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rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#679293
Well i have been inspired by the efforts of people like dasdubber and beerdoc and others and their pic stories on bodywork...specially rust removal👍 so i thought i'd give it a go myself.

getting my red beetle back on the road and there was bad rust in the corners around the rear window...is that called the "C" pillars? anyway lucky i still have a donor beetle or two...





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the rust was in the lower corners but so was it on the green bug so i cut the top corners out and swapped them diagonally🤓



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hey a bit rough and needs a skim of bog but tadaaa! rust is gone and it was fun😂

matt Insano Dub Head

743 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#679333
Well done, there is nothing like the satisfaction you get from doing a job your self.

matt

Gibbo Custom Title Time!

1,685 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#679335
good stuff mate, Im hoping to have a go soon myself.. practise practise practise... 🙂

rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#681260
finally found some time amid lifes dramas to do the last bit on my beetle


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i have already welded a bit of 40x4mm flatbar in there...that jacking point is going nowhere but up!

cut a similar piece to what i needed out of my green beetle(or whats left of it)



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then had to shape it a bit



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fitted in nicely


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yeehaaa...a beetle with no rust...just as i'm getting good at this...oh well there is always the black kombi to do if i get time🙅

rocknrob Insano Dub Head

844 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#681342
yes rust repair is fun...rust is ugly shiny metal is pretty plus it keeps structural integrity and transport authoities happy😁