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It's been a LONG time coming but after owning the car since the tender age of 16 (I'm now 23!) finally it's having it's body off resto!
:hangloose 
When I first saw the car it was sat in the corner of a backstreet garages yard, full of scrap metal, old tires piled up on the roof. It was 3 days away from going to the scrap yard!
I bought it there and then. Probably not the best idea since I knew NOTHING about beetles at all! Still, I've learnt the hard way!
In the seven years I've owned it I've somehow managed to become stupidly sentimetally attached to the rusty heap of metal (sound familiar?). I know a lot of people wouldn't think it's worth saving since it's not a particularly desirable model but hey, it'll all be worth it to me! Plus I've seen some really cool 'Late lookers' on VZi which makes me determined to see this resto through! :hangloose
Unlike a lot of you daring people I don't have the time, space and if I'm honest, not enough balls to do this myself so I've got Merv and his crew at DubMonkey's in Tavistock working their magic on the car!
It's going to be a while in the making but I just thought I'd get a few snaps on here to share with you chaps and chapettes to see what you all think.
My aim with the car is to make it a cal looker with late 1200, upright wings all round. Nice set of gasburners/porsche 2 litres, nice rake on it, maybe a slightly narrowed beam. I'm pretty certain I'm keeping it orange although I'm not sure what shade (ideas?!).
Feel free to put your thoughts on here, I'd be glad to hear what you guys have to say.
This is the car the day I took it down to DubMonkey's. Floors, heater channels, hookey's pillars etc, all of it on the roof. Had a few funny looks driving along
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When I first saw the car it was sat in the corner of a backstreet garages yard, full of scrap metal, old tires piled up on the roof. It was 3 days away from going to the scrap yard!
I bought it there and then. Probably not the best idea since I knew NOTHING about beetles at all! Still, I've learnt the hard way!
In the seven years I've owned it I've somehow managed to become stupidly sentimetally attached to the rusty heap of metal (sound familiar?). I know a lot of people wouldn't think it's worth saving since it's not a particularly desirable model but hey, it'll all be worth it to me! Plus I've seen some really cool 'Late lookers' on VZi which makes me determined to see this resto through! :hangloose
Unlike a lot of you daring people I don't have the time, space and if I'm honest, not enough balls to do this myself so I've got Merv and his crew at DubMonkey's in Tavistock working their magic on the car!
It's going to be a while in the making but I just thought I'd get a few snaps on here to share with you chaps and chapettes to see what you all think.
My aim with the car is to make it a cal looker with late 1200, upright wings all round. Nice set of gasburners/porsche 2 litres, nice rake on it, maybe a slightly narrowed beam. I'm pretty certain I'm keeping it orange although I'm not sure what shade (ideas?!).
Feel free to put your thoughts on here, I'd be glad to hear what you guys have to say.
This is the car the day I took it down to DubMonkey's. Floors, heater channels, hookey's pillars etc, all of it on the roof. Had a few funny looks driving along

