Finish priming the custom VW bug chassis #360

Finally paint. I can finally put paint to frame. This has been a long time coming. I hope I didn’t forget anything. The primer is Eastwood’s rust encapsulator to insure that the frame will not rust. The primer has been forced, as best I could, into all the cracks and crevices. I will now need to paint it with Eastwood’s heavy duty chassis paint.

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Start priming and filling the VW bug frame #359

I am basically ready to paint the upper half of the frame. I have filled and sanded down everything that needs it. All I have to do is wipe the frame down and apply the primer.

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Start cutting pass-through holes in rear fire-wall #357

I need to drill out the holes in the rear fire-wall for various tubes. There is a gas tank filler neck tube, two holes for the heater core runs, two holes for the A/C runs, one hole for the hydraulic clutch line and one for the rear brake line. Once all these holes have been drilled I can continue on with the painting.

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E-brake cable runs inside of the VW bug frame #356

Before I can paint the top of the frame there is a couple of things I gotta do. The e-brake cable run partially inside the frame and partially outside. So I am creating a couple of brackets to hold the nylon cable guides to route the cables to the lever assembly.

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Flip frame back over – upright, finish up a few things #355

Now that the botom of the frame has been painted, I can turn it back over, upright. There are a couple of things left to do before paint.

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Finish painting the bottom of the VW bug frame #354

After I finished priming the bottom of the frame, I painted it with heavy duty chassis paint. I will give this a few days to cure and then flip it back over upright. I can then focus on finishing the frame paint.

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Prime and smooth out the VW bug frame bottom #353

First….that black stuff on my fingers is POR 15 seam sealer (bad idea) it took 2 weeks to wear off. Anyway I am preaty much

finished with the primer coat on the bottom of the frame. The primer is the Eastwood rust encapsulator and it went on very

smoothly. After I paint it with the gloss black chassis paint I will flip it back over to finish the other side.

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Custom VW bug frame – ready for paint #352

The VW bug’s frame is ready to be painted on the bottom. I will apply the primer and make sure that I get it into all the cracks and crevices, then I will put on any filler and repaint those parts.

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Continue preppin VW bug frame for paint #351

More paint prep. Cleaning, scrubbing, filing and sanding I will soon paint this thing. This step has been along time coming.

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