What did you do to your VW today?

[grungeant (Anthony)]

Pretty cool

[6T5 square]

Pop outs can be fun. if your not in a hurry, I can help you in a couple of weekends. Are the holes predrilled? If not, I feel your pain- I did them on the beetle and it can be nerve wracking.

[VWPANZER1]

Pop outs can be fun. if your not in a hurry, I can help you in a couple of weekends. Are the holes predrilled? If not, I feel your pain- I did them on the beetle and it can be nerve wracking.

   NO HOLES!!!  I'd like to hit the guys with a wrench that said;  all VW's are drilled, or the guy that said I can install pop-out in 20 minutes.

  Thanks for the offer John, but I did get the passenger side done and it came perfect. Of course, that doesn't mean I won't screw up the drivers side. It does make a difference on a hot day even with just the one working. 

[6T5 square]

before 1961 it was a dealer only option so the factory didn't bother drilling them. and like I said, it's the most nerve wracking part of the job

[Evil-Tunes (Glen)]

Found a nest behind the drivers side tar board all the way to the back of the seat?





Cheers
   Glen

[lovebus (jack)]

Winter is on its way, put it back when your done working on your lights so the Mice have a warm home. 

[VWPANZER1]

before 1961 it was a dealer only option so the factory didn't bother drilling them. and like I said, it's the most nerve wracking part of the job

  Finished the drivers side today. The total effect is well worth all the frustration and there was plenty. For those who don't know, the pop-out rear windows on Beetles do not use a true hinge, the system is a U-joint made of semi- flexible metal much like the pipe hanger plumbers use, but stiffer, for this is what bends when you open and close the window.

  What caused 3 1/2 days of frustration is, instead of VW welding nuts on this joint, there is a movable strip that has threads in which the screws (5 of them) have to pass through the body and two holes in the flex joint. These are very fine threads. Unless that plate with the threads is perfectly aligned, you can not get the screws started. Even if you get one in, it doesn't mean, as with most, the others should automatically be in line. You see these flex joints tend with handling get  a little wavy. 

   After a day and a half and just getting the five screws in on the passenger side, I spend the next  half day the drivers side and only got one in.  I said F**** it, and used self- tapping screws. So much for OEM.



  Here I am removing the back stationary glass. the yahoo's on the web go and cut the seals-stupid!. I Put patio cushion on the ground and running a plastic tool under the insulation to break the surface tension and with a gentle pushm out it goes. My old windows with the almost new seals are intact, ready for the next owner or if I decide to switch back.

[Richard]

Nice job, Joe.
Really makes me look forward to putting mine back in. At least the holes are already there. I hope I treated that threaded strip gently when I removed it.

[buglvw (Howard)]

Joe,

Is that your foot kicking that window out 

[lovebus (jack)]

Working on the Pop Top of Happy Trails today sanding and getting it ready to paint.

[rich67vw]

R---oleum gloss white? 

[lovebus (jack)]

R---oleum gloss white? 

YUP!   

[lovebus (jack)]

Took old seal and old WESTFALIA Logo off top.




Sanded and Primer.



R---oleum gloss white, YES.............



I only have a small window of time that I can work in the early morning so I'll do the drivers side of the top tomorrow morning, should finish Monday morning.   

[rich67vw]

looks great!

[lovebus (jack)]

It was to breezy today to paint but I did get the drivers side sanded and I took the Awning off so I can sand the passenger side tonight. Will paint tomorrow morning.