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 Van de Blauw
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| posted on July 11th, 2013 at 03:01 PM |
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Ratty 64 Beetle
New to our garage, this '64 is the base from which all of my childhood dreams will be brought to life.
Noticed it at a local club member's house while he was servicing my bay window and he explained he picked it up locally at an estate sale and it
didn't owe him a great deal. In turn the asking price was (hopefully) a bargain. Snapped it up, and now its too late to turn back: I'm in love!
There's a little bit of rust, and a few obvious repairs (have a look at the bottom of the driver's door)- but all in all its fairly solid.
The main rust concern for me is that both of the doors have rusted through on the bottoms and interior sides. Not sure whether to leave it, try and
fix it or just replace the doors. Any ideas at this early stage?? And there's a little bit in the gutter leading down to the decklid area, is that a
tough fix???
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Ratty arse 1964 Beetle
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| posted on July 11th, 2013 at 09:13 PM |
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He's very cute - good luck getting him on the road 
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1967 Aussie Deluxe Project
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vwvic
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| posted on July 11th, 2013 at 09:46 PM |
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Great looking bug
Mine had rust in the gutter in the same spot. It wasn't too hard to fix.
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65 manx,74 camper,60 Rat beetle.....and many more to come
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| posted on July 12th, 2013 at 03:24 AM |
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Sweet bug!
What Dude..
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| posted on July 12th, 2013 at 10:30 AM |
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Is nice Dan!
I thought this was Rach's car though?
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Van de Blauw
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| posted on July 12th, 2013 at 01:54 PM |
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 it is, only i'll be the one working on it, and i'll be the one
driving it.
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Ratty arse 1964 Beetle
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| posted on July 12th, 2013 at 09:47 PM |
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Nice. What have you got planned for it ?
Oh well
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| posted on July 14th, 2013 at 12:51 AM |
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Cut, polish, slam, done.
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Van de Blauw
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| posted on July 14th, 2013 at 07:08 PM |
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Rhett's not far off the money there!!!
Patch the holes, bang some of the larger dints, overhaul the brakes, treat the pan to some love, 12v conversion, cut and polish and then hopefully get
it to a stage where reg (club) is achievable. And some slammage, perhaps.
On the pan point, we went and cleaned her out during the week. This is what we found:
What's the recommended course of action for taking care of that surface rust?
And, what size tyres do people run on stock steelies????
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| posted on July 14th, 2013 at 09:53 PM |
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Clean it up a bit more wire brush the pans and coat them with POR15. It will come up a treat.
Oh well
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| posted on July 17th, 2013 at 04:35 PM |
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posted by Van de BlauwAnd, what size tyres do people run on stock steelies????
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135r15's on the front and 165r15 on the rear, if your slamming it of course 
When your ready for tyres give me a holla
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| posted on July 17th, 2013 at 07:50 PM |
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Will do. I need to catch you boys out at the shed for some proper inspiration/direction on this...
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| posted on July 18th, 2013 at 06:47 AM |
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You know the time and the place
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| posted on August 8th, 2013 at 10:28 AM |
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keen to see this unfold
Im so happy I could just shit.
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| posted on August 8th, 2013 at 07:30 PM |
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looks like a good project!
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| posted on August 31st, 2013 at 08:42 PM |
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Time for a little update.
Progress on the car has been severely hampered by my latest batch of teaching rounds, but things are still starting to take shape and a plan is slowly
coming together. A light cut and polish revealed some old dodgy repairs, and what could quite possibly be the worst paint matching the world has ever
seen. Lots of little things are being done, like replacing brake hoses and cylinders, and putting on some new axle boots. A box full of goodies
arrived yesterday, so today saw the next phase of work start to take shape!
Original paint wheels have been located (4 wheels were on 4 different cars out at the 'farm'), and came up perfectly ratty after a wash.
It wasn't all sunshine and happiness though, as with a little bit of prodding and poking we found that the lower section of the driver's side
A-Pillar was rooted- so that will make for some welding fun a little down the track.
I'll leave you with the pictures- hopefully there'll be a lot more work done in the next month or two!
And I got these puppies for a steal on eBay-
Should match up pretty well.
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Ratty arse 1964 Beetle
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| posted on September 3rd, 2013 at 07:29 AM |
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Keep it up guys!!
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| posted on September 8th, 2013 at 10:00 PM |
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Small progress made this weekend- at this rate the car will be on the road come its 75th birthday
Engine came in from the chook shed yesterday, made its way onto the engine stand and was treated to a brand spanking new 12volt gen and some cleaned
up tinware. Bit of p-farting around changing the stand and backing plate, but will be well worth it in the end.
New rear window seal went in as well- probably the funnest job I've completed thus far. What a pita. Result should be well worth it in the end
though, with the no leaking and stuff.
Well-loved 1973 PMG Panelvan (Snapperhead hightop project)
Ratty arse 1964 Beetle
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