Carrying on from my hello thread, some of this has happened over the last couple of months but I'll post anyway if your interested, want to be on the road before the end of August this year ;D
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Steam cleaning to reveal what I've really got, floor pan is a mess body has more coats of paint that the fourth bridge
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Only thing to do is a really good shot blast and see what's left
Always interested in build threads ;-)up
Back from the shot blaster the floor pans are shot ::)
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But being sorted + lots or grinding around the shocking tunnel weld including a 3mm plate on the underside
Couple of coates of 2k primer and top coat
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Brakes having the same treatment
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Trying to sort out picture posting
The body was in a bit of a state, I gave up counting but it was somewhere around 12 coats of paint removed and a couple of dings to fix :'(
The last owner said something about it being used in a Cadbury advert years ago so the purple paint maybe something to do with that?
Had to bite the bullet with the bonnet and buy a new one :'(
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Found part of an old news paper under the ply dated 24th May 1993
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Getting there final bits of filling, not painted for a few years so needing the practice
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Looks like you've done a lot of graf there - well done.
Nice to see the orange coming off and it does look the Cadbury colour in places - although more 'regurgitated' in these photos !
I recall a buggy being sold on ebay a few years ago with a reference to Cadbury advertising. Would be great for you to get an image of it when on the advert.
Quote from: Hugh on August 20, 2017, 11:46:22 AM
Looks like you've done a lot of graf there - well done.
Nice to see the orange coming off and it does look the Cadbury colour in places - although more 'regurgitated' in these photos !
I recall a buggy being sold on ebay a few years ago with a reference to Cadbury advertising. Would be great for you to get an image of it when on the advert.
I've googled it but nothing comes up in the searches that could relate to this buggy, it was imported from Ireland a few years ago.
Painting!!
(Started off painting machines for work so done a few bits and pieces over the years, but not cars, we now powder coat so here we go)
I wanted Green and white so
High build primer rubbed back then
3 coats of primer wet on wet
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Hand flatted
3 coats of metallic green base coat ;-)up happy so far
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2 coats of clear with green flake OMG the change never painted flake or anything like it
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3 coats of clear Happy days ;D relief or what ;-)up
I did the tank as a test/ practice
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White bits back from the shot blaster & powder coaters
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Time to build it up
Pretty stunning.
Re Cadbury and beach buggys I see they are offering a ride in 'a dune buggy in Marrakech'.
https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/578884/Sunset-private-jet-Cadbury-holiday/amp
But yours would have been involved a long time before this current ad campaign.
But here's are some Coke ones:
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Been a busy week with very late nights
Body on
roll bars in
Fuel tank in
electrics coming on
bonnet on and off
Spot the mistake, but it's being sorted :-[ :-[ :-[
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Quote from: bedbug on August 24, 2017, 08:30:51 AMSpot the mistake, but it's being sorted :-[ :-[ :-[
Looking good but that hole that's been cut in the tunnel by the pedals could do with plating as it will really weaken it. You can get away with things like that on a full bodied Beetle but once the Beetle body's removed the chassis relies on the tunnel for most of its torsional strength. ;-)up
Fuel tank.... wrong way round ;D
Looking good there.
Quote from: Paul1953 on August 24, 2017, 11:34:31 AM
Fuel tank.... wrong way round ;D
Looks okay to me... :-\
If anything I'd say tank OK but maybe filler neck not matching up with the bonnet :-\
To do with fuel but non of the above
:-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[Fuel gauge still on back order, no hole in the dash for it :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
But will be sorted over the weekend :D
Quote from: Manxdavid on August 24, 2017, 10:55:35 AM
Quote from: bedbug on August 24, 2017, 08:30:51 AMSpot the mistake, but it's being sorted :-[ :-[ :-[
Looking good but that hole that's been cut in the tunnel by the pedals could do with plating as it will really weaken it. You can get away with things like that on a full bodied Beetle but once the Beetle body's removed the chassis relies on the tunnel for most of its torsional strength. ;-)up
The last owner had hacked the tunnel there so we cut out the crap and replaced it with a 3 mm plate bent to shape with the access hole, I'll get a plate made up to cover and stiffen the area ;-)up
A round hole with strengthening plate welded around will probably be fine. The cracks propogate from the corners where the hacking stops.
Few long days but I think we are 99% there, Never finished but on the road :)
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may engine man ;-)up ;-)up
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Looked like this yesterday morning
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Looking good
Nice, good effort ;-)up