well as the title says ,the daughters bf has got the bug or should i say hes bought one ,its a 70 beetle with 1600 t/p some rust but nothing not fixable so now its back to seven cars around the house (3 beetles,2 fords,1 holden,1 pulsar) pics etc later:thumb:thumb

some pics




one of the rusty bits,where seal rail is rusted right through


bad repair on the roof from previous ,previous owner filled dent with bog water has got under and rusted it ,i put some paint on to help stop it going further


and her name is veronica ,from p/o

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looks to be the original colour
unsual to see a 1500 in orange
does it have the colour sticker behind the spare tyre still?

yep its does ,its clementine

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thort so
u never see that colour around
there is a colour on 73-76 vws similar but its called mellow yellow.... go figure i call it fanta orange LOL
i know some ppl that had a 74 1300 in mellow yellow
they sent ti to be resprayed the original colour when it came back it was martini olive :duh

-Joel

close

well the heater channels are a darker orange ,close to red so it has been resprayed a lighter orange but will change no doubt

ohhh, why change the colour,bright (can you see me!) orange, seems to be the in thing according to the doof doofs going around.HE HE :puke :puke

Hi,
You can take the metal channel strip holding the rubber seal around the boot,
and replace it with Mexican type seal
which clips onto the bonnet lip...
You will still need the original rubber across the top...

You can do the same with the engine lid seal

Lee

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug 

well this is the way we fix the rusty front

thanks goes to glider69 Rob for the baja kit

now its looking better, i think those bug eyed baja kits are the dogs nads. i'd love one.
so are you going to keep it orange or has the kit put a different perspective on the car now?

ive got 4 litres of red paint i got for nicks so red it will be,and will have to put wider apart headlights for rego, but will probably put some spotties in the middle holes

do you want to sell the guards that came off it ?? let me know.

Cheers
Craig t

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Originally posted by pod Quote: Originally posted by MR__G ohhh, why change the colour,bright (can you see me!) orange, seems to be the in thing according to the doof doofs going around.HE HE :puke :puke i think its going blue,and no doof doof cars here,doof doofing a beetle is close to blasphemy isnt it

well a little update it now looks like this

more updates
well the Oz day long weekend seemed as good as any to do some rust work

the dark area had a plate pop riveted and a few tack welds over the rusty bits :shock:

both rear corners and the left hand heater channel bottom corner along the lip

next to fill in the holes some idiot cut for speakers

a couple of 15 x 6" rims i picked up ,so now i need some 235 /75 x 15 a/t tyres for them

well the rims now have tyres, $85 each with 10mm tread depth

and a full shot


hopefully start the bar-work next week as the tube has been ordered,just waiting for it to be delivered to my work
and the baja now belongs to me, as the daughters bf decided it was costing to much,so i paid him his original purchase price as i`ve bought everything else

can a mod please move to offroad veedubs

cool stuff. looking good. love a bug eye baja!

noice going man.
flying through it.

looks fantastic already, i love bug eyes.

keep us updated

more work done,thanks to westi for bending the pipe for me


exhaust ive ordered


with this muffler


started rubbing back

Just curious. Are the rear guards meant to be splayed out on the baja or are brackets going to be attatched to bring them in? cheers

front bar half done

looking great, cant wait to see the finished product. yep, gotta love the bug eyes

Good on ya Poddo!

ur flying threw it man.
Got me motivated for this weekend :P
Got a shiz load of study, but will surely fit time in. The bf gonna let you take it for a spin once shez done?

its mine now Chris as he couldnt afford all the stuff i`m buying for it ,so i paid him original purchase price and so the story unfolds

hell yea!

Then man, i can't wait till we both finish and i eventually get some spare time to tail u down the dunes ur way or sumfin and have a blast. :P

dubs always look betta in pairs, and even better when bug eyed

well i`ve mounted the crossbar ,but my hoop part seems to be going \ will have to sort it out as i go



added rear bar this weekend and trial fitted exhaust will have to add another cross brace underneath then take it to work to weld it up fully with a better mig than i have at home