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 Dasdubber
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 08:57 PM |
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Apologies to anyone who get the $hits with so many pictures - I use them to A) show the owner what work goes into their car, B) provide some
'memories' to remind me of all the work done, and C) to show peopl how much time goes into a thorough resto.
So that said, some more pics include; rear corner cut out with another dodgy repair:
Yet another hole to fill!
Took a while to bend this piece into shape, a few pie cuts were needed to help form the curves required.
Tacked in place (inside view):
Outside view:
Ben was back this arvo to scrape some of the tar backed sound deadener off the floor...hopefully more progress this week:
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:22 PM |
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Great pics. What is the name of that colour (I have a square the same colour but painted in that poo brown colour that i am going to eventually get
on the road).
- Adam
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you have an electrical problem....
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| posted on July 22nd, 2007 at 10:29 PM |
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I have no idea - it was originally white so I am not sure if this a standard vw colour or not - someone has mentioned maybe beryl green?
I personally don't like the existing colour, however colour is such a personal taste....what looks awesome to one person looks hideous to the next!
Gotta go with what you like yourself I guess.
PS yeah the poo brown is not the coolest of colours around 
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 07:13 AM |
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Nice panel repairs there Alan looks like your find more rust
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 07:51 PM |
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Alan
What kind of welder are you using to carry out these rust repairs. As I have similar repairs to do to my ride
Thanks
Johno
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 08:48 PM |
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Quality work, Ben must be sleeping sound at night knowing and seeing this taking place.
BTW who's bug was that the other day doing laps?
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 09:09 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Dasdubber
I have no idea - it was originally white so I am not sure if this a standard vw colour or not - someone has mentioned maybe beryl green?
I personally don't like the existing colour, however colour is such a personal taste....what looks awesome to one person looks hideous to the next!
Gotta go with what you like yourself I guess.
PS yeah the poo brown is not the coolest of colours around
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There is a badge stamped with "turquoise" on it. It is the same year as my notch but my notch doesnt have the same badge (located above spare wheel
well). Which is why I am asking. Someone painted the poo brown colour not long after all the bodgy rust/smash repairs.
Hoping to undo the damage after the beast gets registered. (and I learn to weld!!).
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 09:40 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by mountainbug
Alan
What kind of welder are you using to carry out these rust repairs. As I have similar repairs to do to my ride
Thanks
Johno
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Just a migmate 120 (with gas) - at times I could do with something more powerful (eg. 180) but it suffices for most panel repairs.
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Quality work, Ben must be sleeping sound at night knowing and seeing this taking place.
BTW who's bug was that the other day doing laps?
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My old ragtop.....have had it temporarily (will be gone on saturday so I won't upset anyone in the neighbourhood anymore with the noise!). As loud as
it is, I only ever accelerate to 50km/h so as to not go over the speed limit. I am careful to never endanger pedestrians (esp kids who can dash out
without warning).
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 09:49 PM |
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Managed to squeeze in a little work today (finished welding up the two patch sections:
Welds were done from the inside so you can see there is adequate petration - just have to knock back the welds then smooth it all over:
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 10:06 PM |
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damn your good mate
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| posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 10:41 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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BTW who's bug was that the other day doing laps?
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Glad to see I'm providing you with some entertainment for the week !!!
I hope I have some rubber left !
[ Edited on 23-7-07 by Craig Torrens ]
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| posted on July 24th, 2007 at 07:43 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrens
| Quote: | Originally
posted by surfncam
BTW who's bug was that the other day doing laps?
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Glad to see I'm providing you with some entertainment for the week !!!
I hope I have some rubber left !
[ Edited on 23-7-07 by Craig Torrens ]
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Lucky there is no line lock Craig, otherwise you'd be in trouble. 
Just kidding, even though it was my old car I was more than careful as I really didn't want to have to pay for or have to do any repairs that could
have been my fault! By the way Cam only lives two streets away, hence why he could hear the car - don't stress
[ Edited on 23-7-2007 by Dasdubber ]
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| posted on July 24th, 2007 at 01:44 PM |
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No complaints from me on the number of pics, the more the merrier! 
Great work you're doing. It's keeping me focused on my Squareback resto.
I was suprised when I read you'd done a fixed quote, so many restorers have been burnt with fixed quotes. You just never know what lurks beneath.
Keep up the good work, it's good to see such a through job being done.
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| posted on July 24th, 2007 at 07:20 PM |
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we'll fit the line lock on Friday night
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| posted on July 27th, 2007 at 12:01 AM |
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Although this sort of detailing wasn't necessarily part of the brief, as many of you know from my work with the ragtop, when I start something I have
to do it properly. Suspension detailing has commenced so once the body is painted, the undercarriage will not detract from its new shiny paint!
