A pile of parts

**bugdust** · April 18th, 2009, 12:07 PM

I'm gathering parts for my volksrod finally. I have a lot of the major pieces and a loose plan.

More soon.

**ratlook63** · April 18th, 2009, 01:13 PM

DAmn... give my left nut for that car as is.... But the plans look bad ass!

Volkin Man · April 18th, 2009, 06:04 PM

Can't wait to see it.

**c1run1** · April 18th, 2009, 06:07 PM

Looks great , but with the first drawing that would make a great "T" Shirt print with a little more work ..

**bugdust** · April 18th, 2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by c1run1

Looks great , but with the first drawing that would make a great "T" Shirt print with a little more work ..

Cool, if you make some I want one. Those are just quick sketches I did to sort some ideas. I'll try to do a detailed drawing soon. The one on the work table was done with opaque ink pens used for writing part numbers on steel.

HeidelbergJohn4.0 · April 19th, 2009, 04:55 AM

That looks cool as shit. I've wanted one of those mexibeetles with the full length soft top that includes the rear window like that since I first saw them in MX.. I've always thought that would be a great roof treatment for a hotrod.

There was a pretty nice rolltop mexibeetle on Ebay last week in SC. I've thought about coming up with a way to use some sort of quick release on some rear pop outs.

Eberhardt huh?

I've got a pretty large extended Eberhardt family here in my area I've been good friends with my whole life.

bluelabel1927 · April 19th, 2009, 02:01 PM

it's not a free 73 fat chick that you got for free from the ghetto......but i suppose it'll pretty cool. lemme know if I can help. what kind of chop do you plan to do? I know you have been in cahoots with ol' fernon.

**bugdust** · April 19th, 2009, 05:03 PM

I've got to decide if I want to keep the fenders or not. That will dictate to some degree how I chop it. If I ditch the fenders I am going to try to copy Fernon's chop pretty closely. I can only hope mine comes out half as good as his or Matt's. Those two cars are setting the bar pretty high IMO.

vw505 · April 19th, 2009, 05:10 PM

i need some fenders for the 66 the rears are full of bondo and the fronts are miss matched. Also what year gauges are thay 66 and down had a diff oil temp sender.

**bugdust** · April 19th, 2009, 07:27 PM

I'll let you know if I ditch the fenders. I'll have to look at the guages again...I want to say 66-67? I have a couple senders in a box somewhere but I didn't look to see exactly what they are.

vw505 · April 20th, 2009, 05:07 PM

if its a 66 and down oil temp i have the sender.

**bugdust** · May 14th, 2009, 11:52 AM

shhh!

sawzall blades and cutoff wheels at work.

**bugdust** · June 13th, 2009, 10:54 AM

Plans changed a little. The 62 ragtop is no longer destined to be my volksrod. I'm going to fix it up pretty much as a resto-custom. My son decided he does not want the 64 so the new plan was to make it my volksrod since it needs so much work anyway. So, I picked up a 61 parts car for the roof but it looks to be in better shape than the 64, sooo...

I'm doing a few different things so I'm chopping it a little different. Hopefully it will all come together in the end.

I'm in a fair amount of pain right now so I don't know when I'll get back to it.

**Turbo Punk** · June 13th, 2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bugdust

I'm in a fair amount of pain right now so I don't know when I'll get back to it.

Got your ass kicked to many times on MyBrute.com?

**bugdust** · June 13th, 2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Turbo Punk

Got your ass kicked to many times on MyBrute.com?

Yeah, I've been fighting some of the guys from the M.E.A.T. forum and they kick my ass, too.

**dragnbdy** · June 16th, 2009, 07:16 AM

that was quick hell I just saw the car on a trailer a week ago

fernon · June 16th, 2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by bugdust

I must be becoming a purist...time to ditch this place I guess. What a waste...

It's about time you started cutting some metal, sorry to hear about your back, now get better and get back to work on it because I know what you are going to do to it

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**bugdust** · June 16th, 2009, 08:04 AM

I worked on it some today but I have a drs appt to go to. I took off what was tacked, trimmed it and tacked it back.

More soon.

**57Drag** · June 16th, 2009, 05:56 PM

Is it done yet?

**ClassicGMJunkie** · June 17th, 2009, 05:13 AM

geez those " parts cars" you seem to acquire with ease are more solid than the damned projects we are stuck with buying up here in the north!

**bugdust** · June 17th, 2009, 08:07 AM

It's pretty rusty. It needs both heater channels spare tire well, front & rear aprons, both lower rear quarters and a patch on the left hinge pillar. The package tray is iffy and there is some minor rust sround the windows. I will masterseries all of that. There is also some rust at the rear c-pillar goind down beside the decklid that I will have to fix. I haven't got to check the front firewall really.

The red 64 basically needs the same things but also both hinge pillars, both front fenderwells, front clip, rear bumper mounts, lower b-pillars, rear wheel wells, both lower rear body mounts (under back seat), both rear quarters have been replaced but it is a crappy job, the roof has holes in it and has been clipped already (not even welded inside c-pillar) and the list goes on...

The 62 has absolutely zero rust on it. None.

It does have a custom rear apron, hacked out dash, doors cut for 1 pc windows and I will have to notch the gas tank to clear the modified front fenderwells where they have been modified to clear the shocktowers on the 4" narrowed beam.

**bugdust** · June 17th, 2009, 05:08 PM

I didn't have much time to work on the chop today. I took a pain pill and when the little one took his nap I tried to get a little done. I'm just trying to get the overall shape and height for now. I think I am going to take it down another 1/2".

XrayDean · June 17th, 2009, 05:23 PM

[QUOTE=bugdust;409312]I didn't have much time to work on the chop today. I took a pain pill and when the little one took his nap I tried to get a little done. I'm just trying to get the overall shape and height for now. I think I am going to take it down another 1/2".

I kinda like it right there too though?????

**bugdust** · June 17th, 2009, 05:32 PM

The B-pillar looks about right and the C-pillar is close. The A-pillar has to come down just to match. But, with a couple of the ideas I'm doing (one specifically) the top needs to be chopped at least 4". I'm at 3-1/4" now. I do not want to go too low and end up with the squashed look. I'd really like to chop a bug 1-1/2". I think it would look perfect.

**bugdust** · June 20th, 2009, 01:03 PM

I decided to take the roof down another 1/2" so I tore it all back off today. Then I wasn't happy with the way it was going and my pain pill was wearing off so I called it a day. It was hot, too.

I might try to get back out there in a bit.