Wow, looking back at when i last wrote was over a year ago, and what a year it was.
Christmas 2013 saw me and Rich get engaged. 2014 saw the house project continue. We blitzed through the house doing all the rooms in the big renovation, all while organizing a wedding! October 2014 we got married, of course the beetle and mini were a part of the day! What a year, here are a couple of photos before getting back to the Beetle
So just after Christmas I started to get back on with my project. It has been cold and so not getting on quite as quick as hoped and still doing it just one day a week as have the garden to tackle in the new house and we want to get on with building the garages.
Rich spent a day doing a little more welding and i have spent a day starting to clean up the welds. just a little bit of welding left now. There were some really difficult bits in this with it being on the body rather then just underneath.
I got a bit of cleaning done on the gear box and some of the greasy parts and some of the other engine parts.
Then i have spent a couple of days under the car cleaning off the grime from the bottom. Looks pretty good for its age. lots of cleaning up, a bit of rust to treat and a quick coat of paint to keep it looking good.
While waiting for a few bits to dry i got a cleaning up some of the glue from the carpet on the inside.
it has been really good to be back on with it an progressing it again. How fast it will go we will have to see but hopefully as it gets warmer and longer evenings with the light i can start to crack back on with it and get it back on the road. Will it be ready in 2015? We will just have to wait and see
Christmas 2013 saw me and Rich get engaged. 2014 saw the house project continue. We blitzed through the house doing all the rooms in the big renovation, all while organizing a wedding! October 2014 we got married, of course the beetle and mini were a part of the day! What a year, here are a couple of photos before getting back to the Beetle
Rich spent a day doing a little more welding and i have spent a day starting to clean up the welds. just a little bit of welding left now. There were some really difficult bits in this with it being on the body rather then just underneath.
I got a bit of cleaning done on the gear box and some of the greasy parts and some of the other engine parts.
Then i have spent a couple of days under the car cleaning off the grime from the bottom. Looks pretty good for its age. lots of cleaning up, a bit of rust to treat and a quick coat of paint to keep it looking good.
While waiting for a few bits to dry i got a cleaning up some of the glue from the carpet on the inside.
it has been really good to be back on with it an progressing it again. How fast it will go we will have to see but hopefully as it gets warmer and longer evenings with the light i can start to crack back on with it and get it back on the road. Will it be ready in 2015? We will just have to wait and see
