VolksWatson

Well, this winter was hard on my restoration. It was pretty darn cold, thus my progress has been pretty slow. It has been warming up lately, so I thought I would post my updates…

I opted NOT to send the chassis to the blaster, as I didn’t have the funds, and I couldn’t find anyone around that would only blast it. They all wanted to powdercoat it. While PC would be nice, it’s definitely not in my budget.

So, after trying a few different tools, I finally got the 3M paint/rust stripper wheel at wal-mart, and put it on my trusty Dewalt drill. It worked wonderfully! It took a while, but it pulled the paint and rust from the last 20+ years off quickly.

But, let me back up. I first had started on the rear frame horns, trying to remove the oil and dirt grime. Someone mentioned that I use gas to break down the oil mess, so I got me a scrubsponge and scrubbed it with the gas, and that worked great. As an extra bonus, the paint that was on it came off as well! So, anytime you need to remove the oily dirt mess, use GAS!

Ok, so I tried the gas treatment on the chassis tunnel, but for some reason it didn’t work on the chassis, so that’s when I turned to the 3M stripper wheel.

I also used the wheel on the frame head as well, but the sharp edges tore the wheel up pretty good…

Well. I only got the frame horns, most of the head and the side of the tunnel done. Shined up nice! Anyway, here is the 3M wheel after the work…

Ok, so I am going to try to finish this side this week. I am going to paint it, then flip it over to do the other side…

Oh, BTW, I bought an engine a few months back, to replace the old 1300 that was in it. Here are the pics of the new and old engines:

Until next time!

Volkswatson