My 65 Beetle Leela
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My 65 Beetle Leela
Out with the old and in with the older
pics as of it rolling into the house,
progress has already begun. the battery tray was gone. I cut a peice and thats fixed, found 2 more small holes. fixing those tomorrow. then coating the entire floor with a truck bed liner.
spent most the afternoon figuriing out a the drivers side window regulator and stripping the floors with screw drivers and a wire wheel on the grinder.
these pics are before any work begun,,
pics as of it rolling into the house,
progress has already begun. the battery tray was gone. I cut a peice and thats fixed, found 2 more small holes. fixing those tomorrow. then coating the entire floor with a truck bed liner.
spent most the afternoon figuriing out a the drivers side window regulator and stripping the floors with screw drivers and a wire wheel on the grinder.
these pics are before any work begun,,
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
the patina is staying!
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
Good to hear. Saw this baby on Craigslist. I was really hoping the next owner would keep it.86vwgti8v wrote:the patina is staying!
Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
congrats....welcome to the aircooled world!....needs some pink wheels to be cool tho!
vwtattooed- Complete Dub Addict
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
I'm goin lavender..something different. And keep with the purple cabby theme.
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
40 horse single port.
It's getting refreshed, plugs, points, wires, oil. New muffler and tips
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
looking good man.
drewBAKER- Dub Crazy
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
Thank you...its making progress.
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
What was the point of stripping those fenders? Why not bang the ones out that are on the car?
Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
I am going to try. I have never done ANY type of body work but after taking with a few others, apperently beating the dents out is very do-able.
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
Just realized this is the barnfind "64" from the heads-up section. Looks like it was a 65 afterall! Looks like a great project.
fluxcap- Dub Lieutenant General
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
That is indeed my car. And its a 65. I found it on samba listed as a 62.
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
MaSter cylinder will be in monday.
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
what a day,
I come back from vacation and found my floor boards flooded. the front and rear windows are leaking bad.
so, I applied seam sealer to the underside of the pan, sprayed that with the same rubberized stuff I sprayed on the top half of the floors.
I removed the rear bumper...sigh....broke bolts...
I will tend to that tomorrow.
then I removed the fender to beat the dents out....sigh...more broke bolts...3 broke and 1 that the nut gave up and had to be cut out..
But I did however get the fender beat out really nicely...
that was the least of the 2 but the other might be do_able as well.
heres a pic of the bad fender and a test run of the new wheels...I likey!
I come back from vacation and found my floor boards flooded. the front and rear windows are leaking bad.
so, I applied seam sealer to the underside of the pan, sprayed that with the same rubberized stuff I sprayed on the top half of the floors.
I removed the rear bumper...sigh....broke bolts...
I will tend to that tomorrow.
then I removed the fender to beat the dents out....sigh...more broke bolts...3 broke and 1 that the nut gave up and had to be cut out..
But I did however get the fender beat out really nicely...
that was the least of the 2 but the other might be do_able as well.
heres a pic of the bad fender and a test run of the new wheels...I likey!
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
Hit those old bolts with P.B. Blaster and you'll break fewer bolts
Looks good, I like the chromie wheels
Looks good, I like the chromie wheels
Grifspop- Dub God
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
you got that thing on the road yet? Looks like its going to be a cool ride.
loves trim- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
Nah man. Just finished going threw the motor yesterday. Master cylinder came in monday. Gotta order my droped spindles tomorrow. Hopefully bringing it to sowo. Most the money had been spent, now I need to put it together.
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
Little dirty but you get the idea! I do have 2 seats but neglected to take a pic of the second...
86vwgti8v- Dub Nut
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Re: My 65 Beetle Leela
x2Grifspop wrote:Hit those old bolts with P.B. Blaster and you'll break fewer bolts
I've had to soak a bunch of bolts overnight with that stuff. it works like a charm.
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