Rons Resto

I bought Ron, a 1964 1200 deluxe sedan with a genuine 46'000 miles earlier this year.

When I bought him I decided that I would run him for the show season, then if I decided to keep him he'd get a resto over the winter ready for next year.

I had to sort out a few things with him ( Lowered with a 5" narrowed beam, wheels, rack and a few bits and bobs ) so I was happy to use him this year.

This is how he looked when I bought him.



This is how he looked this season.



Now, I am not the worlds fastest worker, so at times this thread could go a little slow. But I am going to do a full body off resto with loads of pics so in the end we should end up with a reasonable thread.

Here we go...

Removed spot lamps, spot lamp bar, Head lamp, indicator, bumper, o/s/f wing, fuel tank and a few other bits and bobs.






This is the main reason for the resto, he was just starting to get ereas of rust which I didn't want to get any worse.



Luckly the normal bad areas are very good.

Good luck Paul... This is one that i'll be keeping my eyes on..

Can't wait..

thecrewkid wrote:

Good luck Paul... This is one that i'll be keeping my eyes on..

Can't wait..

Thanks buddy, Lets hope I finish it rather than flogging it to you lol.

Ive been waiting for this one, good luck bud

Nice one, I have sent you a PM by the way Dude.

Splitfirebus wrote:

thecrewkid wrote:

Good luck Paul... This is one that i'll be keeping my eyes on..

Can't wait..

Thanks buddy, Lets hope I finish it rather than flogging it to you lol.

Yeah mate you'll finish this one...


Anyway i don't fancy another bug just yet..

This should be an interesting one to follow

Love this car paul, looks best as original but im sure it will change!

oh and it overtook my van............ on a hill!

I'm sad and happy to be honest with you


sad because Iloved the car as is .......and happy because I know you can do it justice

good luck dude and fair play to you

purpleronnie wrote:

oh and it overtook my van............ on a hill!

Be quite man,I didn't tell anyone. Between you and me I do have 34 hp under the hood.

nomates wrote:

I'm sad and happy to be honest with you


sad because Iloved the car as is .......and happy because I know you can do it justice

good luck dude and fair play to you

I know what you meean Steve but it needed it.

It'll be cool.

[quote="Splitfirebus"]

purpleronnie wrote:

I do have 34 hp under the hood.

It's 34hp SAE, it's only really 30bhp............but you still wasted a T4!!

In 1961 the 1200cc motor changed from

36 hp (SAE) 30 hp (DIN)

to

40 hp (SAE) 34 hp (DIN)

DIN = USA

DIN = euro

I need all I can get...

As has already been said, this 'lil bug rocked as was, but i'm sure it'll rock even harder next season...
Keep the pics coming dude, we'll all be glued to this one

Dude ....wheres your shock towers?

nomates wrote:

Dude ....wheres your shock towers?

It was just a quicky beam to get me through the show season. You'll see some nice ones when it goes back together.

Removed n/s headlamp, indicator, wing, wiring etc.



Panels are just as good as the o/s.

What would your advice be to remove the underseal from the inner wings??
I REALLY need to start the 71!!

I think it depends on if you would like to keep the og paint.

I have just been using a 1" paint scraper, but I have seen guys that steam clean it off.

The og underseal on early bugs is very brittle when cold so just chips away.

Thats exactly what I found the og underseal comes off easy as but the newer stuff is like rubber and a right pain to get off I ended up using the evil brush on my grinder for that stuff but then again I am bare metaling mine......

yeah chip it off if you can ....my 66 needed a bit of heat from a blowlamp .....then i used a scapper which had snapped and I ground the metal to a sharp blade ....about 1" wide possibly a bit thinner

Removed the front seats, carpet, rubber floor mats etc.



Then all the sound deadening.



The bottom of the "A" posts and inner channels look good.



Obviously a little water is getting in from somewhere on the n/s/f.



Then out came the steering wheel and column.



Then most of the dash bits and bobs.



Thats it for today folks.

get on with it ..... .......seriously dude ...thanks for the updates and the pics