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johnboy wrote: > > Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on it. > > ? ! ? ! ? Rust is just rotten metal, you can easily replace it. Time is yours .. you have time or you dont ! I dont realy care if a car needs time spending on it. My free time is 'free' ! Its the pleasure you get from doing it that counts . Have fun ! Rich |
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On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 21:35:56 -0400, "Joey Tribiani" >
wrote: > >"Remco" > wrote in message > >> On mine, there's a gap between this lip and the tunnel. Is this lip >> part of a plate that's welded along the bottom of the tunnel? Or is it >> something welded along the edge of the tunnel? >> > >the "tunnel" or "spine" is a two piece unit through the car...the upside >down "U" shaped part is welded to the bottom plate...there should be no >gap...the bottom plate is, as you speculated, wider than the upside down "U" >shaped part so the pans can be attatched to it....sounds like you have a >project ahead of you, but honestly rust repair is easier than collision >repair, so if the car is, so they say, "straight" you will be okay....you >seem to have a good attitude, so go for it.... > Something like this for a cross section. The horizontal *straight* lines are the pans, the other two parts should be obvious. This is a quicky sketch so please excuse the messy appearance. http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...elxsection.JPG This is basically a proper assembly of everything I have disassembled. There is space in the picture to give definition, not because there is supposed to actually be space between the pieces. Remove "YOURPANTIES" to reply MUADIB® http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...IN%20PAGE.html If A Quiz is Quizical, What is a test? |
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"MUADIB®" > wrote in message > Something like this for a cross section. The horizontal *straight* > lines are the pans, the other two parts should be obvious. This is a > quicky sketch so please excuse the messy appearance. > > http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...elxsection.JPG > > This is basically a proper assembly of everything I have disassembled. > There is space in the picture to give definition, not because there is > supposed to actually be space between the pieces. > excellent visual here...(your diagram is right on Scott) this site is about "inside a bug".... http://www.vwdcqinc.org.au/vwdcqimag...thetunnel.html |
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"Joey Tribiani" > wrote in message
news:GRNpe.69422$sy6.12644@lakeread04... > > "MUADIB®" > wrote in message > > > > Something like this for a cross section. The horizontal *straight* > > lines are the pans, the other two parts should be obvious. This is a > > quicky sketch so please excuse the messy appearance. > > > > http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...elxsection.JPG > > > > This is basically a proper assembly of everything I have disassembled. > > There is space in the picture to give definition, not because there is > > supposed to actually be space between the pieces. > > > > excellent visual here...(your diagram is right on Scott) this site is about > "inside a bug".... > > http://www.vwdcqinc.org.au/vwdcqimag...thetunnel.html > Poy-fect! Thanks, guys! That made it really clear. |
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"tricky" > wrote in message ... > > > johnboy wrote: > > > > > Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on it. > > > > > > > ? ! ? ! ? > > Rust is just rotten metal, you can easily replace it. > > Time is yours .. you have time or you dont ! > > I dont realy care if a car needs time spending on it. My free time is > 'free' ! > > Its the pleasure you get from doing it that counts . > > Have fun ! > > Rich That's what I think too, Rich: I enjoy the work most as well. |
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On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 19:20:02 -0500, "johnboy" >
wrote: >Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on it. Depends where he is. That is a pretty decent "project car" over here in the UK! Usually you will have to replace the entire bottom 6". -- Howard Rose 1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe http://www.howard81.co.uk/ (cars on website) |
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Howard Rose wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 19:20:02 -0500, "johnboy" > > wrote: > > >Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on it. > > Depends where he is. That is a pretty decent "project car" over here > in the UK! Usually you will have to replace the entire bottom 6". > Climate here in New England is pretty similar to the UK (hence the name, right ) One takes the rust with the good. |
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Ya,it must be nice to "restore" only perfect cars.I think he was asking for
advice,not wise-ass comments about his choice of projects. "Ben Boyle" > wrote in message ... > Yeah, and he didn't ask about if he should throw it away eh? Admittedly > his obviously will require some dedication but > that doesn't mean he should be told to just automatically throw it away. > "johnboy" > wrote in message > ... >> "Remco" > wrote in message >> oups.com... >> > Hi all >> > Just got a 72 regular beetle and am evaluating what needs to be done. >> > >> > It will need floors, heater channels and one of the door post bottoms >> > will need to be reconstructed. >> >> Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on >> it. >> >> > > |
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"ilambert" > wrote in message ... > Ya,it must be nice to "restore" only perfect cars.I think he was asking > for advice,not wise-ass comments about his choice of projects. Hey, you can be all kind and gentle and waste the man's precious time and money. I have more respect for his effort. A bug that late in that kind of shape is junk. |
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"johnboy" > wrote in message > > Hey, you can be all kind and gentle and waste the man's precious time and > money. I have more respect for his effort. A bug that late in that kind > of shape is junk. > > actually at this date, the later bugs(around 67-up or abouts) are more rotted than their earlier siblings...i have read that the steel source was changed at around that time and the later steel wasn't as "high quality"....my 68 bug has less rust(and has been a daily driver *all* its life until i got it a few years ago) than my friends 74 that was garaged most its life... |
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