Daisy's 1968 deluxe beetle full restoration

Perpetual motion at it's best.
Only that you're the one doing it.
Be a treat to see the the bug finished won't it?
Superb achievement so far.
Catch you up at Sandown....

 

Yes buddy Iv got a password for u all to get cheap camping pass shall put it all on the thread mate
Yes getting a real buz now as I'm just ticking a job off at a time and then I got hits and hours of sanding to make it sweet


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Had a couple of hours on the other side of the rear clip as it's a right mess but made a few bits to fill the holes and welded em up allso under this side cross member all sealed up allso and some of the heater channel closing plate welded up !!
Need to finish heater channel end and drop it back down so I can position the rear chasis mound and weld it in then I can finish the clip

New tool came today allso




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Allso I caught fire today for the 1st time welding lol I was welding underneath and seed a light in corner of my eye Amd smelt burning....... s##t that's me ....


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Thats one way to stay warm.
Always fun those few seconds when you're thinking 'wheres that flickering coming from' before 'Oh poo, its me'.

Teach a man to make a fire and he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

I bought one of those cheap leather welders aprons off ebay. Works great when you're welding on the underside of stuff plus also useful to stop grinding sparks from melting your clothes. Think it was about £7.

 

Brilliant tool those finger files

 

Just cleans everything up neat


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You showed that beetle who was boss ,good read and top effort ,I bought an s1 rs turbo years back on top it looked ok underneath the paint and filler it was a bucket ,my mates laughed at me and told me to sell it on in their eyes it was repairable ,well you know urself it made me more determined to do it ,18 months later I had a mint s1 and the satisfaction of proving them wrong ,well done on this

 

Not sure how I got by without one! Perfect for dressing plug welds after grinding most of it down with the air grinder.


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Had another good few hours and got other rear chasis mount on and welded !! Allso the engine bay back panel welded in and finished up .... 10 days ago I had no rear end and now I got a bloody engine bay so set to work of the 1 rear arch filla wise making it look pretty or a bit like a car



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Been busy again the weekend as been away in the bus again for the 4th weekend in a row , so this weekend I'm staying home on the beetle !!

Tonight I spent a few hours making / reforming the rear boot area as it had rusted away so cut it all out and set to work on it allso painted underneath!!
Then finished the rear arch sanding and stone chipped it, bar some seam sealer it don't look to bad concidering I made most of the tub ect


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Nice one Si good to see you're back on it.

 

Made the the rear boot finishing bit and repaired the holes near the gutter but was a bit late to grind all the welds off so started with the filler on the repair Iv done this week
These are the small areas that are seen and take so much time!! Hope to get a good few hours on it the weekend


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The little faffy bits take an age! Satisfying when done though.


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Iv been putting these all off but it's getting down to the finishing touches now and the jobs are running out !! Getting close now


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Fitting the big bits is always more satisfying that mucking about for hours repairing a patch that no-one is ever going to notice.

 

This is y I try do these bits on a night time


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Had a good few hours today made all the other side up which took bloody ages and then set about sanding and managed to finish my 1st panel ... ready for paint now the rear vallance is ... not really much to see



I nearly have a nice rear end now not to far away


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Nice work.

 

Cheers buddy it's really getting there now was ultra happy with the way these rear corner repairs


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