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Ruptured Duck



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:54 am    Post subject: Code Name = "Fat Chick" A father & son project Reply with quote

Thought I would move my thread over here... Started as a knocking motor question and has kind of gone in a new direction.
Here is the original post link for Athens VW Club and also where I was posting on a Off-Road forum...

http://www.athensvwclub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=910

http://offcamber4wd.org/forum/index.php?topic=6710.0

We have been working off and on for about a year. The 1970 bug started out a little shabby but it's coming along. It's our fist bug (been a Jeep guy for many, many years). Thought this would be a cool ride for my 16yr son. We have a budget of about $2,000 - $2,500 and it looks like we will hit our mark.

Just finished mounting the new seats. Had to weld in new mounts. Also welded new floors behind the seats... Hope to have most items done soon. Weather is getting warm so we will get back to body work and paint in the next couple of days. Doing the "Roll -ON" paint job to save him some bucks...




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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got a little work done this weekend. Fabbed up the front early bumper to the 68 newer bumper horns. Was able to put some 4" HID lights on as well... Will be converting the rear horns to fit the early rear bumper as well. Tried to push them as close to the body as I could.

Also did more body work and sanding... Another load of parts are on there way so hope to have more done soon... Looking to have it ready for some of the spring events..
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pay attention to the door hinges if you are planning to paint all over. Multiple layers on the hinges can hide oil & rust that can flake off after painting.
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Ruptured Duck



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tanbug wrote:
Pay attention to the door hinges if you are planning to paint all over. Multiple layers on the hinges can hide oil & rust that can flake off after painting.


Thanks... Sanded all that area pretty good... I'll take a second look tonight.

Did a 400 grit full sanding last night to even out all panels for the new coats of paint.

Really struggling with doing the lower section in off white.... I like the two tone look but it's been a hard sell to the kid and wife.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We just finished rolling on the 4th coat of paint and will be wet sanding with 600 grit. We will then add anther 2 coats and then 800 grit wet sand. If all goes as planned we will be doing 1200 wet sand and final polishing compound this weekend. Then we can start putting all the parts back on! Razz

I'll post pictures tomorrow of the current paint finish. So far I'm not unhappy with the $75 roll on paint job... Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well.... Got the 2nd build motor running last night.... Sounds great and is soooooooo much better than the first go around. Will post pictures soon.

Trying to get it done before the end of the month. There is a blood drive - car (Jeep) show the first weekend of May in Kennesaw (Hooters) and I want it done before then. If there is interest I can post up information..
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are recent images... new front tires (195-50-15) that fit really nice under the narrowed and dropped front. Still need to adjust the rear down 2-3"... Might even drive it around the hood this weekend for the first time in 6 years.



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lookin good. I like that roll-on paint job. Cool
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jon wrote:
Lookin good. I like that roll-on paint job. Cool


Thanks.. We have also taken a new direction with the seats... We will be installing aftermarket Samurai seats... Already light gray in color with matching dark grey piping... They have a low back look with separate headrest
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well.... Nothing like driving a car that has been dead for over 6 years....

First drive was this Sunday... Fewer things to adjust than I expected.. Some minor tweaks and we start to bolt everthing back on.

The best part was Sunday morning... Grayson, my 6 yr old daughter, setting in the floor board (under the steering wheel) helping me to bleed the brakes.

Pump...... Hold, ..... Pump..... Hold, never missed a beat and never complained. She loves this type of stuff. Life was good Sunday.

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well.... Adjusted the rear down.. Its 1.5" higher than the front. From the point the running boards mount we are 7" in front and 8.5" in the rear. Being the first time I had ever worked with the rear torsion bars it took a little adjusting to get the height dialed in. Hard to keep the spline count in your head when the darn things drop out of your hand and you have no idea where you were at....

Will try to get some images tonight. Need to see what it looks like out of the garage.

We are also using fabric paint to color the white headliner black.... So far so good and it's a lot cheaper than replacing the old white liner. It was in so so good shape and this seemed to be the best way of keeping the budget down.
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are the images... The last show the painted headliner.




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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Finished the final coat of paint this weekend...

Looks better than some of the cars I saw at a big car show this weekend.... (not bragging... more amazed!!!)

We start putting all the glass and weather stripping in this week.
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks awesome!
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PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well.... we started to put on the bright work.. Have a question I'll post in the tech side... Final coat of paint and wet sand done. Needed to see what the "Fat Chick" was going to look like so we dressed her a little last night... Took some pictures this morning before my daughter went to school.... She popped up in one of the pictures. Had no clue until I posted them..
What do you guys think... ? Feeling good about our first bug for under $2500...



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