Pre-crud removal:
Amazing how much crap sticks to every nook and cranny! Can't wait to see this notch in colour!
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| posted on July 28th, 2007 at 05:02 PM |
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Tidy work, what did you use to get all that crud off?
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| posted on July 28th, 2007 at 06:13 PM |
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Flat scraper, screwdriver, wire brush and dremel with wire wheel....good fun
No pics but this arvo after dyno day I knocked the welds down the two major repair sections on the rear guard....also cut, patched and welded the
small piece in between the other two. Hopefully tomorrow if I don't piss the neighbours off too much I'll try and finish grinding the welds back and
then body work can start.
Massive massive thank to dumone (Daimo) for a rear window donor section - Haven't grafted it in yet but will (of course) upload pics throughout the
process.
Alan
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| posted on July 29th, 2007 at 09:26 PM |
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Busy day today - found, cut out, welded up and smoothed another rust patch:
Slowly but surely getting there!
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| posted on July 29th, 2007 at 09:55 PM |
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Inspiring
Alan,
Like always - you are an inspiration - I spent the day welding Herb back together for Leyburn/ Speed on Tweed etc you make it look so easy...
What was the previous photo of (small rectangle section) and what gauge steel are you using for the patch work.
Keep up the good work
Peter
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| posted on July 30th, 2007 at 10:13 AM |
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Thanks Peter - much appreciated. At the risk of sounding like a knob, I do hope my passion and enjoyment of working on vw's is reflected by the work
I do. I would never say it is the best work going around, however I do pride myself on attention to detail. I will be doing more of this resto work
for people as time goes by, so if anyone reading this is serious about having their vw undergo a quality resto and understand the time and hence the
cost involved in performing work such detailed work, drop me a u2u.
Back to your question now my plug is finished, the rectangle section was on the same rear guard the previous rust repair was conducted on - it is the
mounting flange that mates to the body (fender beading). The threaded holes either side of the repair are where the fender bolts attach.
Cheers
Alan
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| posted on August 1st, 2007 at 06:59 PM |
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Had a little time today to keep the notch resto ticking over. Thanks again to Daimo (dumone) for the rear window donor section - I should only need to
patch a few bits on the corners where the donor section wasn't long enough. But this has been a huge help and Ben will be glad to know his rear
window will have all fresh metal in place! I have drilled the spots welds out and separated the double skin.
The original rusty section with spot welds ground out. Initially I used the air powered cut off wheel to grind the outer skin off, however I found the
die grinder with tungsten carbide cutting bit worked much better and gave greater control.
After cutting the donor section to shape and overlaying it, then marking the cut line, I put the angle grinder to work with thin cutting wheel. I ran
out of time to weld the new section in, however I've hit the exposed areas with rust converter and will paint it all (just in a rust preventative
paint) before the new section goes in!
[ Edited on 1-8-2007 by Dasdubber ]
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| posted on August 1st, 2007 at 07:37 PM |
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Hey Alan, good to see a notchy receiving your talents.( memories come flooding back.) . look forward to the outcome.
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| posted on August 2nd, 2007 at 08:06 AM |
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Respect Alan.
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| posted on August 2nd, 2007 at 11:46 PM |
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Geez Alan that is a lot of rust repair, great work though and its good to know the little notchy will be rust free.
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| posted on August 4th, 2007 at 07:20 PM |
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Alan,
Love to see all the pics. We have a 71 Fasty here that one day will need a resto similar to this. Great to see your attention to detail and
fantastic that you put up so many pics for our future reference.
Matt
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| posted on August 4th, 2007 at 09:40 PM |
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Cheers Matt.
Just a quick update - coat of rust preventative paint before the new section is welded in (hopefully tomorrow). As Ben hasn't decided on a final
colour yet, I couldn't spray this section in body colour before welding starts. Anyway, the black will look good through the vents and will last a
lifetime!
Alan
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| posted on August 5th, 2007 at 08:36 AM |
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Is that a rust preventative in black or rust preventative first covered by a top coat in black?
I agree will look great through the vents!
Matt
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| posted on August 5th, 2007 at 11:04 AM |
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It is just simply gloss black kill rust paint. I first used a wire brush wheel on the angle grinder to knock back as much surface rust as possible,
then used rust converter as per the instructions followed by the the killrust paint.
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| posted on August 5th, 2007 at 07:48 PM |
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Tacked the new section into place today (but ran out of time to weld it in fully).
Will bolt decklid back on to check gaps etc before welding it in fully:
The end of another day - never enough time unfortunately!
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| posted on August 6th, 2007 at 07:16 PM |
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Spent a couple of hours this arvo fine tuning the decklid gaps - all pretty much sorted now (had to cut off a few spot welds and then reweld to get it
spot on).
Can't wait for welding to finish so I can get stuck into the panel work! It should progress fairly fast after that.
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