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Oatsey
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Love it - thanks for sharing. Keep up the work on the new one! (following new thread)
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zodlaw
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Location: Battle Ground, Wa.
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zodlaw
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zodlaw
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:03 am Post subject: Re: 1969 Bug Build |
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68 I think was a transition year towards the end. I ended up selling the whole car to a local guy that knows what he is getting into. So starting from scratch and I just picked up the tags and collectors plates. I will prob start a new thread and link it here when It get it home. The guy who bought the car is actually helping pick it up mine. 
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68 build that had been sitting for 18yr in a garage.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8119987#8119
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M_atthewanderson
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Location: Seattle
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: 1969 Bug Build |
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The 68 doesn't have an IRS? I thought all >67 had. Its awesome you where able to score a bug you knew of for 18 years. Will feel like a new car compared to your yard find.
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zodlaw
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CB75
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Location: Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:06 pm Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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| Well welcome to the 68 club lol. 😜😜😜 |
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ach60 
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Location: Santa Maria
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| Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:33 am Post subject: Re: Say goodbye to the pile. |
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So I love the pile but its going to cause me so much more body work. A family friend had a 68 in his garage that I had my eye on for 18yrs. Well I guess that is it. I will prob show all the deconstruction. A sad day. Bye Bye pile
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It seems like such a waste after all that work, to "deconstruct" your pile.
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zodlaw
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 11:18 pm Post subject: Say goodbye to the pile. |
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So I love the pile but its going to cause me so much more body work. A family friend had a 68 in his garage that I had my eye on for 18yrs. They are selling there house and I sold my commuter bike, we struck a deal.  So All of my stuff is going on to the 68. I will convert it over to IRS down the road and I will have all the parts to do so anyways. I figured I was way ahead interior and body wise. It only has the battery tray that needs to be fixed and a tennis ball size dent in the pass rear fender. I know your thinking all that work down the tubes. I consider it more of a learning process. So the plan is to get it running so I can move it. He left gas in the tank so yeah varnish smell. I also want to clean all of the spot primer off and get it back to the base paint. Prob take a lot of time but hey thats what we do this for. So here are the pics.
under the front hood is super clean
Non molested wires!
Factory tool kit that needs some love.
Drivers side front apron
pass side front apron
Bottom apron
Yeah the interior all there and well its white and tanish brown but that is ok.
The carpet and under the back window are the worst. A drop in the bucket.
The dash is nice and clean.
One small hole in the headliner.
The carpet.. yeah going to rip that out its falling all over the place. Don't mind the pliers for the hood release. will fix that as soon as possible.
That primer spot on the rear fender is the small dent, going to use small dolly to get it out.
I think this motor is little tired and leaky. Will have to see how it runs prob keep it as a spare while I clean the other one up from the pile.
Back apron strait.
Yess! heater channels with no holes! You can see the battery peeking through the rear pan.
Oh yeah there it is.
Drivers side looks good. You can see the shine on the roof, yeah it will buff out with 3 stage Meguiar's wax job after the primer comes off.
Well I guess that is it. I will prob show all the deconstruction. A sad day. Bye Bye pile
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68 build that had been sitting for 18yr in a garage.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8119987#8119
Bagged 69 pile (SOLD)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=591100&start=0 |
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zodlaw
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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Not much going on but I got a free tool and it works great for the bug.
Went to the Woodburn bug show and it was great, but really hot. I got the two parts I needed at the time. Fuel guage vibrator and distributor clamp that stripped out. So now I have a distributor that won't move and I can tell how much fuel I have now. I don't think it could get better than that. 
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68 build that had been sitting for 18yr in a garage.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8119987#8119
Bagged 69 pile (SOLD)
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=591100&start=0 |
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CB75
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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| That's awesome. I had mine out last week just to take down the street. It's just a shell and used the ebrake as well lol. My kids were in amazement watching me go lol. First time I ever drove it and I've had it for 4 years now lol. Hope you had as much fun as I did lol |
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zodlaw
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:48 am Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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Yeah took my dad for a ride yesterday, he is 76. I was running it pretty low and the jack mounts where scraping a few times. Needs an aliment really bad and brakes finished. I was running with the e-brake around few blocks. Also had to dump my oil apparently the carb was leaking and I had a lot of gas in my oil. Needless to say I am sure the inside of that motor is clean now. :/ But I did change the oil before the drive.
