Very cool

Thanks everyone out there that has taken time to look at my projects over the years.
It looks like most everyone except the bots have moved on. I miss people in the forums and being able to actually for wht they are doing, but I guess other types of social media have won out Bye all

Nice!

My favorite view of the garage

Gray base under the boot paint effected the tone.

Three coats of clear. Next up for this lid will be lots and lots of elbow grease! After it cures... 600, 800 and 2000 grit then color sand, cut and buff. 1st light coat https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2319540.jpg 2nd wet coat https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2319541.jpg 3rd fog coat h...

The internet said my paint gun was terrible for auto paint. WRONG! I set it up as my paint buddy told me to and it did great! Almost no drag on the 2000 grit sandpaper. Only flaws were one bug and the lack of body work. Tonight, clear coat!

Coat 4. After it flashes off completely, I will wet sand a little. No, the lid hasn't been body worked, as that was not the intent. It will be covered in like paint and layers so that I can body work the entire car later.

The NOS trunklid is no longer in rough delivery primer... used 60 grit out to 600 grit to prep for sealer. Tonight more sanding and sealer. Tomorrow morning, we try and get some basecoat down. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2318615.jpg https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2318614.jpg htt...

Seeing what I have to start with. A few pin holes and some definite work to do, but... this could get interesting.

Doing away with cable shifting and going with this system on the notch.

Today. For the 1st time in years, I have air cleaners on this car again.




Those will flow nicely and protect.

I think I have finally found my 'no reverse' shifter issue in the pink car. After disassembling everything, cleaning, lubing and starting to reassemble I found that over 27 years, the cables have stretched. While they still slide freely, the left to right shift cable has grown almost 3/8". This has ...

Well after running rich at the Invasion, today I discovered why. My fuel pressure had crept from 2.2 psi to 4.3. The fuel regulator adjuster was still tight. Hmmm... Back down to 2.2 and everything corrected. Now, if getting reverse again was that easy!

20th anniversary, so I brought a piece from the 1st event to have signed. Priceless to me.

Shiny new stuff vs old...

And a group shot

The Type 3 Invasion is over. A couple shots of the pink car back on the streets.

Nice!

My sweetie helped me bleed the clutch tonight. I can shift, which means I can back onto the trailer without crashing!

The car was hiding something after the rats moved out. Center tunnel insulation? Grrrr



And after vac and shampoo...

Got the slave cylinder and new mount in. This was a 3 handed job due to the middy header pipe location. Oigh.

After the mice/rats tore up wiring and made the carpet stink to high heaven in the pink car, I am against a deadline of a week from today to have the car functioning for the Type 3 Invasion. Man, I hate vermin...