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UPDATE
19/04/2011
The day has finally come were my other ‘better’ beetle comes, I was like waiting for Christmas but it eventually come and it is in a lot better shape than the red chassis but it still by no means perfect a quick look of things means that the floor pans look as if they could...
17/04/2011
The gear box was on the first thing to do, so I got my tools and me and my dad set about getting it out, we first undid the bolts holding the boots together the 12 nut (6 on each side) were some of the hardest bolts to undo that I’ve come across hitting the bolts with the trusty...
16/04/2011
So today I decided to take some parts of the engine to bit ready to clean up and put back together so on we go first the exhaust
16/04/2011 by joshsav, on Flickr
16/04/2011 by joshsav, on Flickr
It was only a couple of bolts but the rust had taken grip so out cam a hammer...
UPDATE
15/04/2011
Small update today which is good, when I first got the red beetle it had two batteries in it I tried to fire the engine but they were flat so I left one on charge all night. Then this morning I got to the battery I had left on change put it in but it wasn't any good, must be...
i was looking and thinking it was the wrong one but the red one is just for the engine and box, i have another one coming that is in better condition but still a 1303
well this is the first time i have ever done anything of this nature, and im doing on a budget. ohh and excuse the ammount of photos
Well as a introduction to this build, I went to insure my Clio with a few modification and as usual the insurance company didn’t like me and quoted me £3000 with...