My new project car is a -67 beetle that i found at the same place were i found my Jeans beetle that was last years project in a barn on the countryside.
About my self live on a litlle island in the middle of the Botnian Gulf on the Åland Islands there are about 6000 small islands in our archipelago,well that was todays geogarphy lession
The plan is to build a neat 67 in my own cal look style but i will try to follow the book of the old school look cal looker..
Trim off you go! well maybe not all but its one way or the other clean or sparkling!
My new 67 was repainted a long time ago and i asked a the seller about the color on the car and he told me that the car was originally painted pearl white but when i did a search the only color that matches a 67 white beetle is Lotus white so therefore my 67 is going to be Lotus White with nice looking Brm's and a big Engine
This is when i first got her home... what about cars is it her or him ? Anyway had to start with high pressure cleaning to remove as much 40 years of grease and dirt as i possible could before going in to the garage.
Early October washing the bug:
There was more rust than i excpected, as i live on a island we dont usually salt the roads winter time but in the past it was quite common and yes this is north
which means snow and ice on the lakes wintertime..
I did not by new floor pans as we have to import everything to my island, so i visited a local shop to buy new sheet metal.
New floor under the chairs welded in...
Rust is VERY time consuming
This is a link to my Jeans project car:
http://www.meanbugs.com/punbb/upload/viewtopic.php?id=8588michael....