Project 68 cab

[Black Sheep]

Will I ever learn " probably not "  will you just take a look at the dog I dragged home 

looks like the overhaul of the 49 is gonna take a bit of a back seat for a while 
Got this little fixer upper "read shit loads of rust cutting out " for her indoors . It's a 68 model , plan is to cut out the rot which is most of the back end , heater channels etc .
Switch it over to RHD , de trim , drop the front a bit , paint it in its original royal red and sit it on some Mahle wheels .
Gonna weld in some bracing tomorrow " lot more than I would put in a saloon" and pull cut and tear the body off the pan , wish me luck 
Got a big list of panels going already
luggage floor
two rear quarters
heater channels
sill strengtheners
two new pan half's
68> rear valence
two rear wings
ETC ETC

 
Oh yeah don't tell the Mrs but its gonna have an turbo in there 

[vwcab]

So Glenn,good luck  with the resto,and I like the fact a "vwcab" with a turbo.
Interesting project,I will follow it for sure. 

[Lids]

Oh yeah don't tell the Mrs but its gonna have an turbo in there 

Utter madness, it can't be done 

[roland]

cool project!

[Black Sheep]

Just gone out and got a donor car 1302S with a new luggage panel with it 
Looks like the cab my have to go IRS 

[Martin Greaves]

Oh yeah don't tell the Mrs but its gonna have an turbo in there 

Utter madness, it can't be done 

Hey we not talking about your car.


Also what idiot talked you into a turbo motor for it.

[Lids]

Oh yeah don't tell the Mrs but its gonna have an turbo in there 

Utter madness, it can't be done 

Hey we not talking about your car.


Also what idiot talked you into a turbo motor for it.

Motor for mine is starting to take shape, bottom end is been trial fitted and balanced over xmas, the heads are been tested and then put on a Serdi valve machine centre(just imported into the UK) to check valve angles, length etc so that all 4 chambers are identical.  So in a few months i'll go heads up against your hairdryer.

[Black Sheep]

[Lids]

Didn't hear you fibreglass boy.  Speak up 

[Black Sheep]

Well after 5 hours , six ultra thin cutting discs and a lot of swearing , the donor 1302S is now a collection of parts 
" anyone want a usable 1302 front clip and a pair of mac struts Im your man  "
I can now tick off the luggage panel , rear valance and possibly the rear quarters from the want list 
The pan halfs on this donor car are very solid , what with the S gearbox Im going to have to look into grafting on the frame head from the cab pan and transfer the ID
Can't wait now to get stuck into the cab proper now , just need to strip down the donor rear end to see what's useable .

[leec]

So its not done yet?

Where did the 1302 donor come from then?

Lee

[Black Sheep]

Nah not quite yet 
 The 1302 was a chance score , went around Max & AJ's for a brew yesterday lunchtime and got talking , he said he had something i wanted but could'nt have  a luggage panel which he had hand picked from another car , then said that he knew of a car that was for sale age;s ago that had a new one with a load of new panels to boot 
He dug out the number gave them a call and to both of our supprise it was still there .
24 hours later it was sat in my drive , and a few hours after that it was parts .
Dont hang about around here you know 

[herbieharv]

is that what they call a karman skip?

[Neil Davies]

Well I can't see the pictures, but it can't be nay worse than mine!
http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,9041.0.html
I've got a load of spare bits (complete set of window winders mechanisms, glass except for screen, pair of really ropy doors and various bits of Karmann metalwork) if you need stuff, and I've found out loads about how Karmanns are put together too! I might be picking your brains for measurements from time to time!

[Black Sheep]

Cheers Neil , I may be up for the winder mech's as both the drivers /right side one's are useless on my cab , drop me a list of spare's especially panels 
Those pix of your heater channels look very similar to the condition of mine 

[Neil Davies]

I'm home and have had a look at the picture - doesn't look too bad! Funny how they look better in the pics than in real life...

I'll have a good look for the winder gear next week - I finish school on Friday!

