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.

Saturday, 28 January 2012

Finishing up the Napolean's Hat and Starting to Zip up the Framehead Closing Panel

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Here we have the rear view of the Napolean's Hat with the repairs done, welds ground down and a coat of zinc rich primer over the top. ...
Sunday, 22 January 2012

The Napolean's Hat- The other side

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With the left side welded the same process was carried out on the right side. In these two pictures you can see the extent of the removed m...
Saturday, 14 January 2012

The Napolean's Hat- Repairs

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From the last pictures you can see that the "Napolean's hat" panel needed some work. It was badly corroded at both ends and al...
Sunday, 8 January 2012

One step back- Some earlier pictures I've just found

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Work continues but I've just found some earlier pictures of the chassis I'll be using in the condition it was originally. The floorp...
Sunday, 1 January 2012

The Chassis Spine- Decisions

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Here's the chassis I'll be using. Underneath is the lower closing panel removed (re. spot welds drilled out) from the other chassis....
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Tuesday, 27 December 2011

The work begins- Rear Suspension & The Framehead

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Starting with two Beetle chassis, one with a V5 but with a framehead and spine closing panel that were not in great condition, and another w...
Sunday, 18 December 2011

Hello to the new...

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That was around 3 years ago... After two rounds of redundancies at work, one house move and parts collecting in the interim, I was ready to...
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