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This is my other project - the "Wonky Bastard".
Car sat for about 13 years, some of it outside and most of it in the cellar under the house. As it was left outside without the air filter housing
then the rain poured right inside the engine, so it was filled with water. Engine got repaired in Latvia by Valdis (the Baltic aircooled guy).
Drives and works fine, but I still need to buy myself a new carburettor and distributor, as I didn't get them back then and those are quite worn.
It's been almost a year from when the beetle got back on the road (August 8th 2017) and so far I've done about 6000 kilometers with it.
At first I wanted to do it as seventies style lowrider bug, but as the body is not very good, then I decided to go with the plan B - aircooled
gasserish/hoodride/weathered look with a lot of grafix (I'm a pinstriper-signpainter-custom painter myself). I already have a "frame off" with
my girlfriend's Volvo Amazon mild kustom project (yes, it's not really on a frame but you get the idea), so decided to keep the beetle a rolling
project without too much worrying about it. Just fixed the floor and it's good to go.
Back to the style - as the direction went more towards the aircooled gasser look, then of course it had to have the Centerlines and quite a rake.
To be honest then wheels are Centerline replicas. Rear tires at the moment are actually wide whitewalls, but just reversed.
In the end though it will be some kind of strange weirdo with hints from different genres.
This is my other project - the "Wonky Bastard".
Car sat for about 13 years, some of it outside and most of it in the cellar under the house. As it was left outside without the air filter housing
then the rain poured right inside the engine, so it was filled with water. Engine got repaired in Latvia by Valdis (the Baltic aircooled guy).
Drives and works fine, but I still need to buy myself a new carburettor and distributor, as I didn't get them back then and those are quite worn.
It's been almost a year from when the beetle got back on the road (August 8th 2017) and so far I've done about 6000 kilometers with it.
At first I wanted to do it as seventies style lowrider bug, but as the body is not very good, then I decided to go with the plan B - aircooled
gasserish/hoodride/weathered look with a lot of grafix (I'm a pinstriper-signpainter-custom painter myself). I already have a "frame off" with
my girlfriend's Volvo Amazon mild kustom project (yes, it's not really on a frame but you get the idea), so decided to keep the beetle a rolling
project without too much worrying about it. Just fixed the floor and it's good to go.
Back to the style - as the direction went more towards the aircooled gasser look, then of course it had to have the Centerlines and quite a rake.
To be honest then wheels are Centerline replicas. Rear tires at the moment are actually wide whitewalls, but just reversed.
In the end though it will be some kind of strange weirdo with hints from different genres.
I guess the summer heat got me trippin'.
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