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Little Sister!
silver - February 24th, 2004 at 06:58 PM

Well I just got my Bug body back from the paint and panel Man, and although I was going to finish it before unveiling it, Here it is.....
The restorer (Hairy) has named it "Little Sister" and I think that name will stick.
Hairy has done a full "PanOff" Resto and a great job he has done too. He even raised the front seat belt mounts to save my collarbone if we have a crash, and even more importantly to stop the belt slipping off the shoulder as they are prone to do. This will be going on the restored Pan I got from Craig Torrens, with all the crome replaced, whitewalls and a DP 1600 motor
the car was last registered in 1980 and has only 80k original on it there was little rust and minimal wear, Having spent 24 years in a garage, waiting for Me! It was too good not to do a full job on it. Now comes the fun, part putting it all back together....I hope to have it ready for the Nationals but as I wont be rushing it, It may have to make it's Debut at Nambucca

1303Steve - February 24th, 2004 at 07:05 PM

Schweeet:thumb

XXX-1.8T - February 24th, 2004 at 07:31 PM

looks nice:beer

waltermitty - February 24th, 2004 at 07:38 PM

Looks the goods Wayne, what year is it?
MitcHELl:cool:

silver - February 24th, 2004 at 07:51 PM

Its a 66 Mitchell. I am looking forward to this being finished, My very first Car was a 66 Bug and after Bla Bla years of owning VW's It will be nice to do a proper resto on a Bug.. The pan I got from Craig is very cool It has new everything This will be one tight little unit...

XXX-1.8T - February 24th, 2004 at 07:57 PM

cool another 66 like Shazza :)

twoguns - February 24th, 2004 at 09:10 PM

hairy is good. he did a 66 for me back in 1996... i still remember his favorite word. not really something i can put on this site though.:D

am sure you will be very happy.

Anthiron - February 24th, 2004 at 09:15 PM

that is one good looking dash 2G:thumb

silver - February 24th, 2004 at 09:15 PM

Yes Hairy is good! He did my splitty too, he swears he will never do another full resto and he swears and swears:o

baybuscamperkid - February 24th, 2004 at 09:37 PM

yup, little sister sounds like a good name.

looks great too

XXX-1.8T - February 24th, 2004 at 10:24 PM

whos hairy?

silver - February 25th, 2004 at 05:30 PM

Hairy is John Harris he has been restoring VW's and Porches since Adam was a Boy I was Introduced to him by Steve Muller

lardo - February 25th, 2004 at 07:16 PM

And he also has a way with words.

VWCOOL - February 25th, 2004 at 08:02 PM

Cool resto!


Little sister... reminds me of my housemate's little sister. Nice and fresh..;)