63 Ragtop Dad and Lad project.

[FredH17]

Very cool dash buddy! Looks nice and racy😎

The young guy is good with tools as pics can tell.
Keep moving guys!

[BossHogg76]

Thanks Fred, he's learning as we're going along and so am I on things like Fusion 360.

Double update this weekend as i managed to get a couple of hours yesterday afternoon (13 July 2024), the plan was to get the fire wall stripped and in chassis black which i got done. Also managed to test fit the new deck lid before i remove it and start having it modified, enjoy the pics

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[BossHogg76]

The updates are a small at the moment as i work through the following areas of the project

1) Re-paint the fire wall body colour. I need to re-strip and prep the metal correctly so we can get a decent finish 
2) The fuel tank has been powder coated, i now need to seal the inside with Frost tank sealant
3) I've removed the main wiring loom to send to VW Looms to get a new one made up. Need to also strip the front right and left looks out. This should be a this weekend job (3/07/2024)
4) New interior panels have been ordered from Dorothe Patriache, can't wait to see them and due to pick them up at the end of August when on the family holiday.
5) Mr Cross AKA Dennis Kruis is making up the vents for the decklid again pick up during the family holiday.
6) Richie Webb has sent through the engine parts list, and the order for the heads has gone in today (30/07/2024)

So you ask apart from project managing and simple jobs 3 or 4 times what have you done?

Well the glove box has been stripped and is now in primer, done by my able assistant

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Some filling and rubbing to do and hopefully in white over the weekend and re-fitted.

The little adaptor plate we made for the rear view mirror came through, many thanks to KevD for the original rear view mirror, greatly appreciated. Now fitted but don't like the repo sun visor that keeps falling down so on the look out for an OG item. The original plan was to fit a carbon sheet in place of the original plastic, will see what happens with that.

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Finally, i had another look underneath and spotted the gearbox was solid mounted. Will look to replace those mounts with CB Rhino mounts.

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[tpb_karl]

Nice seeing this build in detail outside of instagram! Great work!

[BossHogg76]

Family holidays and not having enough free time has slowed progress down a little, but where we can we are keeping things moving forward.

The trip to the Netherlands on holiday gave us the chance to pick up the early OG rear pop outs i've been wanting. Once home it was time to strip the old seals out and fit new, then take a deeo breath and paint the frames black. Sacrilege for many, but i wanted to keep the black and white theme we have going. In addition to that Daniel helped to fit the new rear trim panels. These were made by Dorothee Patriarche and really are the business. once i get the door looks sorted we'll look to fit those and the door items.

Other work that's going on in the background, is steel EMPI vents being fitted to the desk lid, and the speedometer cable has been changed for a one with a built in Hall effect sensor to interface with the electronic Autometer speedometer. Thats it for now, hopefully the pop outs will be fitted next weekend (14th Sept)

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[BossHogg76]

Who would have thought that fitting Popouts would be such a pain in the neck. Seals snapping, screws the wrong length in the fitting kits, but anyway this weekend we got one fitted to the drivers side. We also managed to get an external door handle to work on the passenger side, it required some drilling tapping and adding a bolt to lengthen the striker and allow it to operate the latch mechanism (I'll add a pic later.) Getting that done meant that the new interior door panel could be mocked up on the passenger side. We will look to fit it permanently next weekend, along with the door furniture.

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[karl h]

i can feel your pain, aftermarket popouts are the worst. i used a BFH to fit mine!

[tpb_karl]

Did you get the US ones or BBT?
Looking good thou!

[BossHogg76]

i can feel your pain, aftermarket popouts are the worst. i used a BFH to fit mine!

Did you get the US ones or BBT?
Looking good thou!

Hi Karl...and Karl.... these are original VW ones, the pain has been the aftermarket rubber seals. I had BBT first i think. the second set were from Custom and Commerical, a lot softer, but not quite as tall so might not seal as well

Pic of VW sign on the window:

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