I always had a soft spot for this car and his history. I hope it will make it into the 13's and lower real soon! Inspiring enough for me to want my own beetle to play with!
This weekend was Daniels 10th birthday...where does the time go? Anyway we came back from London on saturday and got stuck into some work today (2 Mar 2025). The main thing we wanted to sort was the dash board lights, this has proven to be a problem last time, but we managed to get it sorted by wiring in parallel, there is a loose wire in one of the bullb holders which we can sort later. The other thing we found was that the bulbs in the warning lights were so bright that you couldn't see the colours when illuminated, so i bought some LED bulbs to go into them and the main beam bulb illuminates correctly. As i write this i've just remembered i need to do the indicator light,...a job for next week.
I've ordered some stuff to make moulds, so hopefully in a few weeks we may have a little carbon fibre project on the go.
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things are progressing. The 84 is already fillered and I am currently removing underbody coating, dirt and surface rust underneath the body. Would have been quicker with dry ice blasting, but as this is a low budget project I do it the old school way. I still need to redrill the trim holes on the passenger door. The door is new to the car and the lines don't match. Driver door is still waiting for a specialist to gas weld the outer repair panel in, I hope that's going to happen next week. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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