Pretty nice, For only $500.
This is the Front Trunk, i painted it my self :)
Those are snow tires from a Super beetle, our Pastor
gave us a pair for free, and we needed a spare, so I threw it in.
This is the engine, Its never been rebuilt, but we did
a tune up on it. and all new basic top parts. I assumse it is the original
1500cc engine. But it goes pretty fast, so I'm not sure. It does have a
30 PICT carb. on It, so I just don't think about it, it makes me more and
more confused.
notice the oil funnel in the corner, my dad hung it there,
He uses about 1 quart every tank of gas, The engine leaks a lot, well not
to bad, but it still leaks. I am going to rebuild it this summer.
DAY 2
We got the shell off after 10 hours
of work the night before and the day after. 10 a.m. we had the shell off.
and started right in.
The floor pans literally touched the ground, at least one...this is
actually in pretty good condition, ou can see the heater channel bolts
and there mountings still on.
As you can tell a sight for sore eye's.
I am in the midst of digging up what ever old pictures of this
I can find.
Augustr 29, 1999
Update... new rims $350, plus lugs, and caps.
Engine, runs decent....a little shacky sometimes...clutch
is too tight, and the front right wheel bearing is bad..
We ordered the front bearing, and were gonna replace
it soon.
September 7, 1999
Today wee finally got the drivers
side washer to work. It all happened by accident. First off I went to try
to fix the washer flued, not knowing there was a hole by the washer, the
flued/water, sprayed all over the radio, and I heard a nice cracl;ing sound
even though the car was off. Wow, not good, the kept flowing even after
I turned it off. So here I am now crackling radio, dad standing by me with
fire in his eye;s, and watrer pouring down the back of the radio. Well,
we cleaned it up, and then we took, the air vent out, and then the radio(which
still had water coming out) and then the wipper motor, etc. Then we got
the rusted old wiper pivot shaft sucker thing undone. Well, needles to
say 2 hours later, and a little bit of weld we got it in, the radio is
fried, and the washers don't, we were trying to kill to many birds with
one stone...let me tell when one thing gets fixed on this car, another
goes out....when will it end....oh, the insanity!!!!
July 25, 2000
Oh the beetle...I have successfully
pulled the engine, and stripped it down to the jugs. Cleaning and repainting
nearly everything,. i hads to replace almost all the seals, and the main
seal, was the leakiest. when replacng don't forget the little circle seal
in the fly wheel itself, thats vital. The clutch disk was shot to *%$#@
and well, that was the main reason for taking out the engine, It is in
tonight, i took it out yesterday atr about 3:00, and stopped work at 12:00(a.m.)
I replaced pushrod seals too. I also reground the oil pump face plate,
for better oil pressuure. The tranny needed new rear mounts so those were
also replaced, as well as a new gas line to get rid of the old original
one, that ripped in half on a slight pull.
I ahve to tighten a gas line, and put one more engine,
bolt on, in order to get that last one, i needed 2 people, its the starter
one. I also have a broken arm, with an elbo cast...that stinks, its greasy
too.
it should be up and going tomorrow. I am going to try
to take it to michigan to our cottage.