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 ]

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2004, 7:52 pm

#203831

this called for the drill. From the advice of others, I drilled a smallish pilot hole through the middle bit past the head

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2004, 7:53 pm

#203832

Next a big kick arse 8mm drill came in and basically sheared the whole head off of the screws. 2 down 2 to go

U can see the kill of the screw on the drill bit hehehe

[Edited on 16-7-2004 by Che Castro]

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2004, 7:58 pm

#203838

look ma no doors!

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2004, 8:00 pm

#203840

here's that plate that the screws rusted to. The A pillar is pretty solid, has some rust - needs some work. good thing i'm starting a TAFE resto course on monday.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Jul 2004, 8:03 pm

#203841

Painted my calipers red, but i ran out of paint. doh!

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phatrat REALLY!

891 posts · joined May 2004 · 17 Jul 2004, 7:50 am

#203978

with these old cars..i suggest investing in an impact driver. Will make short work of those rusty screws....

Che Castro ankle straps

1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:03 pm

#259042

its been quite a while since I last updated this.
So far i've been to japan on a shopping trip and back.

spent the last few weeks running around getting stuff together to finish off the pan so i can get the body on it. My doors have been rehinged with the threaded pins on both sides now. Before there were the non threaded type on both sides

Finally got to finish the fuel line. I used 3/8" Bundy tube, it was PBR branded stuff. Soft annealed steel tube, 10mm OD, 1mm wall thickness. Good for up to 3000PSI or something 🙂

I put an acrylic sheath around to act as a full length grommet and to stop it rattling. The line went in front first, and took quite a few tries to bend it in the right shape so it would end up in the right place. I drilled holes in the sides and ziptied it to the side of the tunnel

[Edited on 7-11-2004 by Che Castro]

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:07 pm

#259046

the fittings i used were 1/4" BSP brass compression fittings. These are rated to a few thousand PSI i think. They are about 8mm ID.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:09 pm

#259048

the stock grommets were re used but bored out to suit the tubing.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:11 pm

#259050

body is off. Thanks to richard alex and a few other guys who gave me some muscular help 🙂

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:14 pm

#259052

hey look only one hand!

i was quite suprised at how light the front end of the body is.

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:20 pm

#259056

having the body off the pan gave me a really good opportunity to find some rust. and I found a bit of a hole at the front firewall. the previous owner did a dodgy repair. The heater channels were a bit rusty but solid and already had some repairs done to them.

Cut out most of the rust and cleaned it out a bit

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:22 pm

#259058

made a cardboard template so i can make a repair section at TAFE tomorrow night

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:24 pm

#259060

it's a full garage now! thanks dad!

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:27 pm

#259065

currently also restoring a decklid that I will be grafting vents on it from a 1500 decklid, this will end up looking like a cabrio one. The donor one was a bit rusty at the bottom.

i'm drilling out the spot welds that hold the bracket bit that gives it stiffness and supports the latch

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:29 pm

#259067

After removing the bracket bit i began to see why the early decklids always rust out at the base. it is an absolute rust trap! Possibly one of the worst details i've seen. It took them till the late 60's to change the decklid design!

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:35 pm

#259075

got this repro judson badge from Flat4 in tokyo when i was there 🙂

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1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:36 pm

#259078

this is my goal

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wacked1 Custom Title Time!

1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:43 pm

#259084

and by the looks of it you will get there too!!
good job

[Edited on 7-11-2004 by wacked1]

YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DAKED
don't worry it's a VW thing

Kai.A. Fahrvergnugen

915 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 7 Nov 2004, 5:51 pm

#259093

lookin' good!

can't wait to see it finished.

kai

65busser Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,795 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 7 Nov 2004, 8:56 pm

#259205

Great work Jon. Well on the way. Love the goal. Was that your letter in Volksworld?

www.busnbug.com

VWFREAK VWFREAK

2,577 posts · joined May 2004 · 8 Nov 2004, 11:25 am

#259609

Looking lood, should be a sweet arse ride.

ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 8 Nov 2004, 11:47 am

#259619

Awesome job. Very inspiring.

Oh and you have a u2u

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Nov 2004, 1:28 pm

#259672

Very nice work thus far!! :beer

www.dasrestoparts.com.au

Che Castro ankle straps

1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Nov 2004, 2:15 pm

#259695

thanks guys 🙂

Nope wasnt my letter in volksworld, havent seen the latest one

hopefully i should get my Boxster rims soon, and get the body on and start fitting things up!

Jon

Olsk88l Seriously Crusin Dubber

124 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 8 Nov 2004, 2:43 pm

#259722

would look sweet in ya ride,which lookin really nice........

Olsk__l

Dannyboy half man , half horse

2,306 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 8 Nov 2004, 8:49 pm

#260046

Looking very sweet Jon ! Brave man going black , does look great though. Keep at it mate!

Dan😉

"If i had to explain you wouldnt understand"

The Lower Class

Che Castro ankle straps

1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Nov 2004, 7:54 am

#260359

I really like black 🙂 Although some parts of the prep work are pretty meh... If you look really closely on one bit or two you can spot brush marks!:blush

but thats only if you look at it real close. I bought it painted already so I can blame it on someone else:P

Jon

oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!

2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 9 Nov 2004, 10:13 pm

#260843

two thumbs up dude! Sounds pretty easy when you read it, but I bet its quite the opposite! Keep up the good work

...and Robert's ya father's brother...

Che Castro ankle straps

1,945 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Dec 2004, 10:40 pm

#276880

Ok so the body is off and I have a better look at the heater channel, looks like the previous owner did a dodgy rust repair and just got some sheet metal and plug welded over the existing one which was rooted! The plug welds were about every 6 inches which is next to useless anyway!

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