I agree with Casey, outside keep patina, inside make luxury for the contrast.

Definitely a full paint and restoration of the interior

Thanks CT hope this helps you out buddy, loving the videos mate . Can’t wait to see rusty in the garage

I would paint the whole inside of the car and make it nice to ride inside and still have the look outside. A little bit of luxury inside never hirts

Looking so good the progress your making 🫵🏻👍🏻

Hi CT. My view is that, with all the work you’ve done, sod the patina and repaint the whole car. What an achievement it would be to bring it back to ‘as new’!!

Sunday...and finally a new CT-video fantastic job with the welding so far, CT

Fancy coming to Ecuador and giving us a hand getting our 76 late bay back on the road 😂

To see you grow WoW ! CT Thank You ! Straight Ahead ! ✌😎

Dear Reader, Mr. CT is very much on the right track, building up his skills and confidence at a good speed. When it comes to the interior colour design. Perhaps painting the dashboard , inner parts of the doors and the inner side skirts of the car in an simple, contrasting dark colour (dark blue?) combined with seats, carpets and an inner roof cover in broken white-blue/patina (like the outside), would bring a balance in the colour set. Dark blue inside en light-blue/patine upholstery and outside. Perhaps even with the typical 70's dark blue stripes from bumper to bumper. May I end with...very well done, Sir? Yes? Well, chapeau/hat off for Mr. CT. With Kind Regards, Michèl F. van den Brun Dutch pedestrian

It's sealer first then paint. Great job! 👍🏼

Well Not Bad. Good Work CT. Hope We C This Car Soon On The Road 👌👌👍

Ok , I'm caught up with the 65...can't wait to start on my 57...basically same work needed other than the window work. Looks great , coming right along !

that year looks great// with nice paint job on dash// and doors white

Great work!!! On the inside I’ve seen quite a few patina rides with interior completely repainted and all new interior bits, I think that would look really good on the bug.

Go the bi-polar look , brand new inside , original patina outside👍

GO GO GO, do it. Use the engine you got and other stuff. Looks good…. Finish this one and enjoy driving it.

It's so cool that you are so passionate about these cars!, Back in the 70s we used to see the old VWs in someone's yard and would ask the owner about it. Generally they would say: take it away, or ask us pay a very little amount for it. We'd strip all the loose parts and have at running it around in the open fields nearby. Was so much fun, but we deemed the car was at end of life, often having to improvise to make it driveable. Imagine this: I learned to drive in a VW, pulling the throttle with my left hand, steering and shifting with my right hand, with no brakes, in the winter, and in the woods!

CT is kicking so much butt! I’d leave the patina on the outside, maybe coat it in boiled lin seed oil.

nice projects you are involve,thanks for the videos.

Luggage tray looks good CT well done . I’d leave patina inside and out as saves time and looks cool ,then move into ghia quicker 👍

No matter what you decide it's going the be great

I really like this 65 beetle man

POR patch for the small holes, works perfectly

Congratulations. There are many details, it is not easy. With all this restoration work I wouldn't make an inventory, I would leave it within 100% of the original, including the painting. A beetle like this fully restored here in Brazil is worth around 50 thousand reais or more. Congratulations once again, I'm always waiting for your videos, especially the one about the beetle. hug.

Nice work on the shelf, looking good. If it was mine (and I would love it!) I would paint the interior all around and make it a nice place to be. Interior mint and exterior patina. Whichever way you choose do you. All the best

awesome job CT 💯✌

Hey, I think the patina outside ist nice and enough for the car. If its my car I would do the inside super clean like it's a new Beetle. That's makes for a big Smile Effekt if you pik someone up with that Bugg. Also think about the Engine and the Mechanik that's also all new so your keeping it straight outside all original and inside a nice Place you want to be like in a Time capsule.

Long time subscriber here and seeing your welding skills progress through these videos. You should be very proud of yourself well done and keep these videos coming 😊

love the progress your making on the beetle. Looks great

Great job on that luggage tray CT! Nicely done!👌😎👍

your weld temp sounds dead on, you just got to the next level...tanks for sharing

Nice fit!

