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11-01-2012, 07:40 PM
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New member greetings from Dave in Canada
Greetings
I am entering this website because I am interested in improving my metal working skills. I am 65 and retiring from an academic position. My hobbies include working on cars. I have restored a 1965 type 3 notchback, am in the process of doing a second 1965 notch and am about to begin the restoration of a 1958 Karmann Ghia. All of these cars require metal work and I am trying to learn the 'old school' ways. I have posted much of my work on this webpage, http://www.sandersonmotorsports.com if you're interested in having a look. I am pleased to report than none of these cars has bondo. I look forward to participating and learning from this site. David Sanderson, Vancouver BC Canada http://www.sandersonmotorsports.com 
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11-01-2012, 08:11 PM
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Welcome to the forum, Dave. I spent some time looking at your cars, you do very nice work. I share your enthusiasm for VWs, I flipped a lot of them in the '70s and '80s: loads of bugs, but also a couple vans, a ghia, and a 914. After that, all the starter cars were too far gone rot-wise to invest time in. Way too much salt here, and most of the cars were considered disposable by their owners.
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11-01-2012, 08:33 PM
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Dave, welcome to the site. Your cars look great. Guaranteed you will get something from this group of metalmen.
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Rick Mammel
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11-01-2012, 08:40 PM
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HI Dave welcome to the forum
Peter
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P.Tommasini Metalshaping tools and dvds www.handbuilt.net.au Metalshaping clip on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEAh91hodPg Making Monaro Quarter panel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIpOhz0uGRM
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11-01-2012, 10:19 PM
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Peter
Thanks for the welcome. I see you live in Melbourne. I lived in Sydney for many years in the late '70s and early '80s. I have very fond memories of my time there and of the beaches. Somewhere around here I have a jacket that I bought on Toorak road. I didn't do much car stuff there - mostly surfed! Dave
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Dave Vancouver BC Canada 1958 Karmann Ghia 1977 Porsche 911 1964 Porsche 356 C
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11-03-2012, 06:40 PM
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Welcome fellow Canuck. I just joined here myself. Your Ghia comment caught my eye. I had a '69 when I was in college. Ugly stock orange but zero rust. Despite school boy low funds, I had a mechanic friend help rebuild the engine to 2 liter displacement. Gotta love those VW bolt-on jugs. First time I dropped the clutch, the front wheels pulled off the ground! A classmate friend was an autobody guy, so I did the prep & he did the spraying, nice maroon fine metallic paint job.
So many years ago, kind of miss that weird little car. I was the only guy scraping the INSIDE of my wind shield in frozen Calgary wintesr! 
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11-04-2012, 03:44 PM
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Hi Peter and welcome to the site!
David
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Metalshaping DVD. www.metalshapingzone.com Metalshaping with hand tools on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGElSHzm0q8 All things are possible.
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