What did you do to your volkswagen today?

Grifspop wrote:Bought a '64 Beetle today

Very cool! pictures? Need any help with it? Just let me know.

fluxcap wrote:Yeah, it ran real nice today. I'm going to clean it up and switch it over to a doghouse set-up, and leave everything else as-is. Then just wait till I have the $$$ to get a project to put it in!

I can get you a good deal on a project ghia...

Continued cleaning up the pans, CLR and rustoleam is your friend. Then I taught my 13 daughter how to change the tires.

Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:

fluxcap wrote:Yeah, it ran real nice today. I'm going to clean it up and switch it over to a doghouse set-up, and leave everything else as-is. Then just wait till I have the $$$ to get a project to put it in!

I can get you a good deal on a project ghia...

Unfortunately I'm moved on from the ghia desire. Strictly hunting for a bus now. Well, actually I'm hunting for the $$$ now, then I'll hunt for the right bus.

peregrine67 wrote:

Grifspop wrote:Bought a '64 Beetle today

Very cool! pictures? Need any help with it? Just let me know.

X2, where's the pictures?

67Dubbn wrote:just dropped the 1600 gotta split the case

Uh-oh, what happened?

fluxcap wrote:

peregrine67 wrote:

Grifspop wrote:Bought a '64 Beetle today

Very cool! pictures? Need any help with it? Just let me know.

X2, where's the pictures?

Pics or it didn't happen...

I'll snap some pics on Friday when I retrieve it! BTW, it was last registered in 1976

Grifspop wrote:I'll snap some pics on Friday when I retrieve it! BTW, it was last registered in 1976

If you need any help picking it up just say the word.

As requested, here are the pics





























I think it's Bahama Blue, and has been off the road since 1976. Brad pulled out a 1976 Bi-Centenial Quarter from the ash tray!

Nice score!

Grifspop wrote:Brad pulled out a 1976 Bi-Centenial Quarter from the ash tray!

I bet the last guy got that in the drive-thru and said "hey look at this fancy new quarter, i'll put it here so I don't spend it".
Looks like a cool project.

bought a pop up apache trailer for $35. Hope to get it fixed up so i'll be able to camp out at shows and stuff.

Bugman114 wrote:bought a pop up apache trailer for $35. Hope to get it fixed up so i'll be able to camp out at shows and stuff.

WERE HAVE YOU BEEN

under a rock


and workin 60ish hours a week

rigged one inner seal and did both outer seals

Pop outs in, pinch welt on....just waiting on my latches to come in.....

Looks good.

Pulled my gas tank and drained it out- then rinsed and pressure washed it out. Unbelievable amount of rust flakes, chunks & particles of all shapes and sizes. Going to attack it with CLR and chains and such tomorrow......then repeat step one I guess.Planning to get to LaGrange (in the Knight) on Saturday. Just have to see how it goes.

Yesterday I started taking the tin and external bits of the 1641 so I could clean it up. Had a good bit of oil on the top of the case and when I pulled the shroud, I could see one of the oil cooler seals looked like it had leaked some time ago. Picked up a doghouse adapter bracket and cooler in nice shape at the Meltdown show last weekend so I'm going to switch over to the doghouse set-up. Just need to get a 6mm to 8mm step stud.

While I had it apart, I tried blowing through the heatrisers on the manifold and couldn't get any air to pass through. So I put a peice of an old e-brake cable in my drill and went to town cleaning out the old carbon build up. The cable busted right through it and cleaned it out well. Unfortunately though, one strand of cable had broken and I didn't notice it until I was slowly feeding the cable into the manifold and that strand decided to poke about 1/4 inch into my thumb .

Ouch!

fluxcap wrote:... and that strand decided to poke about 1/4 inch into my thumb .

Guitar strings are pretty effective at doing this too.

haha, yeah, I've drawn blood with those before as well.

I made a trailer hitch for my squareback. I can pull my 10ft Scotty camper or my Allstate now. It's made out of 1.5 square tubing .120wall with .250 mounting plates. Looks overkill, but it's lighter than I thought and almost hidden on the car. Painting it tonight and installing tomorrow. More pics to come.

hly3rd wrote:I made a trailer hitch for my squareback. I can pull my 10ft Scotty camper or my Allstate now. It's made out of 1.5 square tubing .120wall with .250 mounting plates. Looks overkill, but it's lighter than I thought and almost hidden on the car. Painting it tonight and installing tomorrow. More pics to come.

I want one. What's the damage on such

Damn nice work Hank.

Made a complete trip OTP in the Jolly Rancher. McDonough, Austell, Cumming, and back to McDonough.