I'd probably sand, prime, and paint the interior. I've seen some bugs that had the really nice patina on the outside and when you open the door, it's plush and clean

Saludos de Mexico CT

I have a suggestion, which could be the best way to preserve your seams... First soak the seams with some antioxidiser, allow it to do it's job, then blow the seam with the air gun. Once dry, get a small bit of paint, make it thin and soak the seam. Leave it to dry and clean the running excess. Then seal it and it should be the best possible way to get it done for a long time, except if you're planning to dip the whole body in chemicals.. Cheers, keep on.

Sometimes it is a fine line between honest wear and tear and full on patina. If you are going full patina, go all in with no exceptions including the dash and door panels. For the door panels cover with distressed look vinyl or leather. After you weld in the patch for the radio, some ivory paint, a wire wheel and soaked in vinegar and Bob's your uncle.

On the side of the luggage rack, it is probably best to do a spot weld rather than multiple tacs. It won't fight you and leave a stronger weld. I assume you know how to do a spot weld, but if not, take the wire and put it in the center touching the bottom panel and start and make circles until you cover the entire hole. I hope this helps and you are doing amazing!

I’ve been watching you since the day you got the bug, what a long travel time you have been doing to that, it’s looking awesome bro, and your doing a fantastic job on body work to it too! Can’t wait to finally see it drive down the road. 👍👍👍

Hey mate it's so great to see you doing so well. My vote is definitely to keep the patina on the dash. It would look really weird to have the whole car in that lovely old patina and then a painted perfect dash. Just patch the hole by the radio as best you can and then treat the dash the same as the outside - clear coat or whatever. It might be better to replace the whole rear inner wing panel, rather than just patch the little holes. The holes show the panel there has become really thin and compromised. If you patch those holes, it won't be long until there are others appearing. Just a thought. Also - get a sponsor for your undies, man! We see a good few inches of them on every video, so you may as well !!! 😅😅 Great work with the luggage tray - looking forward to the rest. 👍 Julian.

As always, love the progress you are making here...As for the interior, I think it would look awesome if the interior is totally done up with new paint and upholstery and leave the exterior with the patina. Just my 2 cents! Thanks for posting and keep up the great work.

Nice work sir! Looking forward to seeing the brakes getting done.

You may want to make a pet bar that you could use with your body to help hold the two panels together and hold your welding tip back from the panel so you can see better. I try to just try to let the wire file the hole so it's filled. Doing a great job!

I would paint he dash, and all the interior sides of the doors. then put Brick red interior on there. that way it is super clean inside and patina outside.

Hi friend. Please, paint beetle inside. Also, repair radio hole. Good project.

Solo me parece un profesor de chapa y pintura en paro

Epoxy first and then anything else what you want👍 nice yob bro👊

Been following you since Rusty. So awesome to see how far you've progressed - you got this!!!

My favorite seam sealer was Eastwood brushable kind. Stuff in tube is pain to work with. I did primer seam seal reprime and paint

so good, man...Great job with the consistency, on this build.. ive enjoyed every video..even the side distraction ones . a lot of vids, on you tube consist,of some person yammering on about what there gunna do, then dont show it.. Good on your Brother too for letting you use the shed/shop, for our enjoyment..

Sean sealer goes on first, according to factory specs, but that’s up to you, I would definitely put it on first.

Would like to have it painted... like brandnew lol.

Awesome work CT!❤

Repaint the inside and leave the outside patina. You can use wipe on clear coat, they did used to make brush on seam sealer. Ask your buddy out in CA, he has a lot of experience through the years.

Could are doing a great job

Nice to follow ! great work

Yes, make the interior nice

CT make the inside perfect while having the patina look on the outside that will the perfect outcome because most of the interior is new

@CT Buy some Cleco aviation temporary fasteners. It will really speed up the spot welding and eliminate all the fitting you are fighting against by closing up the gaps.

