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 oldturtle22
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| posted on January 17th, 2014 at 09:50 AM |
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1959 Summer Blue Beetle
Here are some pics of my Beetle I bought about a month ago.
I had to do a rust repair on the lower drivers side pillar section and in the wheel arch and a piece in the floorpan where the battery sits. I intend
to fit BRM wheels, fit front disk brakes, narrowed beam and lower it. Sorry about the bad quality pics.
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oldturtle22
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| posted on January 17th, 2014 at 09:52 AM |
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Pillar repair
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oldturtle22
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| posted on January 17th, 2014 at 09:54 AM |
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pillar repair, engine, wheels
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oldturtle22
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| posted on January 17th, 2014 at 09:56 AM |
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Interior and parts ready for paint.
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| posted on January 17th, 2014 at 10:08 AM |
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wet&dry rub down and a buff for the paint ?
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oldturtle22
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| posted on January 17th, 2014 at 10:10 AM |
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Yes Ill do that, not going to go to crazy with the paint. It'll be good enough for the time being.
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oldturtle22
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| posted on January 25th, 2014 at 07:32 PM |
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more updates
Ive got a bit done before the long weekend. Ive polished up a heap of chrome parts, painted the horn and the horn bracket, cleaned up under the guards
and now Im starting to reassemble the seats to have new covers put back on. Ive also put a new door rubber kit in the drivers side. I had a few broken
bolts to remove in the wheel arches and bumper mounts, Then sprayed stone guard under the guards to give it a bit of a clean up. I also fitted a radio
from 64 beetle which I got on ebay.
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| posted on January 25th, 2014 at 07:38 PM |
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seats
Just getting the seats assembled as much as I can as its getting upholstery done in Feb.
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| posted on February 20th, 2014 at 01:40 PM |
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Looks good! great buy
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| posted on February 27th, 2014 at 07:19 AM |
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looks good. '59 love 
[size=4] '59 or Kombi?....feeling confused [/size]
'59 bug
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'82 import T3 BUS. aircooled
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 06:40 PM |
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Updates
Well I've got some updates as the Beetle is nearly on the road. The interior has been completed by Micheal Holman of Performance Upholstery and Im
really happy with how it turned out. Pics to follow. I've also followed NUG637's lead and built my own Okrasa style exhaust. I've removed the
engine to replace the rubber engine seals, the transmission main/input seal and mounts and inspect the clutch. The kingpin/spindle assemblies have
been removed and sent away for rebuild along with dropped spindles, and the brakes have been replaced along with new master cylinder. So hopefully
it'll be cruising soon. Here's some pics of my progress, cheers Chris
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 06:44 PM |
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These are the holes I cut into the exhaust, I removed the original baffles and cut off the crimped pipes inside so they're not restricted.
I made new baffles and refitted them.
This is the dual pipe to fit in the big holes I made in the muffler.
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 06:46 PM |
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This is what it should look like when completed.......
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| posted on April 17th, 2014 at 11:39 PM |
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The pipes are going to be to low for the cut outs in the rear valance
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| posted on April 18th, 2014 at 07:22 AM |
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very cool, keep it up.
T54
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It's moving straight, low to the ground,
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| posted on April 18th, 2014 at 07:22 AM |
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Cool thanx for the info mate. I was going to check them after the engine was reinstalled.
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| posted on April 18th, 2014 at 05:13 PM |
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Great workk love the carpet
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| posted on April 18th, 2014 at 06:48 PM |
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The carpet does look great, today I set about fixing the exhaust and I've worked out a plan there, and the engine is re-installed and runs. so
that's a plus. I also installed drivers side seat belt. Small bites will get me there.
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| posted on April 18th, 2014 at 08:34 PM |
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Doing a good job mate.nice looking bug.
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| posted on April 26th, 2014 at 10:24 PM |
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I finished and fitted my exhaust today. I also painted and fitted up another inlet manifold.
Has anyone got any tips for removing springplates from the beetle? I have 2 inch dropped spindles coming for the front and was going to lower it a
couple of splines at the springplates? Ideas? Is this too much? I'm having a bit of a time removing them from the splines?
Here's some pics.
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| posted on April 27th, 2014 at 05:58 PM |
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So I fitted the exhaust and intake for good now, the engine has new tinware seals and transmission main/pilot shaft seal, so its all up and running
again.
Just waiting on the dropped spindles and Ill move the rear springplates a spline or two and it should be rolling soon!
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| posted on April 29th, 2014 at 07:25 PM |
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Nice job. looks very cool
Oh well
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| posted on May 1st, 2014 at 06:13 PM |
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Looks Great carpet and trim go well with the paint work. Gives me inspiration for me to get started on my 60. a time line would be interesting
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| posted on May 2nd, 2014 at 06:18 AM |
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Get on to the 60 Moose. Yeah it does look good Michael did a great job.
Ive received my dropped spindles and the assemblies are back togeather so now I can get the front back togeather then the rear, get the tyres put on
the wheels and rego!!
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| posted on May 5th, 2014 at 07:29 PM |
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love the exhaust
[size=4] '59 or Kombi?....feeling confused [/size]
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'68 bug
'82 import T3 BUS. aircooled
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| posted on May 5th, 2014 at 08:42 PM |
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Thanks Boozo, Hopefully its not to loud.
I got a few bits from WW today so Ill fit them up this weekend. The front dropped spindles were fitted last weekend so its back on the ground, sitting
a bit lower.
Not to long now
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| posted on May 7th, 2014 at 03:55 PM |
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Looking forward to seeing it slammed Chris!
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| posted on May 9th, 2014 at 11:01 AM |
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4 inch narrowed beam bought Mick, with BRM's, should look sick as.
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| posted on May 10th, 2014 at 05:53 PM |
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Getting there, narrowed beam to be fitted now!
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| posted on May 17th, 2014 at 10:11 AM |
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What a great build, not too over the top. looks good.
Just a question from the top of the post. When you did rust repairs to pillars,
were they replacement rust repair sections?
Im looking for new pillar rust repair sections ,havnt found anywhere in aus that sells them.
Cheers
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