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RE: [T3] Bob's progress on the 71 Notch
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>WOW!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As Ive been spending the last few weeks
redoing the fenders and doors for my Square with the correct primer Im sure
glad Im not in a race with Bob!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>He works fast!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Brings back a lot of memories when I did
the body off on my Notch… a lot of fun!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You’ve been having a blast
too! 30 hours! WOW! I guess you don’t reclaim your sand….
Of course maybe you don’t have time to kill waiting for your compressor
to catch up! Im using Garnet these days… due to the silica scare.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>BTW that factory undercoating comes
off nicely with the Aircraft stripper.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cant wait to see it!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Keith<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>Top Notch Restorations<br>
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">topnotch@nycap.rr.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<a href="http://members.aol.com/radiorest/main.htm";>http://members.aol.com/radiorest/main.htm</a><br>
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65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"<br>
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"<br>
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93 RX7 "Redstur"<br>
97 Ford Escort "Meathead"<br>
and if your looking for the Opel:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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SUESANCTUARY@aol.com [mailto:SUESANCTUARY@aol.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 21, 2007
10:50 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">type3@vwtype3.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [T3] Bob's progress on
the 71 Notch</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In case you're wondering how Bob has been doing on his latest rustoration <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>project, he finally took time to post a few of his latest pics on the Samba on <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>He and our son, Rob, have about 30 hrs of sandblasting time into the pan and <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>the body, equaling about twenty 80 lb bags of sand. Still have to sandblast <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>the four fenders yet. But Bob is still working on scraping most of the heavy <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>duty factory undercoating off of them first.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Over the weekend, he just put the body back on the pan, hopefully for the <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>last time he says. Sounds like he's intentionally not going to paint it before <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>the Invasion. He figures he'll have no trouble getting it running, his main goal <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>at this point is to continue getting the rusty metal out, and patch panels <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>in. Including modifications to the early rear fenders, to accept the late big <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a** tail lights, his words. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Don't know exactly what color yellow, the body shell was originally, but <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>after he used laquer thinner to remove the "<st1:place
w:st="on">Superior</st1:place>" rust coating, under the <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>fenders ( the outer inner body) it really wasn't a bad color, we kinda liked it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>But it was all hidden, the body had been repainted a yellow color at some <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>point, but not the original yellow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>But, I think his final plan still calls for a color change.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>His latest pics are here titled;<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Been busy working on the 71 Notch:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If you missed it, this was the thread he started when he first got back from <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Idaho</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, with his newest project, titled;<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The tear down has started:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=240540<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sue<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>70 Fasty-AT "Clementine"<br>
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