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Hi guys,

I picked up my new project last weekend.  I’ve been looking for a notchback quite some time now and this car is a nice project for me.  The work that has to be done are things that I can manage myself, I hope.  :D   
Okay, here it goes:  It’s a pearlwhite vw notchback 1500S 10/63.  Because it’s an early S it features the pushbutton dash, red needle gauges and the wide 5 bolt pattern.

Good points:
Matching numbers
A few extra options: black painted roof, passenger door mirror, armrest in the backseat
Interior is complete and original, headliner is perfect, no rips.  No rips in the seats
It’s still on 6 volts, don’t know if this is a good thing, new battery installed
Rear fenders are rustfree
Every option that makes a “S” model special is still on the car!  Chrome parts, pop outs, interior, badges, engine,…
Bumpers have no dents and the chrome is very nice for it’s age.

Bad points:
Rust on the front fenders and the doors and a small rust spot on the decklid.
Nasty stains on the seats, hope I can fix it.
Cheap aftermarket floorcarpet and the wrong colour
Starter is broken
Exhaust is rusty
Some rust on the doorhandles
… and probably some other stuff I will find out during the build  :D

Okay, the plans are very simple.  Because my beetle sports a hot engine and a short gearbox I was looking for a cruiser for the family.  I just became a dad since a few months and I have a softspot for the notchback for a while now.  It looks like a very nice family cruiser and that it will be!  First things first, fix the starter, get it through the technical inspection, clean it and give it the right stance.  ;D

In the meanwhile saving up for my wishlist:
A nice german weave carpet set, vintage shifter and steering wheel, some period correct gauges, 356 rims, tires,…
Don’t know what to do with the paintjob, I guess I will repair the fenders and the door and have it repainted and later on give it a decent full repaint that she deserves.
I’m at work now, pictures follow this evening.

The engine stays stock for now, just install a nice exhaust system.  Later on I was thinking to do something oldskool with the engine.  Not IDA style but really early style like the sechs volt club…
I know it isn’t a pied moulé engine but I like the look of those engines and I want to do something like that.  I don’t need massive hp, if I want to break gearboxes I just hop in my beetle and drive the hell out of it. 

Stay tuned for more,

Dem

sounds very nice dem!
but (http://www.vipertuning.nl/forum/images/smilies/this_thread_is_worthless_without_pics.gif)

;)

okay, I get the point...  ::)    ;D
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what an ugly ride  ;D ;D ;D


nice addition to the club!

Nice ride Dem,like then plan you have for the car.  ;)

ps,where did you find it?Is it a belgian car?

Hi Peter,

No, it's a german car.  I drove 1000 kms to pick it up last weekend but it's well worth it I believe.  I went to see 5 or 6 cars here in Belgium and the Netherlands but unfortunately none of them were my cup of tea.

LAst night I removed the broken starter, this thursday I have a new one.  I also removed the backseat to see if I could clean the nasty stains...  I included a picture.  I really would like to save them because they are barely used, no rips and stuff like that.
If someone have some sort of a magic trick to clean them I really would like to know, thx!

soap and water or a mild carpetcleaner would work, but try it on a less visible place to see what it does.

and why not put it on BRM's. it would be a nice contrast with the white and be cool with the black roof?

Vanish Oxi Action! :)

Congrats!
You know where to come for the welding...  ;)

congrats, seems to be a nice ride! does the car come from near hannover/burgdorf?

thx guys.

yep, that's the one.

Ahh, lovely cloth interior :) No need to re-send me that email I asked about earlier ;)

Unfortunately, I don't know of a product that will clean cloth, it's much harder to clean than vinyl. I've even seen water leave a "stain" on some cloths :-\ Be very careful, and like Nicolas said, test it on a hidden area first.

BRM's sound like a great choice :)

okay guys, thx for the tips.  mmm don't know about the BRM's, I don't really like them...
okay, start trowing rocks now...  ;D

Nice ride!
A "white" car with "black" roof is screaming for some black on the rims! BRMs, GasBurner, Fuchs would be a good choice I think...

This topic developes to a "What rims for the notch?" - voting!   :D

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cool car

GasBurner be cool but sprint be better

 ;D  yeah I know, I'm a fuchs alloy sucker myself, I have them on my beetle so I'm struggling with the idea...

first of all, then I have two cars with the same wheels, but hey, they are sexy!  ;D
second, the car is wide 5, so I have to convert it to discbrake and other drums, that means extra costs!
Since I'm trying to make this car look cool with a small budget I think I will go for the 356 wheels.
4.5 in the front, 5.5 in the back, painted porsche grey, satin black drums, no hubcaps and I really would love to have wide o ovals in the back, but I'm affraid that's not possible.

 :D ;D

I vote for black 356 rims with silver or polished drums ;)

nice car!
Has the same seats / colour as my 64 1500s which is waiting for some TLC,,,

not a bad idea, it would be the bomb with 356 drumbrakes...  :)

@ Steve, perhaps you have some pictures of your interior?

thx,

you can also buy drumskins, much cheaper  ;D

yeah, those new things. can't find them online at the moment, but cool idea  ;)

I think kieft and klok sells these new things...  if we are talking about the same parts...
150 euro for one, is it possible?

