Here are some pics of the car taken not long after it had been purchased by a previous owner, presumably just after it had stopped being used:
And here's a pic of the fantastic Bug built by Alan Agyik which has provided the inspiration to build this car:
As I'd always intended on giving the finished item to the wife to pootle around in, she first said she wanted the car finished in a creamy colour, so I got my good friend Tonser to change the colour of Alan's car in PS:
However, we decided that colour made it somehow look a little too vintage or even, dare I say it here, Resto-Cal!
As I'm looking for the style to be a fushion of old meets modern and given the current desire for the top German performace cars to mix white with black wheels, Tonz changed the colour again to white and we decided this is how it's going to look (although with a black leather an alcantara interior):
What do you think? I think the gun metal wheels against the white really make it stand out.