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Ole
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« Reply #90 on: January 17, 2010, 22:33:41 pm »
This weekend it was time to start cutting the rust out of the windshield sealing frame.



It was the first time I made a part like this on my own, it worked better than expected  Smiley







I still didn't get the rear wings  Sad  but today I picked up a brandnew VW left front quarter panel  Cool
I'll see if I can modify it to meet '52 specs or if I'll cut it and only use parts of it.



Saludos,
Ole
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« Reply #91 on: January 20, 2010, 19:06:45 pm »
That´s gorgeous work you do on that 52 Ole!

I´m kean on seeing how the progress will be. So keep on posting pics!
REALLY nice work!
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« Reply #92 on: January 31, 2010, 13:40:33 pm »
The other side of the windshield sealing frame is fixed too.
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« Reply #93 on: January 31, 2010, 14:03:15 pm »
I wasn't happy with the left front quarter panel, it's been partially replaced some time ago.

The reason for the replacement was obviously an accident, the result is that I can't get the left door to fit properly. The area between the side panel and the mount of the fuel tank is heavily corroded too, so I decided to take the whole thing out.







Now you can see the mess inside the A-pillar... Shocked Huh



It's getting worse every day...  Roll Eyes Wink

Saludos,

Ole
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« Reply #94 on: February 07, 2010, 19:58:34 pm »
This weekend I received the rear wings, thanks to DHL the right fender looks like this  Angry



I started to repair the A-pillar, there was nothing left to where I could weld the new front quarter panel







I put in the new quarter panel in as a trial and it doesn't look too bad. With the panel out it's possible to move the A-pillar in the right place. It took the whole Saturday to make the left door fit properly.
Do you know all the differences between Split and early Oval doors Huh Just when you think you know it all, you learn something new!
The new door (from an oval) didn't want to fit at all. I had to remove the rubber wedges to make it fit, but I didn't know why. Then I realized that the oval door's lock is slightly lower than the split lock...
I compared both doors just to find out that the rubber wedges and the door lock at the oval door are 9mm lower than at the split door  Shocked



Saludos,

Ole
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« Reply #95 on: February 07, 2010, 20:55:10 pm »
It's a shame about DHL's contribution to the project but at least you got a wing, I think some of the couriers out there just skip stuff straight off, if they're only jumping on it then that's not too bad.

Nice work.  Cool
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« Reply #96 on: February 07, 2010, 20:55:40 pm »
My split doors are still available Ole... Tongue And both are cheap! You can cut out these area's....
Contact me, if you are interested!

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« Reply #97 on: February 07, 2010, 21:23:43 pm »
I didd'nt know that about split and oval doors , im planning on replacing mine at some point in the future , thanks for the heads up Ole  Wink
Lookin good fella keep at it  Cool
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« Reply #98 on: February 08, 2010, 20:43:48 pm »
Quote from: Mario/DKT on February 07, 2010, 20:55:40 pm
My split doors are still available Ole... Tongue And both are cheap! You can cut out these area's....

Hi Mario,

I have two pairs of split doors of which I could cut out these parts, but before I'd do this I'd rather modify the B-pillar... Wink
Guess I need to think about the chop again... Roll Eyes  Cheesy

Quote from: Black Sheep on February 07, 2010, 21:23:43 pm
I didd'nt know that about split and oval doors , im planning on replacing mine at some point in the future , thanks for the heads up Ole  Wink
Lookin good fella keep at it  Cool

Glenn, if it's possible in any way try to fix your original doors. I didn't start to convert the oval doors to one piece windows yet, but I can see this will not happen without any problems... And there are some other differences to get rid of (door check rods for example).

Saludos,

Ole
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« Reply #99 on: February 21, 2010, 17:51:14 pm »
The A-pillar slowly gets together bit by bit...









I need to find the point where to stop cutting out rusty parts... Roll Eyes





inside fixed



outside too
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« Reply #100 on: February 21, 2010, 23:51:20 pm »
Did you make the repair for the curved windshield corners with a shrinking/stretching tool?
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« Reply #101 on: February 22, 2010, 19:52:29 pm »
Quote from: mcdronkz on February 21, 2010, 23:51:20 pm
Did you make the repair for the curved windshield corners with a shrinking/stretching tool?

Yes, the tool I'm using is called "Dinosaurier"... Wink





Saludos,
Ole
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« Reply #102 on: February 23, 2010, 00:52:38 am »
Quote from: Ole on February 22, 2010, 19:52:29 pm
Quote from: mcdronkz on February 21, 2010, 23:51:20 pm
Did you make the repair for the curved windshield corners with a shrinking/stretching tool?

Yes, the tool I'm using is called "Dinosaurier"... Wink





Saludos,
Ole



For people who do not have access to this kind of equipment a company called Hookys panel shop (hookyspanelshop.com) make windshield bottom corner repair panels aswell as other excellent repair panels.
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« Reply #103 on: February 27, 2010, 23:47:07 pm »
Quote from: Pas on February 23, 2010, 00:52:38 am
Quote from: Ole on February 22, 2010, 19:52:29 pm
Quote from: mcdronkz on February 21, 2010, 23:51:20 pm
Did you make the repair for the curved windshield corners with a shrinking/stretching tool?

