George’s Cars

Well i forgot to put this up but we sold the 1972 blue beetle we had.

This is her loaded up to be delivered to Kevin. I know she is gone to a good home.

Well she is gone to a new home. But again she is not going far, only about 3 miles so i should see it again….

With all the work on the buggy I forgot to tell ye all that the red 70 beetle is gone to a new home. There was a few jobs to do before it went. The front suspension had to be rebuilt. The previous owner had removed the grease nipples allowing moisture into the beam, thankfully the beam was still solid but the bearings inside had rusted and the front solid was solid. A few new bearings, a few grease nipples and two days got that sorted.

I had some rewiring work to do also, not that there was any major problems but the new owner wanted a few changes so i agreed.

Last thing she needed was a good clean and a polish. She was repaired about 10 years ago so she needed a little freshen up. When she was finished she looked savage.

She hasn’t gone too far, Alma’s sister Amanda bought it as her first car so I’ll see the car quite often plus it will be nice to have another beetle on the roads of Galway as a daily driver.

The last panel for the red beetle was delivered to the paint shop last week. She should be back in about 2 weeks. It would be nice to drive her for a day or two before she goes to a new home.

The MR2 has left for a new home. It truth is left about 3 weeks ago but it was on one of the longest test drives in history. I know Cathal will look after it, all be it the modification list has already began.

I have decided to try sell the van as is, I have too much on to try finish it so we’ll see how it goes. Being honest, she is a lovely van and if it doesn’t go it wouldn’t bother me but i need to know one way or another.

its an original westy with all the interior stuff in there but its in bad need of TLC, nothing a few hours cleaning wouldn’t sort out.

She recently when through a full respray in original colours.
New Windscreen + Rubber
New Cab door rubbers
New Sliding Door rubber
New Tailgate and engine lid rubbers.
Engine wise, she starts runs and drives but could do with a tune up.

Price €7200 no offers.

If no one here wants her I’ll retrim in the interior and do the TLC and she will be up for much more money then.

I haven’t been updating the blog lately because i haven’t been doing a lot of work in the garage lately. Work has been busy and the family has been a bit under the weather so between one thing and another the garage stuff has been put on the long finger BUT i want to start getting stuff done again.

I’m putting this todo list here as much for myself as anyone else, it nice to see these things in black and white, if might give me the kick i need. Right now I want to start work on the beach buggy BUT i have a few other things to do first.

Blue 72 Beetle:

Sort out the interior, fit rear door cards, install parcel shelf and speakers and fix carpet.

I would also like to do the body work on this but we might have to sell it on so i might sell her as is.

Fit heat exchangers

Red 70 Beetle:

This is away getting the bit of bodywork done, when it comes back it needs a new steering box and front shocks, then it will be sold. We have someone interested in her.

71 Bay westy:

Unfortunately this will have to go to make room for the new camper (more on that later)

Rewire front indicators

Order new door rubbers all round & fit

Clean the interior

Recover the seats and door cards

Sell!

New Camper – Hymer B694:

I’ll put pics of this up soon, I want to finish cleaning it before I start showing it off. As usual, the father and myself bought this together.

She needs a big spring clean and all the appliances need a service, fridge, hot water heater, night heater etc etc

I want to have her ready to use so we can go on short notice.

So that’s what has to be done before I get back to the beach buggy, none of them are big jobs BUT because I’m not getting much time in the garage they seem to be taking forever. I’m hoping to finish cleaning the Hymer over the weekend and maybe start servicing some of the bits in her with the help of a buddy Tristan who works with campers for a living. If you need anything camper related check out the guys on Pat Horan Campers

Finally my bay window is back home. It does look good but there is another weeks work in cleaning her out and getting her ready for sale. Yip unfortunately I have purchased another van,I’ll tell ye more about that later on but basically the bay has to go to make room for the new van, and being honest, the bank manager wants it gone too!!

Well I called up to see progress on my 71 Westy, i was supposed to be picking it up on Sunday but as you can see thats not going to happen. He reckons it will be another 2 weeks before its ready.

I am impressed with how good the body is, it will need a litte filler in one or two spots but not much considering its 38 years old. When it was sanded back to bare metal there was no filler on the van, no sign of accident damage.

So its taking longer than I wanted but by the looks of the quality of the van it will be worth the wait.