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72 beetle project
Banshee777 - July 15th, 2015 at 09:51 PM

My first beetle project and I thought I would start a new thread here rather than continuing the one in the panel and paint section.

I bought a 72 beetle on a whim with the expectation of a quick fix up and straight into the street. The previous owner had stripped and sanded the car down and then left it so there was a lot of surface rust to deal with. The thread talking about that is over in the panel and paint section.

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=109369

So after a bit of mucking around I've decided to have the car media blasted but in the meantime I can start playing around with the chassis and replacing the rotten floor pans.

Banshee777 - July 15th, 2015 at 09:52 PM

What I started with.

Banshee777 - July 15th, 2015 at 09:54 PM

Body off and some rust removal in progress

Banshee777 - July 15th, 2015 at 09:57 PM

Current state of the body before blasting and the removal of the rotten pans

wombatventures - July 16th, 2015 at 08:22 PM

Nice one Banshee777,
I've read your other post.
If you're still interested in blasting it give Dustless Blasting at Redland bay a call on 1300 304 415. They are at Redland Bay and could put you onto one of their mobile operators in the Brisbane area. Get the operator to do a test area to see if it works for you. Wet sandblasting shouldn't warp panels as it is cooled as it goes. To much pressure on weak panels could cause problems though.
Just an idea.

Banshee777 - July 18th, 2015 at 07:52 PM

Cheers mate, already on to them.

Finished removing all of the scale today, ready to be sandblasted in a few weeks.

adlbeetle66 - July 18th, 2015 at 08:41 PM

Nice! Great progress

wombatventures - July 19th, 2015 at 01:22 PM

What did you think Banshee. Price? Finish? Come to you or you go to them?
I'm looking at the same thing so got shed loads of questions.

Banshee777 - July 19th, 2015 at 03:02 PM

I gave them a call and very nice to talk to but the price was up there which is understandable with them coming to you. I've gone for a cheaper quote (normal media blasting) as this is just not going to be an uber restoration so can't justify the investment at the moment.....I still have to build an engine :sniffle::sniffle::sniffle:

Banshee777 - July 25th, 2015 at 04:31 PM

A bit of work on the chassis while I save the money needed for blasting.

Rust removal on the hat and a can of black over the rear.

Banshee777 - August 9th, 2015 at 03:43 PM

Picked up a set of cheap mags and polished the rims and painted them in flat black.