1 be spotless?

[Bobnotch]

Just a wild ass guess, but maybe better valve stem seals. Notice how all the pistons have caked on oil on top of them. You'll probably need to have the heads checked over. Note: you can still see the cross hatching in the cylinder in the upper pic (left side).
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[No_name4aday]

Well that kinda answers somethings. New motor on the books now.

[Bobnotch]

Yeah, it looks like it's had water sitting in the bottom of it, eating the metal around the drain plug/filter screen. Looking at the pics, someone tore it down and rebuilt it with a mix of new and used parts.
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120

[No_name4aday]

Body shop picked it up today. Getting the rust spots done. I will sand and paint it after some progress I have been stalled on. Probably wont be fast but we are still going till the end slow build indeed

[No_name4aday]

Saw it the other day the roof section was welded it retained the bottom vent. Think I will leave it. Still has more stuff to do bit he says it's gonna finish nicely that's a plus!!

[Mike Fisher]

Kind of dumb of them leaving one vent!
I'd make them weld them closed.
It would make it 1 of a kind for a squareback.

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