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68 build that had been sitting for 18yr in a garage.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8119987#8119
Bagged 69 pile (SOLD)
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CB75
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:20 am Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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| Looks good!!!!! gonna be sweet!! |
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zodlaw
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zodlaw
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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Ok so I did not feel the big tank was working out too well. It was taking to long to fill up after a dump and raise. Plain and simple the tank was to big. So I have never had bags before and I guess I did not realize that you don't run that much air. At my setting I am going to roll at I am only running 15-20 psi in the rear and 65 in the front. I will prob vary depending on the load but it does not seem to take much. When I raise the front with zero air if I want it to move I need to ramp up to 100psi and drop it back down. I still think the shock angle is the problem but I can deal with it for now. So put the old set up in cleaned up a little. The whole trunk area needs to be redone but I got back to the basics. I have the small tank and it does just fine for what I do. cleaned up the pump wires and cut the hoses way down. Can not seem to get the pics off the camera says they are not there. Maybe post them up if I can get them off.
I gave my 2 yr old a ride in the pile. Wife took a full 7sec of vid.
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68 build that had been sitting for 18yr in a garage.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8119987#8119
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zodlaw
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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So got the fuel line ran and I put on a shut off switch under the tank. I am prob going to be pulling the tank down the road again anyways.
I spent almost an hr trying to clamp the hose into place. I am also going to clean out the tunnel down the road and treat it.
I tacked the clamp in the back and crimped it a little and that fuel line is not moving at all.
I ran the line out the back and made it longer than stock. I also put in new grommets in the front and back. Notice there is one in the back of the firewall where the line goes into the engine bay.
This is the best part, no engine fires if this wants to leak. I will be just a mess on the ground and not a big fireball. If you have not done this and have one in your engine bay take it out and put it under the car away from the exhaust. As I am looking at this I will prob move it more toward the front.
I made my own rubber mount at the fan shroud with a washer and an old grommet that was on the old fuel line. I will prob come up with something a little cleaner when I redo the engine bay this winter.
I think the last fuel line that was in there was not stock and they did a bad job of it. So I had tons of line left I ran a new one to the fuel pump. I think I made it a tad short so might make a newer one.
So after I put all that in took the rear tank off and put 2 1/2 gallons in and along with a new fuel sender. Its not working. I did a little trouble shooting, put a new sender line and still nothing. I did ground out the sender line for a few seconds and the gauge works so has to be the vibrator as I cleaned all the connections and grounds. The other thing is I only have about 2 gallons in it so it might not even be full enough so I will put another 2 gallons and see if that works. All for now.
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8119987#8119
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zodlaw
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 7:48 am Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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Picking away one the fuel line install. There is no way I would have gotten it out with out cutting a hole. It does not really matter anyways I can weld it back up.
There is a clamp that is tied to the fuel line behind the ebrake and it was not moving be fore I cut the hole. I should be able to put it right back and give it a good tack clamped up be fore I button it back up. The the fuel line is a bit bigger though.
Thank goodness I can still feed the line through. I was right in the middle of it when I had to leave and it was hanging up on something. I should get it done this next week now that I have two access holes.
I will sure be nice to get a fuel gauge and 10gal tank back.
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8119987#8119
Bagged 69 pile (SOLD)
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zodlaw
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: 1969 bug yard find build |
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Ok, wife and kids went on a play date and I had my own play date!
So I have most of the stuff for the fuel line install and I am getting close to running the line. The main problem I was looking at was raising the fuel tank because the tie rod was hitting the bottom. I know I did not have to raise it much and if the front was not tweaked like it is, I prob would have not had to raise it that much anyways. I had some square tube laying around so I used that. I also cut a lip off of one to raise the back of the tank about an inch.
I was also trying to figure out how to clamp the front of the tank and still have it sit tight. So I came up with some loops and weld nuts.
It worked out better than I thought. As a matter of fact I thought it was going to be a botch job.
I also had to make some spacers for the back so I can still use the stock weld nut holes. I will have to get longer 10mm bolts but it will hold the tank really snug just like the stock location did.
I am glad to get this behind me because this one took some thinking to do and some time. I have been thinking about how to do this for weeks. I am just glad it all worked out.
Oh I also had my bug dumped out all the way so I would have the highest point for the tie rod. All for now hope to get the access hole cleaned up and installed next. Don't know when that will be, hopefully in the next week or two.
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8119987#8119
Bagged 69 pile (SOLD)
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