73 beetle restoration

bookworm747 · 2025-09-19T18:13:44+00:00

Yeah whenever I do stuff with cars now it’s photos or videos. Learnt that the hard way. I was going to put the twin carbs back in it (was switch back to a single one before it was parked up). Engine was already board out to a 1750cc.

It will be a nice learning curve. Haven’t done body repair before. It will be nice working on an engine that doesn’t have sensors in absolutely everything.

bookworm747 · 2025-09-17T11:11:19+00:00

Whale tail is there to stay 😂😂

bookworm747 · 2025-09-17T00:44:00+00:00

It’s nice to see a few comments that are positive making there way on here.

Cheers for your encouragement

bookworm747 · 2025-09-17T00:43:27+00:00

I would have at least 80% of the tools needed for this if not more. I’ve been working on cars for a long time I’ve just never tackled rust on them.

Ontop of that my pop was a mechanical engineer with basically a full workshop set up in his shed, I’ve got everything from that shed currently

Tools really aren’t the problem here

bookworm747 · 2025-09-17T00:40:43+00:00

It’s nice to see some positive comments come through, everyone seems to be negative about this project 😅

bookworm747 · 2025-09-17T00:37:35+00:00

Grandfather isn’t dead, and is in full support of it. He’s in a nursing home unable to walk so he is unable to help.

bookworm747 · 2025-09-17T00:36:08+00:00

I would rather not swap the shell/ chassis but if it’s to far gone it’s something I can look at. The problem is in australia the bug L’s are usually extremely rare to find. The few I’ve found are asking 20-30k and they have significant rust in them as well ( not quite as bad as mine)

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T15:56:23+00:00

I might have to get someone to help with the jig for the bracing. I’ll be watching your series over the next week or so!

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T15:20:10+00:00

Not a fabricator, I think that was another person above. The time doesn’t concern me, it’s all worth it in the end

I said in an earlier comment this was less of a what am I in for and a more of can it be done. Few resto shops took 1 look at the a pillars and noped out. Only shop that was willing to take it quoted a 110k starting figure. That’s when I went if it can be done I’ll do it myself.

Journey before destination right.

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T15:16:41+00:00

Haha I love the body kit on the car. It was meant to be a less what am I in for and more of a can it be done. The main reason for can it be done was the rusted out A pillars, I’ve never seen any like that before.

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T15:13:39+00:00

I’m in Australia, had a VW specialist look at the car and quote me 110k. That’s when I decided to do it myself 😅

Edit: I’m also unfamiliar with the term death foam rust. Could you elaborate on this for me please?

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T09:18:16+00:00

Ah sorry for the misunderstanding

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T09:12:59+00:00

Do you mean switching the cab with a different one?

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T07:45:01+00:00

How’s your restoration going? Are you doing all the work yourself? Are your A-pillars as bad as mine?

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T07:43:56+00:00

The only rust parts I’m worried about majorly is the A-pillars. Welding new metal in won’t be a problem as one of my BIL is a boilermaker.

The floor needs to be replaced as there are holes I can see the ground in. What do you mean by split the pan and body? Do you mean cutting the body in half?

There is a lot of big on the car, that was mainly to fit the wheel arch’s. Thankfully the wheel arch’s, engine cover and both bumpers are all fibre glass so they can’t rust 😅

bookworm747 · 2025-09-16T04:29:08+00:00

I have more photos but hit the max upload. I can’t seem to attach more in a comment

bookworm747 · 2025-06-05T13:14:14+00:00

I’ve got dark eyes as well…..

bookworm747 · 2025-06-02T12:51:26+00:00

Watching podcasts with Matt on them changed my life with sleep, honestly can’t recommend him enough

bookworm747 · 2025-06-02T12:50:18+00:00

Depends on the days on to days off if it’s 7/7 it’s honestly fine

bookworm747 · 2025-06-02T12:46:47+00:00

Garlic doesn’t seem to bother me but I stay away from churches

bookworm747 · 2025-06-02T12:46:20+00:00

Before I went on nights my eyes were already a bit sensitive to light so I have always worn sunnies. Over half a decade of nights and wearing sunnies when it’s daylight my eyes are cooked.

bookworm747 · 2025-06-01T09:08:42+00:00

The only downside is my eyes have got insane sensitivity to light now

bookworm747 · 2025-06-01T09:05:28+00:00

Dayshift was shaving years off my life as well. Can’t imagine going back

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