June 1964 Squareback project

ducati998 Commited Dubber

53 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 25 Oct 2011, 8:52 pm

#868645

Hi all,

Finally found a square project.

Went and had a look at it on the weekend.

1964-65 Bahama Blue. Ratty paint. A little rust in front gaurds and RH outter sill.

Nice leatherette upholstery. Except for the drives seat back and holes for the speakers.

Brought it home today...

http://s1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa448/ducati998/

Add some more photos soon.

Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber

244 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 25 Oct 2011, 9:07 pm

#868648

That will clean up nice.

I like the Aussie David Jones interior most of it looks in good condition.

5lam AKA: BlackBug

520 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 25 Oct 2011, 9:40 pm

#868657

Looks like a pretty solid starting point!
What are the plans?

Custom doesn't come in a Box

dragsters for life Fahrvergnugen

953 posts · joined May 2011 · 26 Oct 2011, 2:11 pm

#868739

nice t3 mate congrats

volkaholics.net come check us out

ducati998 Commited Dubber

53 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 28 Oct 2011, 7:56 pm

#869180

Thanks guys.

I was going to do it as a rat. But not sure now.

Pulled the floor mats and cleaned up the pans. Has a few holes and a previous repair on the LH side.

May give it a polish and see how it looks.

Cheers Jason

dragsters for life Fahrvergnugen

953 posts · joined May 2011 · 28 Oct 2011, 9:01 pm

#869189

its amazing what a cut does

we did this a while back

thats just a wash then a cut, no polish as yet

get into it that thing will come up a treat

volkaholics.net come check us out

ducati998 Commited Dubber

53 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 1 Nov 2011, 2:56 pm

#869816

Took some photo's of the rust. Both front gaurds top and bottom. Bit in the pan. Previous repair as well.

How will I remove the ancher someone has painted on the RH door with out damaging the OG paint to much.

Cheers Jason

ducati998 Commited Dubber

53 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 6 Nov 2011, 9:28 am

#870579

Pulled the LH gaurds and checked the rust. Not too bad considering its 47 years old.

Front of rear wheel.

Lower rear 1/4 panel.

Seam on rear intake panel.

No rust in 'A' piller area. 👍

Will pull the RH side gaurds today. More photo's to come.

Cheers Jason

gerggl Wolfsburg Wizard

447 posts · joined Sep 2010 · 20 Mar 2012, 2:41 pm

#892791

Good work .... it's a ripper!

Greg Gordon-Lane

Brisbane

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ducati998 Commited Dubber

53 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 29 Mar 2012, 7:47 pm

#894394

Thanks Greg.

Got to put the square on the back burner for a bit. 😢

Just got a new project. It's a 1972 lowlight 9 seater. 🤪

Her front

Her rear

A bit of work to do but not as much as the square.

Cheers

Jason

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Mar 2012, 9:14 pm

#894418

ducati998 wrote:Hi all,

Finally found a square project.

Went and had a look at it on the weekend.

1964-65 Bahama Blue. Ratty paint. A little rust in front gaurds and RH outter sill.

Nice leatherette upholstery. Except for the drives seat back and holes for the speakers.

Brought it home today...

http://s1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa448/ducati998/

Add some more photos soon.

is it an AUstralian made 1500 variant or imported??

good find .. still a lot of work..

Lowlight looks great..

LEE

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

ducati998 Commited Dubber

53 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 30 Mar 2012, 6:17 am

#894458

Thanks Lee,

The sqaures an australian built 1500.

Cheers

Jason