Daisy's 1968 deluxe beetle full restoration

It was never really much of a challenge for you really, was it

 

Erm yes David I couldn't weld or nothing had no idea 12 months ago !! Be bloody lost without ur FaceTime calls mind !


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Well done for persevering, your mentor must be amazing , FaceTime and the occasional visit

 

Ok yes yes it was all u taught me how to weld and convinced me to fix it up !!


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Now be fair , you did a bit too , I can't take ALL the glory

 

Your doing great dude keep at it

 

It's come a long way recently bud


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Looking good. Did you leave a drain hole in the bottom of the A pillar to allow any water that will get in to drain out?

 

Walks away slowly and drills small hole


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Big ish,8mm min if you can

 

Bigger than the end of your cavity wax nozzle

 

Will prob be just wax oil in a spray can bud


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Best bet is to buy 5 litres of cavity wax and borrow a compressor and cavity wax gun
It's the only way to do a thorough job
If you must use an aerosol
Then dynax s50 comes in a large van with an injection nozzle/tube and creeps well

 

I'll cross that bridge after paint !!

I need a complete rear end 1st


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Bit more done on to the other quarter pannel had to make a couple of bits of the arch allso the fold again on this side need repairing allso and the top hinge mount for the door !! All repaired thisbsode and ready for filla work
Not much to see but these little bits take bloody ages !! The big pannels are a doddle compared to these !!




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Then moved back and started to assemble the rear cross members!! Have to save these fit near perfect for a repro pannel !! Tiny trim and both slotted right in !!
But then this happened I bloody ran out of gas




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So made the pannels for together ready



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Allso stone chipped the finished front inside and seam sealed allso cleaned off all the front underside and stone chipped allso


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Had another go at the inner arch sanding !! It's gonna be stone chipped any ways but due to the amount of work it's had done I wanted it to look half decent !!
Quite happy with the results after a coat of red oxide primer bit of small sanding to do where the arch bends but nothing really !! So this is the 1st pannel .... done


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Nice work on the arch. I love the way stone chip covers all the little blemishes.