61 double door panel project

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:43 am

Finally i have got my self another split had a few in the past but never had the money to restore (we all know how much it costs) as i had a long term beetle project on the go so now that is all finished i needed a new project so here it is. Its a 61 double door panel withe the twin rear lights. always liked this model but hell they are all cool. The van is at the blasters at the moment so we will see what it looks like when it returns. typical sandblasters said is it worth doing? it has had a bit of a ding in the front door but has not damaged the inner panels.

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:44 am

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:51 am

here is a pic of my other 2 fineshed projects

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:54 am

so my plans with the bus is to pretty much take it back to orginal dove blue and sign writting for my bakery business let the fun begin.

MID WEST DUBBER · Post by **MID WEST DUBBER** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:54 am

Cool bus

what wheels are you planning on using?

Cheers Rusty.

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:27 pm

i will stick to standard wheels at the moment. but thing change as they go along

froger · Post by **froger** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:21 pm

Good stuff , and yeah it's a sexy model you got there .. I'd be a bit concerned about the blasters attatude , sounds like he doesn't really give a shit about your van , hopefully he won't warp any of the panels ...
Nice Beetles ..

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Sun May 27, 2012 7:42 am

The sand blaster put off blasting it for over 7 weeks with hassling him every week i just went and picked it up and found another guy who wants to do it and do a better job as he wants to do it. i bought it home in the meantime and just removing a few panels and rust so they can get into all those nooks and crannies.

I keep finding rusty parts every where i look but little by little it will come out.

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Sun May 27, 2012 8:09 am

nice solid unit there mate, that is a fair wack in the door, but looks like the goods..

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:59 pm

bought a new welder today got a wia 175 should be good so i'm told. just have to learn the art now i have a guy going to teach me. i had to buy a welder and learn as there is too much rust to pay someone to repair.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:42 am

Gotta love DDs, silver bullet.
There's an absolutely amazing one down in Vic, I think out on the Mornington.
Twin Fin owns it, from memory, and he turned it from a rusty collander to a wonderful ride.
I reckon you'll do the same with all your Beetle experience.
Looking forward to those progress pics.

handycam · Post by **handycam** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:12 am

good stuf cunny should b good thing ' we got to catch up soon its been to long

daveo · Post by **daveo** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:49 pm

Good luck with it mate. shes a sweet van.
yre green beetle is NUTS !

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:57 pm

After almost 2 years I have been slowly messing around with the van have cut out all off the rust. Repaired rusty chassis rails. and sandblasted all rust repair panels ordered and arrived now let the welding start. I will post pics shortly

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:42 am

progress pics after a long time of sitting around wondering is this will ever look like a van again I have taking the van to classic auto metal to get a start on the repairs. these guys did a lot of work on my green beetle definitely know there stuff . so from now it will start to take shape quicker than I could ever do.

61 double door panel project

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