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Ah, I see. Thing is, that patch I just finished is only the bottom of the panel, which has plenty of space at the bottom but only a 1cm gap at the top between the outer and inner panel/frame, so I'd prolly drop all those lovely little metal rods and tangs down inside and never see them again. cheers boys.

I have a friend with a 3D printer, might be keen to help.

love the HQ as well, learnt to drive in my brothers primer grey shitbox, three on the tree, no seat belts, no carpet with holes in the floor. good luck, GET IT DONE!

cheers man, those do look awesome. the old hard drive magnets are bloody good though, I've managed so far! how do you get those out??

next up I started finishing up the panel I had roughed up months ago when I first cut this side open. mocking up er'thang, Door to panel to fender to running board to door to.... With the extra weight of the door and fenders on one side, I have to prop the stand up with my chair. this corner bit was tricky as, I nearly said bugger it, and was about to chop it off. Got there in the end. Started tacking it in, messed a little, so ended up with a sweet gap to bridge. and though the magic of television it's all done. looks real good here, but just okay in real life. nothing Mr Newtech can't fix! Just the other side to do, then bottom plates! Made a start on repairing the old panel off the drivers side, not as rusted as the one I just finished, and making that one was a bitch of a thing, so this will do. welded up all the spotweld drill holes and managed to fill the rust holes up after I had sandblasted it. So really just that back corner to fab up, whoo who! Oh, and spot-welder are awesome!

again, fucking badass man.

oil cooler shit itself?

Great progress mate, love the gif style pics, so many layers of rust, it's almost like someone designed it trap as much damp muck as possible eh?? edit: also your "Discussione" link goes to the build page, I'z waz very confusted.

Cheers Clit, Rat rod VW for the summer!!!

no glass, just thinking about how fast I could get the car on the road with as little work as possible. Not building a panel van out of a bug, lol

Okay, this is a actual question, following on from the sunroof one, Do I need any side,rear or door glass for a WOF?

So the flying pink pussywagon is legal??!! does it go hard as?

yep, now i'm jealous. nice shed.

bugs looking sweet man, I like the rear colour also. I am rather jelly of you running, driving, in one piece volkswagen. Must be on the bumps on the front as well?

3/4 rear shot is THE best angle to view a bug, and that looks awesome! keep to see it rolling.

plan sounds good, keep her rolling!

I like the caps on, but whatever that things tucking like a motherfucker!

need pic of stupid camber so I can suck air in though teeth like a old barry.

Please to meet you, hope you guess my name!? got both sides all welded up last week, minor/major milestone, still heaps to do! but that's the front firewall and wheelwells both done. detail of the little triangle sticky out bit. and I folded/hammered the fold back over yesterday, pretty pleased with that also.

I thought you might need wing mirrors for a wof? car looks great man, you must be happy as.

One of the few cars that look just as good as a wagon, well done I'm sure this will polish up sweet.

THATS ONE TOUGH LOOKING ESKY!

Think very carefully about dipping your car, make sure the company know what they are doing and neutralize the acid and can seal ALL the metal including what you can't see. other than that, looks like you're doing this the right way, all the best for the build.

You're a brave, stupid, lucky man.

yep, sign me up for another test run haha. that looks awesome!