I've been watching daily your '65 VW Beetle restoration and I'm learning lots, at the same time I have my own ideas to develop my own restoration and many little items be better off replacing, for example any rubber parts, bushings, grommets and specially grease fittings. I don't have a shop like yours but when the time comes I'll manage, not a mechanic myself just skills I've gather trough the years as a Tool Man .
Watching your progress has made me realize I too am a perfectionist in certain aspects. I for some reason become mesmerized watching the scraping and wire wheeling that produces a satisfactory result. A workflow that moves forward resurrecting as close to the original pays a whole lot of respect to the people who built these vehicle's. I feel this way when repairing antique furniture, recapping amplifiers and working on my 71'. You then can turn to yourself and say "see what I did" without seeming to be verbally pretentious to others. Great work CT.
now that brings back memories!!! I used to own a 914 Porsche as my first car when I was 16 and it was yellow. it got damage when a old man ran a stop sign at the mall. it had "PORSCHE" along the bottom of the frame under the door on both sides. Now my step mom bought the 65 bug brand new and grew up around the car. the color of the car was cream white. that what I called it. great job on your project.
Consider lerning how to electroplate metal. It's very useful fo smaller parts that normally wouldn't be painted like fastners and so on. If done properly it also looks very nice and like from factory.
I have to say my patient friend, you must Reeeeeeeally love VW’s cause I’d never have that kind of patience. BUT, I get the passion to bring something back that is left to rot and the old mechanics are very romantic to get your hands on. You’re looking great so far. So steady on to the finish! 👍🏻👊🏻🫵🏻 ~Stew
Dear CT, The components of the Beetle you’ve cleaned look as ready to mount so it seems you’re progressing rather well. We’re looking forward to your next vlog. In the meantime we want to bring over our warm greetings to Cyn and your kids and we wish you as well as your complete family all the happiness of the world plus we send you ❤️ from the Netherlands. Best regards, Willeke and Dick de Graaff
You fighting with that yellow gold just reminded me of something you can do with a hole and a shaft. But I promise I won’t take it there. But I have to admit you had to say the word tight😂
So, I watched with much interest right up until you were cleaning the grease out of the front beams and it was raining and thundering in buckets outside. Oh yea, that's when I wanted to just go take a nap! LOL Rain time is nap time around here. Great video and kudos for the ambiance.
Good day CT. Love your work. Yeah chassis in gloss black and what I did in my days is clear coat my Transmission and Engine Case. Loved that Aluminium look.
I agree, I prefer the look of the aluminum color too. So I would paint the transaxle in a silver color to offer protection and consistency. And the contrast will look great against the black chassis.
CT, if you decide on going with disk breaks on the front, read this samba thread first. I did a conversion on my '64, but ran into issues with the break hoses. Had to switch to a banjo style hose to avoid interference issue. Other than that, the disks are really nice.
incredible, despite the years that was still and subject to corrosion, the mechanical part seems to be in good condition, needing only maintenance of the consumable parts, this cleaning and fundamental for the work to be well done, very good to see your taste for the work, Hugs of madeira island.
Excellent video CT :) also glad taken steps in cleaning up everything and plus figure need new parts if needed to buy or save old ones to reuse too! Also rain on metal roof of building not covering up your voice at all surprises me and hear okay ! Yes love metal roof when rain helps tell when something happening outside and compared to Shingles do Lol ! I used metal roof for many years Lol and nice sounds too even when freezing rain or snowing hear in Ontario Canada so nice also wild sounds to !
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Beast mode buddy. Keep up the good work. You better slow down you might actually finish a project. Jaaa jk dude. Looks like you might break your pattern and prove all the haters wrong. But maybe I’m speaking too soon. Who knows. I noticed your comment on the disc brakes. Good decision. Keep it moving forward. You can always add those later. Love the patina. You don’t have worry about paint and body work. You can just focus on the mechanical. If the rims are in good shape I think it would look killer on stock rims with small white wall and lowered down or stock height. It will save you money on expensive wheels and tires and then you get fancy rims in future and always have a set of stock wheels and tires as a backup.
