I love bugs.. my first car was a 68 I paid $25 for - rod through the block. Bought a $175 baja bug jumped so much the doors wouldn't close. Put the 2 together, finished it when I was 15 and blew it up a few weeks after my license. I was doing lots of burnouts in my driveway till I was legal though

I had 4 others after that one

$25 I can't even buy an air cleaner for that much times have changed!

I love my old bug, its so much fun to work on. Its nothing more than a go cart with 3 more cylinders

almost everyone I've come accross has had a VW themselves of a friend with one and they always have a story to tell.

back in the 80's-90's our midget sprint cars were pushing 320hp N/A on methanol using the flat 4's. You could run one of those motors on E-85. My fav bug was my first - had an 1835, dual Dell'Orto's, killer cam and stinger exhaust. My last one was a 67 baja bug with a warmed over 1600, but it would run all day in the desert around Palm Springs (Windy Point)

I love the california bug look and would gladly buy another.. or a vega.. or a 69 cuda.. or a demon.. or.....

just installed the new rear apron

YAY!!!!!!!!
coat # 1!





Hopefully i can spend each day of the week right after school applying a coat or wetsanding, and then paint would be completely finished next weekend.

nice!

I was wondering when you'd be back, obviously you've been buisy!

I found it that if you get paint on your hands, corn oil works great to get it off.

Also, the mineral spirits works pretty well in getting cleaning whiteboards. Who knew.

and i found that when you have red paint all over your hands that you just could simply not get off, everyone at school will look at you weird and ask how the heck you got your hands so bloody.

I know its a little hard to see but I've started with the fenders, they had a few dings but nothing major. They're in primer right now.

looking good!!

btw.. I want that little Herbie stuck under those boxes!! Poor little fella....

lol, that was my first bug. It used to be a Peg Prego electric car, working lights, horn, detailed gear shift with two speeds and reverse, real working brakes, detailed VW wheels, the whole shot!

unfortunately the electricals fried and the steering broke. So I salvaged the body and mounted it on a pedal car chaise. Pretty soon I'm going to put a weed eater motor on it and have a field day!

well i did coat #2 on Monday, wetsanded on Tuesday, nothing on wednesday, and today i layed down coat #3.
I am doing farely thick coats, because i am running out of time, i will just have some extra quality time with mr. buffer when its back together

Overall i am satisfied with how the paint is laying down but not satisfied with my rushed body work. it definately shows, but really if you saw what i started from it isn't htat bad... Considering it had a part of the bump smashed in 2 feet long, tons of dents, didnt have that gas door, etc.




So tomorrow i will put on coat 4 and touch it up, and this weekendi will probably start putting the whole truck back together!!!
Im going to keep the paint out because i know there will be some things i missed or need to touch up.

over all I think the truck looks great, that shine is fantastic!!!!

the body work isn't that bad, getting something perfect takes a very very very long time. I've been doing body work on my bug since January and I'm still not all the way done!!

Thanks.
It should look 100x better when i buff it out all perty . And when all the chrome trim, emblems, bling bling is back on so your not looking plainly at the paint job.

I can't wait until i start getting things back on it!!! (a few days!).
It is truely amazing when a 3 year long project goes back together after paint. wow!

I wet sanded the two coats of primer and applied a very thin coat of paint.

I have a question for the guys here. Does anyone know of a place that would mix Rustoleum to look like a certian color? I've been to Home Depot and Lowes, neither of them can do it?

I have heard (but not verified for myself) that the ACE Rust Stop enamel (supposedly the same formula as Rustoleum) is supplied as a tint-able neutral base, which can then be custom mixed to any color.

The question is whether every ACE store does this, or only select ones.

hm, I guess I might have to get creative. L87 Pearl White is a very strange color, it always looks completely different depending on the light. It also has many different shades of beige, green, gray, white, etc...

I do have a paint sample of the color, but like you said. trying to match it might cause a lot of frustration