I'm Buggin' Out Man.

[M.Doban]

I flipping love old Bugs. Keep up the great work on this one!

[Nick475]

looks good sean!

[Leftouch]

Pans be gone...


Trans be painted


Rebuilt the axles


All fresh and painted


Thing's left to do

1.paint
2.stance
3.interior/wiring
4.???
5.funtimes

[Leftouch]

Some more patch work:


Rough grind passes after tacking, never took any pics of smooth passes and skim coat.


And now I bring you to one of the MAJOR issues I've found thus far. The passenger side rear quarter was in rough shape and needed a lot of fresh sheet metal. I figured no big deal, it's only a little more welding? WRONG!

I went to grind away some paint to start drawing lines and found the great wall of bondo. Three layers, roughly 1/4" thick.


After grinding away 10 tons of bondo, what I was left with was a relatively straight panel, albeit needed some straightening but the sheer amount of bondo was insane.


Sealing the inner quarter area before I weld in the outer skin:


more...

[Leftouch]

It's been a good while since I've done an update on this build thread. Just finally found my dslr charger, so I've been able to start shooting pictures of progress again. There's been a fair amount of ups and downs since the last update so I'll let the pictures do most of the talking. P.S. Fuck Rust.

The front nose piece had some cancer, so I sectioned the rot out and made patches using 20ga mild.


one of the patches- pre cancer underneath the seam sealer has been ground away as well...


Got a new toy for the shop for xmas- this gun will outperform most 1/2 air impacts!


Pans have been coated and are ready to be welded onto the chassis


Just a small amount of the patchwork I've had to do: mainly to the fender fastener panels.


Initial tacks


Filled and cleaned, awaiting a skim of evercoat.


More to come...

[DasBohan]

Looking at your build is really making me want to build a bug )

Everyone should build at least one!

[244Brick]

Looking at your build is really making me want to build a bug )

[Simply Classy]

I'm loving all of these threads with the Bugs... Good work so far, cant wait to see more.

[DasBohan]

I have a 73 sedan myself. your engine looks mint. great work.

[Nick475]

Subaru swap it!!!!

[mtmorto]

Its my dd at the moment, its an ink a orange '76 02.
[/IMG]

Nice! I daily mine too. The bug is coming along great!

[Leftouch]

Been a while, between work and school haven't had too much time to focus on the beetle. Work has dropped off and I'm nearing the end of the semester, so I plan to finish most of the rust work and have the pan and body mated before the end of december.

Had to take a bit of a break from the rust removal/repair, so here's some pretty engine bits. Painted the block, fitted the dog house and cooler, tins, heater flaps and gen.


Removed all the tar board and test fitted the stainless louvred back splash.


Got the old cross member sectioned out and mocked in, its amazing there's any sheet metal left at all.


Just have to section in the lower quarter and wheel house, and she'll be looking good again.


Welded and seam sealed


More to come...

[PhilipWOT]

Its my dd at the moment, its an ink a orange '76 02.
[/IMG]

Thats a kickass DD

[Leftouch]

Looks good! Is that your red 2002 in the second picture?

Its my dd at the moment, its an inka orange '76 02.

[mtmorto]

Looks good! Is that your red 2002 in the second picture?