My blog will be about all the weird vintage Volkswagens I can find around the world. It will be mostly a picture only blog, but I will try to add funny comments when I can (not so funny). I am looking to be the trail blazer to this new community. I am in the process of shopping for a Beetle Project so I can not write about my crazy engine modification or anything like that. Well, even if I had one, I could not write about that because it is beyond my expertise. When I get ...

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After having to deal with a bedbug problem in my home in New York City (big problem these days), this Beetle reminded me of my experience. I had to throw away my not so heavily used Sealy mattress, remove all the fabrics out of my house and have them cleaned multiple times and the building spray multiple times. This car reminds me!

Happy Camper you ask? Well, yes. I am uber-excited about finally getting the topcoat of paint on my chassis/pan. Tonight I knocked off all the dust from the summer dust storms on my pan, and began painting. I got one can of the chassis coat from master series, and poured some into a seperate can (as per the directions, to reduce spoilage)... Ok, so my daughter and I started painting away on all the front and rear end parts that I had disassembled and coated with the MS rust preventer... I noticed this paint was quite a bit thinner than the rust ...

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Wow am I behind. I did work on my pan a little this summer. I guess I need to begin where I left off... After going through several 3M wheels, I got the pans and chassis all scrapped down to bar metal. I slapped on the masterseries paint. I did the top side first, then flipped it and did the bottom... (oh, and in case you were wondering, I DID scrap off ALL that black pan shipping paint before I laid down the masterseries) The weather got REALLY weird in July. It rained almost the ENTIRE month! (I live in Texas. Rain ...

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Hello folks. My name is Kevin, and I've been into vw's (mainly aircooled) for about 5 years or so. I have always been into cars in general, since my family owned automotive repair shop for quite sometime. The VW bug didn't really bite me till about 2001 or 2002. Since then I had an iterest in them, but it wasn't until 2004 that I purchased my first VW, 73 super beetle. The car is far from perfect, but It's not a basket case either. It was a good deal at the time, and the car has solid floors and heater ...

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I finally started the assembly, i didn't take pictures of all the process, for one thing or another, i just got some from the first test, and some today looking how much i need to do to set the end play.

This is a picture of my car before I started the project. Some times I wish I left the car alone. In retrospect, the car looks pretty mean on the streets of Brooklyn. Nobody could easily guess it only had a 36hp engine in the rear. I expect to have this project completed by the mid-summer of 2007 complete with a 2000cc type 4 engine.

Here is a look back at what I have gone through to date.

Well, I was able to spend a little time in the garage today. I got most of all the nuts and bolts cleaned and painted. Installed a new front beam, and now I am ready for a shower. Check it out! Let me know what you all think! ;) I am new to this site.. so hi and hope to hear from you! WWW.1967CalBug.Com