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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930555
Hi all, I thought I would show everyone my work so far on my 1967 Deluxe Beetle. Slow and steady wins the race for me. I’m not looking to finish this tomorrow but want to have an end result that I will be proud of.

This photo is the first photo we took, in the garage of the old owners....lol

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930559
The day he arrives.....we call him Google...
because we allway look on google to get information on him.

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930561
Googles New Home.........& My Boys

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930563
Now, this had to be shown...The old owner said to me...We lowered the front and back..This was his wifes car...I cant confirm if it ever drove on the road like this but i have a bad fealing it did.....

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930565
Boys helping me pull google apart.

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#930568
Hi Welcome and great pics...

More pics are welcome..

cheers

Lee in Scone
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930570
working on our floor pan....

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930572
doing a few rust repairs....

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930573
68AutoBug wrote:Hi Welcome and great pics...

More pics are welcome..

cheers

Lee in Scone
Thanks Lee......

novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930575
more rust repairs....

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930576
The result of a little time and care....

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930582
started on the panels first, as we stripped the shell and it looks like its had a hard hit in its life, big side cut and shut, plus a lot of panel bashing..would have to use to much body filler for my liking...hance the reason for the hunt for a new shell.

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930583
The first shade of colour...Acrylic paint, forgiving but so much rubbing and buffing...i am no painter but after hrs of work just on this panel, its all worth it.

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930585
not much more to show right now, just about finished the other guard and have painted the front bonnet. Im sure lot of hrs rubbing on the bonnet once ready. I wait 2 weeks after the first 3-4 coats then 1 month after the final coats before i cut back ready to buff...some might say why so long..to let the paint settle. dont realy care how long it takes, as long as it looks good and i can do it myself.

Carl and Emily Officially Full-On Dubber

349 posts · joined Apr 2012 ·

#930610
Paint looks great to us mate.

Good on you guys for giving this one some love.

As you say,.. 'Rome wasn't built in a day.'

👍

Emily likes your cat in your avatar.

novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930614
Carl and Emily wrote:Paint looks great to us mate.

Good on you guys for giving this one some love.

As you say,.. 'Rome wasn't built in a day.'

👍

Emily likes your cat in your avatar.
Thanks,,,,
Yes, that's Leo..... He's ok for a cat... I'm not a cat lover but he's cool.

novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#930652
ok, attached are some photos of my LHS front guard, not that it looks any different to the other side, just thought I would post some more photos..
Going to start on my deck lid now I think.

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#968232
just some updated photos

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novasmic Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Oct 2012 ·

#968233
just need to let her sink back for a few months and finish off the doors, cut her back and giver her a final paint jod and she will be on the road. looking forward to this summer.....😵