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Post by Mick Gilbert on Jul 9, 2013 11:03:45 GMT -8
Well its been many months since I put some photo's of my car in the introductions forum. Since then its been at the body shop for prep and paint so I haven't posted any updates. Anyway I finally got it back today and as I hope you can see they did a lovely job, both paint finish and panel fit considering both doors needed lower skins, one needed a frame repair and was from a different car, as were the bonnet and boot lid. Now the hard work commences and I'm thinking the items to start with are Wiring, headlining, rear parcel shelf, A pillar trim pieces, front and rear screens - in that order? i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa124/mick1800/SAM_0693_zps5fa61ab8.jpg |
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Post by Mick Gilbert on Jul 9, 2013 11:05:45 GMT -8
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Tom Reay
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Post by Tom Reay on Jul 9, 2013 11:42:51 GMT -8
Looks great. I am happy to see the shop used a white /gray indicator coat under the red color coat. That was recommended for my cherry red car, so I went with it, but never was to convinced. Now I am.
Your order of reconstruction looks about right to me. The main thing is the screens very last.
Tom
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Post by Mick Gilbert on Jul 10, 2013 6:02:06 GMT -8
Thanks Tom, I think if the shop used the correct colour of primer it was more by luck than judgement as they never asked me (not that I would have known anyway!) and normally only work on accident damaged moderns.
Mick.
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Post by Mick Gilbert on Aug 11, 2013 6:11:09 GMT -8
The headlining is now fitted, not perfect but I'm happy with it for a first attempt at such a job. The front screen is in with it's inserts as are the aluminum channels for the door rubbers, the A post trims and the gutter trims. I had all these parts powder coated in a chrome finish rather than polished or anodised as I didn't want any distortion which I've seen before on polished alloy. They look quite good though now their fitted, again not perfect but then what is? s200.photobucket.com/user/mick1800/media/SAM_0816_zps14a092e4.jpg.html |
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Post by Mick Gilbert on Aug 11, 2013 6:13:45 GMT -8
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Post by Mick Gilbert on Oct 13, 2013 10:22:28 GMT -8
Do any reproduction parts actually fit these cars? I've spent the day fitting the window and door rubbers to the LHS of my car and, as you can see nothing fits. The door aperture rubber is a good inch too short at the rear and, while the front quarterlight frame fits the aperture rubber well at the top, theres a gap at the bottom of the A post. The front quarterlight opening rubber is too small, so it wont sit in the channel at the top and drops out if I open the quarterlight. The door window glass scraper rubber is nearly an inch too short. All in all a dissapointing days work on the old girl. Still I'm pleased with the way tyhe dash is coming on and the DIY chrome covering on the rear quarterlight parts is a good match for the repro and rechromed parts.      |
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Post by Carsten Klein on Oct 14, 2013 0:15:46 GMT -8
where did you buy the seals  ? |
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Post by Bob Heydt on Oct 14, 2013 16:43:39 GMT -8
Do any reproduction parts actually fit these cars? I've spent the day fitting the window and door rubbers to the LHS of my car and, as you can see nothing fits. The door aperture rubber is a good inch too short at the rear and, while the front quarterlight frame fits the aperture rubber well at the top, theres a gap at the bottom of the A post. The front quarterlight opening rubber is too small, so it wont sit in the channel at the top and drops out if I open the quarterlight. The door window glass scraper rubber is nearly an inch too short. All in all a dissapointing days work on the old girl. Still I'm pleased with the way tyhe dash is coming on and the DIY chrome covering on the rear quarterlight parts is a good match for the repro and rechromed parts. Did you see the discussion about the ISP West seals that are actually made by Simon Kelley, and sold thru the KGOC? In that thread, there were pics of the same issues you're having, along with a discussion about the differences in the seals themselves (early versus late). Not to mention that they're short in length across the top of the opening (the repop seals). If not, I'd recommend reading it. For the top of the door edge seal and trim, a few of us are modifying late beetle convertible trim-seal parts for our cars (per Lee's recommendation), as the repop seals are short (as you've found). As for the 1/4 window seal, it looks like you've still got a couple of pieces yet to fit. The trim does look good though, as does the dash work.  |
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Post by Mick Gilbert on Oct 15, 2013 2:51:33 GMT -8
Unfortunately I didn't buy my seals, they came with the car which was disassembled when I bought it.
I was aware that some seals were too short (from the thread you mention) and clearly mine are from those batches - I've no idea how old they are or where from.
I'm going to use a length of an original seal to fill in the gap on the door aperture seal and I'm taking the door top alloy trim/scraper seal to a local trimmers to see if they have something similar.
I notice that the seal itself is only held to the alloy trim with rivets so it should be possible to remove the current seal and replace it with a longer scraper seal by rivetting or glueing it to the alloy trim piece.
As for the quarterlight - it will have to remain closed!
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