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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2025 2:28 pm    Post subject: Re: My 1966 Beetle rebuild Reply with quote
Painted the passenger door today. Ran out of the remainder of the color can from the fender and the new one I grabbed sprayed like crap comparatively, so it ended up with some runs, sags and other stupid stuff. Or maybe I'm just losing my touch. I'll wet sand and polish it a bit in a couple days to reduce some of that crap and give it that show quality shine. The LED lights in the garage are really harsh and make the color mismatch stand out glaringly. It's much less noticeable in natural light. And it's a lot less noticeable than yellow and red. Ready for the summer show season now. Ha!

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PostPosted: Yesterday 1:00 pm    Post subject: Re: My 1966 Beetle rebuild Reply with quote
Got some hubcaps to complete the "restoration". They're used so they have some dings and dents but shined up good and match well with the condition of the rest of the VW.

So beautiful!

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PostPosted: Yesterday 6:02 pm    Post subject: Re: My 1966 Beetle rebuild Reply with quote
Looking great!
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PostPosted: Today 12:23 pm    Post subject: Re: My 1966 Beetle rebuild Reply with quote
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Looking great!


Thanks. It's surprising what that little bit of work did to improve the look of the car. I was kind of over the beater look, though it's still far from nice.
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