The bugs in the beetle

Well the beetle as any 37 year old car isnt perfect so ill post the small shit i do here.

Today i fixed the cable for the gas door. Fixed the fresh air inlets in the front, and opened the sunroof for the first time in eight years.

Finally got my cable for my phone so here an update with pics.

When i fixed the fresh air vents it just seems that when they put the cd player in they just never hooked them up.


When i had the brakes apart to clean/fix them i discovered that my right front wheeel seal was bad. So i changeed that and decided to paint the brakes at the same time.

Decided the engine bay was next so i pulled out the two cooling tins that can be removed and cleaned adn painted them.


The Largest one needed some straightening.


Also cleaned and painted the air cleaner.

After I reinstalled the tins and the air cleaner.


After i replaced all the aluminium heater hoses. starting to look better.



The reason the beetle isn't coming along as fast as it should. been Building a piece onto the barn for me to store it and work on it. I am no carpenter so no bitching and the cost of the building so far is NIL. Just been scrounging parts. Me and my grandfather been working away at it.

that car is in really good shape for how old it is, based on the pictures anywas

shes 37 years old. she is in excelent shape except for on spot in teh front crossmember has two holes about the size of a pen not worried about them until this winter when i have it all apart. and just ahead of the rear wheels is starting to bubble the paint still not gonna worry about it until this winter.

alexward wrote:

and just ahead of the rear wheels is starting to bubble the paint still not gonna worry about it until this winter.

do you realize how salty the air is here?

nop why would the air be salty? not like we live on a fuckin ocean.

I've been around cars long enough to know whats good and whats bad. i have no worries about tehm breaking through this year the car is now sittin in a building with a wood floor with a breathable cover over it.

alexward wrote:

nop why would the air be salty? not like we live on a fuckin ocean.

I've been around cars long enough to know that i have no taste, and still needs daddies help, i have no worries about tehm breaking through this year the car is now sittin in a building with a wood floor with a breathable cover over it.

fixed

yep you got it. still need daddies help ROFL never had a dad. my grand father enojys working on the beetle and knows more than anyone on this site i mean hes only been workin on cars as a mechanic for 50 some years.

Ford your car is faster then me being an ogre. Probably handles better too cause its not a a million years old. jeesh...i wish i wasnt a big ogre fuck.

lol

I seen this car at Jordan Hubbard's the other week and it looked in pretty good shape for sure. Definitely a dub worthy of a photoshoot even if it does have a lawnmower motor. Air cooled is for practicality not speed. Represent Ytowndubs at MVOC and bring it to a meet on Tuesday sometime man.

i have to say this dub in its age is more impressing with the technology advances they had for the time period then what is on the road today for VW. even though the gas furnace is harder on fuel then the car itself and the spare tire windshield pump get up is cool even though you will have a half flat spare in case of emergency lol

Got two boxes of parts today. new tail pipes, polished stainless eyebrows, oil gaskets, valve cover gaskets, proper VW jack, New headlight, and a glove box with spot for hidden cd player. will have pics up tomorrow.

The gas heaters in the front which mine does not have burns about 1 liter per hour.

And as for the windshield washer running off the spare i truly have no clue wtf they were thinking, mine is currently set up cheater with the original hoses in place but a 12volt motor hidden under the dash The valve in mine is broke. But i am starting to source parts to put it back right sometime.

Well heres some new shiny stuff. I have my eyebrows and tail pipes installed.
Eyebrows old and new.


Turns out they are a bit lower than the old ones but i like em.


Tail pipes. OLD


New



Turns out i ordered the wrong headlight i got one for an american beetle. So ive gotta find one for my german bitch.

Got the light semi-temporary wired in the beetle barn

whats the running total on this? are the parts expensive?

LOL wheel seal 2$, wheel bearing inner and outer 15$ you be the judge. No i find parts very cheap just hard to find at times.

alexward wrote:

LOL wheel seal 2$, wheel bearing inner and outer 15$ you be the judge. No i find parts very cheap just hard to find at times.

patients is a virtue.

iCiviC wrote:

patients is a virtue.

They definitely are. How else is a doctor supposed to afford that black Benz?

SMG wrote:

iCiviC wrote:

patients is a virtue.

They definitely are. How else is a doctor supposed to afford that black Benz?

your a clever fella Jordan, Clever indeed.