Tag: restoration
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Some Goodies
Got some goodies in the mail today despite the nasty weather outside. Got my lap belts from Wolfsburg West and an assortment of goodies from CIP1. I opted to go with the European tail light lenses just because I like the look a bit more. Also swapped out the OG turn signal lenses. Was skeptical…
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Speedo Rebuild
Since we’re not doing anything major to the ’68 Beetle, there are a few things that I want to freshen up on it. The car has a brand new interior, dash, carpet, rubber mats, seat padding and covers, etc. Last week I freshened up the wiper arms with a good cleaning and fresh coat of…
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Where Is Spring?
Itching to do a little work on the Beetle, but winter still has a terrible hold on us. Just too cold to be working outside or even in the Beetle Cave. Added to the laundry list of things I want to change out on the Beetle, some to make it safe. It has the original…
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Last Of The Tins
The industrial shields arrived today for AwesomePowdercoating. Hopefully the weather will be nice enough to work in the garage and put the remaining tins on the engine.
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New Sled Tins
Got the new sled tins in from Chircoestore.com today. Props to Joe at Chrico! I ordered these off of Ebay on morning and later that night, I realized that I had ordered chrome tins instead of black. Dropped Joe an email and explained what happened and he replaced them before they were shipped out. Exactly…