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The waiting is over(now with pic's)
jayjay - February 6th, 2014 at 03:09 PM

Hi to all,We'll after all the years of wanting a bug I finally got one.She(Betty ) has bean around Melbourne for a while and I am the next chapter in her life,She is a1964 bug with a 1600 tp motor.Ive had a few prob's with her but am learning how to fix and hopefully better her.I had to replace the front beam for RWC and then the rear main seal decided to leak so out came the motor.I decided to change the fly wheel and stater motor to 12volt at the same time (had problems starting her a few teeth missing).so a bit of a baptism of fire but I love it.The plan is to lower the front a new paint job and keep driving her she is my every day driver.Cheers JJ.
PS will post some photos as soon as I work out how to.

jayjay - February 7th, 2014 at 08:28 AM

This is Betty

jayjay - February 7th, 2014 at 08:30 AM

And another one

jayjay - February 7th, 2014 at 08:31 AM

Last one

Camo - February 7th, 2014 at 11:54 AM

Congratulations on finally getting your bug and welcome to the forums.

Car looks very neat, just wondering why you needed to replace the front beam? Did they say it was bent?

Kev

jayjay - February 7th, 2014 at 01:07 PM

Thank's Kev when I took her in for a RWC he found it was sitting on the bump stops with no travel at all.So to get her on the road I replaced it with a stock beam and now she sits to high.The old beam was cut,dropped and welded with no adjustment.So now I need to work out what sort of beam ,drop spindels to put in her.cheers JJ.