Dutch 412 Variant, in VW Ultra!!

[Uncle S]

Hi all, after a short introduction, I've started this Thread to keep you posted on our 412 project, we already started in 2009.

We bought the car in Belgium, in 2008, and stored it for a year, due to other projects.
In 2009 we rolled it into our barn, it came without engine...




Previous owner cut a huge hole in the front:


Even removing parts, such as a fender turned out te be a big discovery. What a difference with a beetle!!


Disaster:


Pffff:


check out the anti-roll-bar mounting:


Under the bodywork even more rust...


Me welding:


She grinding:


And grinding, and welding, and grinding, and grinding........

And welding, and........

[Uncle S]

Some paint:


Well, this was only one part. In our file we have hundreds of pictures, so I'll make a selection for you, or else this thread is only filled with welding and grinding pics... Except for this one!
Our youngest, Collin, welding:



And another important job:
Fitted 5 lug hubs to mount the porsche rims:


Home-made bodywork:


Go girl!


Me too:

[Uncle S]

In rust we trust...




Cleaned, welded and sprayed:

[Uncle S]

And here an earlier photo, when the car was in a better condition....




I'll try to post some more pics tomorrow!!

[Uncle S]

And the story continues....

"New" rear fenders:


Extra front, 'cause ours missed some pieces


Car roilling again:

[Uncle S]

Some of the new parts: WHITE INDICATER GLASSES!!!!!!
Liset is very happy . And me too



And an original 1973 feature: timer to set the heater!!


Clocks and speedos. The very right one is in miles!


So, for now, let's get back to our favorite hobby... grinding, welding, etc...


And fitting some bodywork....

[Uncle S]

Since the outside already looked like a car again, it was time to lay our hands on the inside... Disaster. Again!!

[Uncle S]

Found some pictures of the nose-job:

[Uncle S]

Floorpan cleaned. This one also needs some care and attention...







Few stages further:

[Uncle S]

Even a piece of the sub-frame was eaten by the Rust-Monster:



fabricated a new piece:

[Uncle S]

After all the welding, we threated the whole floor and inner pieces with Anti-Rust products:



All visible parts became a layer of primer:

[Uncle S]

Eeehhr??? What's this GT3 doing in my resto-thread???

[Uncle S]

Gearbox out:



Starter tested:


All cleaned:


And built up:

[Uncle S]

Clean!!

[Uncle S]

bottom in RX5, RX10 and bodyschutz:

[Uncle S]

Just love the smell of fresh 2K paint in the morning!!





My wife, " fatima" spraying the car:

[Uncle S]

BMW parts, to lower the front. There a big differences between a 73 and 74 412!!
(ours is a later 73, model 74)

[Uncle S]

Spraying the inner parts:

[Uncle S]

Shiny parts on a fresh painted car!! Love it!!

[nitro_warrior]

Great work here good job. But are you spraying 2 pack paint without an air feed mask? Rather you than me.

[Uncle S]

My old mask was broken, I already have a new one. This was an emergency

[BarbBee]

Brilliant work! Enjoyed looking through the pictures Thankyou for sharing

[Marko]

I always use 2pk paint without an air fed mask, it's a good 3M one though and I'm still here alive and well

great project by the way! I wish my missus was as enthusiastic as yours when it comes to helping out, she like the end product but has no interest what so ever when it comes to restoring cars

Mark.

[Uncle S]

Tnx, guys!!
My other (good) mask isn't air fed, but the filters are much better than a cheap-ass dust mask

As I'm lookin' back through all those pictures, I wonder what I was thinking to restore a car as bad as thisone... at this point, I'm very glad we did. We already bought an oldtimer caravan for our next summer holydays!!
The caravan is on 13" steelies, so it also has work to do

I'll sort out some more pics for you guys. The project is lookin' better and better already!!

[Uncle S]

And back on its feet again, after a long time time of welding, cleaning, grinding, spraying and drying!!




Now it's time to fix the rest of the bodywork!!