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rusty69 - March 4th, 2012 at 05:27 PM

Hi All,

Just got my first beetle... (well i rescued it from being scraped). Its a very rusty 69 beetle. I hope to do all (or most) of the repairs on it, so its going to be a very long project. Well at least its not going to be junked...

Also the first time I am going to restore a car (this badly rusted). So I will be asking a lot of questions, looks like there are quite a few knowledgeable members on this forum.

Bizarre - March 4th, 2012 at 05:37 PM

G'day and welcome

Post a couple of pics of your project and ask away with the questions

We reckon we know everything :rolleyes:

t1 time - March 4th, 2012 at 06:09 PM

Welcome and yes there are a lot of knowledgable people on this site ready to answer your questions on late Beetles,nice to see another Bug saved.

rusty69 - March 7th, 2012 at 05:21 PM

Here are some pictures

68Volkaru - April 26th, 2012 at 09:12 PM

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Originally posted by rusty69
Hi All,

Just got my first beetle... (well i rescued it from being scraped). Its a very rusty 69 beetle. I hope to do all (or most) of the repairs on it, so its going to be a very long project. Well at least its not going to be junked...

Also the first time I am going to restore a car (this badly rusted). So I will be asking a lot of questions, looks like there are quite a few knowledgeable members on this forum.


Welcome rusty69.

x1 for the rescue. Always good to see.

I have a 68 if you need to check anything out for yours. I am also doing a pan off resto (also my first), so look forward to sharing the journey via computer. :crazy:

rusty69 - May 7th, 2012 at 08:59 AM

Thanks for the welcome guys.

68Volkaru - great to see another VW guy close to home.

I have changed my plan slightly. Because the body was rather extremely rusted, I have purchased a 67 beetle body in much better condition and plan to put the 67 body on the 69 pan :cool:

So the looks of the 67 with the disk brakes and newer bits of the 69.

Lots of 67 and 69 bits and bobs to source…:crazy: and need to buy a welder.

annosL - May 7th, 2012 at 12:37 PM

Welcome and good luck with the rescue!

68Volkaru - May 7th, 2012 at 06:58 PM

I have a UniMig 190 MTS your welcome to come and have a go of. Got it from the WORLD famous Fisher Discount yearly sale last year. Good little welder. I see they have a Mig only 180 for approx $350. Be a good buy.