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Steve,<br><br>Looks great! Just a quick question. I know you are going with a slightly non-stock look, right? Are you going to put the fender welt between the fenders and the body or leave it out?<br><br>I am not a body guy, but if you are putting the welt in, how will that affect the fit and alignment of the fenders and the body? If your leaving it out will there be any problems with rubbing or chaffing between the body and fenders?<br><br>Bob Jordan<br><br>P.S. I've owned a 59 Bettle for years ( at least 20 years) that I bought from the original owner and parked in a garage for storage. Seeing your car has insired me to get serious about getting my car done!
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anything old is worth having....that is schweeet!!!!<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :shok --><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_shocked.gif" alt=":shok"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->
Wow, I just tuned into this thread and I can't believe the extent of your <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>rust</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->oration. I would love to send a car to you for the full massage. <br><br>And to address the question about battery location posted about five pages back, just switch to an Optima battery. It uses dry cell technology and there's no acid to leak.<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Oh man, a flat black Rat Rod VW would be SO COOL!!<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->Steve, I don't know if you've been hanging with the VW crowd lately, but that look is totally played out. You see at least two new ones show up at every show. It's monkey see, monkey do.<br><br>My vote is for a stock restoration. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :thup --><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_thumbsup.gif" alt=":thup"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->
Here's a shot of my latest acquisition, a '52 Standard barn find. It looks decent and all the hard-to-find parts are there, but deep down it could use some of Steve's metal magic!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://granttuttle.freeservers.com/Greg%26PJ/Heike5.jpg" style="border:0;"><!--EZCODE IMAGE END-->
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I pretty much already knew how the car looked from looking through this thread.<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>if you are putting the welt in, how will that affect the fit and alignment of the fenders and the body? If your leaving it out will there be any problems with rubbing or chaffing between the body and fenders?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END-->I know Steve gave a great answer, but I'll just add that the fender welts don't make much of a difference as far as fit, other than helping to make two surfaces that didn't fit so well to begin with fit even better.<br><br>The most important thing you need to do is be sure the bottom edges of the fenders align with the bottom of the apron, and you may want to trial fit the running boards to make sure all the holes align (though it's no big deal to trim or tweak the boards to fit). And you must have the fender welting installed to fill the gaps between the bolts. I don't know anybody who leaves it off.
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That car will be a faithful friend. I've found that VWs never forget those who did kind deeds for them.
Hey Steve,<br><br>Aren't we due an update? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif" alt=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--><br><br>Bob Jordan
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Dude, take a break and get better. We want to see that thing finished. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :tires --><img src="http://www.dodgetalk.com/forums/images/smilies/drivingz.gif" alt=":tires"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--><br><br>Robert
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Take care of yourself bro! We can wait. This is one of the best threads ever and this will just extend it a little bit.<br>We will see you soon.<br><br>Steve
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Steve,<br><br>Just thought I'd bring the post back to the front page. Hope you are feeling better and will be posting again soon.<br><br>Bob Jordan
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Go HW Race Team!<br><br>--John
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Hey Dude , Got your email and emailed back and called but no answer. Did my mail come thru ?? Keep in touch !! Darrell
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Hey Steve,<br><br>Did you do anything with the motor to see if its good?<br><br>Bob Jordan
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Hey Steve,<br><br>Really glad to see you are back on the project! Looks great.<br><br>Bob Jordan