some of you may have noticed that ive been on here a little less lately, that because ive been building a 65 beetle. some of you may even rember it as
i brought it off here.
this is how she was whaenm i brought her.
i drove her for a while like this then i decided to pretty her up a little so i started on the panel work.
here it is with polyester filler on the worst parts.
then after the polly was rubbed and some other small repairs were done it was time for high fill primer.
while i was doing this i was also building a new front beam with adjusters in it and narrowed 2 inches.
standard
cutting it
the adjusters
and done, ive skipped a few pics like relocating the mounting brackets and shaving the shock tower inner.
once id finished rubbing her down it was time for paint, the color is the original panama beige.
just rolled her out of the booth and into the sun.
and just one of her out the front of my place.
my original plan was always to 2 tone her, so for the side color i chose a chocolate brown i mixed up my self.
freshly unmasked in the booth (the temp was still about 40 degrees in these pics)
and out the front with a few things bolted up again.
then it was on to lowerering her, just here id like to throw a shout out to adam_C for helping me with the back end. im running 135's on the front
and 165's on the rear.
first i got some new rubber for the front.
then this was the front at stock height with the new rubber
then i slammed the front
then the rear got the same treatment (ive got 2 toned rims on the rear to match the front now) it was dropped 3 inner splines.
and this is how she looks from a few more steps back.
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Tasty! Loved the beige, the detail looks like it needs something to cap it off, don't know what though.
i got new dome hub caps and whitewalls on the way 
That's a credit to you Luke. Nice work. I like the Robri repro's too....unless they're real then I like them even more. :thumb
thats one sweet beetle you have there luke :bounce
Looks good, but I wonder where I've seen that colour scheme before, hmmm.
nah squiz there flat 4 repo's
yeh bone collector, she's been done for a while just got off my back side to put the pics up lastnight, i think its been painted since late
june/early july.
so is yours a chocolate brown ? i wasnt sure when i saw you sweet off road pics the other day.
very nice. 
Awesome stuff Luke!!! Looks the goods slammed mate. Nice colour combo too.
Lets cruise!
sweet, keep the pics coming
Love it. Great work.
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yeah mate painted it my self, getting a wheel aliginment tomorrow hope fully i went looking on saturday for one but it was too low for any one to do
lol, im up for cruising for sure 
just let me know when and where
Cant to wait to see her with all the bling you bought for her that day when i was over! She is looking awesome!
Ash x
very classy, nice work
Lookin good, love the 2tone!
pyro very sweet!!!!! Great job!! 
I knew there was a reason I reappeared here...wahooooo...excellent
looks sweet as pyro :thumb
looks good mate but as i said now all it needs is a t4 2L
well ive been buisy accessorising lately, ive got a few more bits to go and then ill be redoing the interior, so heres what ive got.
a Mr bubble head
and original NRMA badge
a mesh visor
gravel guards.
scratch guards
eye lids
cheese grater
a venetion
a safety star which lights up with the brakes 
and finally for the moment, i threw this in the front boot because the cardboard was shot...
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duuuude... sweeet...
had a ride in this before... so low i think my kidneys bounced out the window... such an awesome sensation!
keep it up brother, 10,000 loves!
She is looking hot as Luke.
Love that old skool bling! Its cool knowing i was there when you bought some of that!
Awesome work! :thumb
Ash x
you were there when i brought most of it
Ha ha, so true, what an awesome shopping spree!
Gotta love shopping for all the shiney dress up parts! :bounce
Ash x