Excellent work. You're on your way to be the "Larry" of the future. I've heard that all car companies used a carpet wrapped 2x4 to do the final fitting of engine hoods etc. And these were highly skilled and well paid people.
@@DubWerks My brother worked for Torrington Bearing in the late 1980s. And he went to the Ford assembly plants. He saw Fitters working on front hoods with padded 2x4s.
Before you weld the rear apron on I would consider making it boltable. I did that with my restoration and it really helpend me later to get the engine in and out without having to jack up the car at all.
Great lesson in the art of 3D fitment. Lotta measuring and ciphering. Haha. BTW, although I'm not a hardcore VW-o-phile, seeing yours coming together reminds how much I like it when the panels are different colors like for advertising or whatnot. One of the few cars where body lines and panel joints make it work with all the different colors. Almost natural.
Cut and.tweak and weld. I cut out my apron and half of inner quarter straightened and welded in. Its harder the further ya go, mine still had one rear quarter perfect. Put everything on and check it get it how ya want it or tweak it till your happy. I would take deck lid off and place it on two four by fours with carpet under use block of wood and pop out the middle dent with hammer. Rubber malet wont move it i would guess. A little at a time. Its looking good
They didn't put cars together with such tight tolerances back then, the Japanese started that back in the mid-1970's when they began selling the Celica and the Corolla in the United States. At the time people we amazed by the precision of the Japanese cars, and other manufacturers spent decades trying to catch up. So if your classic Beetle panels are not quite exact then that's okay because that's the way cars came at that time in history.
VW/Porsche had very good tolerances from car to car. American cars less so. The VW factory service manual Body supplement 3/1973 list the general tolerance as +- 2mm.
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Excellent work. You're on your way to be the "Larry" of the future.
I've heard that all car companies used a carpet wrapped 2x4 to do the final fitting of engine hoods etc. And these were highly skilled and well paid people.
Yes! Fitters made the big bucks. Have to clean up after us body men🤣
@@DubWerks My brother worked for Torrington Bearing in the late 1980s. And he went to the Ford assembly plants. He saw Fitters working on front hoods with padded 2x4s.
Before you weld the rear apron on I would consider making it boltable. I did that with my restoration and it really helpend me later to get the engine in and out without having to jack up the car at all.
Cant do that, it’s not factory 🤣
I really like the progress. It’s very interesting and fun to see how these little cars are put together. Great work Dubs!
Thanks!
It's coming right along very well. And it's really looking good! Great job!
Thank you!
Great lesson in the art of 3D fitment. Lotta measuring and ciphering. Haha. BTW, although I'm not a hardcore VW-o-phile, seeing yours coming together reminds how much I like it when the panels are different colors like for advertising or whatnot. One of the few cars where body lines and panel joints make it work with all the different colors. Almost natural.
It’s a lot of work! The multi colored cars were cool!
You`re gaining a lot of knowledge.
Thank you!
It's looking great!
Thanks!
Looking good.
Good to see your ragtop coming together, looking forward to the next installment 👍
i love how technical you are... my decklid doesnt line up, so ill bear-hug it to make it fit
If it works🤣 we bend stuff at the body shop all of the time.
I'd love to see a video on how to fit a deck lid properly. It ain't an easy job
Looking good mate
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Cut and.tweak and weld. I cut out my apron and half of inner quarter straightened and welded in. Its harder the further ya go, mine still had one rear quarter perfect. Put everything on and check it get it how ya want it or tweak it till your happy. I would take deck lid off and place it on two four by fours with carpet under use block of wood and pop out the middle dent with hammer. Rubber malet wont move it i would guess. A little at a time. Its looking good
They didn't put cars together with such tight tolerances back then, the Japanese started that back in the mid-1970's when they began selling the Celica and the Corolla in the United States. At the time people we amazed by the precision of the Japanese cars, and other manufacturers spent decades trying to catch up. So if your classic Beetle panels are not quite exact then that's okay because that's the way cars came at that time in history.
VW/Porsche had very good tolerances from car to car. American cars less so. The VW factory service manual Body supplement 3/1973 list the general tolerance as +- 2mm.
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Either you're related, or you went to the same school as Antony Blinken. You sound just like him. Just smarter.
can we see videos on the 74 bus because i see it 5150mxvw channel
even if i could hear you i find your narration dry and boring
Don’t have to watch it😄