Re: [T3] New 66 Squareback

["Mike Sweeney" <mdpsweeney@attbi.com>]

MikeS=> worried about the body work, it scares me BIG TIME.

   Welcome to the list. You're right, you've got a lot of work ahead. I
hope
   you're good with welding sheet metal.


Thanks and welding is fairly easy for me thank God :-)

=> can I buy new body steel or should I
=> call a bone yard out west for parts?

>   Patch panels turn up on the market sometimes, for high prices.
Calling          >yards isn't a bad idea, but be prepared for a whole
lot of never-heard-of->it   and don't-have-it. Once a car is as far gone
as yours sounds, they >don't often come back. Lemme guess -- Rust Belt,
right?


Rust belt for sure.... living in Hampden, Mass.... shipping is the
killer.... can you send full heater channels by truck from AZ? :-) As
for far gone, well its mostly the heater channels and a bit of the floor
pans was checking it out before in the garage before I posted to the net
;-) ... I have all the other sheet metal I will need as in fenders, hood
<was dented in with a bat I think>, new rockers.  I also acquired all my
engine and brake parts from a local air cooled guy who bought out most
of the VW dealers in the northeast. 


>    I hesitate to cast aspersions on your new love, but considering the
>relative rarity of good clean body parts and the hassle of shipping
them, >you might be better off to start looking in the dry states for a
more or >less complete car, or at least a complete pan. The amount of
money/time >you'll spend fixing yours could easily be greater than the
cost of a nice >AZ Square delivered to your door.

Isn't this part of the fun in restoring a VW?  :-)

Mike Sweeney
'66 Square



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