Hello, long time viewer, first time poster. I have a 1962 1200 12v beetle named Bertie. He runs ok, but is idleing roughly at the moment. He seems to be in pretty good condition, but i know nothing about engines. My dad bought him about five years ago, and he has been sitting motionless under a carport for the last three (the beetle, not my dad). His paintwork is a bit cracked and chipped, and there is some rust on the bonnet and in the corners of the doors, but otherwise the body seems quite good. I'm hoping to get him overhauled and resprayed, but i have to save up more money first. i think he is a great looking car, and look forward to getting him registered again and getting him on the road. I've always loved VWs and now i have one myself!!! Rock On Australia!!

yep. great aint it.

keep on saving and get it on the road.if its only rusty in the doors and surface rust on the bonnet, do the mechanicals first and on the road. feel free to do work on it yourself. i've found that most mechanix repairs are as good as my own (slow) idiots guide approach. if youve got more $ than time, find a old vw specialist.

check the bottom of the front pillars and have a bit of a poke at the botom of these. if the heateter channels are good, you've got a real goodie for a 62.

sounds great welcome Bertie

Damnitt, photos are too big. I'll try again - Sorry -

Anyway, i can e-mail pics to anyone who wants to have a look.

thanks people.

hopefully!!!

here are some pics.

interior

funky colour!

nice dub

engine is pretty dirty but no major problems.

Pretty cool. The engine bay looks like it needs a bit of a tidy up.

sweet ride but.

sweet ride

very nice good work

nice colour! look out for Join Muirs idiot guide to Volkswagens...very easy to read guide to working on bugs... (sometimes cheap ones pop up on ebay)
Hope you can get him on the road soon

paint job looks good in the pics, but its quite cracked and chipped. Still, he's in pretty good condition.

Hey, I just took these pics about 30 mins ago. Hopefully you can see the rust in the door frame and on the bonnet. Very minor.

on the bonnet.

And the champion is here. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!

Nice ride. Good to see another member from the pine rivers. Door pillar may have been repaired before as it should have 4 holes at the bottom not 3. The brazil repair panel that fixes this has 3 holes. So clean back carefully to see where repair panel was let in. Good luck!

Hey bertie.

Sweet ride, looks great! you may want to look under the carpet along the heater channel near where the rust is, I had a very similar looking rust patch in my bug and both my heater channels (near the vents) were pretty well rusted out. I hope that yours are cool, just thought that I would let you know.
cheers Daz

my 61 has 4 holes

looks good fixed it up and enjoy :bounce:bounce