Yes, the tool I'm using is called "Dinosaurier"... Wink





Saludos,
Ole



For people who do not have access to this kind of equipment a company called Hookys panel shop (hookyspanelshop.com) make windshield bottom corner repair panels aswell as other excellent repair panels.

That's right, but not for the rear window.
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« Reply #104 on: February 28, 2010, 18:14:11 pm »
Quote from: Pas on February 23, 2010, 00:52:38 am
For people who do not have access to this kind of equipment a company called Hookys panel shop (hookyspanelshop.com) make windshield bottom corner repair panels aswell as other excellent repair panels.

Thanks for the link, the stuff they're doing looks good. I just hope nobody will post a link where I can get a whole new A-pillar for £50,- when I'll have repaired mine... Roll Eyes

This weekend I continued working on the left A-pillar, I needed three attempts (and almost two whole days...) to get this fu#§ß% small repair panel made...







After that I needed something to let off steam...



Here you can see the professionally repair at the right front quarter panel.



Now it's time for the sandblaster to get involved. I'll cut out the rusty parts and I hope there's something left after sandblasting.





Saludos,
Ole
« Last Edit: February 28, 2010, 20:20:43 pm by Ole » Logged
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« Reply #105 on: March 10, 2010, 23:20:05 pm »
Found some time to work on the car, so here's a quick update.





Now the A-pillar is ready for the new front quarter panel.

I recieved some NOS parts today, there's not much better than original VW factory steel...



Saludos,

Ole
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« Reply #106 on: March 13, 2010, 13:08:59 pm »
You should have built a front engined fuel dragster, it'd have been easier. Nice work Ole.  Cool
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« Reply #107 on: March 14, 2010, 21:52:23 pm »
Quote from: Mat Sanchez on March 13, 2010, 13:08:59 pm
You should have built a front engined fuel dragster, it'd have been easier...

Why didn't you tell me that before...   Huh

 Wink Cheesy
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« Reply #108 on: March 15, 2010, 20:43:39 pm »
Got some parts back from sandblasting. Next step is to repair these parts and get them back into the body.







This is probably gonna be the first 1600i quarter panel with a crotch cooler...



Saludos,
Ole
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« Reply #109 on: March 18, 2010, 22:02:27 pm »
Quick update: I started making the front quarter panel look a little more '52ish...

I cut out the late style bumper bracket and replaced it with a repair panel.











Saludos,

Ole
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« Reply #110 on: March 18, 2010, 22:41:50 pm »
Clean work!
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« Reply #111 on: March 18, 2010, 23:36:54 pm »
Indeed! Go on & on  Grin
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« Reply #112 on: April 01, 2010, 18:07:18 pm »
Time for a little update. I cut out the hole for the crotch cooler.



Unfortunately the last time the car got a new front quarter panel, the crotch cooler has been cut out very lousy...



... so I had to make a support frame.





I welded the frame to the crotch cooler...



... then the hole thing went into the side panel.



After welding the support frame to the panel from behind, I carefully welded the crotch cooler from the other side.







Doesn't look too bad, it's kinda funny how you can spend hours and hours for absolutely useless things like crotch coolers... Wink





Saludos,

Ole
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« Reply #113 on: April 01, 2010, 19:34:10 pm »
Respect!!!!

Awesome work done here!  Shocked Shocked Shocked

Keep up the good work!

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« Reply #114 on: April 01, 2010, 21:21:10 pm »
Impressive work, Ole! I´m really looking forward to seeing the finished car!
Bye,

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« Reply #115 on: April 01, 2010, 23:23:35 pm »
I wish my metalwork was that clean... Congrats!
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« Reply #116 on: April 02, 2010, 09:42:52 am »
Yes,great work Ole,keep going on.  Wink
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« Reply #117 on: April 04, 2010, 14:02:33 pm »
Thanks for the comments!  Cool

This weekend I found the time for some small things.

I started with repairing the area next to the fuel tank, there was nothing left where I could bolt on the NOS fuel tank supports.









Same on the right side.



Then I closed the gap between the bulkhead and the left quarter panel.







With the fuel tank support in place I welded in the repair panel on the right side.









Now I just had to close the gap with a self made panel.





With the left panel back in place it was time for putting all pieces together to check out if it fits...







It doesn't look bad (compared to what it looked before... Roll Eyes ) but somehow I wasn't happy with it. The body was lightly tensed up, it seemed the hole thing was a few mm too low  Huh The body hits the frame head where it is bolted to the front beam...  Huh



WTF  Huh

My first thought was that it's the result of the numerous accidents the car had before, but then I learned something new again...

Fortunately my buddy has some spare floor pans in his shop, so I had the possibility to compare different types. My pan seems to be a '65 model, the picture below shows the frame head of an earlier model, I'd never wasted any thought about the cut out in the seat of the upper front beam tube...  Wink



Saludos,

Ole
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« Reply #118 on: April 04, 2010, 18:28:38 pm »
really nice work ole, I'm impressed. I'm looking forward to any progress..


cheers from Stuttgart

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« Reply #119 on: April 05, 2010, 16:31:29 pm »
So that's what those pieces were! Looking really good, this car is worth the work!
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