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Dexter St. Clair wrote:

Of course there is an easier way to cut a way.

Here is a 40's Beetle cut away I was looking at in Wolfsburg;


Cutaway Beetle by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr


Cutaway Beetle by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

Dave

BTJustice wrote:That would be great to get a look at. Im off to NYC in a few weeks so I will get in touch once Im back if thats ok?

Fireman- the original brochures for the then KDF Wagen (Strength through joy Wagen) manage to stretch the cars into sort of long sleek cruisers in a way the advertising standards authority would hammer them for today.



Dave

Do you have a scanner? I don't, otherwise I'd just send you the scanned images.

Thanks Dave - always interesting to see what can be found on the web.

Funnily enough when you look at contemporary A35 sales brochures you'd think the car was about the size of a Ford Focus, where as you know in actual fact it was a little tiddler.

This is a thouroughly promising and thus, fascinating thread.

I'm really pleased our Dave is prepared to take the time, as he so often does, to do things in the comprehensive and professional manner we've all grown accustomed to from him on this subject.

I await progressive posts with eager anticipation .. excellent work sir. *saluté*

indeed mr stop.this is good stuff.

A wee insight to the Volkswagen AutoMuseum, Wolfsburg.

some beautiful machines in this video.

The video makes it look like the museum is in the factory but the pictures are from the old museum on Dieselstrasse. The factory has its own museum called the Autostadt which is kind of an centre of excellence showcasing VAG group cars and important historical cars.

This is a small collection of pictures from my visit;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/route9auto ... 720528066/

Joseph; scanners are a touch subject at the moment. I bought a Kodak ESP5 last year and what a heap of crap. It has just told me that it dosnt have a printhead even though it does. Cant fix it without buying a £20 printhead from Kodak and with the printhead fault i cant use the scanner.

Dave.

Just to let you know, the restoration might be a bit slow (see nothing happening) for the next two weeks as I have a honeymoon to enjoy;


wedding day 18 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

Dave

Ah the threads getting more interesting for me now Lovely wedding picture!! Congratulations.

However back to VW's - how much would this old hippie have to pay for a camper van nowadays?

Bridie wrote: back to VW's - how much would this old hippie have to pay for a camper van nowadays?

Might want to brace yourself but a good bay window like the vans above sell from £8000- £12000 and the split window models in good restored condition will set you back anything from £12000-£50000 depending on model.

I bring bay window vans in from the states that are completely rust free and solid but usually need painted and some tidying that start around £7000. With a couple thousand spent on paint they would easily be worth the top end of the price range.

Condition is everything and there are lots of sheds that are tarted up and sold at a premium only to end up rusty projects a few years later.

If you are really thinking of buying one I am more than happy to show you all the areas to check for hidden rot and common problems.

Dave.

BTJustice wrote:Just to let you know, the restoration might be a bit slow (see nothing happening) for the next two weeks as I have a honeymoon to enjoy;

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Dave

Congratulations and every happiness.

BTJustice wrote:

Bridie wrote: back to VW's - how much would this old hippie have to pay for a camper van nowadays?

Might want to brace yourself but a good bay window like the vans above sell from £8000- £12000 and the split window models in good restored condition will set you back anything from £12000-£50000 depending on model.

I bring bay window vans in from the states that are completely rust free and solid but usually need painted and some tidying that start around £7000. With a couple thousand spent on paint they would easily be worth the top end of the price range.

Condition is everything and there are lots of sheds that are tarted up and sold at a premium only to end up rusty projects a few years later.

If you are really thinking of buying one I am more than happy to show you all the areas to check for hidden rot and common problems.

Dave.

Thanks for that Dave - I'll bear that in mind.
I wonder if they're any cheaper over here in Ireland? You don't see that many here unlike where I used to stay - Cornwall

congratulations to you and your good lady bt.have a great honeymoon.

Congratulations to you Dave and your new better half!

Thanks for the good wishes guys, Wedding and honeymoon over and time to get some work done.

Started the strip down today and not surprisingly the rear wing bolts were either seized solid or the captive nuts were no longer captive.

One thing for it, grind 'em off.


P1140450 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

With both rear wing off, bumpers off and front offside wing off I could start to guage the tin worm;


P1140459 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

The offside rear 1/4 and inner wing seems to be pretty grotty;


P1140461 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

Jacking points and rear floorp and are a very common rot spot so it was no surprise that the jack point easily broke away in my hand. The new pans will not have jacking points fitted as they are just too much of a dirt trap and very hard to paint behind.


P1140462 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

Rest of the sill and heater channel bottom plate dont look too bad but you can see the perforations in the floor pan edge in this pic;


P1140465 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

Front inner wing was pretty good but still a bit of work needed where the bulkhead has rusted through the corner;


P1140463 by route9autos.co.uk, on Flickr

Not looking worse than expected which is a bonus so hope to get back to it soon.