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« Reply #90 on: March 28, 2007, 21:36:19 pm » |
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I know I am going to love this car when its done!! It's going to be one slick looking ehm.. trailerqueen..  |
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« Reply #91 on: March 28, 2007, 22:58:46 pm » |
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Keep up the good work. Cant wait to see it in paimt :-)
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« Reply #92 on: March 29, 2007, 13:31:27 pm » |
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Are you going to Fill in the Cut outs in the rear Apron ??
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« Reply #93 on: March 29, 2007, 13:36:28 pm » |
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I hope you will like it Rune, but I doubt it... hehehe
I won't comment on the trailer remark...
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« Reply #94 on: March 29, 2007, 15:27:02 pm » |
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« Reply #95 on: March 29, 2007, 16:01:04 pm » |
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Are you going to Fill in the Cut outs in the rear Apron ??
No, I dont think so. Why, should I? Why Would You Leave Them If you are Dechroming the Car If you are not Using a Stock Pee Shooter Exhaust Get Rid Of The Cut Outs That was Part Of The Original Cal Look it looks way Cleaner from the rear of the car when there filled in.. |
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« Reply #96 on: March 30, 2007, 03:38:23 am » |
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In all fairness Shubee, those splits didnt come with outlets  But I agree, they do look better filled. |
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« Reply #97 on: March 30, 2007, 15:07:45 pm » |
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The thing is that I dont thing it will make a huge difference on this car, as its going to be black.
But you are absolutely right, its one of the things I think about the most.
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« Reply #98 on: April 05, 2007, 20:38:09 pm » |
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Believe it or not.. I somehow missed this thread completely... I see it for the first now and I must say, JHU you are really diligent!!! I love your attention for detail...  Can't wait to see it running!!! |
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« Reply #99 on: April 06, 2007, 18:15:43 pm » |
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Believe it or not.. I somehow missed this thread completely... I see it for the first now and I must say, JHU you are really diligent!!! I love your attention for detail... Can't wait to see it running!!! Me too! I just saw it now. VERY NICE WORK! I too, am an amatuer autobody man. I am a school teacher by day and I work on VW's in my free time. I love watching a car come together. I know now why you say you are soooo busy! It does take a lot of work! I am lucky though. In the desert southwest part of the USA rust is not a concern. Maybe I could add to your current work load and offer you a feature gallery at my site once you are done.  As for the statements about, "Anyone can restore a car... It takes a real man to cut one up!" I disagree. I think the saying should read, "Anyone can pay someone else to build their car... It takes a real man to buid it themself!" Keep up the great work! Scott Faivre |
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« Reply #100 on: April 06, 2007, 20:05:20 pm » |
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Fill the cut-outs. That's an order! |
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« Reply #101 on: April 07, 2007, 00:31:46 am » |
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Thanks for the nice comments, and the orders ;-)
These days Im knee deep in tiling... but on Sunday I will have some progress to show
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« Reply #102 on: April 07, 2007, 17:10:57 pm » |
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Fill the cut-outs. That's an order! Uhh ohh! Cant argue with that!! |
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« Reply #103 on: April 08, 2007, 11:38:38 am » |
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Fill the cut-outs. That's an order! Uhh ohh! Cant argue with that!! mmmh, i might just do that as well. i kind of dig the looks of it:  should i?  |
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« Reply #104 on: April 08, 2007, 15:39:14 pm » |
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Fill the cut-outs. That's an order! Uhh ohh! Cant argue with that!! mmmh, i might just do that as well. i kind of dig the looks of it: should i? Go For It!!!! To Me I think its Part Of the Cal Look Style. Cars that have the Cut outs with T bars look Funny if all the Chrome and Bumpers are left on the car Leave the Cut outs, If it's Dechromed with T Bars, Buggy Bumpers,or No Bumpers Fill The Cut Outs that was always the way It Was Done In the 70's OLD SCHOOL CAL LOOK ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!! Even With Bumpers it Cleans up the back end of the car and The Cut outs are not Used for Anything unless you Running one of those Cool (NOT) AFTERMARKET EMPI Exhaust Systems almost evey car is Running A performance Exhaust of some kind which No longer needs the Cutouts anyway!! |
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« Reply #105 on: April 08, 2007, 19:12:18 pm » |
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The cut out's needs to stay! Look at the Black bitch, perfekt Old school Cal look bug! |
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« Reply #106 on: April 08, 2007, 20:43:11 pm » |
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Well, i won't dechrome the body and i am currently running t-bars.
