62 RHD Vintage German Look

[F-22A]

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.

[F-22A]

So although I'd been given strick instructions by 'er indoors not to buy anything until the current project is finished I haven't been able to resist collecting a few parts. So far I've acquired:

A cheap repro heater channel:



Pair of Heritage floorpan halves. I've actually since sold these as I discovered via my other project these are a bit thin. So I went out and bought some of the grey WW ones:



Rot free decklid which I think came from Sweden:





A pair of NOS 56-61 tail-lights. Not correct for the car but I prefer them to the 62 on units:



Boxster S front discs and calipers, a steal from ebay:



1985 year 2.5 944 master cylinder:



One 944 S2 wheel hub from ebay. Need to find another now!



And complete IRS (steel) rear end from the same 85 2.5 944:



Managed to track down four never fitted 17" Cup 3's all with the required ET52:



All in pretty good shape with light scuff marks from storage but only one centre cap so if anyone has any please let me know. In fact I'm looking for another couple of wheels so again, let me know if you have any or know of any:



And finally a pair of 80's Recaro's from I think an RS Turbo Escort. Not sure though about these as I' m thinking a pair of 911 highback's or more race like Recaro's would look better:

[wrenchnride247]

Originally Posted by F-22A

So although I'd been given strick instructions by 'er indoors not to buy anything until the current project is finished I haven't been able to resist collecting a few parts. So far I've acquired:

That's not alot of parts...she will understand.

[F-22A]

Originally Posted by wrenchnride247

That's not alot of parts...she will understand.

Well I actually also bought all the other panels needed to carry out the metalwork repairs!

Also made a start on the welding. Not being done by me, I've entrusted the work to Gavin Jones at Trailer Queen Restos as not only is Gav one of the best VW painters in the scene he's also fantastically gifted when it comes to metal and bodywork. Here's what's been done so far, not much but it's a start:

First job is to replace both pan halves and channels so with the nearside channel already cut out Gav decided to start on that side first. Before actually starting on the pan he decided to replace the cross member. Factory spot welds drilled out to remove the corroded lower inner quarter metal:





And inner rear cleaned up to see how bad it was. Not too bad really considering the extent of corrosion elsewhere:



Factory spot welds exposed along the top of the old cross member ready to drill out and remove the metal:



New cross member bolted and welded into place. As you can see, being a new type panel it doesn't match the shape of the original but with so many modifications being done on the car I wasn't worried about not having the correct shape cross members!



Small closing panel Gav fabbed up in order to reconnect the inner lower quarter to the cross member:



With the repro heater channel's being made for a later Bug Gav modified both the heater outlet and the inner skin in order for it to look like a 60's item:





And that's as far as she's got.....but will update as soon as some more is done.

[MX67]

Go for it man! Just don't tell your wife real cost of the parts...

It hurts less

[Humble]

That's a hell of a project you started but it'll be all the more rewarding when you're finished. Keep the progress pics coming