You´re talking about that stuff?!
http://www.kieftenklok.net/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,1966/category_id,146/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/lang,de/

But it´s 150€ for a set of 4, not each as I understand!

So, still only 1 photo??  :)

I say keep the stock wheels! granpa style!  ;D

nice notchback! we have some of the NOS brown cord material on hand... very pricey but the car looks worth it!

Anthony / ISP WEST

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/1985258.jpg)

sorry for the hijack but...

do have any blue cord material  ???

yes, but sit down before you read the price...  ;D

the colors available are #87 mesh red - #74 blue cord - #71 brown cord

and its $200 per yard... on average complete front & rear seats need 5 to 6 yards depending on model

( check with who is going to sew the covers for you before you make a purchase... )

Anthony / ISP WEST

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5-6 yards?? No way, unless you do the entire seat with it. If it's just the tops like in the pics, then you could do it with 3 yards.

some stitchers are on the glue they spray, that's why I said ( check with who is going to sew the covers for you before you make a purchase... ) I don't sew so I'm only going by what others have ordered in the past... someone loose with their patterns can use that much material and waist allot...

Anthony / ISP WEST

The material looks awesome but I would hate to sit on it.

sorry,
the car is completely stripped at the moment and I do not have any picutres of the interior...

okay, no problem.
Not much of an update right now.  I went to the customs last friday for officialy import the car and I started collecting parts, this week I will shoot some pictures of the new arrived parts  ::).
I installed a new starter and I hired a steam cleaner for the interior.  The seats came out nice, not new but very acceptable with a "patina" touch...  ;D

Dem, it's such an ugly, undoable, rusty, outlived project.....When do you sell it to me ?  ;D

COOOOL!

Thx Harry.

Well, great news guys, I went to the technical control this morning (two stations to be exact  >:( , new rules since nov. the first for oldies)
and it passed, I got a green card!

PLAYTIME!
watch this space because this old lady is gonna get a new improved stance pretty soon!  8)
In the meanwhile I scored a few goodies: white front indicators (thx tim) a hurst trigger shifter, a vintage chronograph, yellow bulbs for the front lights and some swedish gravel guards,  ::) okay start trowing rocks now....  :D

what are they ???

if you want to register your car with an O plate and the car used to be a foreign car then you can only go to nazareth anymore since 1 nov.  This is for the SBAT group, maybe it's different in the dirty side of the country  ;D
So all you flemish people out there, keep this in mind!  ;)

wawawa ..................... ;D ;D

Hi Guys,

A good day for me, I just received my license plate, nothing special in most cases but it's the last day here in Belgium we receive a small license plate.  Next week everybody will receive the european style plates which are way too big to look nice!

Also a vew goodies arrived and I already had some stuff laying around:

a very nice hurst shifter, now I need to find the plastic cover and the rubber, a nice reflector base because I had one with bad chrome and a chronograph to mount on my rear view mirror.

Also a pair of original swedish vw gravel guards, not 100% callook but I need them to cover up the holes the previous owner made to install some mudflaps...  I guess this is better then mudflaps!  :D

And I lowered the front 2 splines, looks good!  better pictures will follow but it's hard to get a decent picture in my sleazy garage...  :-\

The Empi cower fits

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=120323&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=hurst&start=20

Have you started looking for a Belgian resto cal club scouting for members yet?   ::)

Very well done on the lowering, I didn't know you had it in you  :P All of this without help! And now you have the numberplate, please drive it.

we have try to meet before the new year hé brothers (i know i know i wasn't there on the last club meet) -- those guards are way too shiny  but will fit your restocal look ;-)

yeah, cip1 carries them but their shipping costs to europe are way too expensive, 45 dollar for a rubber????  If someone can help me out I would appreciate it a lot!  ;)

these bad boys arrived last week.  I think they suit the car colour scheme pretty well.
Next week I'm gonna mount the tires: 145's in the front, 185/70 in the back.
pictures to follow!

ugly !






ps.  sell 'm to me for 200 euros :-D

yow dem, post some pics of the car with the new shoes!!!

Some people would say : morgen?  ge hebt nen iphone, ipad, ipod, iquit ietc godverdomme!!!  FOTO's NU!!!!!!!!

 ;)

Get your ass out of your chair :)
are the tyres fitting in your arches now?
we want to see some pics dude!

the sprintstars are mounted.

145's in the front, 205/70 in the back.  Fits like a glove!  I will take some awesome shots  :D tomorrow when I can take the car for a spin but for now you guys need to settle with these crappy cellphone pictures...  :-[

That loos great. I think I want some of those wheels.

looking great indeed ;)

Yes very nice car  8)

THX guys!
as promised a few outdoor shots, again, too late and no camera experience  :-[, so crappy pictures, AGAIN!

Hi Dem,

nice one.
I would wind it down one spline at the back.

Greetz

Wim

one spline will be too much, 1 inch would be my idea.

One spline would be just fine, I think it gives around 4 cm of drop. Just check Felix's ride which sits about perfect.