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So My money and time have been occupied by another project lately. I was given a super beetle by an older lady. It was her husband's car when he passed 6 years ago.
When I first saw it, it was covered in dust, had two flat tires, and a dead battery. So I put air in the tires and a battery and it wouldn't start. so the next step was a tune up and it back fired through the carb. I popped the hood and realized that #1 and #3 wires were switched on the cap. swapped them out and it fired right up. (Yes, I put the wires on the car but I swapped them one at a time so that wouldn't happen). I tried driving it around the block and it would achieve a top speed of a walking pace. I then rebuilt the brakes with all new hydraulics and drove the car home.
So now I am in the minor resto/ making it a DD phase.
I picked up a new set of tires for her and I really wanted to clean the wheels up and paint them before I mounted the new tires.
Before:
After:
I used the Rustoleum Hammertone Silver on them. They turned out pretty well. I am a novice painter at best.
Nice, I used the Duplicolor wheel paint on a set of steel wheels for my X-Trail. I like the hammer finish. Love the old beetles, hope you get her going without a lot of $$ invested.
Nice VW!
I had a 72 squareback, 72 beetle, 78 scirocco, 82 desiel rabbit and 86 jetta. I miss the air cooled's. Think thats why i like
Air cooled bikes. Good luck with the project. Tons of parts for them.
Had two beetles including a 73 super beetle, best cars I ever had. People always say to me they are so unreliable, I say show me your new ford after 30 years of being passed down from one mechanically inept person to another!
Aah I miss my beetle......^-^
Rad. I had a '66 that literally broke in half. Haha. Got it running like a top and BLAM! End of the line. Had to give up all my VW dreams. Just no room to store/rebuild a car. That said, I have an older hippy friend (he's in his 60s) that I have known for years. Anyway, he's got a 65 Single cab sitting in his yard. All there but rough. According to him, if I help get it back on the road its mine. Looking to start messing with it this summer.
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