hello i am new to this forum and fords my passion is vw s , so i bought a rot free mk1 in roman bronze 36000 miles , had a few body work issues , from the time it was shipped over , some panel damage , so have a noisey thanks owen nw

as arrived


zero rot paint damage
damage to lower quarter panel


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Cool.So its a left hooker then.

welcome to pf.

 

yep clue was in the rot free from italy lol ,
rot free rhd are like looking for a second hand coffin
owen nw

 

 

more pics i normally paint my own stuff , but ive never painted c,o,b , ive done the filling and prep getting done this week owen nw
washed down tinys beetle , to get ready for a bit of polishing then done the escort , next thing i started stripping it , of with the lights etc , i then put a lenght of rope around the end of the bumper ps, which had been pushed in while being shipped , don t ask , i then put in around my gate post , i fed a length of round bar through the rope , and started turning this around twisting the rope , the car started sliding so i jammed a heavey post on the side of the ps rear wheel and over the the base of the post ,stopping the car from moving , twisting it gently it pulled the bumper end out attached to the quarter panel , and pulled most of the stressed metal out , . i then removed the tank and got good access to the back of the panel , using the hammer and dollies bet out the last of the damage , i stripped the rest of the back end fixing and grinding any thing i found , WHICH WAS VERY LITTLE , have a look owen nw







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lovely nick , but ill make sure its well sealed



damage pushed out from the inside

 

very level after 1 fill owen nw

 

finished the back end , just the ps rear arch to finish , owen nw

 

to day i gave the wheel arch a quick rub down , then spot primed with 2k primer 2 to 1 mix , acts as a high build primer , NICE lol ,

repairs have come up quite nice owen nw

 

lok at how clean the inner wings are lol

 

went out last night , and one a bit of flattening with 320 disc s by hand and the repairs came up great , i marked a couple of wee bits i missed so i wont forget them , owen nw in case any one is wondering ive kept the glass in to keep the in side clean , but will remove it at the last minute

















her that MUST BE obeyed inspects





bosS says YES LOL

 

beetle for sale full resto
my boys
over the last couple of days i done some more , sorting out the bonnett , and going around the rest of the panels ,

done a wee bit on tinys car , just have to fitt seat belts and set the light ready to mot , the red beetle wire the horn set lights ready for mot , happy days

flattened down tinys car and mopped it , ye wouldnt think looking at he pic but it covered in dust , just need to polish it now looks great

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finished the final prep on the bonnett , and gave it a build up coat to s ee what it was like , I WAS PLEASED , owen nw

 

flattened the whole car with 400 wet dry , removed all handles , front back screen , close to a paint job owen nw
as it left the factory #





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finished the last bits on the escort , blew in a few bits i missed or redone ,ready now to mask up ,
owen nw

 

the last couple of days ive been puttering round the garage , flattened the whole car with 320 wet dry then 800 , then blew in the primer ed areas with some build up paint . a couple of very small bits reacted , so i had to re flatten , and re prime using primer activator and NO thinners , i found a few marks i missed on the locking panel so i stoppered them , . i am not used to working with clear over base so a friend of mine is going to do it for me next week in his oven at his paint shop , LEAVE IT TO THEM THAT NO , lol i no my place , so i ve made a start on cleaning the inside of the bumpers , and painting them with 2k black as well as the petrol tank , , i also painted the 2 well at he back of the car , too .









straight as



front with build up





repaired quarter panel and a build up coat

 

back end with build up on

 

well thats the stage am at , ready for paint , i have a few areas that needed to be spot primed again , but now done and flattened with 1000 wet dry , so all goes well it will be painted this week ,

NEED A BOOT LOCK AND KEY IF ANY ONE HAS ONE GOING SPARE ,
OWEN NW

 

going sat to be painted owen nw

 

away to the paint shop

 

awaiting

 

Looking good

 

thank you sir