Hi all, I thought I would show everyone my work so far on my 1967 Deluxe Beetle. Slow and steady wins the race for me. I’m not looking to finish this tomorrow but want to have an end result that I will be proud of.

This photo is the first photo we took, in the garage of the old owners....lol

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The day he arrives.....we call him Google...
because we allway look on google to get information on him.

Googles New Home.........& My Boys

Now, this had to be shown...The old owner said to me...We lowered the front and back..This was his wifes car...I cant confirm if it ever drove on the road like this but i have a bad fealing it did.....

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Boys helping me pull google apart.

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Hi Welcome and great pics...

More pics are welcome..

cheers

Lee in Scone

working on our floor pan....

doing a few rust repairs....

more rust repairs....

The result of a little time and care....

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started on the panels first, as we stripped the shell and it looks like its had a hard hit in its life, big side cut and shut, plus a lot of panel bashing..would have to use to much body filler for my liking...hance the reason for the hunt for a new shell.

The first shade of colour...Acrylic paint, forgiving but so much rubbing and buffing...i am no painter but after hrs of work just on this panel, its all worth it.

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not much more to show right now, just about finished the other guard and have painted the front bonnet. Im sure lot of hrs rubbing on the bonnet once ready. I wait 2 weeks after the first 3-4 coats then 1 month after the final coats before i cut back ready to buff...some might say why so long..to let the paint settle. dont realy care how long it takes, as long as it looks good and i can do it myself.

Paint looks great to us mate.

Good on you guys for giving this one some love.

As you say,.. 'Rome wasn't built in a day.'



Emily likes your cat in your avatar.

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Originally posted by Carl and Emily Paint looks great to us mate. Good on you guys for giving this one some love. As you say,.. 'Rome wasn't built in a day.' Emily likes your cat in your avatar.

ok, attached are some photos of my LHS front guard, not that it looks any different to the other side, just thought I would post some more photos..
Going to start on my deck lid now I think.

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just some updated photos

just need to let her sink back for a few months and finish off the doors, cut her back and giver her a final paint jod and she will be on the road. looking forward to this summer.....