finally got the 912 in to the garage restoration starts here

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:55 pm

looks like its new then lol . 912 s coming on nicely also doing rhd ambulance type2 vw
owen nw

elkelk · Post by **elkelk** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:43 am

Great thread, keep up the good work and keep posting the updates!

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:21 pm

made this up to make it eassier to work on the 912

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:25 pm

I would come and look at this but your abit far from Belfast, for my flying visit..looking good though keep it up..

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:29 pm

no bother , your always welcome in my house as long as your supplying the beer lol owen nw

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:02 pm

finally got back to starting my 912 , got me new rear shelf and am now ready to get tore in , started descaling surface rust owen nw

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:06 am

decided to do a bit to the 912, got me new rear shelf , so out with the grinder. first cut around where i could with the grinder then the rest was done with the air chisel , drill ed out where i could , with this of i could finish of small areas of rot ie the corners at the base of the rear window. now with the shelf out i can now see what i am doing so ill scrapp old underseal of with the chisel and prep the engine bay for rust profer , lot s done to day but yee would nt see it , so between my 181 trekker and the 912 i have lot sto do lo

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:41 pm

ics decided to do a bit to the 912, got me new rear shelf , so out with the grinder. first cut around where i could with the grinder then the rest was done with the air chisel , drill ed out where i could , with this of i could finish of small areas of rot ie the corners at the base of the rear window. now with the shelf out i can now see what i am doing so ill scrapp old underseal of with the chisel and prep the engine bay for rust profer , lot s done to day but yee would nt see it , so between my 181 trekker and the 912 i have lot sto do loof the restarted work owen nw

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:06 pm

finally got back to the 912 first cleaned out the garage then pulled the car out and turned it round and onto tressels owen nw

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:29 pm

in last night for an hour started diconecting the loom from the engine bay and started scrapping years of muck from the sides to get ready for some under coat then replace the rear parcel shelf ready for the start of the paint owen nw

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:28 pm

today decied to do a bit on the 912 first was to disconect the wiring around the engine bay , and macking sure it s all stowed away in a plastic bags taped up and left to hang to one side , spent 2 3 hours scrapping old under seal from all the nocks cranny s , then doing the same with different sizes of wire brushes on a drill , when bare i blew everything done and applyed some 182 zinc primer making sure plenty went on all the seams , when dry i piy a fine bead of good quality seam sealer around the joint and any water traps wet my finger around it round the beads to get a nice smooth finish and make sure it went it to were it should go have a noisey , i then trail fitted the new rear shelf so now i no where i have to cut and trimm owen nw

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:38 pm

spent all day doing body work , not that there is much in the line of filling , more in prep , doing each panel then going over it again , etc , now ready to spot prime

the whole under side and under each wheel arch has now been coated in 3 generous coats of stone chip paint

brushed in between the wing and scuttle panel with rust treatment and primer then masked all both panel and injected so seam sealer along it s edge , then wet my finger and pulled allong the seam sealer to give a nice tidy bead

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:54 pm

the boy spent his day inside the 912 repaying me for my time on his lol , scrapping all the old underseal back to bare metal

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:31 pm

spent the day between 2 projects van and 912 have a look
owen nw

emmette pays a visit an other vw freek lol

all in place just have to finish weld everything in place owen nw

owen nw · Post by **owen nw** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:29 am

it all together makes for easier welding . i then seam welded the bottom edge and plugged the rest . i had to drill out all the welds that hold the clips that hold the suit case strapps on the rear shelf and then weld them on to , also the engine hindge brackets and the engine stay bracket ., first closing the engine lid down so it could check where evrything went and lined up . with this done i sanded down the 2 quarter panels and most of the engine lid , taking of the old rattle can primer , and was well pleased with what lay under owen wn