If you would like to keep the patina of the beetle, maybe try to apply "some" adhesive foil. There are unique printed ones - like the advertises on the vans- so it would fit on the beetle. I think you have more than enough pictures from the original (the state you found) the beetle. So a company can print a roll of foil to this beetle. You need to do the bodywork, but spare a lot on paint. Do not mint the newly added patches and welds. And maybe you can learn how to apply car foils, and make a new businness. :D

Muito top .que roda linda de mais parabéns meu amigo gosto muito de ver seus vídeos 👍👍👍

If the patina is being kept, I'd say to use either a satin finish, or flat finish clear coat over the entire thing.

That's a big step, plain sailing now....maybe lol

Not necessarily you can have a awesome inside with patina on outside and still have and awesome looking car inside and out

I think you can use fine steel wool to cleanup rust on some paint just not a lot of scrubbing

Hope you’re going with regular rims with hubcaps. Those are so much part of the Beetle look. The drum brakes look very nice, but I can understand why you will install disc brakes due to their superior performance.

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Interior, nice new headliner amazing. You wanting to save the patina just doesn’t make sense.

Very good❤

I would say you have a perfect opportunity to completely repaint and restore the car to what it should be You have lost far too much of its patina through replacement I’d repaint the entire car and make it mint after all the hard works

Looking at that rear wheel arch, I suspect that a series of small patches would be a waste of time and effort and that further holes would appear in no time. I know that you want to keep as much original metal as possible, but I would buy a replacement panel and use it to repair an area back to really solid metal. That would give a stronger and more weatherproof result and also mostly overcome the tricky task of making repair patches with complex curvature.

Half lindsay oil Half mineral spirits To bring patina back Pre wash 0000 steel wool Like derek biere teach us

Paint the dash and try it out and if it doesn't feel good with the patina on the doors, they can be painted at the end . . .

Yes that was hot wow

CT try to use 'cleco' instead of screws. This way you can mount/unmount pieces without widening the whole each time. I'm using 'cleco pliers' + Locking Pliers to hold the pieces in place until I weld them.

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I vote keep the patina on the dash and paint the lower sections!

you simply have to start from the fact that the more original parts you leave the better, the only ones that must be touched are those that compromise the structure, therefore the perfect functionality and safety of the vehicle, everything else must be left as it is, I suggest you put some primer paint on the bottoms and throw the clear coat in the toilet, some texaco or california beach stickers and you're good to go!

Is that a claw hammer that sack religious! 😱

look on the other side// to see your weld spots// on outside steel look

CT you got this car all the way down to Bare Metal paint the damn thing make it beautiful

Could paint the main part of the dash but leave the grills and glove-box door in a patina'd state? Dunno. I think the order is primer, sealer, then top/color coat and clear. Gives the sealer a good surface to grip, only one layer divorced from the metal so it can't separate between layers, and still gives the metal the best protection. In theory. But I don't actually know that's the order, it's just the order that makes logical sense to me.

CT I think you out grew those skinny jeans. Gonna have to get some big boy pants😊

I'd paint the dash and doors. Make it nice inside.

get yourself some Cleacos for fitting Sheetmetal, works better than screws =)

😊leave patina u can always paint it later

Let me start by saying I am not a patina fan but I would finish paint the entire interior

Seam sealer first, paint later. We’re Getting There! 😉👍

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I think you should rattle can the whole car. Check out how Halfass Kustoms built the General

Prime, seam sealer then paint. Primer should have anti-corrosive properties that

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Your skill level has progressed nicely. Are you going to spot weld the top of the luggage tray? I had to weld mine from the engine bay.

Man don’t clear coat that patina. Use wax ala Mustie1 or linseed oil coating. I’d have the inside patina to match if it were me. Looking good!

you may use sanding blaster to clear the surface of inaccessible parts on the body .... my 1 cent contribuition....

Are we watching you work on 2 different projects or are you going back and forth in time?

I hate wasting metal but my 67 was completely rusted out on just the center portion I wanted to keep all OG metal as possible the fire wall was fine and lower half ..

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Paint the inside and make it look nice but leave the outside patina so you have new and old look

Mat clear coat the whole car inside and out if you go the patina route. Keep the dash as is, no headliner (rat rod).