East coast restorations

Bitching about the effort required to find good parts... wow, that's a new low... not as low as ripping off someone for $9K, but still a new low.

Made ya look.

LOL !

Wow, a Mario nutswinger crybab enters the scene..

i didn't see any nutswinging or crying in that post...However, i needed waders to read yours...

It seems like an experianced body man with a stinger stud gun and a small heating torch could hyave fixed that area with just a skim coat of filler. If you look at the large picture in the beginning of the article it looks like the replacement panel has dents that will require some filler work it self.

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If you are a so-called experianced [what is this word???] body man, then why did you shovel at least a gallon of Bondo on one corner of Joans bug??

And p-mailing me this bullshit is wrong: "1 I didn't do the filler work but understand that area was wrinkled and fixed prior"

YOU were the contracter for that so-called $9K 'restoration'. YOU supposedly subcontracted a mudslinger to shovel a gallon of Bondo. YOU took $9k from Joan for the 'work'. YOU are the responsible person for the job. YOU are an ignorant CROOK.

What part of this don't you understand??

Is it really necessary to do steel work or filler on a VW fender? Can't new ones be purchased for earlier models cheaper than paying flat rate for body work?

The quality of new ones is inferior compared to original, even slightly rusty and dented original. Sometimes a pair of fenders bought at teh same time don't even match each other. Light assemblies at different heights etc.. And you still have to strip the storage paint off and start with bare metal. Possibly some body work.

If you have decent originals to work with, stick with those. Of course it's probably more expensive, done properly. If you want cheap, you can buy new. Funny huh :)

Jan

Its real easy to tell the aftermarket fenders from real , the rear fenders always hang about 15cm lower then the rear apron and on the front just look at the horn grills, they set at different heigths.

On a 72 super that I put on wider wheels and tires you could easily see the differance in widths.

With aftermarket fenders you want to apply a heavy coat of paint and undercoating underneath to stop rust and dinging from stones that fly off the tires.

I had a customer ask if it would have been cheaper to buy aftermarket fenders then fix the dents and rusted headlight bucket on his beetle till I showed him an aftermarket set, He was real happy I fixed his.

Mario Vintage Werks resto

15cm is just slightly under 6 inches. I suspect you have made a error in units. Maybe you mean 15mm (roughly about 0.6 inches).

LOL my mistake , yes I meant 15mm, thank

I hope with the more intrest there is in the aircooled Beetles that some business will step up and make better sheet metal parts.

Honest mistake, Bondario.... When you are applying bondo at depths of

15cm, that figure probably sticks in your head.

kinda like the difference between 9 and 9,000 dollars. simple slip of the tongue

Yup, John. What have you been up to? Andy (busman)

For any that might be interested, this is a $9000.00 "restoration" by Mario Gavazzi at Vintage Werks "resto":

Thats funny that the beetle was stripped of all the chrome and rubber and glass , lights and engine just to try to make me look bad. And it was taken before I finished

Some one again tell me how she was better off letting that bweetle be stripped then to just finish it.

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