On Friday I picked up a '69 Bug in reasonable condition for my son, ( 16 going on 17) with rust in the usual places, heater channels and front door pillars, a little where the rear guards meet the tub. Lot's of Bog , but only filling dings and dents, so they're no great problem, just some simple panel beating to be done there.
My son wanted to follow in my footsteps by having a "Classic", and not some flash plastic without a soul. We have 6 months for the project, before he's eligible for a drivers licence.
Below is a link to a pic of the Bug arriving home after I picked it up, using my '54 Willys , the VW is unregistered, but drivable ( actually it has an excellent motor)
I've seen the adverts for Micks in Brisbane, so that's the one and only dealer I've managed to find .. so far...
Are there parts sellers nearer to Maryborough, Qld which I could visit and get a look at what's available.?

Cheers
Jon




[Edited on 28-6-2004 by JeepDraw]

And if someone can tell me how to edit my Profile, I'd appreciate it.
My Home Page URL should be screenprinter not screnprinter...Oops!

welcome and good luck with the resto

Hi Jon,

What you need to do, is in the top right hand corner of your screen (below the 'logged in as JeepDraw')

There is a link saying 'Control Panel/ Options'

Click on that, then your control panel will pop up.
there is a button there saying 'Edit profile'

http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/memcp.php?action=profile 


http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/memcp.php 

And that should be it.

(i think though if you click on the first link there it should take you straight to in anyway though)/

Cheers,

Zac

Evening!

Dan

Great Idea!

I have alwasy had this plan lined up for when I have kids, will make them appreciate the car a lot more!

Good luck. Keep the progress reports coming.

keep us posted. i have recently bought a 69 for my daughter for when she gets her license in 12 months or so. mine looks very similar to yours. colour even .good luck

keep us posted. i have recently bought a 69 for my daughter for when she gets her license in 12 months or so. mine looks very similar to yours. colour even .good luck

Hi DJ,

I thought there was a Vw Mechanic in Bundaberg, seemed pretty keen when I talked to him last, it's closer than Brisbane too.

Gr.
:bounce

Thanks fellas, I checked out the Web and the Yellow pages yesterday, there's a bloke up in Bundy, and a few parts dealers near Micks in Brissy. I have to take the lad down there on Monday .. some Uni. Engineers thing he's doing on the school holidays. so we can check out what's available.
The biggerst concern at the moment is the front seats, one's a high back and the other is .... well..not so high, but they do match..... they're both buggered.....
I checked the local wrecker and I can get two matching Hyundai seats , came out of a roll over on a car which had done only 4000k, so they're almost brand new. What is generally used that fit... or is it still possible to find originals for a '69..... any ideas?....
Below is a pic of those matching seats....
Thanks for the help on the Profile too. all fixed now...Much appreciated..

Cheers
Jon



[Edited on 29-6-2004 by JeepDraw]

As a few pople had asked for an update, below is what the heater channels looked like after I removed most of the bog..the other side is just as bad.
I'm making up new panels and I'll post a pic of the job after welding .....oh! the joy of it all!...

Jon

the seats in my bug are out of a daewoo. They needed modification but basically u keep the bottoms of the old chairs and put the new ones on top

lovely car, shame about the heater channels.
May I ask how much you paid for it? That is basically exactly what im lookin for
cheers

just done a rust hole myself good luck with the job
btw i love that 54 willys too.
my favourite pastimes dubs and 4WDing:thumb
and welcome to the forum