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russels thread got me thinking, so i decided to post another build thread.
first i would rather finish the work i started on the 61 panel (see link below), but i just havent got the funds for it, sheet metal is realy expensive if you want the good stuff.
last sunday i got this 1300 67 from my friend fredy. someone lost interest after disassembling it. all of the (rust) problems were pretty obvious, so i knew what i was getting into.

I LIKE!  :)

thanx!
car is pretty complete, the engine is the original 1300, the paint is savannah beige with brown interior in leatherette/cloth
i did start work to determine what i have to do. looks like this: replace both heaterchanels (uggh), the bottom sheet metal of the front bulkhead has to be replaced too (didnt see that before i bought it), new paint, new rubber, clean engine.
for the modifications: i have a set of flat four BRMs, it will get a lowered beam, maybe drop spindles. everything reversable.
but i may graft in a ragtop

Yes!

Looks like a good straight (not fucked around with) base car.  Nothing worse than repairing someone`s bodge job..   :)

yes, the upper parts are pretty straght, there is only one small hole on the drivers side window frame, front and rear aprons dont have any holes ???, the wheelarches are pretty good too, just the chanells are fucked up (also by "repairs"). very small amount of filler will be necessary before paint
just noticed i posted in the wrong form, shound be "in da werks"

Nice project Karl .

This is a euro spec 67 ? so it has sloping headlamps ?

Are you going to keep these or change to upright lights ?

Rob

You're just a 67  addict  Karl

What's the plan this time. Keeping the tin top this time or metal slider ?

Rob, this is an Euro spec car with sloping headlights. since both original 67  fenders and nice headlights are there, i will keep them.
Ron, i might graft in a golde cloth sunrooof, as i did with the former 67. i really like these and you could order these in Europe on standard models up the 67. As for the addiction, i like all bugs. just ran into this one.... the 63 partspile i have maybe is for a keeper
three weeks ago a friend and i got a donor 67 (also a 1300). the shop were it sat in the lot insisted on getting rid of it right away, so they put it out in the street before we could get it  and damaged it beyond repair via forklift (think banana). its basically a flintstone car, not much too use on it, certainly no metal. but i now have a good second window crank and a wiper knob (all one year only)

two nights ago i removed all the bolts holding pan and body together, as well as the Z-bar attachment. it now only is connected by some welding at the left front quater that some idiot did there.
pics of the rust, some daylight to be seen here

i removed the doors and they are in an amazing state, no holes whatsoever
the pan has some "pin" holes.
i removed all the wires from the trunk, maybe i have time to pull the engine tonight.
stay tuned

Going to blast the shell? Plenty to be getting on with, but still all the factory seems and lips are there so you know how its all stitched together.  ;)

i blasteted the shell of my oval (nut and bolt resto), but found it hard to duplicate the factory paint in terms of rust prevention. so no, i´m going to cut out the chanels and replace them and touch as little as possible of the factory paint (only on the rear quater panles and wheelhouses hopefully)

Cool project :)

Hi Karl,
Glad to see you are working on "another 67" bug now - looks like it has great potential to come out nice without too many hassles !  Hopefully this one will be with you a bit longer than the former Fontana-grey 1500...
Alfred

Hallo Alfred, thanx for dropping in. hope you ride your bike past my garage soon!
some more work done, engine is out. doesnt look to bad inside the heads (no sludge). lots of valve clearence.
a squirrel looks to have called the engine compartment home for some time, there are opened hazelnuts everywhere....
if i have to open up the case, i may install 85.5 P/Cs and late 1500 singleports along with a 31PICT - a real firebreather ;D

the chanel is out, the new one bolted to the pan, the heater tube fixed

.....aaaand we have touchdown
it dawned on me that maybe this thread is more rust-repair at the moment than cal-look :-\

Rust repair is the hard work before the fun starts! Looks like it;s coming on well. What is the ultimate plan for how it will look?

kaferboy, just look at the beginning of the thread
thanx for the kudos
car is now completely stripped and off the pan, going to do it one hole at a time ;D

Wow, thats a load of work!  More power to ya! 

Karl hope you can find the ragtop section, the more the better 😃

no luck in finding some ragtop metal, but i got a lot of work on the car without a ragtop...
working my way around the lower parts of the car.
maybe i can finish welding in the next couple of weeks and have it painted in january :-\

some more work in the wheelwells

the area under the rear window has some rust, pinholes etc
fortunately the car came with a donor piece (in orange)

trial fit and welded in. for the rear lip i used the spotwelder to get a clean joint
happy holidays everybody

That area is why I got rid of my old 66......

Couldn't get the steel to do it "Properly"  :-\

Nice work though.....

I've done the other side of that panel recently, put the hinge mounts and vents back in. Arse of a job, isn't it!  :D
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1208256.jpg)

wow thats a lot of work!  :-\ :)

You noticed the dashboard then...  ;)

you can say that again! i welded it on the bottom first, then bended it inward to get primer to the welded area inside, bended it back and then did the lip.
nice job on the vents.

at first i thought i can save the passenger side heaterchanel, but it turned out to be more work than it was worth. so i welded in the bars to keep everything aligned and started to cut out the chanel

stay tuned

passenger side is in :P
just some more welding on the firewall and spare tire well and the body is done

Looking good, and moving quicker than my 67 project. Out of interest I don't suppose you still have the heater channel vent from the driver side do you? If so would you sell it? I have the sliding door part etc just need an original vent for behind it. Cheers Alex

both cut out heater chanels are still in the trailer (to be hauled to the trash), i can take a look. but i think the drivers side vent crumbled because it was rusted apart on the bottom. the passenger side one is fine, you can have that. maybe it can be used on the left side? i, on the other hand, am missing the sliding part on the drivers side.

