UltraWomble Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 No, I did like it.Looking forward to the rest of the build, esp the dash. vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Did you win the bet? You know the one your mate said "I bet you won't wear that tie in public" I'm with DW on this - lilac is an awful colour - sorry. UltraWomble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 only one car should wear lilac and that is the minor 1000000, PHACKT! am intregued with how this build turns out, bugs aren't my thing but i do like to see a nice one out and about. mercrocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 A friend gave me a good kick up the arse and I got back to working on the car again.Starting with sorting the garage and building the floor to a rolling chassis, this took a little while as during various moves, strips and storage I had to locate all the parts to get it done. After getting the floor built I found my mojo for the car again and promptly bought a load of parts to help finish. with that done I started to think about the big job of painting. I had already decided on a colour which was going to be Agave Green a 60'sBeetle colour. I blagged someones drive and bought a massive 9mx3m tent/marquee. Over the next 2 weeks I got the car primed, sanded and top coated. Not a bad finish for a tent on a gravel drive. This is always this best part for me and started showing some real progress at last.I won some original seats which were slightly Knackered but they were getting recovered, off of ebay for the grand total of £10.Downside was I had to go to Kent to collect them which kind of made them a whole lot less of a bargain!! Vince70, vulgalour, Magnificent Rustbucket and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Sorry if this is a stupid question - I know nowt about painting - but why did you mask off the interior, engine bay etc if you're working with a bare shell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 They had been done earlier so were dry.Trying to get round, in and out, over and under a whole car without a temp controlled spray booth, space or slower hardeners and thinners is a real pain.By painting places that can be masked it breaks it down into more manageable pieces and stops getting overspray and dry paint work on the areas you coated first keeping a better gloss. inconsistant, Asimo, mat_the_cat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Ah, that makes sense. With everything I've ever painted - from an 1:24 scale Mini to the sitting room ceiling - I've dipped my hair in wet paint at least once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Why are you using your hair to paint with? Just buy a brush. Magnificent Rustbucket, inconsistant, UltraWomble and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hair is cheaper and it grows back. Would you like to paint a Toledo? Skizzer, Magnificent Rustbucket and robinmasters 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 With my hair? Magnificent Rustbucket and mat_the_cat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 No. Well, unless you really, really feel the need. I was thinking more Mr. Crusty Sills in all honesty vulgalour and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 As much as I would like to do more painting unfortunately I have know where to paint at present. Living in a rented house with arse hole neighbours means I can't do painting at home.I am in discussion with the farmer across the road about using a an out building he has.How much work needs doing to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 The car is essentially sound apart from a ding in the rear panel (which will get done), a dent in the sill (which can stay) and a small amount of wob in one of the front wings. The roof can stay as it is as I was going to carbon fibre wrap it. It is a question of me stripping the old shite paint off (or as much as I can do) and doing as much prep as possible. It's after that which I struggle with as I have nowhere dust free and no power to my lock up. There is no rush as I need to refit the lights and lob it in for an MOT. There is very little horrible rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 If things work out at the farm I will let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Ok, that would be ace, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 After finishing the topcoat on the body all the loose panels were done and it was time to get the body back to mine and reunited with the floorpan.A few (un)willing were volunteers were rounded up and the body and floor were together again for the first time in 3 years. The kids seemed to like Buzz looking like a car again! During the winter of '12 and '13 I got the 'pan and the body all lined with sound proofing this was a proper ball ache of a job, A, it was freezing and B, it's so sticky and the tar base gets everywhere especially when having to use a hot air gun to make it flexible. After giving up several times due to numb hands and frustration, I got it finished in the spring which was much nicer, making me wish I had just left it for the warmer weather to start with.This pretty much started the process of putting all the new shiny bits on and taking them off and putting them back on correctly it really is amazing what goes into rebuilding a car! The paint work was flattened with 1500 wet or dry and machined polished with G3 compound finishing with 3m swirl remover. A fit up to hold the panels whilst finishing them and he was looking like a whole car again. The headlining went in next, if anyone is thinking of doing one then take my advise and pay someone to do it, it was 2 weekends of my life that I'm never getting back!! I ended sticking pretty much anything to anything with contact adhesive luckily thinners did a good job of the clean up and I think I did a good job. Then all new carpets from Newton Commercial. They were a great fit and a good recreation of the original style carpets that really make the interior seem finished. They weren't cheap mind! Although this doesn't seem much but the sheer amount of time needed for each thing was way beyond what I had thought it would take. johngarty, worldofceri, Banger Kenny and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 It really is looking lovely inside already. My daughter wants one of these so it may be an excuse to buy one. The fact she cant drive for anothe 6 years is immaterial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 I've spent the last 6 years on this! So suggest you get cracking. LolThe best bit of the interior is still to come. DeeJay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 First pictures I thought it was that really chunky looking green that VW did, I can't remember the name of it, it's similar to the colour of classic green Lego bricks. Anyway, now I see the new pictures I realise you've painted the car in one of my favourite VW colours because of it's ability to look totally different depending, seemingly, on its mood. Problem is you've reawoken that barely suppressed urge I have to get myself a mid-60s 1200 Bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 even i, someone who isn't much bothered by vw's will say that this one is starting to look really nice. good work sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I like that it's not being hit with the stupid stick. Alusilber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taff Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 thread full of win so far. Let me guess, 2014 saw a total change of direction and you made it into a Baja Bug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 A ratlook Baja. