Body wise its immac, no rust at all! Only in passenger door..... Shame the back has been cut off. Was at 50th anniversary meet in hobart in 2003, had front mudguards on the back.
Engine was filled up with diesel oil, and blows so much smoke. Keeping the beetle front, baja rear.
#UPDATE at BOTTOM#
kmesh ·
don't mean t sound rude or inpollite, but is there a question in this post. or are you asking for comments about the car, or help, or...?
squizy ·
kmesh wrote:don't mean t sound rude or inpollite, but is there a question in this post. or are you asking for comments about the car, or help, or...?
I think Will is just pointing out that he's just scored himself another project for a carton of beer.
I don't want to seem rude or impolite, but is there a point to your large signature file?
Joel ·
x2 ^^
would suck for alll the ppl on dial up that have to wait for unnessary pics to load up
I also don't want to seem rude or impolite, but who wants to take bets on this one finding a new home soon? 😂
Rural Baja ·
Joel wrote:I also don't want to seem rude or impolite, but who wants to take bets on this one finding a new home soon? 😂
Thanks mate! Not sure which way to go with her yet, Back is probably too far gone for a resto...... But make an immac baja!
Rural Baja ·
Managned to get some work done yesterday, bleed the brakes, fitted a new accelerator cable and changed the oil, butstill blows smoke! Rings must be stuffed but would you beleive you just have to touch the key and she starts!
Got a 1500cc to go in with a baja exhaust then i can fit my rear bar work and paint her! Will be the same colour as my 63, turquoise with a white stripe.
Bumper overiders thanks to Eddy, cheers bud 😁
Rural Baja ·
Long weekend just gone by........ Had a bit of an accident.
Been using her all weekend at the shack, up and down the beach, cruising, fishing and ran into a little problem. Hit a sand bar which turned out to have a BIG massive rock in the centre. Nosedived, sprayed sand everywhere and heard a massive crunch.....
Result? Caved the whole front apron in back to the beam,wheel well, and where the id badge goes, buckled it and made a real mess. This is after i have used a hydrolic jack and a crow bar on the car ramps to straighten her. Very disappointed but lucky, i wasn't hurt.
Overall though, the bug did a great job and after a rough straighten was back to work!!!
And i didn't catch anything except seaweed 😵💫
And those pics of the Landies, whoops... Dial-Up lol
Joel ·
whats with the landys?
trickysimon ·
Maybe thats the beetle after the crash 😂
Simon
pod ·
wheres the smashed up pics ??? we want to see the carnage to this 1/2 a baja👍
Rural Baja ·
pod wrote:wheres the smashed up pics ??? we want to see the carnage to this 1/2 a baja👍
They last post shows how droopy the front end is. I didn't even think of taking pics of it after the crash. When i get down there the weekend, ill get some of under the bonnet and under the front guards.
This whole thing could have been avoided if i hadnt swapped my 15" wheels for 14", they have now been swapped back but sill not happy.
grumble ·
You are right the rear end is a bit iffy,but not as bad as a Lada Niva with dual wheels and VW guards on the rear and the top chopped to make it a cabriolet,unfortunately for him the RTA got him before I could get a picture of the horror. Bugger!
Rural Baja ·
RIGHT! Got off my arse and have done a little to the bug 👍
After the crash i decided that i shouldn't continue wrecking her around the paddocks and the beach so i decided to breath a little life back into her and make sure she is around for a few more years 😂
Trailered her home,
Started pulling her apart:
checked the front end damage:
After pulling her out she came out a little better, i used a bit of wood, a rubber mallet and a crowbar to bring it forwar a further 3 inches from where she was after the crash.
Guards off:
lhs door had a couple of holes so out came the filler, guards where re fitted so i could get the contour right when smoothing the ripples out....
Finally got a later model roman nose for the cover and had to shave the edges off with a grinder as she wouldn't fit.....
Floorpan came back in really good condition, needing only a wire brush and a coat of chassis black paint.
Then off came the guards again, and she was all sanded back and ready for the undercoat.
Found a full set of mags plus two spares, painted them too
An old buggy:
provided me with:
And what am i doing now?
As she sits now,
Should be finished real soon but not giving anything else away haha
eraser ·
Did you paint that in your back yard? what did it come out like? did flys land on it?