Hi Karl if you have either side that would be great I'm sure I can work something out so it fits :) I may have a spare door at the workshop  my car is at unfortunately I won't be there again for a week or two now but if I find it your more than welcome to it. Cheers Alex

i have finished welding the body, the doors and fenders are next to be prepped. i talked to the painter and told him i will drop off the car in the last week of january
all of the undercoating has been scrapped off manually, even underthe tank area  :P

engine compartment has been taken care of too
next step epoxy primer

more boring bodywork   :P

You`re making good Progress!  :)
I can`t wait to see more.

Very nice buddy!

thanx guys!
hey dave, whats up?
the lower parts have been coated with epoxy primer now, body is ready for the paintshop. i have started on the doors and fenders. dont think i will make it till friday :P

ran out of bondo, so i started on the pan. some welding to do on the framehead and the left rear pan.
workshop is pretty crowded, as it snows outside and i dont want to get the body wet

going to drop off the body at the paintshop tomorrow morning  8)

Great progress. Going to be a cool car :)

in the meanwhile i turned my attention to the pan
i had hoped it was in a better shape that is really is :P
so after some colourfull words i cut out the panhalves
sorry for the bad pics

the lower framhead and the napoleon hat will be replaced too.
if you need the replace the latter be very carefull that the stamping of the repairpiece has the same height as stock, or else the body wont fit (thanx for telling me that, Alfred!). i will only use the lower part and keep the stock upper curvature

 ;D ;D ;D

Wow that looks amazong Karl, you must be over the moon with it!

pretty happy with the paintjob.
cant say that for the pan, the framehead is in catastrophic shape. dont want to use one of the aftermarket units, only bad things are heard of these...

aahh looking good, another nice 67 in the works...wil you be at the eurobug -in ?

no bug-in for me, just too far to drive and i´m not sure the car will be finished :P
more work done on the framehead. i replaced the lower 10cm with a donour piece (thanx again, Alfred). with the beam bolted up to the upper part you can get the lower part dead-on without any danger of misalignement. careful fitting is in order to line everything up nontheless

work on the pans is nearly complete

coated the new halves with epoxy primer and black chassis paint. over the weekend i put in new brake lines, the MC and the pedal assembly.

pan is a roller now
going to have marriage tomorrow ;D

wedding was cool ;D
photos courtesy of my friend Alfred. He, bodyman Stefan and my stepson Christian had the body on the pan in 30 seconds
before:

and after. had a beer, but then i spent the rest of the afternoon having fun with the bolts

started on the wiring and dash

You are pretty fast , nice car :-)

Udo

nice car but are you leaving the front end and it's rusty parts or will it be changed?

thanx guys
i thought long about the undercarriage. the pan is done new, but if i detail the rest of the parts (they are just a little rusty as most parts down there are), i´m not going to drive the car this summer. i had a bus and an oval that had completly detailed axles/brakes/etc., but i was reluctant to drive them in foul weather. where i live there is bad weather year round sometimes, so again i would have a garage queen. this will be a DRIVER. if i feel like it i can pull the front beam and the trans and detail it over next winter. just getting everything mechanically correct now.

You could detail all that in a day. Do it now as it will be harder to take it apart when you have finished it and driving it, trust me I know :)

Karl , I commend you for leaving the undercarriage undetailed . I was planning to do the same with my 67 , as I was determined it was going to be a driver , but I gave into temptation and cleaned up the lot . Its only brush painted satin black , looks ok but I know I will be waxoyling it soon .
The road from my house to my workshop where the car will be kept is a farm road and always muddy , it would break my heart if I spent time and money mega-detailing the underside only to look and see it shitty and muddy !

I'm pretty sure very few of the original cars we all love had mega detailed undersides !
 
Thanks , Rob

in a day ??? i can spraybomb it all black in that kind of time  ;D but hey - i´m not the fastest guy on the planet ;D
thanx for all of your opinions, guys!

headliner is in. two afternoons of colourful language, but i´m pretty happy with it.

things are starting to come together, most of the light stuff is in and i assembled the doors

interior is in, most of the bodyparts are on

Good progress looking good ...

some progress, but a big step backwards, the motor has a spun rodbearing . i opened it up and its basically junk >:(
got another F motor and collected a late 1600 cam and oilpump, 35X32 single port heads, a 6volt bus flywheel (200mm) and an aluminium 356 oilcooler to put it together ;D
still a long list of details to finish too

these are the parts found in the engine, a part of the rodbearing was still between crank and rod, but most of it was gone.
the (matching parts) block can be saved, pistons and heads seem to be reusable, but crank/rod/oilpum etc. is junk

so i built the "vintage speed" motor, just like out of the "Gute Fahrt" magazine (thanx Alfred) from 2/1966
here it is on the stand

car is now pretty much finished (i have to find a working 6V horn and a better rear bumper)
it has definitely a period tunig flavor to it with the silver rims without hubcaps, michelin 155s and the stock stance
after the inspection i will lower it and put the Berms on ;D
sorry fort the bad pics, it was pretty darn last night under the carport, will take some in the sunlight this afternoon

passed the inspection with flying colours this morning :-*
cal-look fun will start in the afternoon ;D

congratulations!  ;D
thought it was for sale?  ???

it is, but selling a car witout an inspection is no good idea.
will have it registered tomorrow, a buyer comes to look at it on saturday

 ;D

drives nice with the singleport 1600 and a short trans
but its gone :'(

.... and now what?

Looks good Karl, shame you sold it but at least its another one saved, good job on getting it done and finished 8)

cheers Richie

Great job! Lots of hard work, too bad you had to sell it. I hope you made some $$$ when you sold it. ;D

thanx guys  8)
didnt get rich though ;D