About another week or so, and it should be ready for some paint - I'm waiting for solar heater to start working again, and the wind to stop.😂
Posting pics is a struggle, and if I manage to find an easy way to do so, I will. Meanwhile I'll stick to the easy stuff - repairing the rusty Beetle shell, and welding in the roll cage etc.
Hoping not to find much mechanical damage, as it looks OK - except for the f....ing broken brake drum.😠 Using GENUINE VW drums now.
Thanks again to those people who have helped out along the way, particularly Steve Muller, his brother Adrian, Rod Penrose, John Fabiszewski, etc.
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
Same mousetrap - only a fair bit heavier, thanks to the roll-cage. May have to squeeze a bit more out of the engine, but don't want to risk making it unreliable, as it has been running sweetly for over 3 years. Still a bit more in the suspension tuning though, I think.
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
Saw the pic of it on the trailer in the VW Mag-lucky your pretty short or it could have been real nasty.You should have got a pair of those horn producing rear discs of Gears while you were there.Good luck with the rebuild-Gary
Listen Gary, I'm not putting those new-fangled disc things things on, OK😂 And what's this 'short' bussiness? Oh well, I am now - after the whack on the head. I think that I lost at least 1" - and also I'm not as tall.😂
Kev (camo) will post some pics for this poor old fella, won't you Kev?
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
From what I remember-Ron was telling us you could afford to lose an inch or two from another area.Shame he didn't get a photo for proof.How you coming along with the photo posting training? Gary.
Listen Gary, just behave yourself.😁 and I'm too busy painting No. 8 right now to be mucking about with photos. I managed to fluke one a while back, but I don't know how, so when I get a bit of time, the photo thing will happen - just stop picking on me🥲
How's your car coming along?
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
I have seen this car in the flesh, gunna be a good car, lots of body work has been done, just goes to show how lucky some of us are to be able to have the good cars.
We also disscussed the disc brake option and greg has some perfectly good reasons not to want to use them.
Jeez Greg you have put a lot of effort into the "NEW 8" Good call with the later door locks and strikers.Is that your shed you are working in? Just beautiful.I am still plodding along with mine-2 steps forward,three backwards.There were some serious faults with the Autocraft engine I bought for it,so have stripped it for a full rebuild.Now it's apart,I have decided to turbo it,so can fit a turbo grind cam.Those heads I got from Geers-I have had them rebuilt,so it will breathe well.Sanchez has done well with buying Rods old car-he probably won't need most of the stuff he bought on the trip.Did you ever get all the parts you needed from Chucks' to finish the soft top car you were restoring?Cheers Gary.
