I'm Buggin' Out Man.

[93foxx]

wow i totally give you credit man that is a shit ton of rust

[Tubaman]

Nice to see someone saving a Beetle...Going to be super nice!

[A4crn]

Very neat work, its gonna look good!!!

[Logotech]

Clean work!

[Jlyons617]

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_mar-hyde-tal-strip-ii-aircraft-coating-remover--gallon-3m_22987258-p?searchTerm=tal+strip

Advance still sells it. Apparently 3M bought the company recently.

[Leftouch]

Some A pillar rust that I needed to go back and take care of





And...

THE RUST WORK IS DONE!!

Thank the sheet metal gods, I can put down the grinders and MIG gun for a while. Finally decided on a color. After this restoration I'm going to be working with my father on the restoration of his '76 2002.

Paint order!!


Once I finish the welding in the new pans, the car will be primed and I'll start on fender, door and trunk/hood fitment.

[Leftouch]

Before I post anymore progress I'd like to thank two people, who've helped immensely in this restoration. Restoring this car would have just been banging on an old hunk of sheet metal if it weren't for my family and close friends.

My father:


One of my closest friends, Dan


On to the progress:
Dan jumped on the opportunity to hammer out the last patch and put a fair amount of time into making the patch fit and look proper.

Inside the rear apron-


Mocking Up- the picture doesn't do any justice to the amount of work he put in.


Seam Sealed- Just needs a finish grind and some undercoat.

[andybob]

Huge props for tackling all that rust work. Awesome man.

[airkooled]

Looking great man keep it up!!

[Leftouch]

cool build

talk about some rustremoval

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Thanks man, I'm so glad to be done with it, after I finish my dad's 2002, I'm done with rustorations. A clean shell is a beautiful thing lol.

Tal-Strip II is still available at Advance Auto Parts, IIRC.

I remember they used to sell it in cans when I worked there, but I can't find it anymore? I need to look a little closer next time I stop by there.

i know a better stripper. but she will cost you a lot

Hey, I'll pay Amber or Skye or Diamond, hell if she can strip the old paint off these wheels I'd pay tens of dollars.


Patched the bulk head holes while I still had some daylight


Ground down- ready for paint


All done

[Nick475]

Started stripping the wheels- ran into a bit of a problem. Can't seem to find a decent stripper anywhere/more; the current stuff I'm using is shit... Mar-hyde used to sell a product: tal-strip, which was a phenomenal stripper but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Anybody know of a better stripper?

i know a better stripper. but she will cost you a lot

[edirty6eddie]

aircraft stripper, you can find it at walmart or a lot of auto parts store near the paint.

[cobrawannabe]

Tal-Strip II is still available at Advance Auto Parts, IIRC.

[P78]

cool build

talk about some rustremoval

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[Leftouch]

Small update:

Patch Panel work/rust removal is 99% done! After what seemed like an eternity, I've finished all the necessary sectioning and grafting of new sheet metal.

Shot a few sides of the car with a high solids primer,
1. to seal the first evercoat pass
2.to see how my body work had turned out.


Was pretty happy with the initial priming, a little more time with the air file and a skim of Rage Coat and she'll be a straight car. Didn't completely sand away all the ever coat, still have some rough work to take care of.


Cleaned and stripped frame


Fresh coat of undercoating and paint, need to fix the rust spots at the bulkhead.


Under Coating stripped in problem areas (a bit backasswards, I know. Haven't had many decent days for painting and I wanted to get it sprayed before any flash rust set in).


Started stripping the wheels- ran into a bit of a problem. Can't seem to find a decent stripper anywhere/more; the current stuff I'm using is shit... Mar-hyde used to sell a product: tal-strip, which was a phenomenal stripper but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Anybody know of a better stripper?