The Nomates Rustoration :)

Just didn't have time to come round this weekend.

we will catch up sooner or later .......(hopefully up the windsor ,,rather than my drive )

Looking good steve

top work mr nomates,look 4ward 2 seein the finished product

As has already been said Steve, your doing a cracking job there, looking very good, and more beetle shaped each time we see it

lookin good dude!

Nice going, are they fiberglass wings?

Cleverchap wrote:

Nice going, are they fiberglass wings?

Thanks ....yes the grey beetle came with a set of 'day moulding' wings ...I hear a lot of good comments a bout the quality of these wings ...

In the case of my beetle ...originality has (sadly) gone , so fitting fibreglass wings is exceptable to me ....

Plus all the plates /filler gone ...replaced with thin cheap repair panels ,fiber glass wings ....the car should weigh less .... ....

good for my little 1200 engine

Ok ...quick update ,as I'm waiting to make some real noise .....and my neigbours aren't up yet ...


removed the wings to weld up the front end .....





bumper mounts removed and horn bracket welded in place



started on the rear inside corner ...this panel was cut out of the other beetle before it was scraped



filled and etch primed the front inner wing



and the passenger door



then I cut most of the rear quarter off




the snow didn't stop me

Love the reading and pics of the restoration mate.
Top man

you don't fuck about Steve do you?!
Nice work

i take it you found another pair of rear 1/4's then?!

I've only found a nearside one .....it was removed from a beetle resto .....so I had to make it good before I fitted it ....but for a £100 ....I couldn't say no ....

nomates wrote:

I like the sheer amount of hammers that there are in this picture!

.....I have the best collection of hammers in the world .....



well spotted

Looking good dude.... keep up the good work

Ok ..only a small update but here is the repair panel welded in ready for some grinding ....and a skim of filler ....

next job weld up the inside seams ...and make a few repair bits for the floor bit / luggage area ..

Nice one dude..

Are the trim holes lined up? just that in the pic it looks like the quarter holes are higher then the door holes might just be the pics..

they'll need to be redrilled for wide trim anyway, won't they?

The crease looks like it lines up well.

Well spotted dude ....thanks ,I hadn't noticed that !! ...

however I did line up the swage line in the panels ....so if the trim holes are out , there is nothing I can do but to re-drill them ....I guess its just pattern parts

Shamrockez wrote:

they'll need to be redrilled for wide trim anyway, won't they?

The crease looks like it lines up well.

yes, thanks ....the crease or swage line (as I called it ) is the most important, and its ok ....all this and I only used one hammer today

Shamrockez wrote:

they'll need to be redrilled for wide trim anyway, won't they?

Yeah your right Lucy early holes are larger..

OMG only one hammer!! lol

What happened to you last night in the battle of the movies?? I hope you like what I did after you went to bed!

It was very funny dude ....I kept on forgetting to type in my e mail addy ....so I lost a load ....and couldn't be bothered to re-do them ....I laughed a lot tho' ......on the other hand lisa is gonna kill you ....which is even funnier

lol, lucky I didnt pop round for a cupa then ,like I had planned!! lol