I was called in by a good friend to do a bit of rust repair and touch up on their type 3 wagon.

It's faded radar red, but I think it looks a bit like off meat : )

Here it is getting a bit of disassembly by the owner.







It's got all the usual rust, but none of it is particularly bad.














And here's that section all repaired.

yea thats about right ,more to find .have seen worse.

The lower edge of the inner guard needs replacing too. I'll do it in two pieces as the pad for the hoist is in the way : )







Nice!







Next was the top of the A pillar.







Then it was time for the windscreen surround.

I cut an old panel up to make a shield so the weld spatter didn't go over the dashboard.




Here's the new piece I made welded into place.




Here's the new bits welded into the other side too.

Both rear side window sills needed a little bit of work but nothing too exciting.




Next job was the top of the right hand rear roof pillar.





No wonder it's rusted out. It's full of expanding foam!





So after I dug all the foam out I could see how the rust was inside the panel.





I cut out the bad bits and welded in some new metal.




After a clean up it looked a bit like this.




With that done and rust converted I could make a new outer skin and weld it on.





The front left guard had a couple of little rust holes too.











That pretty much covers the metal work.

Wow you are a good friend. Have fun.

Next step was to put a little bit of filler where needed and mask it up for primer and top coat.













The colour match isn't 100% but it's pretty good. It stands out more in the pics as the flash is highlighting it.








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The reason for just touching up the paint is time, money and the fact it has such great patina on it already.




And here it is back together ready for the glass to go back in.

I wish you were near me. I'd happily pay you to fix my car.

Nice work!

Dude! you should make a few replacement sections for me

But seriously I would pay to get some small sections made.

i think i own that car' blue twin brother, my one is rusted in exactly the same places and about the same condition :P

Mine has far less but few different spots than that there.

I have all the NOS sheet metal to fix mine except I need the firewall hump section (few pin holes) and left C pillar has a match head sized hole in it. Also the bottom section of the spare wheel panel and next to the heater vents on the heater channel.

thanks again mr dirtbag for the work on nanna hugo.
could be a new sideline making type three sections

yes do it so many people need small contoured sections for type 3, yet so many panel beaters do a poor job. Your work is quite exceptional.

Wouldn't mind some of this help myself! newbie at welding and this if my first vw, first type 3, and first resto job hahaha

if you want to see some more of dirtbags work, check out "spud the single cab ute"
in the resto corner of the kombi club website. mindblowing stuff!!!

my skills are lacking in the panel beating and sheet metal fabrication. I also have no panel beating tools what so ever and have only used them once before.

welding is something I am good at. I bought my self a tig last year but haven't found a mask for the right price yet. Nor have I rent a argon bottle yet.
I have to get concrete in my shed first

nice job + keeping that patina lost all that when i fixed mine but decided on changing the colour in the end anyway good tip for people wanting repair patches use cardboard such as cornflakes gauge that is the box not contents therein place card over the area that requires replacing so it can form to the contours of the panel cut the patch slightly bigger than you require you can always trim it down to fit once you have the shape you are after just give it a go on something small first you will get better the more you do it a bit of trial and error not to mention frustration and skinned knuckles

awsome work dirt bag

Thanks for the kind words guys.

So what pieces are you chaps wanting made?

umm? notch rear pillar bottoms?

leaf mulched

those 3 inch pesky heater channel sections just before the vent starts. Ill take pic of this piece when I get home.

they are the most complicated rust damaged parts on my notch. All other parts I either have NOS sheet metal or are just tinny section on already dead flat metal.

not really sure :P... anything that may be required for my fix:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=90286&page=1#pid840299 

just discovered a few holes just under the drivers seat too.. but shouldnt be too big.

Really (Really!) nice rust repairs. As good as, if not better than most panel shops would do. Even better are the facilities to do it in. Nice shed/warehouse/blimp hangar you got there! I'm ultra jealous