HELP!!!
Everyone knows the story. Car in the shop for a bit of body work and low and behold more rust than anyone thought.
So yes this is the story. Rotten in the bottom corners of the windscreen and filler'd before.
So.....
This is a big ask for anyone who has / knows someone with a windscreen scuttle panel for a 56 oval, I can buy?
Pretty please as i would like my car back and on the road.
I am based in south london, but will travel to get a rust free panel.
Posted by: pre67vw - 03 March 2011 09:08:30
It's so rusty you need a new panel? Windscreen corners are usually rusty, Hookys panels make repair pieces: https://www.hookyspanelshop.com/ (panels->miscellaneous) although they're not too hard to make.
Posted by: 55Kab - 03 March 2011 12:14:48
As Rob indicates above is it just the corners?
A whole scuttle panel for an Oval is not easy to find but if you need it try Owen first (vw garden).
Posted by: sneal - 03 March 2011 14:11:43
Hi thanks I I'll try Owen at be garden. Hookys panels have been mentioned elsewhere but haven't chatted to the garage yet regarding. It's just the corners I need really. However there is about 6 inches by 1 inch wide slot of metal missing due to rust along the bottom of the windscreen working in from the corner towards the centre of the windscreen from both sides. I will post some pics later.
Posted by: pre67vw - 03 March 2011 14:22:13
The trouble is that it's a common place for them to rust, so any car that's bad enough to break is most likely going to have a rusty scuttle. You might be able to cut enough from a later (non-oval) scuttle to repair the oval panel though? Julian has some dashboards for sale, one looks to have a reasonable scuttle attached (the black one)
[url=https://www.partsemporium.co.uk/type%201%20vw%20beetle%20parts%20.htm]https://www.partsemporium.co.uk[/url]
[img]https://www.partsemporium.co.uk/PartsEmporium/beetle_1967_1200_Dash_cut_from_car_bare_scuttle.JPG[/img]
Posted by: GKL 7 - 03 March 2011 15:01:06
[quote=pre67vw]The trouble is that it's a common place for them to rust[/quote]
Yes,very little paint seemed to get up under the underside.On my last car it was almost only primer.
Posted by: sneal - 03 March 2011 20:32:50
yeah I appreciate this is one of the usual places for the car to rust. Thanks for the replies.
I will chat to the garage.
Here is what I am up against....
[img]https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5179/5494724529_89d3d4e2e2.jpg[/img]
[img]https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5494724353_a9d0eeb366.jpg[/img]
Posted by: sneal - 20 March 2011 07:37:08
Still on the hunt for a panel...
Posted by: mrmagyar - 20 March 2011 10:57:30
Hi,
There's on on eBay at the moment. This link should take you to it but if it doesn't search for VW oval and you'll find it listed there.
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/volkswagen-beetle-oval-lhd-dashboard-clip-vw-type-1-/190430295340?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c5687b52c#ht_3454wt_905
Cheers,
Andy
Posted by: Rattletrap - 20 March 2011 13:01:35
That is bad I agree. I've known worse to be repaired. If it were a 1940s Beetle for example you'd have to save the original (well I hope you would).:wink:
Posted by: 64rotbox - 20 March 2011 15:12:53
[quote=mrmagyar] https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/volkswagen-beetle-oval-lhd-dashboard-clip-vw-type-1-/190430295340?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c5687b52c#ht_3454wt_905 [/quote]
After seeing who's selling it, I wouldn't touch it with the longest of barge poles. You probably wouldn't even receive the one in the photo if you bought "it". As it says: 'we have many different items of this nature this price is for our best condition item' (in the finest Comic Sans).
Posted by: Caledfryn - 20 March 2011 15:27:17
[quote=64rotbox]After seeing who's selling it, I wouldn't touch it with the longest of barge poles. You probably wouldn't even receive the one in the photo if you bought "it". As it says: 'we have many different items of this nature this price is for our best condition item' (in the finest Comic Sans).[/quote]
Is that what's left of the black Oval that Gwyn had at Ty Capel (and cover star to a certain show flyer)?
Posted by: 64rotbox - 20 March 2011 16:33:02
No, that never made it 'up there', and I think it was a RHD. George ended up with the chassis, IIRC...? Anyway, avoid.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 20 March 2011 17:02:06
I visited RCC on one occassion,something just wasn't right.
What,me George,ended up with the chassis?If so,Chris and i moved it on to a guy from the midlands(i,think),never saw the rest of the car 'tho(but it was dark blue and a standard,i believe)
Posted by: 64rotbox - 20 March 2011 22:11:52
Yes, you George... I think you had it lying about when I popped over that time? Dark blue standard, yes. Gwyn said it had about two inches of filler in the roof, and the shell was so twisted that it kept grabbing the cutting disc when he was chopping it up.
*Note before anyone starts bleating on: this was a very, very, very long time ago.
Anyway, back to the search for a *decent* scuttle panel...
Posted by: sneal - 22 March 2011 12:32:53
Thanks for all your replies, much appreciated.
That dashboard panel on ebay doesnt have the windscreen corners on the front of it - I all ready checked!
But good news its all sorted - the garage got donor panels from an oval from sweden so the car is due for pick up later on this week - fanbloodytastic!
Just in time for the sun.....
