Dad decided to start work on the red bug today so he got the engine ready to pull out and I gave him a hand to actually drop it out. I really don’t understand some people who work on beetles, there were 3 repairs to the accelerator cable, the repair parts would have cost more [...]
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Well i haven’t done much work on the blue beetle in the last few days. I have the paint ordered. Its taking a while to match the paint. I was supposed to be getting it today but now it is going to be next week. I know I can start the prep work but I’m [...]
Right, quick update, managed to get the wiring sorted. The ignition live from the fuse box to the speedo had been broken and so it only required a quick repair and all is well and good. So now all the electrics are working. Thank god, it has seemed like the last week took about a [...]
I’m getting sick to the teeth of wiring, how is it that something so small is so blooding annoying. Yesterday I went to bring the beetle for a test drive. First problem was I had no warning lights, no oil light and no charge light. I know the system is working fine so I drove [...]
I was working on the blue beetle again tonight. I’m nearly there with the wiring. I have two small problems still to solve. This is how it looked when I started tonight. First problem I had was the radio issue. After consulting the good folk of www.eircooled.com with no immediate solution, I decided the grinder [...]
Tonight I started the wiring on the beetle, boy its a mess. First problem was that the lights weren’t working properly so that was first on the todo list. I finally figured out the wiring diagram (why are they printed so small) and it was easy after that. Next up I started chasing some of [...]
Another job over the weekend was the exhaust, it was old and rusty and looked like shit so I replaced them with new ones I had around the garage. Old New on the car:
Well I’m just finished in the garage for the weekend. With the two new bugs home we wanted to give them a once over and make a start on the work for them. That reminds me I must start a file for each of them now. First up was the blue 72 bug. The wheels [...]
Well Alma and myself flew over to Mancherster on Thursday morning to collect the 70 (Red Bug). To be honest it was a fairly uneventful trip, thankfully. We had about a 3 hour drive to the ferry and 7 hours to do it so we took our time, Alma even managed to get some shopping [...]
1970 CAL LOOK, BRAND NEW 1641CC ENGINE WITH CERAMIC MONDO EXHAUST, PORSCHE COOKIE CUTTER ALLOYS, DISC BRAKES ON THE FRONT, LOWERED FRONT BEAM, NEW STAINLESS STEAL US STYLE BUMPERS Nicest thing about this car is the interior. It looks better than it did the day it came of the production line.
