Monday, November 30, 2009

1971 VW Beetle

So do you recognize anything up there? It's Teen1's Volkswagen all taken apart. The Lord of the Manor is doing a restoration project on it. It all started with a little engine work....

Here is the totally rebuilt engine. He took it all the way down to the block, had it machined and a bunch of other technical stuff, then built it back up using the proper parts. Before it had some stuff that wasn't original/correct, but now it's all good.

Then he removed all the fenders, doors and hatches and started repairing and repainting the body.

Teen1 chose the original 1971 Volkswagen yellow. I think it's a good idea to keep it original. added later: It's called Shantung Yellow.

Here it is in the spray booth with primer on the chassis! Yippee! It's getting closer and closer to being done every day.

The Lord of the Manor is even painting the wheel wells and the inside.


We are all getting excited about the bug here Amongst The Oaks. Especially Teen1!

3 comments:

Stickhorsecowgirls said...

Cool! My husband and I had a 1971--green--bug! C

Lynn said...

Yeah, we had a blur one in pieces in our garage for two months...
Feeling your pain and love!

Tara said...

How great is this!