Alright hello there I this is a video of my are nineteen well technically on the title says 1973 Volkswagen saying this is the first video I’m doing on this channel because I just purchased this car and I’m gonna dedicate this channel two my adventures of restoring it having fun on all my little many projects could let me tell your are it meets some works a little background behind it %uh it if you know some things about the VW thing which I didn’t until I purchase this on a whim and it has a lot of features on it to make it look like in 1974 thing like these little air Dec thing spy a on the pink slip the title it says a 73 so I don’t know it looks like it probably had some some damage or repair restoration work that wasn’t exactly accurate as well as like the the heater system in there and if we pop the the hood or trunk or whatever you wanna call that thing in the front has the engines in the back on it shows some 74 resemblances but it says 1973 sure not so years ago about the staying in San Diego couple weeks ago for five thousand dollars have noticed he sings it really started to go up in price I’m over the last ten years or so I’ve always wanted one is a younger kid and I said ok I’ve got finally get one so it may look nice and I just think the cameras doing it too much justice but if you start lookin this thing is a complete rust bucket and I should have known before I purchased it that it was originally from Michigan that’s a big warning sign I’m out here in california in the car was originally taken out to California but has I started uncovering this car have found a lot love Russ being the problem so I just got the car back from my mechanic all even open this up for you only have one hand but seeping inge the engine could use some cleaning but it runs great and I just got back from the mechanic the only thing was one up the Saunders had low compression Suite eight net up did a few other little tune ups on and it runs phenomenally well okay so the engine is great and that’s good cuz I don’t know much about engine work myself but what this was being really needs is some body work and you’ll discover there’s rust all over this thing so sparkly venturing to be going on is how to I am repair rust how to weld how to replace panels and stuff like that unfortunately there’s a lot of great resources online to show me how to do that and to get the parts needed a lot of these things like the doors the side panels aside
rockers down there are all things I can get but I’m lovin it even as a little rust bucket I am loving it so this is the intention here’s for this to just be a fine side project for me to see how much they can do to restore it and just make it beautiful and have a blast with I mean at that’s the goal right I coulda I could spend fifteen thousand dollars to get one it’s perfect or I can get a junker and just enjoy the process and then getting make videos about it so here’s an example where we’ve got a lot of Russ is on the left front side a car I am and it goes all the way through and its pretty bad that was a pretty bomber this is all me doing this by the way I it was all concealed by the paint was just light bubbling and I just touched it with a screwdriver and all crumble the part which is a big bomber are so that’s something that I’m gonna hafta learn how to do and as of right now from my research is either get a whole new panel ur slice out the rust well the new one on and make it look good so that’s going to be a big project will have some videos on that but you’ll notice there’s rust I got rust under the bottom rust along here let’s go ahead and a open it up the front half Avara floor pans are looking good at some new surface rust is kinda come in but I can get you to be easily on because I was just exposing a little bit of a pain to see how bad the Russ really is but the back is pretty that on each side K so it it’s kinda hard to tell here you can see my shadow am it actually a fiberglass in bringing over fiberglass a replacement arm what would you call that you know repair soho this is pretty bad I don’t know if you can tell but that’s a whole gone all the way through out on it get tetanus and cut myself but then from here on out of fiberglass so I got my work cut out for me in that a for him just a wrap up this first video and also that already gotten some fun little cosmetic parts for it new side view mirrors and gonna go into the garage I gotta seats the back seats as the bottom of it and then right there I don’t have when does the original windows ur junk I’m gonna have to get anyone to those and a few other little parts like I didn’t have a horns I got a horn and fun little hardware and stuff like that one thing I did get there was really cool sorry for the jerkiness the camera was I got all-new I hardware for everything so from the steering column to the door hinges to the whole it to the bumper on new
hardware that I can put on it and make it look a little nicer in snazzy or get rid of all the rusty stuff also on the floor mats and a few other little gays that will be playing with and puttin on the car on I’ll be part by piece by piece preparing the rust it’s gonna be a long process but I make videos about it videos me driving this thing around having a blast and wanna share that with you again I’m not doing this is a tutorial to show you on the expert here’s how to die and I’m doing it to document a journey I can we make a lotta missed a sitter me a lot of people are already doing is doing it wrong and I’m like yeah probably but I said hey why not last thing I just sanded down a.m.first primer coat on glove box door much I don’t think was a stock item but I guess this guy got one made have a one point it’s got a locking mechanism in a whole hand shear further glove box or fun little side project is to make that look nice and I love this thing as ugly as it is from you just look beautiful so you any questions comments wanna see any specific videos she’s a camera straight here it’s limited to Gary there it just adds up Latta rust but on it’s gonna be fun so hope you enjoy this little video will go on as more specifics later any requests you have videos let me know take care .
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