DAN the 62 single, from the start

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:27 pm

question: what year and month did 62's go from the 2 round tail lights to the oval shaped ones?

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:08 pm

anybody?

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:08 pm

anybody?

GFresh · Post by **GFresh** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:51 pm

mainebugs wrote:question: what year and month did 62's go from the 2 round tail lights to the oval shaped ones?

Send John (IN2VWS) a PM, he may be able to answer this one for you mate

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:18 pm

I keep forgeting about the human VW bible

thanks mate

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:07 pm

someones found himself a shed

phatratpat · Post by **phatratpat** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:32 pm

how much work was involved in going from fish eye back to
bullet indicators ?...gotta love the nipples !

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 12:41 pm

just a bolt on job mate, they didnt cut anything out to fit the fish eyes on so i was lucky enough to use the the original holes.
Colin

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:57 pm

put the back down abit today and cleaned out the treasure chest got a hole bucket full of dirt out.

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:08 pm

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:12 pm

So ive scrubbed in the treasure chest, removed the tank (which was still full of diesel

) wire wheeled the gear box, painted the engine bay, greased the front end and cleaned all the old grease off the beam.
not really worth taking photo's of lol

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:29 am

Just have to get the left hand sill than its all ready to be welded up, have to trim the vents, i spent yesterday paint stripping them all then wire wheeling them and then primer.

Tiff gave it another cut and polish too

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:51 pm

good progress mate. nice work

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:20 pm

just bought a 57 very rusty ute for parts but i plan to get her on the road as soon as the 62 is done, will post pics when i pick her up

Colin

mainebugs · Post by **mainebugs** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:34 am

just got tiff her 18 present a set of empi mud flaps window rubber kit. new wheel bearings . and a repo steering wheel you know the one starting with R and ending in sch