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Taking your time. Many guys that I know that are wanting to restore a bug want to jump into a car real fast. They want to find it, strip it down, buy the necessary parts, slap some paint on the car and off they go. They rush to get the car done for the upcoming […]
Keep your shop clean! When doing any sort of work on cars in your garage, keep your stuff tidy and organized. Frustration can build if things are out of order, things get lost and such. When my work day ends, I make it a point to put everything back to where it belongs. When tearing […]
My second purchase off of eBay site unseen. Car needed a complete makeover with a new interior, chrome, seals, the works.
The cali 1957 bug I bought and thought I was gonna keep, (you will hear this out of me a lot). I restored midnight in the summer of 2007, took him to many shows and won several awards.
This is Hank the 1971 standard beetle. The first VW I bought site unseen off of eBay. Sure enough the first claim I had to submit on something I bought.
You don’t wanna know!! I drove this car 2 hours home after buying it and completely spun out on a major highway.
A near perfect condition VW that I found on craigslist, he was actually only 10 min. away from me too. All this car needed was some chrome, a set of whitewalls, and a shine.
Meet Spanky, a 1971 Super Beetle Convertible. This was my first bug that I bought back in summer 1999 when I was still in college. I knew very little about the beetle back then, so I really did not know where to look for the rust issues and common problems. Long story short, I became a sucker on this one.
My First Sale and major resto was a 1968 Beetle named Hermin. A ground up restoration that needed all new floors and heater channels. A complete makeover with new interior, chrome moldings, seals, and the works. This car I learned on with the help of Rick Higgins and those great “Bug Me Videos.”