Metalwork and welding

jmreire

Whereabouts are you now in terms of progress / completion?

kadman

All of the mechanicals got a rebuild as well.
Including all the components of the front beam.

All steering, suspension and brake components. New bearings, seals
caliper rebuild ect,ect. No worn or damaged component was used at all.

If in doubt fek it out.

kadman

jmreire wrote: »

Whereabouts are you now in terms of progress / completion?

Body back on and driving, just have to add wings, doors, front
and back boot and interior. All the donkey work is done, and body shell sprayed.

I was rolling along with this nicely until something came along and interrupted progress.

jmreire

If in doubt, fek it out.......... Way To GO !!!! Looking forward to seeing the finished product.:)

kadman

This was the interruption, this is what fell into my lap,
co a family member who wanted shot of his project.

Came to me completely disassembled, but sprayed. So spent a couple
of weeks reassembling. Nice break.

jmreire

Yes, it's a very clean looking one,,,big bumper's, spot lights, and of course the wheels and white wall tyre's. Is the interior and engine bay as good?

kadman

Engine bay is good



Working on making new leather seat covers at the moment. Sewing piping into
seat material , and forming a suitable two tone pattern

kadman

All the interior trimmings, probably 5-6 weeks to do.

jmreire

Are you going to make the seat covering yourself?

kadman

More mechanicals, cleaned inspected and rebuilt,

kadman

jmreire wrote: »

Are you going to make the seat covering yourself?

Oh yes. I am half way through pattern making the drivers seat from white leather.

Once the pattern is checked, I will cut and sew the two tone leather seat covers. I have an industrial machine, So the upholstery will be no problem.

jmreire

You are a man of many talent's, for sure !!! LOL :o:o Were the bearing's in the transmission OK?

kadman

Transmission is perfect, well tried and tested. Did about 3000 miles before the resto was done.

kadman

Engines are not a problem either, as i rebuilt this fasty engine, which did not take a lot.

Its a 1641cc.

Just polished and ported heads, new exhaust valves, balanced pistons new exhaust,
new rings, crosshatch honed pots, and of course replacement case saver .

Anyway I have 7 or 8 engines, mostly beetles, 1 early 65, rest a mixture of 1200 and 1600.

kadman

Engine barrels needed crosshatch honing to prep the for proper
ring seating for the new rings,

Before,



After showing a nice crosshatch pattern.

kadman

Perfect set of 1641cc pistons and barrels and 2 perfect heads allowed me
to rebuild a nice strong engine.

jmreire

Brings back the memories.....:D They were really a fantastic engine !!!

kadman

Engine rebuilt, bench tested, and now re fitted.



Up on the bomb loader,



Locked and loaded into the car.

kadman

And then there were all the fiddly bits attached to
brake parts that cannot be replaced but require making...aarrrgghh.

Brake adjuster wheels and locking tabs.



Seized adjuster pulled out,



New locking tab made to replace the old one,



Staked in,



New balljoints fitted.



Steering box service,

kadman

Decided my beetle needed a bit of an interior facelift. So I decided to make myself a new set of leather seat covers.

First off I made a new seat back template, in half. Placed on the centerline of the back material, I could then flip it to ensure perfect symmetry,

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Other half,

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Same procedure with the seat base,

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Other half.



Piping added, and back on to seat back,

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Piping added to seat , and completed,

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And finally, mockup.

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jmreire

They are the " Bee's Knee's!. !!!!:D:D:D

Dades

Nice work!
Let us see what they look like in the car, too.

kadman

Dades wrote: »

Nice work!
Let us see what they look like in the car, too.

Just final fitting onto the seat now, so fingers crossed:)

unkel

Jaysus kadman, you could knit an arse on a cat

jmreire

unkel wrote: »

Jaysus kadman, you could knit an arse on a cat

Or a bag of them !!!:D:D:D:D:D

kadman

Good industrial sewing machine takes the hardship out of sewing leather.
And making up the proper template, does the job. Plus the fact that leather seat covers are rip off prices:D:D:D

kadman

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Making one of the templates,

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And the other,

w124man

I have a set of German twin port heads for a VW 1600. Came off a written off Variant that was stored for years.

No use to me so if anyone is looking for a set .......

jmreire

w124man wrote: »

I have a set of German twin port heads for a VW 1600. Came off a written off Variant that was stored for years.

No use to me so if anyone is looking for a set .......

You've come to the right place if you are looking for a "Good Home", for them !!:):):)
( and no, it's not me...which narrow's down the field a bit....;););)

kadman

w124man wrote: »

I have a set of German twin port heads for a VW 1600. Came off a written off Variant that was stored for years.

No use to me so if anyone is looking for a set .......

Sounds great. I can always nudge them into me stash:D:D