My 1966 Beetle

adlbeetle66 · 2014-08-21T09:44:41+00:00

This is my 1966 Beetle... The plan is a fairly mild rat...- cheaper that way! Have done all the electrics... Its just been converted to 12 V. 1300 Removed... 1776 Engine going in soon. In the photo, it shows the brightness of the 6V Bulbs (candles!!) Awesome interior... Some custom looks...

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 May 2015, 8:16 pm

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Started getting some rust cut out today..
Am picking up my heater channels and other repair sections at the end of next week 😀.

Yes, that is more zinc coating 🤪

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 May 2015, 8:16 pm

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I apologise for the blurry photos - night time 😊

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 May 2015, 8:17 pm

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The inner guard on this side is stuffed... see above for the repair sections i will be using... 🙂

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 May 2015, 8:18 pm

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Heres a pic to show just how thick the bog was that the previous owner had "rust repaired" 😬

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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 May 2015, 8:19 pm

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And one more pic...

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Dibsy Seriously Crusin Dubber

182 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 29 May 2015, 6:37 pm

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Wow Denver, that is starting to look like my first Oval !

I hope you are going to learn how to do the welding yourself, good experience.

Best of luck mate.

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 29 May 2015, 8:13 pm

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Thanks Mark,

Doing some myself, and getting another mate to do the trickier bits 😀.

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 4 Jun 2015, 7:53 am

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Did a bit more...

Got the welding gear out 😊

Got a brace all welded up... in between putting out fires that caught onto the hood lining down the pillar 🤪

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 4 Jun 2015, 7:54 am

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This now means i can open and close the doors 👍

Have loosened a few of the screws.. just gotta wait for my blisters on my hands to heal before i can keep going 😂

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 13 Jun 2015, 12:29 pm

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One door is off.. the other one is a bit more stiff, so WD-40 time, and come back later 🙂

Then i took the shifter and degreased it all...

Got the grinder out.. and took off the paint around the shifter area...Got the tops of the bolts painted...

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 13 Jun 2015, 12:31 pm

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Bought a quick shift kit.. Had to modify the little plate so it would sit inside the spacer nicely.. Then painted it silver to match 🤪

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 13 Jun 2015, 12:32 pm

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Then cut out come rust...

Found some more rust near the horn bracket... cleaned it up and zinc primed it ready to cutting out and welding time.. i may have to take the bumper off to do so though 🥲

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Finky Commited Dubber

70 posts · joined Aug 2009 · 13 Jun 2015, 1:38 pm

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Good work Mate! Looks like your heading for a full resto!

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 13 Jun 2015, 2:27 pm

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Thanks Finky.

Not quite.. i just want it to look original, but with a difference if you know what i mean 😉

So i can say "just bought it off an old granny, and cleaned it up a bit" 😂

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 13 Jun 2015, 6:42 pm

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Started to put a thin layer of bog on the decklid...

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CheapChalee Seriously Crusin Dubber

136 posts · joined Mar 2015 · 15 Jun 2015, 10:12 pm

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Nice work, I had a lot of rust on my 69 also.

Chalee

ptjcmaavw Casual Dubber

27 posts · joined Feb 2015 · 18 Jul 2015, 4:09 pm

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Any updates Denver?

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 27 Jul 2015, 5:01 pm

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Sorry, its been a while...

First i had bought some repair panels.

The passenger heater channel will be returned and a whole new channel will be bought.

I also cleaned up the rust on my passenger guard, and from a donor guard i got from 'bushed' i made up a repair piece and rust treated it ready for welding.

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 27 Jul 2015, 5:04 pm

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I also bought some A Pillar repair panels that came from the UK. They are far superior to the cheap Chinese rubbish that can be easily sourced.

Then i purchased a better sway bar for the front beam. I am currently in the process of painting it black.

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 27 Jul 2015, 5:08 pm

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Bought some white-walls and cleaned them up and they look new 👍

I now have the shell on a frame so it is now nice and solid to work on.

I cleaned back the front apron to bar metal so i can get to the rust down the sides...

I cleaned up the rust on the rear inner guard then with a bit of messy painting i managed to blend it all in - you can see where i was doing it by looking at the zinc'd sections...

That'll do for now 🙂

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Banshee777 Commited Dubber

74 posts · joined Jun 2015 · 27 Jul 2015, 8:08 pm

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Like the frame, mines sitting on the left overs of my retaining wall.

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 27 Jul 2015, 10:12 pm

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Thanks Banshee77, more pictures coming soon!

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 27 Jul 2015, 10:14 pm

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Got the shifter all assembled.

Then i added a person touch and painted.

I then marked out the sections to be cut.

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Strogger Casual Dubber

47 posts · joined Feb 2015 · 27 Jul 2015, 10:25 pm

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Coming along nicely mate.

I used the same front heater channel sections for mine, not sure what you think, but mine were a bit "off" and it took a lot of cutting, bending and swearing to get mine into a semblance of order..🤪

Go easy when you weld them in, they are much thinner and will blow through when welding if your not careful, or if you have a cheap arse mig with bugger all control like me. 😂

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 Jul 2015, 7:31 am

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Thanks, i am using a whole new one on the passenger side, and just the little black ones on the drivers side...
Thanks for the advice

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 Jul 2015, 3:35 pm

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Guards.
Got the lip all cleaned up, and zinc coated.
Then mixed some paint up and tried to blend it in a bit...

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 Jul 2015, 3:39 pm

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Epoxy Mastic 121 time!
Cleaned the drivers pan of rust again, then pulled out the master cylinder to repaint as it is quite surface rusty and dirty...

1st coat done 😎

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1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 28 Jul 2015, 5:54 pm

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After school yesterday i decided to mix up some more and do another coat, and make sure i get all the seat rails.

Originally i though i had ordered BLACK paint, but it turned out GREY. Thats ok, i will use this to my advantage. You will see how it tuns out soon 👍

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27 posts · joined Feb 2015 · 29 Jul 2015, 8:00 pm

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Lookin good. am wanting to see what they are going to run out like...👍

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 30 Jul 2015, 6:01 pm

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Got the spot welds drilled out - just a move towards getting the heater channel out..

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