Thursday, October 13, 2005


Slowly, things start to happen.
I removed the running boards and was shocked on first sight. The driverside-board was nothing but rust and dust! But then, I found all new heater channels welded into the car. It seems as if the job was done quite good, even though its only spot-welded and rust-prevention is done with undercoat-sealing.
However, the Passengerside is in the same fair condition. The insides of the doors are okay as well and with only little rust to treat.
In addition, I found out that the car received a new passenger door once. It really looks brand new and has some handwritten marks on the inside.
The "reparations" the previous owner mentioned, slowly turn out to be an almost-full-restauration focused on functionality instead of optics, accomplished some ages ago! Provides a good feeling to go on with it to me!
















Friday, September 16, 2005

Hey,
yeah - well, no news so far, but I just wanted to add some more pictures... :-)



In the back you can see my '84 daily driver. It used to have a nice 1.6l with double carbs on it. But due to horrendous gas prices and high mileage per day I set back to single carb. I even consider to go back to the 1.2l motor now...



Currently I'm looking for a period california plate in yellow as the blue ones are for cars from the 70s - no easy find though!


Interior features some cool goodies like radio, fuel gage and clock as well as red carpeting and lining! ... Awesome!






You might want to check some more cool pictures at:
http://www.pixum.de/viewalbum/?id=1017971

Have fun!

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Hey everybody and welcome to my blog.



Soon you'll find here the documentation on the restoration of my 1958 export Volkswagen Beetle - stay tuned!

°° hang loose °°
mario