the jelly belly build

[Cave Man]

New to this but this looks real cool. There certinly is alot of hard work and some good lessons in your photos.

[del]

New to this but this looks real cool. There certinly is alot of hard work and some good lessons in your photos.

Cave Man is this a 67 bug?

I have had several air cooled vws along the way. two of my favorites were a 59 double cab, and a 60 bug flatbed pickup (homemade). Now I tend to drive subies (still a boxer 4) cause they have heaters and are 4x4.

Thanks for dropping by del

[Cave Man]

Yes sir thats "Ruby" a 67 with a sunroof and a 1776 with MSD and 36 Dells. Plenty of get-up-and-go for pullin the Porta Cave to the shows and to Camp.

[del]

:) Yes sir thats "Ruby" a 67 with a sunroof and a 1776 with MSD and 36 Dells. Plenty of get-up-and-go for pullin the Porta Cave to the shows and to Camp.

Why is it older cars tend to have names? About the time cars got fuel injection they just became transportation, with no name.

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I covered the roof in what I hope is the last coat of fiberglass, also did up high where it will be hard to reach when the body sits back on the frame.

Sorry not the best picture.

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[del]

Now I am in the process of sanding. It is very time consuming, and I forgot pictures. I am ready to be done with sanding.

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[doug hodder]

Del...are you planning on more layers of epoxy prior to the paint? Just asking...sanding is a drag...but it's not a corner that you want to cut if you want an outstanding finish. Keep up the good work!!! Doug

[del]

Del...are you planning on more layers of epoxy prior to the paint? Just asking...sanding is a drag...but it's not a corner that you want to cut if you want an outstanding finish. Keep up the good work!!! Doug

Basically just one layer over everything but the door (two for the door). The cloth i used was five foot wide and did not quite make it to the bottom, so now I must cover the bottom. When the goo was painted on the bottom someone forgot to mask the sides (no names given) so now I must sand that off too. Also I need to fill some imperfections.

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[doug hodder]

For a quick look on how your final finish might look like...shoot it with some rattle can primer and take a look..check the look...then scuff sand it with a block...check again, those spots are going to show in the long run...the thing is that your top finish is only going to look as good as what is underneath it. You won't hide anything. It all sort of depends on what you want for a final finish. My opinion...you've got so much work into it...don't cut a corner, at this point, what's another week or 2...At any rate, just do what you want, but don't screw the pooch at this point. Just my opinion....doug

[del]

For a quick look on how your final finish might look like...shoot it with some rattle can primer and take a look..check the look...then scuff sand it with a block...check again, those spots are going to show in the long run...the thing is that your top finish is only going to look as good as what is underneath it. You won't hide anything. It all sort of depends on what you want for a final finish. My opinion...you've got so much work into it...don't cut a corner, at this point, what's another week or 2...At any rate, just do what you want, but don't screw the pooch at this point. Just my opinion....doug

Is that called a guide coat? Not there yet, but soon I hope. The imperfections are at this point being filled with resin.

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[doug hodder]

Del...once you get it all filled...sand it with some wet paper like 400 grit on a hard rubber block. Any spot showing shiny in the epoxy is going to be an issue when you shoot paint. A top coat of primer will help to show up those issues also. Like I said...It all depends on what you want in a finish. I worked my butt off on the last one, and still had some things that I wasn't happy with. Spot putty which is basically thickened primer on small pinholes etc.., will work well over the primer, but isn't made for direct over epoxy, however it might be fine, bondo works best directly over sanded epoxy. I used all of them on the Rocketear... I'm sure others might disagree with me on this and it is strictly my experience. Only you can determine when you think it is ready to paint. I'm willing to bet, it'll look spectacular...Keep up the good work. Doug

[del]

As you can see it is not ready for paint. I did sand the rest and started adding the rest of the cloth.

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[del]

My cloth was only 5' wide, so I am working on filling in the bottom.

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I put cloth on the second half of the nose. It is the last large piece to go on the body. I have three more small pieces to go on, but this was the last big piece.



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I am working on the frenched in tag holder. It now has a bottom.


Now I need to fiberglass it in and sand.

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