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very nice project!!! respect!!!

but i have just a note, your tires are directional tires but one of the rear tires are mounted in the wrong direction, no??? i think it's the right tire...

hope see more pictures because this beetle looks very nice!!!!

the tyres are on the right way, they are vredestein ultrac sessenta,just not like most tread patterns...

Hello ricola,

How is your project now ?
because is very impresive !

There has been quite a lot of rust repair!

















Cut down Kamei flush fit to body


Exhaust and rear valance finished


radiator intake



Air filter system




Time to get the chassis out of the garage and get ready for prep/paint on the body now!

great Job !!

thanks for the pics Ricola !

there are plenty more on my website

coxy-ben a écrit :thanks for the pics Ricola !

+1
Very impressive and attractive job !
especially the management of cooling and reinforcements of frame, because little running on our VW.

je pense que ce gars est fou

I'll put up some more updates later on, it's all in paint now!

great news!

ricola a écrit : I'll put up some more updates later on, it's all in paint now!

what color is it ???


great job !!!!



Benoît.

Very nice job!

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, the biggest job has been stripping the underneath of the whole body to get it all painted in epoxy mastic. Bloody horrible job!

I took a gamble on a 996/boxster spacesaver wheel fitting and it does with loads of space to spare in a variety of positions! For interest, the tyre size is 105/95R17.



I cleaned up the rear of the front valance and welded on some bolts for the intake mesh, all edges prepped for plug welding on.



50x3mm strip with captive nuts welded on to the bottom between the inner wings to give a rigid mounting face for the air dam.



Front valance plug welded back on along the sides and bottom and then painted up in the epoxy. It's made the whole front end incredibly rigid!You can see I also painted the whole underside of the body in epoxy.



Carpet strip plug welded back on to the top of the heater channel and painted.



rear interior modified bodywork given a good epoxy coating



Rear end also got the epoxy treatment. Just about ready to start on the external paint prep now!

paint prepwork.


Rear quarter panel skimmed and smoothed...


I welded up the LHD wiper holes


Bonnet needed a few sections replaced due to poor previous repairs rusting


Kamei mocked up again, luckily there is a suitable double bend on the bottom of the front wings to mount to. I plan to make a mould out of the cut down Kamei piece and a metal strip that will be bolted up on to the body, I'll then make up a fibreglass part.


All mocked up to see the final effect. I don't think I'll get away with running the numberplate there unfortunately!


Bodyworking the rear wings next...