1962 VW Beetle Project --- Part 2

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The last couple weeks or so I’ve been slowly stripping paint off of the 3 fenders (one is new but will need a sanding) and sanding them down to bare metal so I can get the bad spots straightened out as well as I can. I’m not going to super crazy with this initial build as it will most likely get messed up again.

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This paint stripper is probably great for most projects just this 60 year old paint wasn’t having it. The fenders being curved I had a hard time keeping it on.

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These fenders had been worked on previously apparently so sanded down as much as I could.

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A little more bondo action to get these things strait.
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These fenders are about $250-300 new so these will have to do for now.
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Getting down to bare metal is great and all but it rusts verrry quickly and it’s hard to see all the imperfections.

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After a coat of primer I see I have more work to do.

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Last week I had a mechanic friend come over and help me diagnose this motor.
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Come to find out the ignition coil was bad.

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This wiring job isn’t helping anything either but that’s for another day.
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$45 later we have new coil installed and as you can see in the video below, IT’S ALIVE!!!
https://youtube.com/shorts/PBcgWSDUaPg?feature=shared

Thanks for stopping by and and stay tuned!



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