But without hijacking Jon's thread, i'm not too sure yet. Personally, i think it would look very clean. But then my brother told me not to today... Is it a lot of work for a body specialist?
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« Reply #107 on: April 08, 2007, 22:03:24 pm » |
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Not Hard To Fill in Just need to make a Template of the Hole cut it to fit Weld it in a little Filler and your Done Why Would You Want To Leave The Cut Outs  they serve no Purpose at all On a Cal Look. But Then Today Most of the Cal Looks Are Resto Cal Looks Anyway So Its Really OLD SCHOOL verses Resto Cal it your Choice Mine would Be Fill Them along with Everything Else OLD SCHOOL that how it was and should be.... |
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« Reply #108 on: April 09, 2007, 11:37:52 am » |
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well, i won't dechrome it. but filling the cut outs might be nice... i'm still not too sure though |
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« Reply #109 on: April 09, 2007, 23:04:03 pm » |
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Thanks for the nice comments, and the orders ;-)
These days Im knee deep in tiling... but on Sunday I will have some progress to show
So how's the bathroom coming, but more importantly, where are the updates on the car |
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« Reply #110 on: April 10, 2007, 08:12:12 am » |
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The bathroom... I have been tiling for 5 days straight! But I managed to squeeze in a few hours of welding on the floor pan, such things as all the small holes left by the nails and such. This was Sunday 01:00! After some hours of sleep I got the floor pan sandblasted, and I also primered it with some nice epoxy. Today more tiling!
About the cut-outs, I'm more and more sure about of keeping them. I had never thought about getting rid of them until someone asked. I welded them up on my first looker, and it came out nice, but I feel its a custom trick. And nothing more. It doesn't add anything other than steel and a "look"... there by it crashes with my ground cal-look idea... Form & Function....
AND I have a couple of ideas for them.
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« Reply #111 on: April 10, 2007, 08:24:02 am » |
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the thing I like about leaving the cut-out in place is, that they give a small hint, that the volkswagen in front of you at the traffic lights may be a little bit different. :-)
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« Reply #112 on: April 11, 2007, 00:08:34 am » |
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Nice one Andi Here are some pictures of when I got the body home.... we have actually had ONE day of Snow since then...  Here is the floor pan blasted and primered  And a pair of sandblasted and powder coated spring plates, and between them you can see the only rust on the entire pan... I´m happy to say the least!  |
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« Reply #113 on: April 11, 2007, 06:48:34 am » |
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Are you sure that the powder coat will stay on the spring plates when they twist? Won't that make the coating crack up?
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« Reply #114 on: April 11, 2007, 08:48:45 am » |
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This powder stays put on sway bars so I am cossing my fingers... with 28mm torsionbars I dont imagine they will flex quite as much as they would on a stock bug. Otherwise its a quick fix.
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« Reply #115 on: April 11, 2007, 12:07:40 pm » |
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Looks great, JonH
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« Reply #116 on: April 11, 2007, 22:00:29 pm » |
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looking good dude |
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« Reply #117 on: June 11, 2007, 04:04:30 am » |
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Hi Jhu I have a Question What did you use here in the center of the molding holes?? when you DeChromed the Car Let Me Know The holes are a little big to weld up with just rod and it gets the metal to hot I will be pulling the Body off the 58 Ragtop this week to do the pan and the underside of the body Let me know what you used and if its a small plug I can buy to weld in thanks Shubee |
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« Reply #118 on: June 11, 2007, 09:01:45 am » |
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Hi Shubee,
These small pieces are the clippings produced by a hole puncher. A friend of mine works with this machine so he gave me a bag full!
Send me a PM with your address and I will send you a bag of them!
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« Reply #119 on: June 11, 2007, 13:52:25 pm » |
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PM Sent!! Thanks Shubee
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