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Matt Tobias
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« on: May 18, 2014, 10:08:21 am »

Well I picked this up off of Craigslist just the other day in Tempe AZ.  Its in pretty good shape with just a couple of small rust spots that need to be fixed, some dents worked out, a few aftermarket panels replaced(hood, front fenders) with good german metal, and my 2276 thrown in place of the 1600 (emissions) motor thats in there now.  
Then its on to dechroming and cal-looking the hell out of it!




I think it might get painted its original color which is still under all of the undercoating Ive been scraping off and on the inside of the doors.

I do not like the one piece windows so that needs to be taken care of.
Zach G, this car is getting the german front fenders I bought from you at the swap a while back.










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Larry S
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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2014, 12:17:46 pm »

Good luck, looks like a good base. It's hard to beat a 67. I like the look of one piece windows but struggled to keep them working correctly in my oval i had, the regulators availble today are junk.
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2014, 20:04:04 pm »

Nice find!
Is it hard to revert back to quarter lights
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Matt Tobias
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2014, 21:36:56 pm »

Im not sure how hard it is to convert back, but Im going to find out!
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2014, 19:57:56 pm »

Well finally getting back on track with my 67 project!!!  Ive just got my new tires in, 175/65s and 215/65s that will be going on a set of EMPI 5 ribs coming in the mail tomorrow!  The centers of the 5 ribs will be gettin painted with duplicolor bronze for that magnesium look.

Zachs old 67 fenders are in the process of getting cleaned up, along with the hood I just picked up on Craigslist.

I narrowed the beam and added adjusters, and dropped spindles have been procured and will be fitted.

Ill be running Bilsteins up front and back.

Scored a set of 944 seats and will be running a padded fiberglass bucket for the kiddos in the rear



Here is the 2276 going in-

Needless to say Im really excited(and so are the kids) to get this thing on the road!!!
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RobtheManx
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2014, 21:36:15 pm »

Another 67 ! excellent , I think we should all have a 'build your 67 race' .

Rob
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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2014, 07:29:10 am »

nice projet, watching for sure!
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Steve67
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2014, 08:48:26 am »

nice project! I think I have to start another 67 thread :-)
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Matt Tobias
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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2014, 18:50:28 pm »

thanks guys, hopefully will get the ball joints replaced today.
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2014, 18:57:20 pm »

Those rear tires are gonna give a great stance. Looking forward to seeing this progress
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Matt Tobias
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2014, 05:24:26 am »

Wheels are here!
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Matt Tobias
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« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2014, 23:30:55 pm »

Tires mounted!  I really like the 175/6 515 tires so far!
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Matt Tobias
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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2014, 16:55:19 pm »

Whoa, looks like I need some short axles!
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Good-Old-Ragtop60
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2014, 17:34:33 pm »

Wow, I know that Problem.
 I had to run 185/65/15 on my original 5,5" Sprint Stars.  Roll Eyes
May I need to change the axles to run fat tires,too.

btw, nice choice of rims! 

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Matt Tobias
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« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2014, 06:11:46 am »

Stance check!  Grin
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Good-Old-Ragtop60
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« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2014, 09:22:13 am »

Jepp, that`s nice!!!!!!  Grin
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« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2014, 11:36:07 am »

I am also building a 67....i think my first race gonne be @spa Le bug show!
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« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2014, 19:53:27 pm »

sorry to say that , but not the best wheels choice in my opinion(just my opinion  Wink)
just my 2 cents
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« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2014, 05:02:32 am »

In my opinion I think they look awesome!  Im definitely stoked on them. 
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« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2014, 10:08:06 am »

Fabs and I agree on most things but not this - I think the wheels look amazing on this one!  They do suit big window cars.
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« Reply #20 on: April 05, 2015, 02:46:52 am »

Well Im finally back to doing some work on the bug. 
At Bugorama I picked up a new hood, two 67 decklids and a 4tuned 1 5/8 merged header. 
The hood needed some work.




So I have two hoods.  One was in a front end collision and the one I picked up has rust issues.  So Im going to take the two hoods and make one good one.





So next step is to cut out the rust and cut out clean and swap them together. 
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