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wolfswest
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« Reply #30 on: October 11, 2017, 08:33:14 am »
I like the mustard yellow, put on a clear coat and call it a day?  Smiley

Again, nice progress!
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« Reply #31 on: September 18, 2018, 23:07:39 pm »
BOOM
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« Reply #32 on: September 19, 2018, 00:29:14 am »
Wauw!  Shocked
Great job  Cool
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« Reply #33 on: September 19, 2018, 06:20:27 am »
is this marble grey? very nice,  looks a lot like fontana
edit: fontana seems to be darker.
my first 67:
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61 panel  http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465022
68 ghia vert
63 sunroof http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,27456.0.html
86 caravelle
04 new beetle vert
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« Reply #34 on: September 19, 2018, 09:26:12 am »
looking really good
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MrIcka
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« Reply #35 on: September 19, 2018, 22:00:39 pm »
Thanks

@Karl h: Nope I didn't go with Marble Grey, when I looked at the paint sample I ordered it was to "blueish/cold". The color I chose is also a Porsche color, Linnen Grey. Nice 67 Karl!

Lets take a step back and see whats happen since the last post

In may I moved to a new garage that I share with 5 other VW maniacs



I applied the sanding primer


And started to sand, and sand.... really boring

I have never before painted anything with a paint gun so I started with som satin black on the gas tank


Time for the car, first the inside and fenders




Then out side and inside the doors, hood and all smal parts... it a real big job to paint a beetle, remind me to not do it again =\


Really nice to have the car painted, even if there are some imperfections... I will try to cut and buff in the spring. Atleast it looks good on picture =)

No its time to do some fun stuff, assemble everything
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« Reply #36 on: September 22, 2018, 14:03:26 pm »
looking really sharp, bet you're pleased
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« Reply #37 on: August 14, 2019, 12:10:30 pm »
Time for som update Mikael?.  Grin
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« Reply #38 on: August 14, 2019, 21:23:58 pm »
Nice build.  A car after my heart, as my club car was a '67 painted a similar hue, light grey, more on the lighter.  Well done.  My question is whose linkage is on that 1679 motor?
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« Reply #39 on: August 15, 2019, 07:22:04 am »
Quote from: Abadco2 on August 14, 2019, 21:23:58 pm
Nice build.  A car after my heart, as my club car was a '67 painted a similar hue, light grey, more on the lighter.  Well done.  My question is whose linkage is on that 1679 motor?
He tells you in the next comment...  Wink
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MrIcka
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« Reply #40 on: August 16, 2019, 06:14:25 am »
Quote from: Abadco2 on August 14, 2019, 21:23:58 pm
Nice build.  A car after my heart, as my club car was a '67 painted a similar hue, light grey, more on the lighter.  Well done.  My question is whose linkage is on that 1679 motor?

Thanks

The linkage is from Logmech a swedish company
http://logmech.se/produkter/forgasare/gasreglage/
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« Reply #41 on: August 16, 2019, 06:35:29 am »
About one year later it's "done" so nice to finaly be able to drive the car. Lets see what have been done

This is my paint booth, yepp painted it on the gravel outside the garage :\


Some mistake on one fender


And the damn moth on the hood needs to be sorted later


To be continued...
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« Reply #42 on: August 22, 2019, 17:05:01 pm »
Lets start the assebly


i started with the electric system


And many hours later I had som lights


I went crazy with some sound silencing carpet



I replaced the rubber on the vent windows


And the painstaking work to install everything in the doors


Front and back windows went in with the help of some friends


You got to have popouts =)


They where then wrapped in black vinyl to match the callook rubber
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« Reply #43 on: August 22, 2019, 18:42:21 pm »
I found a NOS H4 rebuild kit on the swedish "craigslist"



so the headlight are like new (exept for the crappy aftermarket crome ring  Angry)


The custom alu doorknobs...


