ive started on my beetle

right i started on my 1972 beetle yesterday and found some rot ,well alot of it i now need to replace the rear floor pan on both sides as the person i brought the car of did some bad repairs.

but theonly thing im not happy with is that i did see the repairs before i brought it ,but i did not think he had dont such a bad job
ok rant over  

Pics!  8)

ill get some up at some point  

mk1ash said

ill get some up at some point  

I'll wait then……….. Gonna be long?…

Tian

i will take some as soon as i can lol

right here is one pic of the two beetles his and her,s you could say lol i will take some more soon

Fair play, that was bloody quick going there.

Looks like you've got your work cut out for you with that one. A well sorted Beetle always turns heads though!

Tian :wink:

If i had some spare cash I'd get another beetle, had a 72 orange, a wizard roadster and a convertible a few years back, loved em..

good on ya mate, whats the plans for it

ok got some more pic,s i paid 550 pounds for this but it has had 4 new wings a new front end and back end ,new bonnet ,and a rebuilt engine with a 1600 head and a lightened a balanced fly wheel with twin carbs  

the plan is to weld new floor pans in the sort the rest of it then it goes on the road as my low and slow car  

I love Beetles - I had one a long time ago. I'd love to tackle a full-on rebuild, now that I have loads of tools, somewhere to work, and can weld. I nearly bought a Beetle as a project last year (but instead, chose to start on a VR6 conversion…..but that's another story!).

If I did one I'd be stuffing a hi-po motor in the back!

i luv them to mate i have wanted one for years now i have the cars i wanted ,all i have to do is get them on the road  

Good luck in your build!!  I'm sure your find more car cancer in your old bug, cut it out and replace it!!   I keep finding more in mine, but to be honest I haven't got much metal left on it!  

i no that feeling mate lol