CT! PLEASE hear me out. I took my transmission out when I rebuilt the beetle in the profile picture. It only had a shift linkage issues, so I wrapped it in plastic and stored it in a dry place. I opened one I bought to have it rebuilt with a Wedle freeway flyer gear set. I’m glad I did that, because moisture had somehow accumulated inside and corroded the case and two gear cogs. The wrong pressure plate was installed when the engine was rebuilt and installed, which destroyed the transmission case of the newly built transmission. I pulled the original from storage and gutted it to receive the Wedle gear set from the now destroyed case. I didn’t even pressure wash the old original one, and there was moisture inside that corroded gears and some surfaces in the case. Caught early enough that minimal mitigation save the transmission. It would have totaled another transmission had I not opened it, and rebuilt it. The case you’re working with is so badly eaten with corrosion, and because you washed it, I am certain you have moisture inside even ATF won’t chase out, and because it sat for at least a month, there has to be rust on some gear teeth. If dropping the motor to get the transmission out again, after all the effort you’ve already put into this project is fine with you, then go head and put that junker back in, as is. You can put some black lipstick on that pig but it won’t stop the corrosion that is happening on the inside. You even said you got some water in it. Do yourself a favor, open it, clean it thoroughly, replace anything with rust on it from the inside, get the jig to reassemble it, or get it rebuilt, and at lease corrosion treat the outside of that case, before you put that back. PLEASE.
I had same issues with 1967 bus replaced the king and link pins plus all the tie rods pitman arm pin and bushing steering damper. Other than the main tube frame and parts install all new. It was not cheap with all new brake item I had over $1,800.00 in front end parts. I replaced rubber bump stops. I got all the parts from Wolfsburg West.
Quite a change from what is was, a totally different picture.. =) It's gonna be a nice machine, but the dra rot is always present in old cars, since they've gone through heat, sun, rain, moisture, frost.., which leaves a mark on everything. Cheers!
Hey CT another great watch, I thought you had a parts cleaner that used high-pressure water and grit sand seemed to do a good job good luck keep em coming.
Meu primeiro emprego foi esse, limpar e lavar peças de Fusca, eu sempre gostei muito desse trabalho. Eu estou mechendo tbm em um Fusca, tbm adoro mecher sozinho, eu msm falo comigo msm. Hahaha. Hj ele já esta andando, e eu curtindo a cada momento. Mecho na minha garagem, e com bem poucas ferramentas e recursos..
Great job; I see on the trans nosecone area there are three small holes for three little steel balls springs and detents. The detents are missing. Double check on that; I put those on one of my transaxles. Maybe the guys at Airkewld can help. For the rubber parts Wolfsburg West is good and West Coast Metric is also a great alternative. Many of their rubber items are made in USA.
paint or powder coat parts originally painted, yellow zinc chromate nuts , bolts, weld up parts of the case eaten away and then satin clear the main case
Its just me but I have always just cleaned aluminium parts (sometimes clear coated) and painted steel parts black. On bikes I have polished up the aluminium.
Love the video love the detail that you're putting into it I would also like to know are the springs the same and that front end the torsion springs and how do you rebuild that front end or where could you get one rebuilt thank you
Hi CT, I must say this series is awesome so far. Your hitting each item like a pro. I've been told to make sure to use the correct material wire brush on aluminum. Something about what the wrong one does to it?
I had to do that on one if my transaxles. I recall that originally it had some plastic or fiber plugs that disintegrated. I recall installing some new metal plugs.
Connecticut CT WHERE IS KARMANN GHIA YOU CAN'T START A PROJECT AND NOT FINISH IT!😡😡 I don't even waste time watching this beetle because I know you won't show the end. unfortunate
Whould a tennis ball screwed to the end of a 4ft dowel work as a means to push the old grease out from one end out the other of the beam tubes? The ball of course would need to have about four slices it so it wont get stuck.
You shouldn't be surprised that the bushings are worn out,,,,,Everything on that car is worn out,,And needs replacing,,especially rubber or metal bushings,,
Since you do quite a few of these clean up jobs , I wonder if it would be worthwhile making some kind of plunger on a long rod of a suitable diameter to push all the old grease out first before cleaning?
