My 1973 V8 VW Super Beetle
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Amazing what a little cut and buff can do..LOL! :dncThanks, everyone. :lol1 I know, the garage has become quite a mess doing this paint job. The floor used to be covered with paper. Now…it’s just a mess.
Fantastic work :woohoo: ….it’s great to see something different like that with all of the cookie cutter rods and bikes out and about these days and everyone just copying or following the herd.You should be proud.
I have been to three state fairs, two rodeos, a democratic national convention, a tomato orge, a goat kissing contest and a baptist church and I have never seen anything like it. Nice work.
Thanks for the compliments. It sure was quite a bit of work creating this one of a kind car. Took a lot of creative thinking as well. Boy am I glad it’s almost finished. :cheers
I haven’t got a whole lot done lately cause of life. I did manage to get the wipers on, starting masking the floor for coating, and my bro bought me some carpet for Christmas, which will go in soon.
I also got some pictures and video of the bug outside, finally. 🙂
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The car looks BEAUTIFUL!!!! i hope to see it in person one day around here! i stay in houston as well! just one question buddy, how did you set up your gun? i actually went out and bought the same harbor freight gun you have after seeing your videos! just wondering how you set up the fluid needle and fan along with the psi! thanks! once again, the buggy looks awesome! :rock
[quote=”93foxcoupe” post=16094]The car looks BEAUTIFUL!!!! i hope to see it in person one day around here! i stay in houston as well! just one question buddy, how did you set up your gun? i actually went out and bought the same harbor freight gun you have after seeing your videos! just wondering how you set up the fluid needle and fan along with the psi! thanks! once again, the buggy looks awesome! :rock[/quote]
Thanks! Hopefully we’ll run into one another.
I set the fan to its widest setting. Fluid, 2 1/2 turns out. The psi at the hand was 40 – 45 psi. The psi may seem high, but these cheaper guns need more psi to atomize the paint like a more expensive gun would.
[quote=”V8SuperBeetle” post=16179][quote=”93foxcoupe” post=16094]The car looks BEAUTIFUL!!!! i hope to see it in person one day around here! i stay in houston as well! just one question buddy, how did you set up your gun? i actually went out and bought the same harbor freight gun you have after seeing your videos! just wondering how you set up the fluid needle and fan along with the psi! thanks! once again, the buggy looks awesome! :rock[/quote]
Thanks! Hopefully we’ll run into one another.
I set the fan to its widest setting. Fluid, 2 1/2 turns out. The psi at the hand was 40 – 45 psi. The psi may seem high, but these cheaper guns need more psi to atomize the paint like a more expensive gun would.[/quote]
thank you very much!! ill keep that in mind next time i paint! it is a great gun for the price tough!
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