[T3] Dints in the side trims?

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Tue Feb 11 23:11:53 PST 2014


The set I sold Raff was the wide '66 trim.  It did cost him over $100 to
have it all pounded out and polished, but it came out very nice.


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:

> It may be helpful filing a slug of metal to fit the profile of the strip.
>  I
> did one for my Beetle running-board trim - your '66 side trim is the wider
> side profile I assume.  Be careful - Beetle ones were polished anodised -
> not easy to repolish without destroying the anodising.  Is the Type 3 wide
> rocker (sill) trim stainless?  If so, you can do almost anything and get
> the
> polished surface back again after tapping out the dents.
>
> Dave
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of ROSS G
> CLARKE
> Sent: 11 February 2014 22:21
> To: type3-vwtype3.org at lists.vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] Dints in the side trims?
>
> Hello everybody from Down Under (Australia),
>
> I am wondering if anyone has or attempted to remove dints from the
> Stainless
> Steel side body trims of type 3s?
>
> New are expensive from this part of the world and good second hand ones
> almost impossible to find here.
>
> Will experiment on an old trim to see how successful small beating works!
>
> We are having high temperatures here (40 Deg Cel.) and bush fires, a
> complete contrast to most of your Northern States!
>
> Regards,
>
> Ross Clarke ( 1966 Type3 Fastback)
> Ross G Clarke
> 0402 487 469
> clarkeross28 at internode.on.net
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