My 72 Squareback project

meisterberginteriors · 2013-11-21T09:41:00+00:00

So i purchased a 1972 type 3 Squareback off a backpacker who drove it down from sydney to melbourne mid this year. the car was awful rusty and every bit of mechanical needed an overhaul. the plan is to turn it into an honest daily driver and hone some skills im going to use to resore my 66 and 54 bugs i swapped my 72 low light kombi for after i rolled it 😠 that was my first car and my first ever resto.

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 10 Jul 2014, 4:27 pm

#995240

so ive deviated from a turbo 1914 because i picked up these carbs. the guy that sold them to me in the states sent me his plates off his karmann and a tee from his local VW club. Awesome bloke we will be keeping in touch!

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 15 Jul 2014, 5:02 pm

#995672

so ive decided to sell this as a project for someone else to finish. i have a splitty and oval i need to put some time and money into. im after offers around 4k. it will be advertised on gumtree.

tidlibitz Learner Dubber

13 posts · joined May 2014 · 15 Jul 2014, 8:19 pm

#995703

shame to hear your selling, i saw your splitty thread the other day. i guess the square dosent have much on that or the oval.. good luck with the sale and with the other cars. i suppose you didint end up ordering those parts from isp i guess?

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 15 Jul 2014, 10:33 pm

#995717

I will keep working on the square until it sells.. so i might get to the point of buying the parts from ISP only the cost will increase accordingly. if i finish the car before it sells ill be chasing around 8K

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 16 Jul 2014, 12:14 pm

#995749

if anyone wants a square in a particular color.. feel free to talk to me about it i have no problems delivering your project fresh out of the spray booth for you to put back together...

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 19 Jul 2014, 8:50 am

#996026

So work hasn't stopped on the type 3. I have started skim filling the car to prep for paint, the dash is repaired and Ill be booking time in a booth in the coming weeks. ill post photos tonight.

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 20 Jul 2014, 6:56 pm

#996158

so here is the dash repair. I cut out the section that had been used to blank the dash profile out, then I managed to pull off the plug welds with a pair of pliers. The welds were brittle and luckily I had lots of the original hold profile left over.

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 20 Jul 2014, 7:05 pm

#996160

Replacing one of the hinges for the rear hatch took a day.. a whole day! its an extremely fiddly job and the pins that hold it into place have brass bushings in them so you cant rush or force them out. well not unless you want to do it all again soon!

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 20 Jul 2014, 7:16 pm

#996166

then later in the week my ABS plastic dash arrived

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meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 20 Jul 2014, 7:18 pm

#996167

its just sitting on top fro photo sake. pretty good product not 100% the same look as an original but it wont crack anytime soon!

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 20 Jul 2014, 7:30 pm

#996169

then i hung all the panels and started on the filler.
the filler is spread pretty much all over the car and sanded back when high spots show up they are addressed with a hammer and dolly to reduce the amount of filler that stays on the car. the roof was the most distorted because of the roofrack. I will upload more photos when i get a chance the roof look much better than this now!

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tidlibitz Learner Dubber

13 posts · joined May 2014 · 20 Jul 2014, 8:55 pm

#996181

looking good, glad to see your still working on it. hone those skills for the splitty :P

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 20 Jul 2014, 10:20 pm

#996200

haha thats right! plus if it cant sell it still need the space to work on something else!

hpnotch Seriously Crusin Dubber

133 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 25 Jul 2014, 7:42 pm

#996578

Massive amount of work you're doing there - looking really good. Can I ask where you got the dash and how much?

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 27 Jul 2014, 8:11 pm

#996665

Sure can its from a bloke in south africa i paid US$226 shipped from memory. his name is Herman Elzerman and his email address is pi-dss@mweb.co.za
he makes 2 different types i think maybe even 3 types.

CannonFodder Learner Dubber

1 post · joined Jul 2014 · 28 Jul 2014, 9:46 am

#996679

meisterberginteriors wrote:haha thats right! plus if it cant sell it still need the space to work on something else!

Hey mate, nice job!
Can i ask how much it would take to get that on "hplates"?

I might be interested pending that

meisterberginteriors Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Nov 2012 · 5 Aug 2014, 12:02 pm

#997136

CannonFodder wrote:
meisterberginteriors wrote:haha thats right! plus if it cant sell it still need the space to work on something else!
Hey mate, nice job!
Can i ask how much it would take to get that on "hplates"?

I might be interested pending that

Ill see what I can find out for you, just to clarify is h plates historic rego? if so i think that is done through VW club registration. Either way i will try and find out.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 5 Aug 2014, 2:06 pm

#997141

rego is about 70 buks a year, no RWC required and just club vehicle inspector from your club needs to insect it and sign it off at being plate worthy.

but from September it will be changed so that you require full RWC and engineering report for any mods.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

Beastieboy Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Oct 2013 · 26 Aug 2014, 11:16 pm

#998911

Vw club vic already require rwc.