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| This pictures shows the car before I bought it in November 1999. In the following pictures you will see major steps of restoration. |
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| I bought it with original fenders and tried some Porsche rims on. |
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| As I removed the fenders I saw some rustiness and decided to restore the whole car (February 2000). |
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| So I had to remove the body from the floor pan .. |
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| Five days later the rusty steel plates where removed. I got some help from my friend Horst who is specialist in car-steel plates. |
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| Now you see the welded steel plates (original VW). |
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| I drove the body for it´s second and final sandblasting to Mayer & Zick (Memmingen). |
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| After sandblasting the body where galvanized to prevent any rust in future. |
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| Horst with the sandblasted and galvanized floor pan makes some final spot-wise welding. |
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| Here you see me varnishing the floor pan with a special paint which is normally used for carwash-automates. It guarantees long term water resistance. |
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| Now you see the floor pan´s final black finish. It´s already waxed inside. |
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| Upside down on the car trailer with sealed welding seams. It´s treated with a special base coat which got good adhesion attributes on zinc. |
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| The arrival: the body with it´s final silver paint back home in Landshut at my garage. |
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| My friends Armin, Sebi, Eric, Rainer and Andreas helped me to turn the body around when I had to wax the insides. |
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| The front window, the cable loom, seals and the ventilation where built in. |
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| This is the back axle leg where the disc brake calipers will find it´s place. |
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| In July 2002 the beetle is on it´s wheels again and gasp´s for a breath of fresh air in front of my garage. |
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| You see the height adjustable suspension strut and the special Kerscher - Stabilizer. |
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| My friend Klaus Kiefel and I are covering the dashboard with gray leather – the same leather as the seats are made of. |
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| Here you see the the leather shapes which will cover the controls and instruments. |
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| Klaus sews the pieces together. |
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| The covered dashboard |
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| May 2006 - The Project goes on. New Garage - so the Beetle had to move in... |
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| 1303 in position and with 16" Porsche Fuchs rims. |
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| Now up, that I can build in the Motor and Trans axle. |
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| My new Garage from outside. |
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| 15.06.2006 My friend Paolo from Swiss visited me to push the Project. |
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First we dismantled again the upper part from base to mount a special sealing that I bought days before at www.FeineCabrios.de together with highest quality bumpers. |
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For this mission the body had to be lifted at least 10cm from the base of the Beetle. |
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View from the front of the car. |
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| Paolo fine tuning the sealing. |
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Paolo and me mounting the steering. |
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Paolo mounting the drive shaft. |
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| 16.06.2006 my friend Jochen came to help us, too. |
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The Convertible with mounted steering, brake caliper and trans axle. |
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| View of the front axle in detail |
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| Me at night changing still some screws of the Type 4 engine |
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| The assembled Klaus Typ4 engine. (1970 ccm
- 92 kW - 175 Nm at 4100 rpm) |
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| And here again, but already at the right place again in the car. |
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| 18.06.2006 - time to overwork the electric items and to mount some small parts. |
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| Two of my Beetles with 2.0 Typ4 engine. |
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| 21.04.2007 11:00 after ten Month covered in my Garage the mounting of the beetle goes (thanks to Paolo and Maurizio) on |
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| Now my Cabriolet has two doors |
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Next parts are the front lights and turning signals |
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| new chrome rings... |
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| and white turning signal covers |
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| The lights are completed. |
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| And also one rear side window. The other windows have to wait for new sealing. |
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| 16.02.2008 - we go on with mounting the windows in the car |
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| looks already not too bad... |
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| we really had to think hard to remember which is the best way to mount the windows. |
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| it was already 10 Years ago when I disassembled this car |
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| looks more like a car now... |
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| May 2008 - the oil cooler system has to go into the car. |
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| special designed stainless steel support for the oil cooler. |
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| and mounted into the car - fits perfect. |
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| bolts has to be set to hold the anti noise matting. |
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| mounted engine. |
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| the back and front of my beetle is almost ready to go. |
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| 04.04.2009 - the cables have to find the right place. |
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| the dash board is mounted. |
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| nice view |
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| dash board completed |
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| to enjoy the sun. |
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| 27.06.2011 - mounting the hood for the motor |
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| mounts were pulver coated before in black |
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| 17.Sep.2011 - took the seats from storage and cleant them. |
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| they are looking really nice in the car. |
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| also the front hood got back in position |
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| really nice view after 12 Years of restauration. |
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| for the last adjustments the car goes to VW Boxerpoint Lugano |
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| in the trailer ready to leave... January 2012 |
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| 13. January 2012... my beetle arives in Agno to get the last adjustments. |
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| 26. January - Paolo also installed an extra switch for the headlights CBI |
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| 24. March 2012 - the first test drive with the car after 12 Years of restauration. |
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| runs nice with all functions, but for me with a too low suspention to compess in the right way. |
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| 6. April 2012 - Adjust the rear rotating rods by four teeth against each other to put the car 24mm higher. |
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| Extension of the rear axle. |
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| Finished vehicle with the correct height adjustment for comfortable ride |
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| 9th April - first 100 Miles with the car to Hilpoltstein to get it registered by "TÜV" at the Boxer Shop. |
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