Rural Baja ·
Yea do everything myself, and yea in the backyard, no problems with bugs or flies which is handy. White 2 tone turned out A1, doing resto tommorow depending on the weather. Did the mags today and started tinkering with the engine......
Rural Baja ·
Update:
Fitting the guards
Rural Baja ·
I wanted it so it would be a good representation of what could have been built in your backyard in the 70's, thats why i have fitted a period aerial and wheels 👍
Rural Baja ·
Engine out, gotta grind it out today for a 12v flywheel and starter.....
Rural Baja ·
Completed!
eraser ·
Damn nice job. kudos.
Rural Baja ·
Thanks 🙂 Real proud of her, took her up the beach today and engine purrs like a kitten 👍
Rural Baja ·
First run up the dunes and she went beautiful!
I changed the wheels over for 15’s on the front and bigger wheels on the back and its a lot better. So im now on the hunt for 15inch wide mags.
After the run up the dunes where she went beautiful, on the way back i nosed dived her again, so a baja kit was sourced and fitted. Now i have more height at the front and it goes even better on the dunes! a set of reduction hubs have been sourced and will be fitted very soon.
Finished Bajaring Her!!!!
Rural Baja ·
pod ·
now it looks like a baja,dont they have to have engine cages down in tassie??? as an engine hanging out like that is not good for inquisitive hands🙅good job Will👍
Rural Baja ·
pod wrote:now it looks like a baja,dont they have to have engine cages down in tassie??? as an engine hanging out like that is not good for inquisitive hands🙅good job Will👍
Thanks Mate 😊
The car is registed with restricted vehcle rego meaning that no roadworthy certificate needs to be showed when the car goes in for the application for rego. The restriced part means you have to specify where you want to drive (within 10km of your address) so i have it so i can use it up the beach and on the bush tracks etc.
If you want to fully register her, you need to have bar work over the back, and mesh around it in the event of a pedestrian getting a little to close. You also need rear mudflaps and seat belts (But its a 61!) 😂
Hope this helps,
Cheers Will
glencsiro ·
Hey Bill, nice work on the Baja, your ingenuity continues to amaze me, haven’t done too much to the 62 yet aside from some cleaning up and striping.
I'm in the process of rebuilding the workshop and concreting the floor for all the tools I've been collecting (Mill, Lathe, Tig welder all that fun stuff) and I got back from Antarctica last month so I'll be into Wilson soon enough.
Cheers again mate and I hope you and you old man have more fun.
Glen
matt ·
you must have great neighbours to be painting outside, i would shot, arrested and carstraighted if i was to paint a car outside!!! 😁
looks great tho
matt
Rural Baja ·
glencsiro wrote:Hey Bill, nice work on the Baja, your ingenuity continues to amaze me, haven’t done too much to the 62 yet aside from some cleaning up and striping.
I'm in the process of rebuilding the workshop and concreting the floor for all the tools I've been collecting (Mill, Lathe, Tig welder all that fun stuff) and I got back from Antarctica last month so I'll be into Wilson soon enough.
Cheers again mate and I hope you and you old man have more fun.
Glen
G'day Glen,
Good to hear from you mate, good to hear some progress is being made on the old girl 🙂 And yea it sure helps to have a decent workshop instead of a backyard hahaha 😀
When your up the north of the state drop by, would be good to catch up.
Cheers Bill
Rural Baja ·
Few pics of the rig in January, hasnt been out of the shed since then!
mickey_0789 ·
Hey mate,
Just wondering, what type of paint did you use? a 2 pack type or what?
Rural Baja ·
mickey_0789 wrote:Hey mate,
Just wondering, what type of paint did you use? a 2 pack type or what?
Just enamel i think, ill take a look.
mickey_0789 ·
Thanks mate.
I wanna paint my own and tried a bit with acrylic but its too rough.
Cheers
Rural Baja ·
UPDATE!
Booked in for a roadworthy in two weeks... Now the fun starts!
baghall ·
Well done hope all goes well with roadworthy!
Rural Baja ·
Regoed 😉
Rural Baja ·
Last shot... Very happy 😉
Rural Baja ·
🙂
Rural Baja ·
Certainly a transformation from a $25 paddock basher. All built to a budget of $1500 including rego.
Doesnt get much better than that 😁
matberry ·
Well done. Looking great now
tasdex ·
good to see some tassie guys about ..
neato job on the baja ,
not often seen a two tone one .