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Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:45 am
by Tom
I hate plumbing .

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:00 am
by Raj
Looking good ken. I'm like you and my vw progress is slow due to home renovations. I like the precautionary move by having the extinguisher ready just in case.
Your houses po might be related to mine.... And preferred to have a non gfi outlet next to the sink! No worries, mine is still there too

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:12 am
by Brown
Glenn wrote:That should be good for a few more weekends working on the VW ;)

Smart move.
Exactly!! Sometimes you have to give a little!!!

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:16 am
by Brown
Raj wrote:Looking good ken. I'm like you and my vw progress is slow due to home renovations. I like the precautionary move by having the extinguisher ready just in case.
Your houses po might be related to mine.... And preferred to have a non gfi outlet next to the sink! No worries, mine is still there too
Actually that outlet is tied into another GFI on the counter so i should be good to go!

Also the Fire Extinguisher was just stored under the sink. Fortuatnly i didn't need to do any pipe sweating just the PVC connection.

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:11 am
by Raj
Nice and Nice!

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:06 am
by Glenn A
You guys really had some great weather for that parade. How many cars showed up total? Who's oval is that? I haven't seen that one before.

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:23 pm
by mannys66
Glenn A wrote:You guys really had some great weather for that parade. How many cars showed up total? Who's oval is that? I haven't seen that one before.
I think you posted this in the wrong thread Glenn. here's where this comment would probably go better.
http://www.dasvolks.com/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 04&start=0

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:07 pm
by Glenn A
mannys66 wrote:
Glenn A wrote:You guys really had some great weather for that parade. How many cars showed up total? Who's oval is that? I haven't seen that one before.
I think you posted this in the wrong thread Glenn. here's where this comment would probably go better.
http://www.dasvolks.com/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 04&start=0
I thought this thread was for everything and the kitchen sink. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: .

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:17 pm
by mannys66
BA-HAHAHAHA, I just spit my coffee all over my key board, you're too funny Glenn

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:47 am
by Glenn A
That why I love this place!

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:57 pm
by Brown
Made a little progress this weekend. I finished cutting the rest of the old heater channel out. The back of it broke off. I had to cut a few welds and chiseled a couple of spot welds i could not get at to drill out. Then today after spending all day over-seeding the lawn I cut out some of the rusted metal in the front right next to the master cylinder and cut a patch before heading in for dinner.

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:10 pm
by Raj
Good to hear Ken, I was wondering what was going on with this project

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:23 pm
by Brown
Parts!!

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Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:16 pm
by Brown
the past two weekends i have been spending some time on the 68. Cutting out rusted fender nuts welding in new metal and prepping the areas for the new heater channel installation. THis past weekend i treated some the places i won't be able to get tow with POR 15 so i hope to begin welding the driver side heater channel in. I aslo did some work ont he spare tire compartment which was pretty severly rusted..

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Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:34 pm
by Raj
yeah baby...... do it up!

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:19 am
by B MAN
whaaaaatttttt

u did that in your driveway over the weekend!?

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:28 am
by Glenn
B MAN wrote:whaaaaatttttt

u did that in your driveway over the weekend!?
Welcome the the Big Leagues... rookie.

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 12:33 am
by B MAN
resident n00b front and center lol

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:48 am
by Brown
Been working on the driver side heater channel. Finally finished installing it last weekend and started to remove the passenger side. That side is not as bad and should take a lot less time due to the learning curve.

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Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:16 am
by Glenn
Nice work.

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:17 pm
by Raj
looking good ken!

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:03 pm
by Brown
Got out to the garage last night finished removing the passenger side Heater channel. I actually set the back apron on my workmate and use a come-a-long to lift the front of the car off the chassis so that i can roll the chassis out from under the car to get good access.

I have a little more clean up to do but this side is in much better condition then the driver side. While i have access i will be cutting out the rust and then coat the inside areas with POR 15 before welding the new one in. Hopefully this will be a lot quicker then the otherside.

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Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:40 pm
by Raj
good job ken. Keep at it!

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:16 pm
by Big_kid
This is dedication in action! Keep going!

Re: 68 Bug

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:56 pm
by Brown
Got out on saturday and sunday, between yard work and capping some aluminun i was alble to make some good progress cleaing up the body in preperation for the passenger side heater channell. THe fit on this side is much better as there is not as much rot. I had to make a couple of patches which are done. need to be ground down but that is nothing then i am going to prep and POR 15 everything i can get to before th wleding the new heater channel in, hopefull this weekend.

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This is my work set up. Hardest part is crawling under to get access to the rust. Old bones don't like getting up and down like thye used to.

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