My 67 Cal look build, "US-spec standard"

[wolfswest]

I like the mustard yellow, put on a clear coat and call it a day? 

Again, nice progress!

[MrIcka]

BOOM

[VWGlassee]

Wauw! 
Great job 

[karl h]

is this marble grey? very nice,  looks a lot like fontana
edit: fontana seems to be darker.
my first 67:

[bean]

looking really good

[MrIcka]

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

[bean]

looking really sharp, bet you're pleased

[JBlom]

Time for som update Mikael?. 

[Abadco2]

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?

[Fastbrit]

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... 

[MrIcka]

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/

[MrIcka]

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...

[MrIcka]

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

[MrIcka]

I found a NOS H4 rebuild kit on the swedish "craigslist"



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


The custom alu doorknobs...


...needed some work for a better look

[MrIcka]

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

[MrIcka]

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.

[VWGlassee]

That’s perfection in the last photo   
Car looks really great!

Yannick

[MrIcka]

That’s perfection in the last photo   
Car looks really great!

Yannick

Thanks!

[brewsy]

Great job!!

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

Cheers

[Andrew]

Fantastic! No other word for it....

[bean]

that's a great looking car - nice work

[MrIcka]

Thanks for all the kind words  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

[MrIcka]

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

[FredH17]

Great ride dude !!

Deserves to be in the Airmighty Portfolio 

[Abadco2]

Sweet ride. Takes me back to my first bug a '67.  Congrats,

[MrIcka]

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

[VWGlassee]

Wauw! Stunning looker 
Great shots as well!

Yannicn

[MrIcka]

Wauw! Stunning looker 
Great shots as well!

Yannicn

Thanks!

[MrIcka]

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.

[Odyssey]

beautiful work man  . . . i'd like to know more about your roof lining please...are there more pictures of how you finished it off?

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