Just a quick update, been working hard but managed a VW’d festival (in my Mazda!!!!) and some time in the garage. Got as far as cleaning up the rust and old paint on the left side of the car and doing a trial fit. The nose is slightly too long at the moment to get…
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Rear on hold, finish Front First
I haven’t finished fitting the rear of the heater channel yet due to the changes I will be building into the body to make it a pickup so I decided to complete the front of the car first then move to the back at a later date. I’m trying to keep everything bite size so…
How to replace a heater channel
Since I’ve already done the drivers side, I thought it would be a good idea to have a dedicated page in replacing the Beetle’s heater channel. Step 1 (replace or repair) I’ve done both on different cars and found a quick fix will need more repairs at a later date so if you’re patching a…
New year new side
Had some time to start on the other heater channel and this side was so completely shot, so that taking the old Channel out didn’t take very long. Deciding to take a bit of time prepping the panels before I started welding has pushed me into doing an “in depth” clean and modification on the…
Back home for more welding
After five months away, I’m finally home and have a bit of time to do some welding. Last time I worked on the car I was finishing the A post repair and attaching it to the new heater channel. So starting with a bit of weld grinding and looking over the work I left. I…
Away again
Sorry for the delay in the next stage of the build but Work has me in the Far East until November.
More time on the A pillar
Managed a full morning on the car, finished the welding on the repair to the front inner wing and start repairing the A pillar. I also repaired one of the wing mounting bolt holes by welding a nut to the inside of my replacement material. Cutting the bottom of the A pillar was a bit…
Some new metal for strength
Finally had some time to work on the car. I left the car for sometime with the heater channel removed so before I went I added a scissor jack under the door, to stop the opening from spreading. I also spent some time removing the black primer from the new heater channel. With a couple…
Been away again
Work again puts the Beetle project on hold but I’m back for a little time so I hope to be progressing the heater channel repairs soon.
A quick update, heater channel replacement
Got the old heater Channel out and it was so far gone it virtually fell out. Got a few days of cleaning up ahead of me but I decided to make my own repair panels for the front. Stages to tackle: repair lower A pillar. Clean bottom of B pillar fit heater channel repair front…
Home, recovery and garage
Finally home and after a few days recovery I decided to jump in my very messy garage. Even with the best intentions my garage seams to collect stuff, especially during the winter! So to make space and due to lack of time, I’m stacking everything on the back wall and hoping I don’t need anything…
Unavoidable delays
well, the project is on hold at the moment due to me being over 4000 miles away from it for 3 months. Work as always gets in the way of most projects but I’ll be back before the end of the year. Ive got time to plan a few things and it’s always good to…
Rescue of a Basket Case 