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For the rotissery to turn easy, you have to have the chassis higher up nearer to the pivot points on the rotissary stands. You have the handles on the long screws you have to turn to raise the height of the frame. For just hte chassis, it would have to be up where the centre pivot point is where you lock the pins in. The centre of the black disks with the locking holes is the pivot point. Hope this helps.

After seam sealing the pan I will recommend spraying the bottom of pan with rubberized truck bed liner so the road stone and gravel does not chip away at your paint and cause rust later on.

Darin is a good teacher.

Hi CT Can't wait to see the final outcome if the bug Your doing a great job. The best is your learning and you can take pride that the work is all yours

Hello CT! I like your projects and the way you work. Looking forward for the next video! Take care my friend 👍

Great job! To make it better, try to paint the tunnel inside by use of flexible pipe/hose straw with nozzle. Start spraying with longest extension and pull pipe/hose to travel inside while spraying.

You're so meticulous. I'm envious of your process AND of your workspace and tools.

Yay CT, you found the guard 😁👍 think I would have seam sealed the pan to spine joint between primer and top coat though.

Hello bro, I have been following you for a long time, I admire your skill and how you enjoy restorations. I love VW beetles. My father had three, from 1951 (no synchronized gearbox, you had to press the clutch pedal twice to change gears and it didn't always work well :) ), another from 1957 (oval rear window) and a last one from 1958 (rectangular rear window). I remember with nostalgia those family trips with the "Volky", when the fields and roads were pure peace... When I turned 18 I bought a 1957 beetle, my first car. It was glorious, although I screwed it up so much that on a trip back from a beach (we were five guys on board and the temperature was 86 degrees F, about 30 C) the crankshaft broke from the heat, I estimate the tarmac was at over 120 degrees F in full sunlight. The mechanic (a German from Bavaria, Dieter) later explained to me that these crankshafts had a defect, which was having few benches and that at high temperatures, and especially because the crankshaft is a few centimeters from the ground, they tended to flex, which at high revolutions they "broke". That's what happened to me... But I never lost my love for VW Beetles. Greetings from Argentina!!!

Thats awesome that airkewld is sponsoring this build. They have some top notch stuff.

Absolutely re the back. Don’t forget, you may heal ok now, but in another 20 years you won’t.

Nice job so far. Enjoying this series and thanks for sharing!

CT, don't be hard on yourself about a little orange peel. it was prepped, primed and painted and will be covered. The whole project is spot on and you are doing a great job.

Super job! Love watching builds like this.

Great videos! You have my vote on your restoration of that 65 VW Bug. I'm almost finished with my 64 Bug, my first restoration, and it shows, beings I was limited on space and tools, etc. but a lot of show how videos to help guide me. It's a little rough but with videos like yours it helps me see the possibilities! Thanks for the good down to earth videos CT! Keep up the good work.

I watch the beginning of the vw beetle restoration until now, and i can say that this video is truly amazing and i can learn a lot of things as a vocational student of automotive servicing. And I'll continue to watch the rest and new video 🧰

Nice work one of my favorite parts of the build

Looking really good and yes indeed your videos are all very nice! Thank you!

CT, you're getting better with episode! The paint you're using (Delfleet) is a really great paint. I used to buy it as Deltron as I remember. A very tough urethane with a beautiful gloss. Your orange peel or very rough surface finish comes from using the wrong thinner for the temperature, or not enough of it. Contributing factors would be holding the gun too far from the work. It has been about 50 years, and refinish technology has also changed, but what worked then as far as the basics, will still work today.

Love the progress on the bug watched that’ll so far, keep up the good work from the uk 🇬🇧

Love this channel ……. Cheaper than therapy…🙏

Great video glad you posted keep them coming thanks

Came across your channel a few weeks back after looking for a new build to watch and this has been awesome Iv learnt so much! Planning a beetle restoration myself after my other projects are done and can say even after this many episodes I’m a lot more clued up already, keep it up!!

