And where are they? e.g. Web address, phone number, street address ? Cheers 😘
vassy66T1 wrote:And where are they? e.g. Web address, phone number, street address ? Cheers 😘
hes in poland haha, "kdf services" here is his site:
http://www.kdf.cp6.win.pl/
and this is his email address:
kdf-166@wp.pl
he makes lots of stuff, H aprons, Rear quarters, etc and they are all nice qaulity
ok so steady progress, i have been working on the heater channel.. so i started up front near the A pillar to patch a hole (my first intentions were to patch the heater channel) so i got that done, but then i opened up the rear right quarter panel to replace it(near the drivers door) and found a sorry sight, even if i patched it it would be structualy unsound. SO i grabbed a heater channel that we had laying around hehe and started grafting in the heater outlets so they are in the right place
putting the new heater channel in next weekend! so exitement
me being silly, and a heater channel
Cool.... keep it going
Great work!! Keep it up. 👍👍
Cheers
D
I think it is fantastic that you are taking on all of this at a young age 👍
What you will learn will be very helpful through life and I wish I had of learnt body work, rust repairs when I was young.
But I bet my wife is glad I didn't, as I would want many more cars that I have to say 'no' to as they need work that I cant do.
Well done young fella and keep it up 😉
Kev
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!
Click here for my (slowy) modded 1961 Beetle build.
This country could do with more young fellas like this one.👍👍👍
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
thanks guys i really appreciatte the help, when i first got the oval i had a totally different outlook to rust but now i have a welder its like im not scared to spend hours fitting a piece and just getting er done!!
oh i also learnt tht restoring a car is expensive.. very expensive haha
cheers,
blair
another days work, i have to graft those vents in so i started by cutting out the wrong vent (in the new heater channel) and openeing up the air passage whithin so that it flows on to the new vent.. tricky business
ok so the last two days i have done this, alot of people can read through build threads and not actually know how much effort this body work takes, WOW~!
its all very rewarding though!
haha this is a good pic❗
looks great
you planning on building a few motors are you?😀
cheers
hell yeah i really want to rebuild a 1800 type 4 for this beauty, and those other engines are from old cars we have cut up, or bought new engines. and if you look close you can see some gas burners.. they are my dads for now but i reckon when the time comes to reassemble after some strato silver has been layed down.. dad might find they will be rollling with me haha nar i think i will get myself a set!
more patching, at the start of doing this small repair i started with a patch about the size of a ciggy lighhter, in the end i had to replace all that you can see here because the metal was to thin to weld from rust!
ahhhhhhhh
Ahh the joy's of rust repair....your doing a very pro job, well done. As you've mentioned it takes about ten times the time you expect and your finished metal work looks great. 👍
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wow thanks! i am trying to keep the warpage sown i guess, my goal would be to get this featured! thats why im taking the time 🙂
thanks man i really appreciatte people commenting!
All good mate, I know how it is, but you seem to have a good garage and other family volksie dudes to help. I started my adiction very early too. Had my first engine torn down and repaired when I was 12. Beach buggies in the bush or on properties was the go back then. Your bug is going to be a ripper, keep up the good work, it's a long road to enjoy 🙂
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stratos silver - nice colour choice. Was the colour my 54 was going to be before I changed direction. USA only 1954 colour if I remember. Has a nice flip from dark blue to silver in the light.
Turbo54
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
yeah, what supplier where you going to get it from? can you provide all the info you know? haha i have found a glasurit dealer and they mixed up a sample for me to test to see if its the right colour butt if its not i would like to make sure thats not my only option
cheers,
Blair
ok so i went and got a sample of l227 strato silver paint from a glasurit dealer. if you are trying to track this paint down its as simple as asking for "l227" from glasurit!
check out the DODGY ASS repair done on the decklid mount, also check the repair i made. took me 4 hours total!
Well I'm at the toodyay bugin and so far I have discovered that swap meets are a good way of meeting fellow veedubbers! I met kombijon and 66brm so far, both of them supprised me when they came up to me and knew all about me haha
Hi mate. Keep up the good work. I'm from Bunbury and remember that beetle from Kevin's workshop. I often wonder where it ended up and glad it stayed local. There was also a split icecream truck there but that's another daydream.
Anyhow, i'm returning to the South West soon with my Splitty (under resto) and hope to catch you cruising the mean bunno streets.
Dude! Good to meet you man, I can promise this oval is going to get the treatment he deserves, I guess it must be an amazing feeling to stumble upon a build thread of a car you have wondered about, I still have a close connection with kev, I'm buying parts from America for him for his splitty restoring , once we have both finished our projects we should deff go for a cruise around bunno!
For sure. I'll watch this space. I remember Kevins bus also, two tone i think. Haven't spoken to him in a few years.....ask him about the icecream bus that he had for me, maybe its still around
🙂 Here is mine
http://www.noh2o.org/viewtopic.php?t=1394
yeah, hes restoring it, hes got it in paint, same colours, its just waiting to be put back together
had another crack at rippin this heater channel out:
the new one test fitted and the end of the woring day:
who wants to buy a 1959 vw beetle?
Haven't looked for a while. You are making a really good job of the body.
I wish I had your skills 👍
Good luck with finding some early guards. I have 2 sets and they are all rubbish. The amount of panel beating and repair required is no joy at all.