I did it again. I bought this 64 and I'm hoping to complete it on somewhat of a budget.

It needs an engine, pans, lower bulk head, napoleon hat, and a whole lot of other things...

You have a pm.
Cheers

Body off, front beam removed and flipped to see the damage.



Have the bulk head bottom and napoleon hat ready to be replaced.



Reciprocating saws are great...



Pans just resting in place, they are Brazilian and the body mounting holes line up ok. Only problem is some rippling but I can hammer it out

Finished up the bulk head and napoleon hat. The aftermarket repair panels really aren't the greatest quality but still work





Next to weld up the floors, just need to buy more mig gas

Budget build? Lots of serious builds dont go this far........ Nice start for sure.

Finished up the floor pans today.

Now to work on re-sealing the transmission, rear brakes and then the front beam and brakes.

I need to find a complete pedal assembly, it was missing from the car.

Seam sealed and stone guarded





Got onto doing the link pins and drop spindles

The original link pin bushings were worn to an oval shape and had actually cracked.



They pop out easy enough



King pins are stubborn





2.5" Drop Spindle, same as on my other Beetle



New link pins and bushings



Ready to be fitted

Drums machined nice, were pretty rusty.



Beam assembled



New brakes





Back to a roller



I need to redo the link pin shims. I thought I could give it some negative camber up front from adjusting the shims but reading online it wont work.

Gearbox out



Cleaning, Re-sealing, bearings and seals.







Changed the nose cone as the original one had the busing and lever worn. As well as new mount, and two rear mounts.



Brakes all ready







I need to do the brake lines, just waiting on some brake bending pliers I ordered.

Looking good

Re-fit the gearbox. Did the rear brake lines, no real point in using a brake line bender. It's way simpler to just bend them by hand, you need to be a real gorilla to make them kink.
I couldn't fit the front lines, the drop spindle casting is interfering with the brake hose so some grinding is in order soon.

Refilled the gearbox and no leaks!



Also changed the spring plate bushings and lowered one notch, pretty much the same setup as my other Beetle.

Front brakes done, also semi assembled the pedals. They were really rusty but with a vinegar bath and a flap disc they should be usable. Just need an accelerator pedal now.

I'm going to try and rebuild the engine I purchased. It was water damaged but I'm hoping the bottom end is fine so I'll gamble and do a top end.

I purchased one new (used) head and one of the existing ones cleaned up ok. The other water damaged head was also cracked.

They cleaned up ok with a soft brass wire wheel on a Dremel.





I've got new pistons, cylinders, valves, seal kit and push rod tubes on order. Fingers crossed it will work.

Wow you have done a great job there!

Got some things done while I am still waiting on some valves to show up.

Sound deaden the pan and pan gasket



Cleaned up the engine



New rear main



Had a good flywheel and clutch laying around so installed them. The flywheel that came off this engine had teeth damaged. It also had an o-ring but this one did not. Form my research there are two types, I just used a paper gasket and some rtv. Hopefully it doesn't leak.



Front tin and pulley back on



Modified the fan shroud



Pistons, J-tubes, pushrod tubes arrived and waiting

Valves lapped



Installed



Pistons installed



Heads



Rockers fitted and gapped



Few other bits and pieces back on so I don't lose them. Hopefully this thing runs.

It actually runs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=391Kw6GLIvI

Only issue is a leaking valve cover so I'm happy.

Sweet

cant wait for you to start the body

I have a fair bit of body work to do on it so I'm just slowly building the motivation to start. Rust repair and paint are my least favorite things to do.

I'm planning to start from the rear and slowly work toward the front.





















This is the colour scheme I want to go with. I will use red oxide for the body and flat black for the fenders. I'm still going for a rat look as well.

Great Job So Far. Looking forward to following the rest of your build.

The amount of rat poo and rust that just falls out of this car is pretty amazing.

Got the roof out of the way and primed, had some bare metal spots starting to rust so etch primed those spots and a coat of primer surfacer.





Found an old can of spray putty that was a very close colour match too

Looks good..any updates??

Thanks, not yet. I'm busy with work at the moment and it is too cold to work outside so I will get back into it when things warm up again.

Started some work on the hanging panels, going to be painting it in red oxide.

Another fender done