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, 25 March 2012

Finishing the first cover and starting the second

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Not a massive amount done this time as I have a business trip to Spain that cuts short my weekend! Final welding of the first cover. This ...
Sunday, 18 March 2012

...and more

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Continuing with the cover, the ribbing on the original panel was marked onto the new sheet metal. Cutting out the excess sheet metal and...
Sunday, 11 March 2012

Continuing with the Cover...

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The idea is that I will make a cover where the original panel sits into and flush with the chassis spine. Then a raised lip around the edge ...
Sunday, 4 March 2012

Week off!

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Sorry, no update this week as I've been working on other people's cars so no progress. Hope to be back on the Beetle next week.
Sunday, 26 February 2012

First Chassis Spine Removable Cover

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With the Framehead repairs complete it's time to move on to the underside of the chassis spine. As a reminder, I had cut two sections of...
Sunday, 19 February 2012

Finishing up the Framehead

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Into finishing up the framehead repairs this week. Firstly the chassis spine was flipped over so it was right side up. Then a bit more wel...
Sunday, 12 February 2012

Welding up the Framehead Closing Panel

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Lots of welding this week! Fully welding the various parts of the closing panel after tack welding them into position.  Plug welding w...
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