Will my VW last another 50 yrs.?
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From: VFW on 12 Aug 2010 00:57 It's just a blast and fun too. People ask what kind of car it is. some have never seen one. -- Money! What a concept.
From: Don Stauffer on 12 Aug 2010 09:41 VFW wrote: > It's just a blast and fun too. People ask what kind of car it is. > some have never seen one. Usually with an old car you can keep the engine going, or even replace the engine. Keeping the frame/body in one piece is the problem. With a bug (is it a bug?) the problem was the floor pan that tends to rust through. Is it undercoated? Every few years you should pull floor mats and such, inspect, and paint with a rust inhibitor. Put it up on a rack and do the same with underside. Suspension and running gear parts can also be replaced, of course.
From: Scott Dorsey on 12 Aug 2010 10:03 Don Stauffer <stauffer(a)usfamily.net> wrote: >VFW wrote: >> It's just a blast and fun too. People ask what kind of car it is. >> some have never seen one. > >Usually with an old car you can keep the engine going, or even replace >the engine. Keeping the frame/body in one piece is the problem. With a >bug (is it a bug?) the problem was the floor pan that tends to rust >through. Is it undercoated? Every few years you should pull floor mats >and such, inspect, and paint with a rust inhibitor. Put it up on a rack >and do the same with underside. The thing is, there are aftermarket Bug parts still being made, and VW was actually making the things in Brazil until less than a decade ago, so there are still OEM spares for a lot of stuff on shelves. The floor pan will rust out.... hit it with rust stabilizer if you haven't already, then budget to eventually cut it out and weld a new one in (which is not trivial since it's oddly structural). >Suspension and running gear parts can also be replaced, of course. Avoid the Brazillian-made engine parts... the metal is not as good quality as the German ones. But the Brazillian replacement floor pans are just fine. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: cuhulin on 12 Aug 2010 10:11 My 1914 Ford Model T will be 100 years old in 2014.I have no idea how many actual miles the car has run before.Maybe someday I will get started on restoring my 1948 Willys Jeep. There is an online VW website you might check out. rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled cuhulin
From: cuhulin on 12 Aug 2010 13:14
I once read about a guy who restored his World War Two Jeep.He bought a new complete reproduction steel body and body parts that was made in the Philippines.He said the metal was so crappy he couldn't even weld anything to the body.It wouldn't take and hold a weld bead. cuhulin |