Here is the Dirt Beast as it is now. I have decided to remove the dash pad and leave it off, making it look like a little older VW. I like it better off. The Baja is moving right along. The wiring is finally completed, I have installed the new fuse panel and spent countless hours reading wire diagrams. After talking with Speedy Jim and de-cyphering the Vintage Bus website I now have the lights, brakes, dash interior lights all working.
04/15/2003 was the day for the title hearing. I now have a copy of the title and it is in my name. The story on that was that, I bought the bug from a friend at the body shop, well,... I say bought, anyway, He gave me the bug if I would haul it out of his way. But there was NO title to it. I had to trace the Title back 4 owners until The County finally had a name that was on the title. From there, I had to send them a letter showing that I had the car and make sure that they didn't want it back. After a month of waiting now I have the Title and it should be here in a few more days.
04/17/2003: A guy that I work with called and asked if I still had a bug for sale. He had been by the house and saw the other bug I have sitting in the driveway, but didnt realize who it belonged to. After we talked for a while, he and I decided to do some trading. He is going to do the body work and paint for the other bug I have sitting. Fair Deal if you ask me. It will be sometime in the early summer or we will wait until fall to do the paint job.
Later that evening, I pulled the dash pad off and finished the wiring.
Here are some updated photos:
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