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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:09 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Pushing a 1" wood bit, I drilled two 1.75" deep holes in the top of the two 8' pieces and the 6' pieces as well.
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Then a hole in each end of the 24" pieces
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A little glue in each hole
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Set the dowels with a rubber mallet
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Put the 24" pieces atop the 8' pieces
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:21 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

The 6' pieces go across and atop the 24" pieces. Next up the L brackets and flat plates.
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Then the casters. Four pilot holes drilled for each caster and attached with two inch lag bolts.
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And the finished product
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:26 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Good job getting moving again.

How about moving your photobucket pictures to theSamba gallery so we can see them.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:27 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

I was trying earlier, but just couldn't get them to load in the Samba. And now, it won't let me edit the old posts. It's been a year and a half. Other projects on the fire and working 65 hours a week, doesn't lend itself well to starting a new project. So, with that said, I promise, I'll post all my new pics in the Samba.

Tomorrow I'll start disassembling the body. Have an update her tomorrow night. The Moroccan Beetle it on its way.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 11:24 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Work is slow going today. It's a balmy 98 degrees right now. Feels like 103 with only 35% humidity. This is why I usually do these during the winter months Shocked
It is what it is though. My wife works until 6 am this week so she is still sleeping. So with that in mind I decided to start around 11am. Cleared all the stored crap out of the car, aired up the two flat tires and pushed her in the garage.
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Removed the hood and began un-bolting the body from the pan. Gas tank out
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Clearly, this body has never been removed from the pan. The only two bolts that haven't fought me are the two forward body mount bolts at the axle beam. Almost every pan bolt on the driver's side has broken.. Mad I've left a puddle of sweat on the floor. I'm ready to break out the big kahuna and use air on the remaining bolts, but need to wait until my bride wakes up.

Whilst I wait for sleeping beauty I'm going to research choke cable removal from the dash. And rehydrate...a lot and tell myself "this is worth it...this is worth it."
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 11:28 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Glamour shots, hahahaha

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 12:07 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Got the choke cable out. A little WD-40 and two small pairs of vice grips and it begrudgingly unscrewed the bezel from the dash.

Still waiting on sleeping beauty. I've contacted Glenn about the broken picture links, so there's gonna be some quoted posts with updated old pictures moved to the Samba. If I understand Glenn correctly, he will then edit the old posts with the new links and these seemingly redundant posts will go away.....fingers crossed.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:24 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Thanks to some friends from my Jeep club we got the Moroccan off its pan today. Now the pan work starts
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Pan separated and on the dolly
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The pan
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The body
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Shower time for me...ugh!
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I'll be putting a shopping list together for the pan and sending the seats out for upholstery soon. The body is going to require some finessing before it goes to paint
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 11:00 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

nlorntson wrote:
Good job getting moving again.

How about moving your photobucket pictures to theSamba gallery so we can see them.


Thanks for pointing out that error. Pictures have been moved and appear to be all visible now.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 10:07 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

I ordered some spot weld cutters off Amazon. This morning I had about two hours to kill, so I broke out the wire brush and my air drill and went to work on the right side pan.
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This area up front is covered in some kind of epoxy. Some bad pitting corrosion there
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Spot welds exposed, I tried out the new cutter. Wow! Piece of cake, just use a good center punch to mark the center before you start cutting.
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On a side note, anyone seen a solenoid like this before?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 8:59 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Out with old
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All cut out now
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And just test fitting the new floor

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Still have to grind down the spot welds
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 9:55 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

I was hoping the driver's side pan was going to be salvageable, but it is not to be so. More deep pitting corrosion and it's a little flimsy under the back seat. Oh well, glad I have another pan!
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:14 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Yesterday, I cut out the driver's side pan. Followed that by drilling out the spot welds on the remnants of that pan. I can't touch this pan without getting filthy, so this morning I dropped by Lowe's and bought a pressure washer. I needed one anyway for the driveway and the house, but it really came in handy for this project. I sprayed every square inch of that pan front to back!

My daughter assisted with putting it up on its side
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Grabbed my sander and put some frame primer on the bottom.
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Followed by high temp primer in gray for the welding that is coming up
Put her back down on all fours and ground the spot welds smooth.
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Placed the pans back on and they fit much better today.

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Parked her back in the garage and then took a shower. I think all the grease on the pan ended up on me. But at least the pan is clean now.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:21 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Some interesting things I've noticed so far. Probably old news for most of you, but new for me:
1. Zirc fittings on the tie rods, both ends
2. Zirc fitting on the pedal assembly
3. Zirc fittings on the parking brake cables
4. Throw out bearing fork is only supported on the driver's side
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:37 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Nice progress! Looks like the OG beam since there's no steering stabilizer bracket. Are you planning any upgrades? Or totally stock?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:50 pm    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Totally stock right now. Thanks for the compliment. I'm happy to be finally working on it again, that's a fact. I had recently read about the lack of a sway bar and sure enough this one does not have that either.
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Zirc on the e-brake cable
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Another. They are at the frame horns
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Inner tie rods
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Outer tie rod. Passenger side is identical
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Transaxle number is A1700020 which is some point in April or May 1958. Cool! Considering the delivery date was 28 May 1958, I'd say it's original to the car!
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:20 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Let the welding begin!
Driver's side pan prepped
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I pop holes where I'm going to "spot weld"

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Hold the tip of the welder through the hole
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And depress the trigger for about 5-10 seconds. The puddle forms on the tunnel lip and spreads to the pan. Fills the hole completely and...
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Voilą, pan is in place.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:24 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Now, I'm sure the pros out there can pick my welding technique apart. I'm not a welder, I know this. But it works, not pretty, but it works. I'll clean up the spots once I'm done
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:49 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

Looks good to me but I'm no pro. What welder you using?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:22 am    Post subject: Re: 1958 De Luxe Beetle from Morocco Reply with quote

HF MIG wire feed welder. I used to own a Lincoln but this one is actually better for a hobby welder IMHO.
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