...needed some work for a better look
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« Reply #44 on: August 22, 2019, 18:50:39 pm »
Next in line is the interior, I bouth it from Group Harrington and picked the darkest red they had and I am realy pleased with the choise


The frames where sandblasted by my garage buddy and then painted in the booth =)



Some times its nice with stuff you can do at home



Finished back seat
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« Reply #45 on: September 17, 2019, 20:40:05 pm »
Finally the list started to get smaller


The final week before the yearly Bug Run Classic in Tierp Sweden I monted the last parts of the interior




And on wednesday it was time to take the car to the inspection...

...all went well and the car is now approved forever, thanks to Swedens new law =)

Thursday night i burnt the midnight oil and changed from the original 1300 engien to the more fun 1679cc that I hade in the 71


On the way...


...and the car friday evening at Bug Run Classic, really nice feeling to finaly be able to drive the car.
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« Reply #46 on: September 17, 2019, 22:08:48 pm »
That’s perfection in the last photo   Cool
Car looks really great!

Yannick
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« Reply #47 on: September 18, 2019, 08:26:39 am »
Quote from: VWGlassee on September 17, 2019, 22:08:48 pm
That’s perfection in the last photo   Cool
Car looks really great!

Yannick
Thanks!
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« Reply #48 on: September 18, 2019, 11:37:30 am »
Great job!!

Car looks sweet and must be super fun to drive!!

Cheers
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« Reply #49 on: September 19, 2019, 15:46:24 pm »
Fantastic! No other word for it....
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« Reply #50 on: September 20, 2019, 09:00:40 am »
that's a great looking car - nice work
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« Reply #51 on: September 20, 2019, 11:54:23 am »
Thanks for all the kind words  Smiley I really appreciate it!

The next step is to fix the inner roof and some sort of carpet inside the car and also fix the paint on the backfencer and front hood.

Just a coule of more picture
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« Reply #52 on: October 16, 2020, 22:33:45 pm »
The autumn 2019 I did manage to sneak a picture of the 67 in to the Airmighty Portfolio issue


Nice feeling to see the car in print in such a nice magazin
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« Reply #53 on: November 02, 2020, 15:37:07 pm »
Great ride dude !!

Deserves to be in the Airmighty Portfolio  Cool
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« Reply #54 on: November 04, 2020, 22:36:43 pm »
Sweet ride. Takes me back to my first bug a '67.  Congrats,
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« Reply #55 on: January 14, 2022, 10:36:51 am »
Some update, fixed some small project on the car.

Fitted a stainless steel edging in the door opening to hide the edge of the carpet


Also finaly installed my home made inner roof


My brother-in-law snapped some nice photos of the car last autumn



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« Reply #56 on: January 14, 2022, 19:28:07 pm »
Wauw! Stunning looker  Cool
Great shots as well!

Yannicn
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« Reply #57 on: January 14, 2022, 21:32:24 pm »
Quote from: VWGlassee on January 14, 2022, 19:28:07 pm
Wauw! Stunning looker  Cool
Great shots as well!

Yannicn

Thanks!
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MrIcka
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« Reply #58 on: January 14, 2022, 21:52:55 pm »
Some more info that happened the last couple of years.

In September 2020 I Peter on Instagram, hi do stories of cars and their owners that he post on his page on the old interwebs. So one Saturday in October we hanged out and talked about the car and Peter took pictures. You can read the article here, also in English.
https://www.fascinatingcars.se/micke-and-his-cool-cal-look-from-1967/

In April 2021 Peters story on my 67 got published in the swedish magazine Gasoline, an amazing 5 pages long article! Really cool to see it in print.








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« Reply #59 on: January 17, 2022, 15:56:10 pm »
beautiful work man  Grin . . . i'd like to know more about your roof lining please...are there more pictures of how you finished it off?

Quote from: MrIcka on January 14, 2022, 10:36:51 am
Some update, fixed some small project on the car.

Fitted a stainless steel edging in the door opening to hide the edge of the carpet


Also finaly installed my home made inner roof


My brother-in-law snapped some nice photos of the car last autumn




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