These first two pics are of my current project. A 1978 Karmann Cabrio. I bought it from a guy in Queensland earlier in the year who had just
imported it out from California. It had a fuel injected engine but somebody did a poor job at converting it to a carby. I saw a fi unit on ebay and
bought it so the engine will be fi again. I also bought an a/c unit for it which was removed from a l-bug in america.
These pics are of my old beetle which I restored, but not to the state which I will do my current bug to. It got 100% new rubbers, reco engine/gearbox and new
paint. It also had quarter window pop-outs.
vw_carrera ·
You appear to be very thorough, nice work and welcome to the forum.
baybuscamperkid ·
nice work, the karmann looks like it will come up a treat!
vdbleu2002 ·
I love anything with a Karmann name to it. Looks like it will be another great car for our roads. Keep us posted
pyr0 ·
how long have you been workin on this one it seems to be coming along nicly at the moment:bounce
Karmann Bug ·
(I have two login names.)
I have had the car since march. Progress is going soo slow because I am no longer a student and I go to 21st all weekend and don't get up till 2pm. I have decided to clean up and spray all the non-visible parts body parts of the car. But will ship it off to someone else to do all the exterior panel beating and final painting because I want this car to be the best in Australia but dont have the money to pay somebody else to do 100% of the body work. (I did all body work and spraying on my old car.)
I am still looking for another rack and pinion bug which I can use as a donor car, because I still need to get the metal located behind the dash chopped out and a rhd version welded in. From this car I can then get the rack, dash, pedal assembly, wiring harness and many other parts just for spare.
vw_addict ·
Welcome to the forum!!
The cars look great and cant wait it finished. Keep up the good work!!!:thumb
Doug Sweetman ·
Like wise - great work and welcome.
Curiosity question - are you converting it to RHD ? If so, as it sounds like you are building a concourse car, where are you getting the dash recovered / reubilt etc ?
Karmann Bug ·
I have to get the car converted to RHD. I am pretty sure that the car has to be 30 years or old for it to be registered LHD.
When I can find one, I will buy a RHD rack and pinion bug, where I can get the dash out of it, but have not even started thinking about a place to get the dash restored.
PHAT BUG ·
Your old bug wouldn't happen to be Kim's (Golde 60) would it. Now riding with a lowered front?
squizy ·
Is this Graeme who sent me the email re air con?
Squiz.....
Karmann Bug ·
My old bug still looks the same, seen it near colonial stadium few weeks back.