Running and driving
Front bumper on, hood up and sealed, new wheels and tires on, painted rechromed hubcaps, and with an NC title. NOS front lights too.
Archive for the ‘VW Karmann Beetle 1962’ Category
Final Assembly
Saturday, March 5th, 2005Interior
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005As returned from the trim shop. Excellent fit and finish although they were unable to use the long chrome on the outer hood. We also had the front and rear windows fitted with new rubbers and chrome trim. (more…)
Buildup
Friday, October 1st, 2004We stripped off all the old material from the hood so it too could be powder coated. All the wood was amazingly in good condition – we think the hood had been refurbished at least once before and new wood used. We ordered the material for the new hood from convertible specialties CA. Excellent price and very knowledgeable. NOS rear lens and license plate lens. Found a period NC tag plate from 1962 – all legal so long as you carry the current tag in the car with you. (more…)
USA Trip
Thursday, January 1st, 2004The move to the USA was not kind to Brunswick – she sustained damage on the trip and had to be sent off for repair. Before:
Paint – 2
Thursday, October 3rd, 2002Delivered to Terry’s. By this time we were having serious doubts over the colour. Luke convinced us that the bright blue was not the right colour. His words ‘Nah that won’t look right, what you want is a nice pastel colour like Beryl Green’. If only we knew we could have had two bugs of Beryl green in the family – this would surely not work. (more…)
Paint – 1
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2002This is the point at which we started to question the Brunswick colour paint. The paint was matched and supplied by the Bus Station btw.
Gearbox
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2002Before the body was delivered to Terry’s Beetles (actually while waiting for my slot to come up) I thought I’d do the gearbox and return the rideheight to what I thought would be normal. (more…)
Body Prep – After Blasting
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2002Soda blasting is something best done either in a very well extracted booth or in a very open space – neither of which applies to a garage outside your home. Basically when used dry the dust from the soda is like a very fine dust that is airborne for quite some time before settling. We used over 300kg of soda blast media from Armex and all of this had to be swept up after use. Messy. (more…)
Body Prep – Paint Removal
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2002One method of removing paint is to use plastic grinding wheels (available through Frosts). We soon realised this would take quite some time and would not be suitable for the more intricate parts such as the engine bay. (more…)