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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 3:05 am    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
insane dedication and quality work
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 14, 2025 2:51 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
splitface wrote:
insane dedication and quality work
keep up !


Ok, thank you man! So i keep working on this one:

A lot of measurements later .......
-Weld the d-pillar back in place
-weld the c pillar back in place
-Build the inner frame for the roofgutter
-start the work on the seal channel above the cargo doors because later i am not able anymore to spotweld that.
(The bbt part are way off to far for me)

-Christian
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 15, 2025 3:50 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
The work from today:

The seal channel above the cargodoor looks like more work then i expected...

I build a hammer form for the litle sills, difficult to take a measure from that old bent parts.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 12:49 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
This sunday was a long one!!

I finally finished the sealchannel above the cargo doors and spotweld it to the gainguttter.
(You can see the compartment of the bbt part, my repro and the original)
After ablot of measurements and cargo doors in and out ~ 20 times i also weld the inner roofgutter reinforcement bach to it's place.

Put the outer skins from the cargo doors temporarily back tobplace to check the gaps again.

Not 100% but close enough for now!

So, now. Prost, and Mahlzeit.

-Christian


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 1:40 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Nice work. Big improvement over the replacement part.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 3:35 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Huetti_1989 wrote:
The work from today:

The seal channel above the cargodoor looks like more work then i expected...

I build a hammer form for the litle sills, difficult to take a measure from that old bent parts.
-Christian


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Very impressive metalwork on those little indentations/notches in that seal channel. What a lucky Barndoor, for all the care and attention it gets.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 16, 2025 11:55 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Ha, jetzt wiss mas, du wohnst in der garage, die nudeln haben dich verraten!
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 2:14 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Sorry for the dalay.
I was sick.

Thanks for the reply, i give my best!

No, karl i not living with in my workshop, but i am usually staying more times there than in my flat.


So some little English wheel and eckold shrinker work to come slowly back after some days of illness:


-Christian
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 3:40 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Slowly continuing the work but needs a lot of power after some days of illness.

A lot of work goes to that nose panel, the curve in the upper area are way to flat, i had the same problems when i used them on my Sparsamba, but now i have the English wheel!

Also the radius od the wheel arch are not right ob that nos panel.

Put the sidewall on and off very often, same on the patches on the lower area to get everything where it should be!

I hope you enjoy that little steps seen in the pictures keep me busy the most of this day...

-Christian


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 9:16 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
I go to the barndoor forums specifically to see what new update you have. You are moving very quickly. So impressive

At this speed, you will be driving it by Christmas Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 1:00 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
von_hansel wrote:
I go to the barndoor forums specifically to see what new update you have. You are moving very quickly. So impressive

At this speed, you will be driving it by Christmas Smile


That make me proud! Very Happy

Christmas is to cold and salty here but summer would be good, we will se what year Laughing

Today i delete the water drainage dimple on the nos part and add the holes for the cargo door hinge.

Tacked the panels in place, terrible soft metal in the huge panel...

A lot of checking and hammer dolly while welding.

-Christian
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 24, 2025 2:17 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Only a lot of boring straight welding today.
Need to hold the panel in place the most of the time while welding, long job.
Take care to not get big waves in it.

-Christian
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 2:16 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
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My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost:
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 26, 2025 9:18 am    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Hi, I'm here to watch also after SparSamba, what a job (again). You are a glutton for punishment! Great artistry..

On the long panel repair here, how are you welding the patch panel to that rusty metal? Hard to not burn through. Great job.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 26, 2025 12:33 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Looks 100% to me.

So intimidating, and so inspiring.

Makes me want to succeed in my own little way.

Thank you for sharing.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 26, 2025 3:06 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
boulderz wrote:
Hi, I'm here to watch also after SparSamba, what a job (again). You are a glutton for punishment! Great artistry..

On the long panel repair here, how are you welding the patch panel to that rusty metal? Hard to not burn through. Great job.



Thank you!

I do the welds as strong and much amps as possible, the problem is not the rust, the problem is the difference in the heat in the thicker compared to the thinner metal and the bending that gets there.


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 4:08 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Some more work done on the sidewall, put it on the car on and off a hundred times for fitment, same story with the cargo door skins.

Before I finally can weld the sidewall in place i must do something with the roof to reach the dents, so i start to make some templates from my other splits and fabricate the first ever selfmade roofpanel for me.

-Christian


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My 1952 Panel:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=797388
My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621802
My 1961 SO34:
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2025 3:37 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Spent this day hammering around on that twisted roof d'oh!

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My 1952 Panel:
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My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost:
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My 1961 SO34:
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 02, 2025 2:58 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
More work on the roof, very difficult for me

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What the hell Very Happy

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My 1952 Panel:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=797388
My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621802
My 1961 SO34:
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:02 pm    Post subject: Re: 52 panel repair from Austria Reply with quote
Welded the patch on the rear roofskin today.
Tested the paintblending pen... no just marked before filing to see the high/low areas. And hammer dolly it.

-Christian
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My 1952 Panel:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=797388
My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621802
My 1961 SO34:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=716285
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