1961 Ragtop is here!

Altaone · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:10 am

Thank you,

Ok who knows about where to go for rust / panel replacement?(in Dallas area) I will be calling Ratchet rods today.

Altaone · **Posted:** Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:18 pm

Making progress with help from Lozaro with Lucky's Fab Shop!
We found out that this car is a matching numbers car.

There's a lot of rust repair to do. Here are some pictures, we would like help with suggestions as to how to go about this. We are thinking of separating the body from the pan, redoing the pan. If you have experience doing this we need your input please.

Driver side Door Pillar

Driver side Front Wheel Well

Driver side Heater

Altaone · **Posted:** Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:21 pm

Driver side Heater 2

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Driver side rear door pillar

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Passenger side front wheel well 1

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Altaone · **Posted:** Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:24 pm

Passenger side front wheel well 2

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Passenger side quarter

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More pictures coming later, if there is anything that you really want to see just ask and I'll take the picture and post it.

oval1 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:51 pm

Ouch

That's going to be a lot of work!

lostcauses · **Joined:** Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:15 am **Posts:** 336

Cut weld repeat would be my suggestion, but for what little Ive learned that body wouldnt leave the pan before I secured the lines on the door gaps heater channels hold alot in place and those look a little soft in the pics

Marko · **Posted:** Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:58 am

Been there done that a lot of replacement metal a welder and if you can find a doner car always helps. I replaced the bottom 6 inches of My 61 rag.

Altaone · **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2014 11:39 am

Hello all,

Donor car found!
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1448359

Thinking of doing this for rust repair.
http://www.kustomcoachwerks.com/movies/ ... nstall.mov

ConcreteAce · **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:35 pm

I couldn't open the second link, but if that body is solid why not just graft your rag clip into the body?

Altaone · **Posted:** Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:40 pm

Yeah that is the second link - a movie on how to graft rag into car.

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