well as the title says ,the daughters bf has got the bug or should i say hes bought one ,its a 70 beetle with 1600 t/p some rust but nothing not fixable so now its back to seven cars around the house (3 beetles,2 fords,1 holden,1 pulsar) pics etc later:thumb:thumb
one of the rusty bits,where seal rail is rusted right through
bad repair on the roof from previous ,previous owner filled dent with bog water has got under and rusted it ,i put some paint on to help stop it going further
thort so
u never see that colour around
there is a colour on 73-76 vws similar but its called mellow yellow.... go figure i call it fanta orange LOL
i know some ppl that had a 74 1300 in mellow yellow
they sent ti to be resprayed the original colour when it came back it was martini olive :duh
MR__G wrote:ohhh, why change the colour,bright (can you see me!) orange, seems to be the in thing according to the doof doofs going around.HE HE :puke :puke
i think its going blue,and no doof doof cars here,doof doofing a beetle is close to blasphemy isnt it🤪
Hi,
You can take the metal channel strip holding the rubber seal around the boot,
and replace it with Mexican type seal
which clips onto the bonnet lip...
You will still need the original rubber across the top...
now its looking better, i think those bug eyed baja kits are the dogs nads. i'd love one.
so are you going to keep it orange or has the kit put a different perspective on the car now?
ive got 4 litres of red paint i got for nicks so red it will be,and will have to put wider apart headlights for rego, but will probably put some spotties in the middle holes
MR__G wrote:ohhh, why change the colour,bright (can you see me!) orange, seems to be the in thing according to the doof doofs going around.HE HE :puke :puke
i think its going blue,and no doof doof cars here,doof doofing a beetle is close to blasphemy isnt it🤪
arrh well im straight to hell then with the wireless blarring out.. 😂
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well the Oz day long weekend seemed as good as any to do some rust work
the dark area had a plate pop riveted and a few tack welds over the rusty bits :shock:
both rear corners and the left hand heater channel bottom corner along the lip
next to fill in the holes some idiot cut for speakers
a couple of 15 x 6" rims i picked up ,so now i need some 235 /75 x 15 a/t tyres for them
well the rims now have tyres, $85 each with 10mm tread depth
and a full shot
hopefully start the bar-work next week as the tube has been ordered,just waiting for it to be delivered to my work
and the baja now belongs to me, as the daughters bf decided it was costing to much,so i paid him his original purchase price as i`ve bought everything else 😀
thugbug wrote:Just curious. Are the rear guards meant to be splayed out on the baja or are brackets going to be attatched to bring them in? cheers
no brackets are needed ,thats how they are run to take the bigger tyres,you can get wider than these are,plus tail lights will be changed to early beetle style🤖
ur flying threw it man.
Got me motivated for this weekend :P
Got a shiz load of study, but will surely fit time in. The bf gonna let you take it for a spin once shez done?
well i`ve mounted the crossbar ,but my hoop part seems to be going \ will have to sort it out as i go
added rear bar this weekend and trial fitted exhaust will have to add another cross brace underneath then take it to work to weld it up fully with a better mig than i have at home