Of course to watch all that work is very satisfying!

You got it took me 5 years to get comfortable you did a great job

Very nice job CT your chassis looks awesome 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻great job

Dear CT, The chassis of the Beetle is a lot better done than the chassis of the VW Karmann Ghia so you’re learning pretty well. We think this car out of 1965 will get a second live and hopefully also in the days of her glory. We wish you lots of success with the project and wish you as well as Cyn and the rest of your family all the happiness of the world plus we send you ❤️ from the Netherlands. Best regards, Willeke and Dick de Graaff

Very nice job. That paint is very good

Most seam sealer is intended to go on before the paint

Watching you clean and restore this Beetle is actually quite therapeutic. And it’s a lot cheaper than an actual therapist. Ha!ha🤣👍 So keep up the good work bud!

Thanks CT ! Looking Good ! You got a good Foundation to start from ! Straight Ahead ✌😎

TC getting it done. Looks great!

Looks amazing!

Cool EXPERIENCE Good Job 👍👍 Awesome thanks for sharing your Experience great job 👌

Now we’re talking!! Awesome!

Great job CT!.

Parabéns pelo serviço minucioso! Admiro seu trabalho.

Nice job CT it looks nice even without the primer.

There you go CT gettin' 'er done. Keep up the good work and maybe this will be the first project you finish. But remember it may never be done, but at least you can get it to run and drive and use it to go back and forth to the shop. Then you can also use it as an advertisement for the work you do and then guess what maybe folks in the area might want you to their projects. Thanks for the inspo, now I know if CT can do I can do it, so I will be doing a pan off next year maybe after the bus gets dialed in and I do my cross country trip. Hope to see you out in Florida!!

Hello there, good job with this big, cant wait for the outcome, i am from Brazil and i have 3 old bugs, this vídeos are helping me too...thank you

Love your attention to detail because so many YT 'restorers' just go for the quick result. You hear 'we'll do this right quick' too often. As for your centre of gravity problem it was because the centre line of the chassis plate was well below the rotating centre of the rotisserie. That looks a very comprehensive rotisserie so I am surprised you couldn't line up the two centre lines. But with a roof crane who needs to!

It is coming along nicely. You seem determined 🙂

looks great!

Looking great!👌😎👍

Great job 👍

Chassis looks great, well done. 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍

It’s coming along great CT 👍🏻 The rotisserie sure makes things easier huh? Looking forward to your next video 😁

Excellent video CT :) also doing lots exciting Excellent work 👍 and keeping up very good work too! I know you do great work always and I enjoy watching your videos too!

Looks great!

I'd like to take back my earlier comment about just going with what works... to save time... like hanging from the winch... those rotisseries are amazing... and now you are all set for the next Beetle :-)

Looks like a new pan compared to what you had there. Perfect for a daily driver.

Looking forward to seeing the body and chassis reunited.

GREAT JOB CT💯👍

Looking good!

TheSamba is a good place to find replacement seat frames and rails. I'm looking too for my 71. Thanks for the "geterdone" content.

I enjoy watching the videos I know what to expect but I'm anxious to see how the reassembly process is to the finish. I'll be checking in to see what the next kit will be.

Nice work!

I thought you did a nice job on the painting. I was wondering why you are using seam sealer after paint rather than before?? I am enjoying this build...

Awesome Video

Good job painting

Looking Good...

Morning there, CT.

Hi CT great to see you working on these old cars totally enjoy it ,only one thing that annoys me is you do such a great job with the mechanics of the car but leave it all rusted on the outside,hope one vehicle will receive a good paint job on the outside. Keep up the good work Robert from Australia.

Very sweet.

i wish i could help because your work is proper

It's better than bad, it's good!

Looks good

Great job painting but why not seam seal first? Excited to see you see this build all the way through

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nice glossy look.