[Neil Davies]

Well after 5 hours , six ultra thin cutting discs and a lot of swearing , the donor 1302S is now a collection of parts 
" anyone want a usable 1302 front clip and a pair of mac struts Im your man  "
I can now tick off the luggage panel , rear valance and possibly the rear quarters from the want list 
The pan halfs on this donor car are very solid , what with the S gearbox Im going to have to look into grafting on the frame head from the cab pan and transfer the ID
Can't wait now to get stuck into the cab proper now , just need to strip down the donor rear end to see what's useable .

Just read this bit again Glenn - 1302 pan halves are different to torsion bar cars apparently - shame because I've got a really good 1303 pan at the unit too... They're wider at the front, where the heater channels kick in just in front of the doors.

[Black Sheep]

Bugger  , oh well Ive now got a pan for sale too 

[Neil Davies]

Bugger  , oh well Ive now got a pan for sale too 

If you've got to replace the pan halves in the cabrio pan, it might be easier to do that and weld in IRS brackets at the same time than to do a frameheads and pan half swap on the 02 pan. All depends on the state of the framehead!

[Lids]

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=551646

framehead?

[Black Sheep]

Pretty much what i was thinking Neil , got a heater channel kicking about here some place I'll place it on the pan just to see how different they are .
Still on the upside got offered a intercooler today that's just right , thinking about cutting in a type 25 top engine hatch into the luggage floor and dropping the cooler in next to the box  
May even raise the whole floor while I'm at it for a bit more room for go faster bits  

[kev d]

Just cheat & throw away most of the shell like I did, it'll be done in no time..

Cheers,
Kev

[Neil Davies]

Pretty much what i was thinking Neil , got a heater channel kicking about here some place I'll place it on the pan just to see how different they are .
Still on the upside got offered a intercooler today that's just right , thinking about cutting in a type 25 top engine hatch into the luggage floor and dropping the cooler in next to the box  
May even raise the whole floor while I'm at it for a bit more room for go faster bits  

Cutting a hole in the luggage floor is a really good idea, and one I'll certainly do in my cars. Why the factory ever deleted that feature I don't know... I don't think I'd use a T25 hatch though - they're pretty heavy! I think I'll make something out of a donor section of luggage floor, maybe with a simple frame welded round the edge, or just a folded edge like in our split bugs.

[Black Sheep]

Yeah got to look into a bit more yet , type 25 was just an idea , still got to get my head around what Im gonna use In the engine plumbing dept before I crack open the mig 

[tikimadness]

Just cheat & throw away most of the shell like I did, it'll be done in no time..

Cheers,
Kev

That's what I would do single skin it put a big motor in it and paint it yellow

Looks like a lot of work 49rag
Ah at least we have another topic to read

Michael

[Black Sheep]

That's what I would do single skin it put a big motor in it and paint it yellow

Michael
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LOL 

[Martin Greaves]

Just cheat & throw away most of the shell like I did, it'll be done in no time..

Cheers,
Kev

That's what I would do single skin it put a big motor in it and paint it yellow

Looks like a lot of work 49rag
Ah at least we have another topic to read

Michael

Michael it Beige not Yellow.

[tikimadness]

Sorry my bad

Michael

[benssp]

Just read this bit again Glenn - 1302 pan halves are different to torsion bar cars apparently - shame because I've got a really good 1303 pan at the unit too... They're wider at the front, where the heater channels kick in just in front of the doors.

The halves are the same for torsion and 1302/irs, 73- 1303 have a deeper area where the seats mount but the profile is the same

[benssp]

Cutting a hole in the luggage floor is a really good idea, and one I'll certainly do in my cars. Why the factory ever deleted that feature I don't know... I don't think I'd use a T25 hatch though - they're pretty heavy! I think I'll make something out of a donor section of luggage floor, maybe with a simple frame welded round the edge, or just a folded edge like in our split bugs.

Glenn, I may have a spare panel like the one i have fitted, it's from a Brazillian Kombi