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Pepi's Beetle Project - Updated 2008/07/23 (more photos)
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:50 am
by Pepsicola
The time has come to give the Beetle a new color
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Started the weekend with the big job of stripping and removing the old paint.
What a surprise the PO sprayed it with enamel, now its bare metal for me.
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Will place more photo's as the project evolves.
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:00 am
by Blitzkrieg
We just love project threads!What are your plans for the car? Is it going to remain the same colour?
What method did you use to remove all the old paint?
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:20 pm
by Pepsicola
Blitzkrieg_Beetle wrote:We just love project threads!What are your plans for the car? Is it going to remain the same colour?
What method did you use to remove all the old paint?
Plan is to keep it orginal, colour is still gonna be blue (Jazz or Electric).
Sand blasting is expensive (very tight budget), so we are using an angle grinder with a fine wire brush to remove the enamel.
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:23 pm
by Chris
Nice.
Keep us posted!
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:29 pm
by Rudi02
Good luck with the hard work, can't wait to see it develop.
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:49 pm
by vader
Dont you just love the colour of freshly stripped/cleaned body panels? Makes you wanna buff it up nice and shinny and then just give it a clear coat......mmmm so sexy all that bare skin....
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:29 am
by flatfourfan
Awesome news.......................still don't want to sell me back my motor I take it?
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project (Updated 2008/07/21)
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:10 am
by Pepsicola
The work continued this weekend, more paint removing and stripping done
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More
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Hired some help and space
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project (Updated 2008/07/23)
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:56 am
by Pepsicola
Finally finished with the paint stripping.
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Found some rust on the lower hinge brackets of the doors, add weight to the car by welding in pieces.
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This weekend hopefully the undercoat will be on, colour of choice is VW Jazz Blue.
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project - Updated 2008/07/23 (more photos)
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:28 am
by Bad Ass Bob
I like the fact you have a R100 000 work surface thay yu can lea your Air cooled parts against, BAB
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project - Updated 2008/07/23 (more photos)
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:36 pm
by Bugger
Good luck with the project and the stripping part normally that happens at the pub hey
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project - Updated 2008/07/23 (more photos)
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:44 am
by Pepsicola
The last two weeks things happened
Time for the sprayjob (base coat)
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Last pictures of the project
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Re: Pepi's Beetle Project - Updated 2008/07/23 (more photos)
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:45 am
by Tony Z
Nice colour!!!!!!!!!!!!!
send us more pics!!!
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project - Updated 2008/07/23 (more photos)
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:49 am
by Chris
Sjoe!
Dis 'n mooi kleur daai Oom!
Re: Pepi's Beetle Project - Updated 2008/07/23 (more photos)
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:51 am
by Pepsicola
More final pictures
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Got the Beetle back on Friday 1 August, some forum members saw it the weekend.
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Saving money now for the roof lining.