well i went and bought a squareback whoop whoop here is some pics of work so far not found much rust so all the usual rot spots look pretty good although never had a type 3 before (had busses and bugs in the past)
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Burrelli ·
Hi Dave, I had a 73 Square just like that one for years. They drive the best out of all type3s I think.
Your car seems to be mostly complete and standard, So thats a good thing. I hope you do not find too much more rust to fix.
Keep the updates coming on your progress. I'm sure you will like it when you start driving it.
vlad01 ·
my first car (non road goer) was a 73 square.
dragsters for life ·
i have been building a 72 the same color for my wife
welcome to the type 3 fold, great cars i have a 70 notch aswell
heres the one i been cleaning up for the wife
dave1342 ·
Thanks guys I always wanted one of these took a while to get the wife onboard mind ha ha. Im not convinced about the colour think that's gonna have to change. Im not scared of a bit of rust coming from UK have had a few old dubs in the past and the best I had back there had heaps more than this so I'm pretty chuffed so far had done a fair but of digging around it and hardly anything at all. Will keep posting progress when I can
Burrelli ·
Those 2 cars look like simular colours but I think the 72 is Wattle and 73 is Mustard. I like all the factory colours, If you paint them standard colour its much easier and its never wrong. My 2c but hey it's your hot rod.
dave1342 ·
I'm gonna go standard colours and if it was any other colour I wouldnt care but when I look at it I think it looks like a taxi and can't stop thinking about it that way ha ha. The roof lining is shot so that's all out now along with the dash switches etc I figure if Im gonna paint it which I still would have had to do if I kept it the same colour I may aswel change it to something I like and paint the inside too
dragsters for life ·
true the one im building is wattle
haybales ·
That is cool as! I'm currently looking around for a square myself. Looking forward to seeing your progress 😀
dave1342 ·
might be a bit slow as working a fair bit grr and funds are low but i can at least get all the free stuff done like dismantle and some mechanicals. im in North Brissy by the way if anyone is close by who knows a bit about these cars might be handy. as i said before i have been a bus and beetle man in the past so there a little new to me.
dave1342 ·
Slow progress but here's some more pics
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dave1342 ·
Can anyone tell me if this is normal it seems to have been sealed with fibre glass or something I thought it as gonna be hiding something sinister but when I scraped some off just metal,
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dave1342 ·
and some more.
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Andy ·
Don't forget to remove the fresh air box, you can feel up and inside for rust. More than likely it's there.
If it is, it's not hard to cut an inspection hole in from the boot. In the 'bulge' at the back of the boot, just below the fresh air inlet you will see a line of spot welds ~2/3rds of the way up. Stay above that line. If you start high and work your way down, there is a seam of rubber/body filler there and best to stay away from that if you can to ease repairing. Or eve nbetter make a removable panel you can check in there once in a while.
I love '73's, best of the lot 🙂
dave1342 ·
fresh air box is out and no rust at all will post a pic when i get around to it
Astronautt ·
great progress
dave1342 ·
Fresh air vent
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dave1342 ·
Think my welding needs a bit more practice
dave1342 ·
dave1342 ·
Andy ·
Great to see another type 3 getting ready for the road!!
If you can;t feel any rust inside the fresh air vent, amke sure you fill it will a rust preventer to it stay's that way.
dave1342 ·
Managed to have a morning fixing up the window
dragsters for life ·
good work, great to see your getting stuck into it
dave1342 ·
Not been on here for a while. Been making slow but steady progress.........
Hardly any rust but heaps of little dents on every panel grrrrrrrr
dave1342 ·
Have been a bit slack taking photos......
Cleaning the glue and old carpet off isn't a fun job but getting there.
robb ·
what town ya in brother
dave1342 ·
Brisbane, Northside
robb ·
sorry bud a tad to far
dave1342 ·
Started to strip some of the flaking underseal stuff and....
Well done dude good to see your having a go, and thanks for taking the time to post pics. I'm a complete novice when it comes to panel work and watching threads like this is gold for me!
dave1342 ·
Not been here for a while been slow progress since finding out there's gonna be a new baby in my family. So wife has gone into baby mode and it's been I bit hard to get out to the shed grrrr.
Anyway just a quick progress update in pics....
tar76 ·
Welcome back mate , good to see your digging back in!
dave1342 ·
Getting there... Slowly can't get in the garage as much as I would like too grr. Wife wants me to put it on hold or worse still sell (not gonna happen) should at least have it ready for paint in the next week or so fingers crossed
dave1342 ·
Managed to do a bit more today as ever little words just pics....