Your ladder looks like it’s already taken a beating lol 😂

Heheyy... Working like a pro... 😉 You're making me envious.. Ha, the rotisserie certainly is a hand of relief for such works, for achieving the goal with ease is to find the center of mass ot the thing is mounted on, so at the end you should be able to turn it with 1 finger effortlessly. Chase the height on the rotation pivot, which for the chassis is almost centered, now you have it very low, therefore you can't spin it. Use the long screws with handles to set it as close as you can to pivot. The body is different, it's center of mass is usually lower. 😏 It's probably the best if you set the paint gun's expansion pattern to 45 degrees instead of exactly vertical, doing so you are good also for vertical movements without overspray, at least this is what I prefer.It's kinda stroke "neutral".. Orange peel happens usually when the paint is a little thick and possibly the coat is too rich or the second coat is too soon after, so the first didn't cure perfectly yet. Anyway it's looking very good, if you consider what it was before.. 👍

No one will ever see it close enough to notice. It will look great once the car is together! 🙂

Yeah exactly a good way to practice painting.

CT if you raise the chassis up so the cg is closer to the rotation point of the rotisserie it will turn easily by hand

Hey CT as for your winch, this may have already been suggested but until you get a real hoist anchor the winch to the wall or floor and run the cable up to a pully in the beam. You can then control it from the ground and away from the load.

Muy buen trabajo Saludos desde Argentina

Looks fantastic just with the epoxy can't wait to see it with top coat

Yes get donor seat frames, be sure the welds on the straps that hold the box springs together are not broken. There under tension, so re-welding them is tough, also because the metal is so thin. The TMI kits are not hard to do if you check out their videos. Mine came out great. NOTE: if you blast & powder coat the frames, FULLY disassemble the adjustment mechanisms, and block off the bottom of the rails, where they hold & slide. The 2mm the powder coating adds, make them un slidable, ask me how I know.

Nice job CT ! Sandblast the gearbox👍

Awesome!

Nice job man! Looks like your pattern was a bit dry, try a larger tip for primers and single stage, 1.6-1.8 for primer and 1.6 or 1.7 for single stage. the 1.4 you were using is more for clears. Keep up the great work!

Nice job. Looks good to me. Glad you didn't butcher your rotisserie. And with those angle iron pieces, you can do other bug chassis. I don't paint(yet). Didn't know about disposable paint gun tips/nozzles. Thanks.

CT Good morning Thank You for sharing this video Have You thought about using a pulley on the roof instead of hanging the winch. May be it helps

CT why dont you use the winch upside down ,for example put the part where you operate it at the transmission to lift and the other hook at the ceiling ,then you dont have to work and lift from the ladder 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻and great job on little Rusty .keep it going kind regards Charles

That floor pan looks factory!

Oh yeah the temperature I think I remember watching Darin painting and he mentioned temp.

Make some inserts to go in the top square tube and find an old set of weights to counter balance the pan. If you the old bar and weld to a square tube it will slid right in and weights can be inserted on the round bar.

Keep your arm straight when you prime or paint. When you fan the gun you do not get an equal amount of material on the surface. Also cut your fan down a little, because most of the material is going in the air and not on the surface you are spraying.

Looks cool to me

Parabéns pêlo conteúdo é o arsenal dê ferramentas você esta bem equipado

That lid fits better too on that gun.

old school cool.

Seam sealer needed ...throw a light under check daylight coming thru

terbaik bro.tqtq

When it's sideways slide the extention arms as close to the central pivot point as possible, it'll make turning it a lot eaiser.

Nice

I'm loving this series. Kudos to you for having the motivation to take on such a project. It nots easy to start and FINISH a project like this. At 12:48 you the floor pans are shown. Were the seams welded shut or did you just spot weld them together If the latter, are there any concerns the seams may not be water-tight? Shouldn't these seams be welded shut? Or do we duct tape the inside, Flex Seal spray outside the seam and call it a day? I didnt see you working on the floor pans so you probably addressed this already in a previous video that I mustve missed.

Look on Grass Roots repair, they repair small engines and he made a home built crane for lifting lawn tractors.