I bought my first bug!

April 4, 2007 on 3:48 pm | In Volkswagen Beetle |

Well I finally managed to find a beetle that I thought was worth buying after looking around at quite a few.

I didn’t want one that was completely rusted through but at the same time I didn’t want one in perfect condition because it limits the amount of work you can do yourself.

It was a bit of a pain picking up the beetle, I had to travel to Bromley by train which was a nightmare! I got my first train at 6:30am and didn’t arrived until about 12!! After spending all that time on different trains I decided I was going to buy the car regardless of the condition anyway because I refused to get on another train.

She was born in 1971 and runs a single port 1300cc engine. She needs welding on one of the heater channels (damn!), passenger door and some plates under the front.

Get this though.. I stopped off at a petrol station on the way home and someone reversed into her and smashed one of the back light units..DAMN! Luckily it was just the light cover which is about £10-£15 and the guy gave me a £50 note so I guess I did well out of that.

I bought a MIG welder with the intention of welding her up myself so all I need to do now is learn how to weld ;) This easter weekend I intend to replace the front beam with an adjustable one to lower her. I also need to lower the back but I’m not exactly sure how this is done yet.

Once she has been lowered I want to tcut her and clean the wheels up so that she’s nice and shiny ;) I also want to remove a sticker from the rear bumper and some stickers from the windows. Hopefully I can get all this done between easter Friday and Monday.

Once this work is done I want to look at welding her up but I think this could take awhile because I need to learn how to actually weld first.

Click the thumbnail to see her in all her beauty ;)

1971-beetle

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  1. What is it with SEO people and VW’s? Must be the tinkering about with stuff we all love to do. I still have my 71 camper in a chicken shed back home, I’ve driven round Oz in a combi, driven through Europe in a Vanagon painted as the mystery machine & I’ve had more beetles than you can shake a stick at. VW nationals this weekend in Sydney… I will get the pics up next week

    Take it easy with her mate, shes beaut :)

    Comment by pilkster — 6th April, 2007 #

  2. Wow pilkster! I know who to bug for help and parts now :p

    Comment by admin — 7th April, 2007 #

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