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Welp, Got bored of this.
Between the constant 'tards trying to race and shit from cops, I've decided I'd had enough of the honda scene. In vain, I tried to sell it on cl at a very low price (with the stuff to turbo: intercooler, manifold, and two turbos), in response I received lowballs and shit trade offers.
Slightly annoyed, I began to browse Cl and instantly found my next project, a '73 standard beetle. Car had rust issues and needed a small resto to get it streetable, so I figured what the hell, why not? Got a great deal, included was 95% of the sheet metal to complete the resto. As far as stance is concerned, I'm going with enough of a drop to tuck tire slightly. Trying to shoot for a flush stance, I love slammed beetles, BUT, not really a fan of the narrowing the beam(s) massively.
The first few updates will be strip down/rust care, then it's sheet metal fabbin' time.
Without further a due:
There is no shortage of cancerous rust on this beetle, but the great thing about restoring beetles is that your could buy all of the sheet metal on this car for about $50.42
. Parts are incredibly cheap!
Good ole' single port 1.6, eventually the motor will see some major loving perhaps bore and boost, (or a dual port motor) but for now I'm doing a doghouse conversion and a few small cosmetic upgrades to get it shape.
Pulled the bumpers and started stripping the interior, this process took literally: tens of minutes. Working on a beetle is very humbling, the level of simplicity at which this car was designed is stunning.
To be continued...
Between the constant 'tards trying to race and shit from cops, I've decided I'd had enough of the honda scene. In vain, I tried to sell it on cl at a very low price (with the stuff to turbo: intercooler, manifold, and two turbos), in response I received lowballs and shit trade offers.
Slightly annoyed, I began to browse Cl and instantly found my next project, a '73 standard beetle. Car had rust issues and needed a small resto to get it streetable, so I figured what the hell, why not? Got a great deal, included was 95% of the sheet metal to complete the resto. As far as stance is concerned, I'm going with enough of a drop to tuck tire slightly. Trying to shoot for a flush stance, I love slammed beetles, BUT, not really a fan of the narrowing the beam(s) massively.
The first few updates will be strip down/rust care, then it's sheet metal fabbin' time.
Without further a due:
There is no shortage of cancerous rust on this beetle, but the great thing about restoring beetles is that your could buy all of the sheet metal on this car for about $50.42
. Parts are incredibly cheap!Good ole' single port 1.6, eventually the motor will see some major loving perhaps bore and boost, (or a dual port motor) but for now I'm doing a doghouse conversion and a few small cosmetic upgrades to get it shape.
Pulled the bumpers and started stripping the interior, this process took literally: tens of minutes. Working on a beetle is very humbling, the level of simplicity at which this car was designed is stunning.
To be continued...
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