eros8201
07-10-2008, 10:28 AM
This is the project that I am currently working on...Started as a 74 Bug with 1776cc Turbo motor in it. It was in fairly good shape with almost no rust.....BUT it wasent what I wanted it to be so I am in the process of making some "slight" modifications. Plans are for a 13BT rotary swap a Porsche 901 Trans and a yellow and gunmetal paint scheme. Everything is/has been done by me up until this point. Oh and it is getting a set of Bride racing seats...got them for my previous car most likly will go in the VW....and let the pictures begin....
The original Engine missing carbs and some charge piping...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw9.jpg
Not a whole lot of tear down pictures since I was kind of dirty and didnt want to use the camera
Body off the chassis and fenders removed...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw1.jpg
What the chassis looked like right after seperation...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw3.jpg
Before and after hand stripping with a Dewalt angle grinder...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw2.jpg
Completly stripped...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw5.jpg
Chassis after first coat...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw4.jpg
Completed the chassis...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw11.jpg
Rust repairs needed on the body...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw8.jpg
Stripping the body, once again by hand...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/CIMG1035.jpg
That is where is sits right now, I am just about ready for epoxy primer so that I can stop worrying about rust so much. Then I am going to need to re strip and weld in replacement metal for where it is rusted. Then body work and paint, and last but no least sort out the engine and tranny.
The original Engine missing carbs and some charge piping...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw9.jpg
Not a whole lot of tear down pictures since I was kind of dirty and didnt want to use the camera
Body off the chassis and fenders removed...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw1.jpg
What the chassis looked like right after seperation...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw3.jpg
Before and after hand stripping with a Dewalt angle grinder...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw2.jpg
Completly stripped...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw5.jpg
Chassis after first coat...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw4.jpg
Completed the chassis...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw11.jpg
Rust repairs needed on the body...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/vw8.jpg
Stripping the body, once again by hand...
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/eros8201/Bug/CIMG1035.jpg
That is where is sits right now, I am just about ready for epoxy primer so that I can stop worrying about rust so much. Then I am going to need to re strip and weld in replacement metal for where it is rusted. Then body work and paint, and last but no least sort out the engine and tranny.