My 66' Resto project!

[NJ.]

Heres what ive been upto recently, 5.5" narrowed beam with adjusters welded in. Had to weld a couple of small holes in the towers and cut down the bottom edge so i can go low

Then got it mounted, its on the original bolts atm but will be replacing them as the threads are fooked

Got all the best ball joints together, fitted the steering damper, box and kyb shocks i picked up for free

Cleaned up the various bearings and cylinders etc

will take the backing plates to be sandblasted, as i was told the brake shoes contained aspestos?

Found this spring in the hub aswell :S, remember hearing a crunching sound - turns out its obv not the wheel bearing

 

[NJ.]

Started the bulkhead aswell

Thought i'd better keep the little nub above the original panel, althought im not entirely sure what it does

welded up tho

 

[Bluebeard]

Can we see a close up of that welding???

 

[Henry]

Can we see a close up of that spatter???
(spelling police)

huge, huge amount of work going into your restoration NJ - any timescale in mind, or is it an 'as and when' affair?

 

[NJ.]

the welding isnt that great, the repair panel is so thin a seam weld will just keep blowing through

its not all spattered up thought, i just hadnt cleaned up the welds

hoping to get it on the road this year but i dont really have a deadline

 

[NJ.]

Decided i'd take my heater channels apart today, they are the cheap heritage panels. Thought i'd show you just how good they are

From the outside they are ok, shoddy quality but clean...although once i drilled the spot welds out all is revealed

They are unpainted inside! and just to clarify these havent been sitting in my back bedroom for years these are brand new

found my captive nut rolling around in there aswell

will sand all that rust back before redoing welds and painting, also have plans to make some thicker bottom plates

would like to change out the heater tube aswell, dont know what material to use though...maybe a silicon tube? the idea is to stop condensation caused by the hot air traveling through the pipe

 

[NJ.]

More progress

Managed to get the these bits seperated from the channels, do they even have a name?

Then sanded them back to bare metal inc the channels themselves, metal readied, then painted in red led - will have an over coat plus wax oyl before assembly

Cut out some new bottom plates aswell using the old ones as templates

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Gearbox time

Managed to get the short axles of out the old box, one was on so tight...this was because of a bearing for some reason

took this out of the new box and then the shorts went in

Touch down!

Although the side plates are leaking, looks like i'll need to clean the sides up and seal the gaskets..

 

[NJ.]

Picked up this trolley at the carboot for 1.50£, works great as an engine trolley

Got the front ball joints on aswell as the spindles but need to find nuts to fit them before i can get the wheels on

As my time is split up i do bits at home so heres my side projects, using the old door panels which are in excellent cond for 43 yo. Made new backs from 3mm hardboard, £2 from b&q

Have a mash up of a steering wheel on the go too

Triumph stag wheel cut, welded, smoothed and drilled
Mountney boss, re drilled and will be filled as its aluminium
The centre cap i have no idea what its from but it was stepped on the top so i have smoothed it out porsche stylee

should work out ok

 

[NJ.]

Little trip to the tip

 

[Topgeartom]

Absolutely bloody love this.

Fantastic project.

 

[Willy]

Nice guinea pig

 

[GarethM]

coming on well fella

 

[BIFCAIDS]

cool as id love to do a mk1 golf resto, dont have the space or the money tho, how old are you if you dont mind me asking?

 

[Iain C]

hitler's car

 

[paulboy247]

cracker of a project, look forward to seeing it finished. Good work!:approve:

 

[snick01]

really good work, cant wait to see it finished

 

[mini-valver]

Stunning dude, hats off. Proper project, none of this modified Clio crap!

 

[fUbAr]

More.... I need more!!

I'm currently working out how to finance a '71 beetle which has already had the important bits done to it... All I need to do is the mechanicals!

 

[Aluco]

Dedicated mate,
impressed.

 

[NJ.]

Cheers guys will update asap, having internet probs atm, but still cracking on with bodywork

fubar- if youve got a solid chassis, the mech's are a piece of piss tbh

 

[fUbAr]

The only thing stopping me from buying it is I have nowhere to store it while im getting it up to A1 condition

 

[Alexander]

Amazing project.

 

[Darren S]

Brilliant so far! Just ate my dinner while reading all that.

What's next? A VW Camper restoration?

D.

 

[172head]

Looks ace that, keep up the good work

 

[fUbAr]

any updates?

 

[fUbAr]

any updates?

?

 

[rory182]

Keep it standard and restore it will be worth lots and it has the cool factor as well

Agree 100%

Looks like good work so far, worth powder coating the heater channels? they not notorious?

 

[NJ.]

sorry guys will update tonight, a lot has changed...

 

[miltage2]

what a fantastic project! Keep it updated

 

[vincent]

As said a fair few times before now, epic work mate

I'm currently rebuilding mine aswell, but i don't have so much work as you do, i've only got the spare wheel well and rear bumper fixings to replace, all the rest is fairly rust free.
It should be repainted though, but i think i'll go along the rat route combined with some porsche inflences.

What direction are you going, oe, cal-look, Deutsches style???

keep up the good work

 

[Nickharding]

straight on the cool wall

 

[fUbAr]

sorry guys will update tonight, a lot has changed...

 

[NJ.]

Update: after a lot of though, it seems as though the bug needs almost every panel made!

However a Split rear window ragtop shell is currently in progress, only cosmetic work before paint...



Sorry its been a while, dipped my toes into the jap turbo game...

teaser:

 

[fUbAr]

awesome!

love the rear split oval :approve:

 

[Gaz.]

Sick dish on those Steels!

 

[fUbAr]

Any updates?

I'm excited for you.

 

[Winston]

Split Oval <3 <3 <3

Great work... I can't wait to get some aircooled in my life... I only rock watercooleds because i can't afford the price tags involved in air lol

 

[C.J]

Fantastic Project.

Before I bought the Cup I looked at a mint Bug, proper classics.

One day, when I have a garage.

 

[Marcus---]

anymore updates!?

 

[Englebert]

Yeah, looks like it's going to be great with the split screen!

Saw a really nice one yesterday with a trick MTB strapped to the rear, cool as fcuk!