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Problem is you've reawoken that barely suppressed urge I have to get myself a mid-60s 1200 Bug. Same here, see also early Karmann Ghia etc. Luckily both are out of my price range and/or current restoration capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The Newton Commercial stuff is very good, but as you say, rather pricey. Excellent stuff so far. I do like a non-molested Beetle. Top work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 As I mentioned at the start I got a letter from the DVLA telling me that the registration and the Chassis number did not match (I should have smelt a rat when I found a 'spare' vin number already cut out.)After much phoning I established that the car had had a different floorpan that had never been registered, so I started the process of registering the car with the chassis number I had.The DVLA said the car would have to go on a Q plate as a radically altered vehicle and that it would have to be taken to VOSA for a full inspection in order to have any kind of registration put on, I thought this was a bit harsh as it was only a new chassis number. I some how got hold of a direct dial number for the local office in Norwich and explained it to the manager who actually seemed to know what she was talking about and prepared to help.She told me the Chassis the car was on had never been stolen, scrapped or written of and that in theory a V5 existed for the car.I had to join the Volkswagen owners club so a man could come and verify that parts on the car were original and of the correct date.Letter in hand I took all the information to the local office and after a 2 hour wait managed to talk to someone who was prepared to put the car on an age related plate.This all took a couple of years to sort and taught me a big lesson about checking chassis numbers and not buying cars without the paperwork being present. Had they have closed of local DVLA offices before I had sorted this out it would have made this part of the whole restoration lot harder and stressful and I think it is a terrible thing that they closed them in order to save money! danthecapriman, groovylee, Jerzy Woking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 That's looking good, those Marathon Beetle wheels are really neat. Without disturbing your thread too much, this is the brief story of my 1961 Beetle. Bought from Sweden where they don't salt the roads Sunroof welded in (from a pink car) Stainless steel bumpers, L87 Pearl White paint on the outside, grey on the inside because I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to making a replica. The car came with a poorly 1300 single port which got swapped for a 1641. It also got a camber compensator, 1500cc Beetle gearbox with higher final drive, and Porsche 356 drum brakes. It was lowered by one spline on the rear and the front brought down to make it level. Graphics on Film cars had the VW badge blanked off, only a proper geek would do that, right? On the track Bigger wheels. Sadly I couldn't find the Goodyear Bluestreak racing crossplies This took ages, cost loads and I'd do it all again if I could. Starting off with a Beetle that wasn't rusty was a treat, having owned enough rusty ones when I was young! Crusty Sills, Magnificent Rustbucket, Dick Longbridge and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 That is lovely. I do like an early Beetle. Would love to put a more powerful engine in but blow me they are expensive and I just can't justify it.Do you still have it?I kept the Marathon wheels because every car seems to have alloys and thought it would be nice to keep steel wheels.I was thinking of getting the rears banded but that's for another day.I have a full set of Marathon stainless hexagon hub covers to go on. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the judge Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 This fred is full of awesome!!! Well done you skilled chaps!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Green Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I attempted a Herbie replica build this week. Here's how it went:Started with a white Beetle that's been sitting in the corner of my garden in Botswana for about a year: Cleaned carb; charged battery; changed 3 spark plugs (cos the shop only had 3 in stock); bought 3 inner tubes; inflated the tyres; put in some petrol.Checked the interior for snakes and lizards....removed animal skulls.Started on the button, but sounded absolutely terrible. Doesn't sound like my engine at all. Doesn't even look like my engine. Hang on! Don't think this is my engine! Think the bastard I left the car with to sort out the flywheel has swapped it for some piece of junk! Went round to confront him to find he's died. Oh well.Called out a guy called Gerald - Zimbabwean Rastafarian shoe leather repair expert and part time Beetle enthusiast. This is his car: Gerald's verdict - engine's completely shagged. Need another.Sourced a new engine for £200. But it's in Cape Town, 1,000 miles away. Transport issues prove to be too complicated. Washed it and parked it up. To be continued....And all the Herbie "53" stickers have crinkled in the sun. Should have left them in the shade. Was never that sure about them anyway. Overall verdict - fail.PS - There's a hand-painted Beetle on Ebay just now with a headlining that looks like this (personally I'd be quite happy with the head lining and the hand-paint): http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181775488616?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Jerzy Woking, vulgalour, Asimo and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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