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Post by CrazyBrit on Feb 9, 2024 9:38:07 GMT -8
I thought it was only structural mud when it was holding the car together?
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Post by CrazyBrit on Feb 12, 2024 21:03:35 GMT -8
I was actually at work today, but as there was no ship for me to move.... I could see that there was some corrosion inside the passenger side dogleg from that I had cut out in the front of the heater channel. I could also see that a previous restorer had patched the bottom of the inner wing along the front edge of the dogleg. I have been contemplating replacing the closing panel on the bottom of the dogleg, as there was some pitting and a couple of pinholes along the lower outer edge. I decided that before I cut into VW metal, that I would remove the patch section. You can see the patch in my hand at the bottom of the photo'. This is what happens when there are multiple layers of steel together. I presume that the old patch was installed in 1996 by Karmann Ghia Motorworks in London, when the car was restored for the previous owner. As you can see, they welded over the top of the rust beneath. Nice. So I cut out the rust and cleaned up the dogleg. Given what I saw when I first opened up the previous patch, it was far better than I expected. However it's not as nice as I would like. I now have to determine if I am better retaining the original integrity of the car, with some slightly wasted and pitted, but intact metal, or do I remove the bottom of the dogleg and replace it with the Crapperholme replacement section. It will look much nicer, but the steel is not very good quality. It is also all that is available. Decisions, decisions.
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Post by Volktales on Feb 12, 2024 21:13:59 GMT -8
I would take slightly pitted German steel over that Klockercrap any time!
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Post by CrazyBrit on Feb 12, 2024 21:30:03 GMT -8
That's the way I'm leaning. It took 53 years for the VW steel to get this bad. The Klokkerholme stuff flash rusts in a few hours in my dry garage, once the coating is removed. The pressings seem reasonably close to the original, but the steel is garbage. I will be using lots of epoxy to protect it. Sensibly, the car won't be a daily driver and will rarely see rain once it's done anyway.
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Post by Volktales on Feb 23, 2024 21:44:57 GMT -8
That Ghia I was telling you about that was previously for sale, was sold to someone in the Parksville area, and they intended to restore it. If so, good luck to them as it will be quite the project...
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Post by 52 split on Feb 24, 2024 17:21:28 GMT -8
well retos can go fast if you use brillo pads and bondo.some full restos are surface only.
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