PiL's VW- The building of a Beetle race car

This is the build of my replacement race car. I crashed in the original car after a blown rear tyre and just two (and a half!) runs in it. I hope to update weekly even if I've only made a small amount of progress. Drop back and see how it's going.

Sunday, 6 January 2013

Things have stalled for a bit

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You'll have noticed things have stalled for a bit. This is due to a number of reasons...work on the house (which we are having some prob...
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Monday, 12 November 2012

New Channel In

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I had a bit of time off work so dedicated it to trying to make some progress. Here's how I did... First I bolted a heater channel clos...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Strengthening the body...or not (quite yet)

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Now the body is on the chassis I want to get some strength back in it. With no front clip or rear cross members the body is free to move a...
Sunday, 14 October 2012

At last!

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After work, the house and a few other things taking priority I finally managed some time on the car today. Out came the and grinder and I fi...
Sunday, 7 October 2012

Still no progress!

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I've been in Portugal & Spain all week, which was planned. What wasn't planned was a minor disaster with the hot water boiler in...
Sunday, 30 September 2012

Sorry, nothing done this week...

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...unfortunately work on the house took priority this week so nothing done on the car. Hopefully back at it next week!
Sunday, 23 September 2012

Bit more done....

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...but no pictures today as drilling more spot welds isn't the most fantastic photo subject! Today I set to work on the second used re...
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