Itinerant Air-Cooled

Picked up my new project today. It's awesome! Got it on the lift and got a good look underneath, nary a pinhole in the pan! PB'd everything on the brakes and fleshed out an estimate on getting rolling. Went through the engine stuff... man those jugs are thin on a 1300-1600cc "upgrade"!

Can't wait to clean it up tomorrow, gonna shine up that un-cut dash and SapphireIII. Anyone know what'll help bring out/protect a nice patina?

DjEep wrote:Picked up my new project today. It's awesome! Got it on the lift and got a good look underneath, nary a pinhole in the pan! PB'd everything on the brakes and fleshed out an estimate on getting rolling. Went through the engine stuff... man those jugs are thin on a 1300-1600cc "upgrade"!

Can't wait to clean it up tomorrow, gonna shine up that un-cut dash and SapphireIII. Anyone know what'll help bring out/protect a nice patina?

Photos!

Wax it. Might take some of the patina off the patina, but not to worry.
Colin

Anyone know anything about that steering wheel? It has a gold coach in the center, looks pretty vintage.

Edit: According to theSamba, that wheel is an EMPI VDM w/ coach button, worth more than I paid for the bug! Shweeet!

looks great. to I'd probably do a light high grit wet sand and then polish & wax

DjEep wrote:Anyone know anything about that steering wheel? It has a gold coach in the center, looks pretty vintage.

Edit: According to theSamba, that wheel is an EMPI VDM w/ coach button, worth more than I paid for the bug! Shweeet!

By all means . . . sell that thing then.
Colin

zabo wrote: I'd probably do a light high grit wet sand and then polish & wax

Werd. Will do.

Amskeptic wrote:By all means . . . sell that thing then.

Make the check out to "Cash"

Lucky bastard with that fancy lift.

Funny thing is, when I'm working on something I really like and want to put extra extra care into, like the gorgeous original seafoam green '62 I was finishing a top-end rebuild on today, I find myself lying on the ground to tighten the exhaust clamps and whatnot. I think its a semi-conscious throwback to my curb-wrench roots.

Nice find there bubba ! my only qualms with type 1 is that you cant spontaneously lie on your back and shimmy underneath to take a look at stuff...

If you limbo...but it's tuff with a winter gut.

dingo wrote:Nice find there bubba ! my only qualms with type 1 is that you cant spontaneously lie on your back and shimmy underneath to take a look at stuff...

The Ghia has a clutch cable that likes to walk loose. (early style lock-nut-wanting arm, but with a wingnut that slowly spins off) I have lock-nuts on the shelf, but for some reason, I just let it be. Call it an accepted quirk and a sacrifice to the VW gods to shimmy my self under there, face half in the pavement, to adjust it every couple of weeks.

Haven't had a chance to play with the bug this week, too busy with the Ghia.

DjEep wrote:

dingo wrote:Nice find there bubba ! my only qualms with type 1 is that you cant spontaneously lie on your back and shimmy underneath to take a look at stuff...

The Ghia has a clutch cable that likes to walk loose. (early style lock-nut-wanting arm, but with a wingnut that slowly spins off) I have lock-nuts on the shelf, but for some reason, I just let it be. Call it an accepted quirk and a sacrifice to the VW gods to shimmy my self under there, face half in the pavement, to adjust it every couple of weeks.

Haven't had a chance to play with the bug this week, too busy with the Ghia.

Snag a dremel with a good sized stone wheel. Lightly chamfer in a shallow *vertical* slot with a shallow vee profile on the walls. The wingnut will find the slot, wingnut.

Thought of that, but at that point I might as well just put the correct locknut on...