72 auto square

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 24th January 2010 - 10:54pm

start of much welding

agood start next channel bottom and heat pipe etc.

vwfye · Post by **vwfye** » 25th January 2010 - 4:11am

that is an ambitious project! good on ya

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 30th January 2010 - 11:23pm

todays progress.

the finished panel gettin sum weld thru....

tommorow heater pipe and flap then weld it all in hoorah

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 31st January 2010 - 9:30pm

few more from today...

Post by **Editor** » 1st February 2010 - 12:31am

Nice job!

It's very impressive what total talent there is on here!

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 6th February 2010 - 9:00pm

cheers dave heres more

kyle · Post by **kyle** » 7th February 2010 - 12:33am

good work!! keep it up! rather u than me lol!! who u gettin the repairs from?

if ur lookin for some outer sills theres some on german ebay

Item number: 390144966024

i take it links is left rechs is right? lol

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 7th February 2010 - 9:06am

got front pan corners and outer sills from t3d every thing else im making
started on worse side so other side be much easyer....

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 8th February 2010 - 12:16am

more from today slow one today awkward panels to make and broken tools , rain etc.

type3willy · Post by **type3willy** » 8th February 2010 - 5:48pm

Awesome!. Please don´t forget to show us more pictures of the process.

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 14th February 2010 - 9:47pm

this weekends work much compressed..

new inner outer channel

finished inner channel to strenghthen for the door.

new inner rear.

and after much gapping and regapping and swearing hoorah.
door shuts just like a golf ..

just rear corner and seatbelt point to do then on to front inner arch...

jmarkha1 · Post by **jmarkha1** » 21st February 2010 - 11:53am

great work - will be nice and solid after this lot -

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 21st February 2010 - 2:26pm

not much this weekend as 2 sick kiddies

unclemoom · Post by **unclemoom** » 22nd February 2010 - 9:36am

Nice job!

411ron · Post by **411ron** » 22nd February 2010 - 6:13pm

Boyd Coddington got nothing on you when is your program starting on Quest

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 24th February 2010 - 11:40pm

well wrecks to riches style...
£700 on spendometer.
47 man hours.

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 28th February 2010 - 9:28pm

this weekends work, good progress but hard graft.
lots inner panel work just to add strengh..

real pleased with todays work made it worth while welding under tarpalin in pissy weather...

spendometer.£700
61 man hours

T3PO · Post by **T3PO** » 3rd March 2010 - 2:01pm

loving the work!!
Also like your spendometer & man hour count!!

Should really keep a track of mine like that, but would have to account for tea and ciggie breaks!!
Keep up the work & hope to see the finished project in person one day!!

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 6th March 2010 - 8:25pm

good progress today although have run out of gas so probly build up side and gap bonnet and wings etc ,then poss turn the old girl round...

spendometer £700
manhours 66

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 7th March 2010 - 8:30pm

notin more to report from today was gappin bonnet whitch i shut and then took 2 hours to open again, looks like car has had a knock and front end is over about an inch, more crap to address.
sum days its better to walk away

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 13th March 2010 - 10:28pm

good progress again mate came to lend hand .
porta powerd front end square nice gaps.

replaced box section and body mount under tank.

started other inner wing.

replaced inner structure.

stud there to stop any warping during week as out tommorow for mothers day...
spendometer £700
82 man hours

aircoolsteve · Post by **aircoolsteve** » 14th March 2010 - 8:49pm

nice work. did i spot a litho printing plate used for a template! cunning...!
been using them myself for years though for printing but good idea.
must say that you have an ambitious project on the go. i scrapped a fasty to get some of the parts and panels for my project and i think it was marginally in better condition than the one you have there!
the work done on it was pretty grim so i don't feel too bad about it, and the engine went straight into my bus!
good luck with that project. steve

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 15th March 2010 - 9:14pm

cheers steve ive done loads of bugs and buses that have been this bad, so not that fazed, just much easyer when the panels are availible at reasonable money .
still makes it cheaper..
this is the last major project i did with a mate , this was worse.
hes goin to volks world show ...

Post by **Editor** » 15th March 2010 - 10:51pm

My Beetle was (is still) also a YEL, but 516. I was once sitting in it at a junction and a young lad shouted "516" as he passed! I was a bit puzzled for a moment until my brain got into gear and I worked it out.

bucket · Post by **bucket** » 20th March 2010 - 7:01pm

not great progress today pissy weather and awkward area ,but some none the less

roughed out new panel..

tommorow filler neck bowl etc ,gona be pain...

spendometer £700
man hours 88