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The Pan is Finished!
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The pedals are now installed along with the new brake lines and mats. The mats on the floor are NOS mats in good condition, rubber doesn't sit too well over 35 years in a basement so they are not perfect. The basket is a nice original accessory popular in Norway in the 1960s and comes in very handy as it has two spots for drinks and a large spot for traveling supplies. Plus it is easily removable.
The little stuffed dog in the basket is a gift from my sister, it is a Ty Beanie dog she found named "Schnitzel". He is now the official restoration mascot!
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| The shifter and handbrake have been reinstalled, the shift boot is an original gray VW boot and the knob is the original. You can see it has a little bit of discoloration on it from the sun, but it is a very nice boot still. The hand brake sports an original style reproduction accessory ivory cover and an NOS button. My new seat belts are the original style accessory belt in blue from BFY.
I am still waiting for the handbrake boot, I've spoken with a company in Belgium who is reproducing them for me in gray.
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Here is the front beam complete with new brake lines, Boge shocks and original tie rods.
Schnitzel the little stuffed dog continues to oversee the process...
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| July 19th, the pan is finished!
Well, I still have to fill the transmission with oil and add the wheels, but otherwise it is done. The transmission was degreased by me in May and the axles painted with POR-15 also. The wheels are at the body shop now being painted in their original colors. I blasted them in our cabinet at home, and my husband replaced two of the hubcap clips on the spare.
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| The new tires are five wide white wall RADIAL tires from Coke. After driving Schnitzel on bias ply tires for a few years these are a welcome change when driving over the open grate bridges crossing the Delaware. Colors are L41 Black and L87 Pearl White on the rims, tires were installed by Foreign Magic right in Frenchtown where Bill took special care not to scratch them, he also mounted the weights on the inside of the rims, and labled the wheels for spare, fronts and rears as 3 of the five rims were bent. A fantastic job as always by Foreign Magic. |
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The new wheels were mounted by me on September 8th, and I am ready to go for a ride now. Well.... maybe I should wait for a seat... and an engine.... and brake fluid.... hmmm maybe we will just roll it outside. |
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| Arthur rolls the pan out of the garage for the first time on its own, its not so easy without a steering wheel. |
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| It's amazing, the pan really feels finished finally. Its nice its mobile, last month while trying to move it, the pan fell off the jack flatening the backing plate bottoms and trans support backet (where it landed on the jack handle). Parts were bent back in place, with just a few chips in the paint and hopefully no unseen damage, it only fell a short way to the ground thank God.
The body sanding began on October 4th after a delay due to home repairs that were necessary. I've spent 5 days working on it so far and have most of the front end stripped down to metal.
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