Black Betty - updated thurs 4th August

Che Castro · 2004-06-21T13:47:25+00:00

Hey here's my new mini project. I bought it as an incomplete project. Just needs an interior and some assembly. Its a 1960 body - resprayed in black. Its currently sitting on a semi auto pan which has been converted to manual. This will be soon be moving onto another pan which came with the project - its been blasted, resprayed, forks welded, manualised, front end rebuilt etc. Pics soon when i pick it up 😀 This is the interior, full of boxes of parts which i have to sort. I will be selling a lot of this stuff soon. [Edited on 8-12-2004 by Che Castro] [Edited on 8-1-2005 by Che Castro] [Edited on 22-2-2005 by Che Castro] [Edited on 7-3-2005 by Che Castro] [Edited on 2-4-2005 by Che Castro] [Edited on 29-5-2005 by Che Castro] [Edited on 4-6-2005 by Che Castro] [Edited on 16-6-2005 by Che Castro]nn[ Edited on 5-7-2005 by Che Castro ]nn[ Edited on 4-8-2005 by Che Castro ]

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 13 Jan 2005, 4:22 pm

#292607

who Che, that is hard core, should have just given the roof a chop while you were there as well :thumb

"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:18 pm

#304189

I've been a bit lazy and havent updated this thread for more than a month. anyway over the last month

I cut out some rust of the rear quarter while the heater channel was out as it is a lot easier to do.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:21 pm

#304192

replacement section made up and welded in

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:21 pm

#304193

replacement section made up and welded in

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:23 pm

#304196

replacement section made up and welded in

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:24 pm

#304199

heater channel is in! After a few days of making it fit just right.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:26 pm

#304203

A pillar section went in too. I was pretty anxious to put in the door to see if it still fit!

[Edited on 22-2-2005 by Che Castro]

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:30 pm

#304209

The door fit like a glove! phew! very relieved. Even the folds in the panels lined up perfectly! Very happy about that.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:32 pm

#304212

closeup of front wheel well repair

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:37 pm

#304224

front firewall bulkhead bit was also rusted out badly on LHS and a little on the other side so it was repaired

[Edited on 22-2-2005 by Che Castro]

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:41 pm

#304231

inside shot of A pillar repair.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 9:42 pm

#304232

stay tuned for updates 🙂

Jon

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 22 Feb 2005, 10:13 pm

#304274

My hat goes off to you Jon for having the patience to go through with this. Well done.

Squiz....

GL1972 Wolfsburg Wizard

432 posts · joined Aug 2003 · 23 Feb 2005, 8:17 am

#304432

Jon,
I know your pain. The only way to do it is to approach it as a series of small jobs and have a lot of patience.

Nice job, well done.

Brendan

Doug Sweetman Nil Bastardo Carborundum

2,128 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 23 Feb 2005, 10:25 am

#304491

Yeah, nice job !

I've done an A pillar and bottom hing mounting point before, but have never been game enough to do an entire heater channel !!!!

You've done well, and if the panel fit is good around the door, you should be really proud of yourself.

ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 23 Feb 2005, 11:36 am

#304511

top work jon

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Mar 2005, 10:39 pm

#312785

Took a deep breath and cut out the rusty bit

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Mar 2005, 10:41 pm

#312787

Here's my repair section that I have taken about 2 months to shape - a few hours every monday at TAFE.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Mar 2005, 10:42 pm

#312789

Tack welded in. decided to do one half at a time because it would be easier to line up. Cant see it in the photo but the lip was folded and beaten over. Took absolutely ages using the shrinking and stretching heads to get it right!

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Mad Manx KombiKroozin

456 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Mar 2005, 7:26 am

#312861

mate im in awe..... any panel with a curve in it that needs repair scares me- i think thats why I drive a buggy now- no dints, no tin worm!

Can't wait to see the end result:beer:beer

- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05😢 ) - '65 manx (smick) -'63 beetle (bent) -'73 Singlecab (new to the stable)

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Mar 2005, 9:02 am

#312901

Awesome stuff Jon - it was hard enough for me to do some minor patch sections on my decklid and get it straight again - you will be replacing the entire lower section so I take my hat off to you!!

Great stuff. :bounce

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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Mar 2005, 7:34 pm

#313373

WOW

praise from Dasdubber!!

Seriously - what Jon has learned in the last couple of years is amazing

Built motors
changed heater chanels
hand makes panels

all this from a guy who wouldnt know a decent colour if it hit him in the head! :jesus:kiss

PS
Jon

Just finish it will ya!! 😀

Futue te ipsum!!!

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Apr 2005, 6:30 pm

#329018

This is an old pic but the other half was tack welded on

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Apr 2005, 6:40 pm

#329025

In the past month i've prepped & painted 2 test colour panels. I'm learning this at night at TAFE.

The first one I did on the left I must have mixed the paint wrong! It's like an olive colour when it is supposed to be a grey. Maybe too much yellow ochre!

The 2nd one was my first 2 pack job. Very impressed by the difference between 2pack and acrylic. That is the finish off the gun. The one on the left needed rubbing and buffing, and it isnt half as shiny!

[Edited on 2-4-2005 by Che Castro]

[Edited on 2-4-2005 by Che Castro]

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Apr 2005, 6:51 pm

#329034

Put it on the car. The decklid that I painted is a different one to the one I am repairing in the previous photos. I quite like this colour, its L469 Anthracite. I think i'll do this colour with probably a dark cherry red side panels?? I used to not really like two tones that much on beetles when it is done with white, but i quite like the grey and dark red combo

Although in the midday sun in the previous pic it looks a little too browny, I think this was because it is a slightly transparent colour and the yellow coloured primer showed through a bit. Will have to put some tinters in the primer next time

[Edited on 2-4-2005 by Che Castro]

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boersch Wolfsburg Wizard

407 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 2 Apr 2005, 7:08 pm

#329039

looks awesome mate, go the two tone!

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 May 2005, 9:55 am

#363923

shit I didn't realise how lazy I am with updates, it's been almost 2 months!

Anyway, I found this thing in my driveway...

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 May 2005, 9:57 am

#363925

There was a fair bit of pitting in the rear corner. Not enough for a hole but enough for me to worry about.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 May 2005, 9:58 am

#363926

Cut out a section of roof from behind it and welded it in. The roof curve from behind it was the perfect shape, Easy!

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 May 2005, 9:59 am

#363929

Ground down and filed flat.

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