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.

Monday, 27 August 2012

What lies beneath?

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There is a lot of filler in the body and, given the quality of welding I can see, I want to know what is underneath it all, so this is the s...

Monday, 20 August 2012

Aligning the body

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As mentioned last time the body would not sit correctly on the 'pan. This was because the pattern heater channels were fouling the seat ...

Sunday, 12 August 2012

Body on 'pan

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I've been out and about collecting parts so not so much time in the garage. That said, again with the help of my poor wife, we managed t...

Sunday, 5 August 2012

Tidy up time

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With the floorpan ready it was time for a bit of a tidy up in the garage. For the first time since we moved into the house and put the chass...

Sunday, 29 July 2012

Finishing up the floorpan

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This week I'm finally finishing up the structural floorpan work. First thing to do was to weld up the holes used for the Cleco pins. A...

Sunday, 22 July 2012

Welding the left pan half

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Today was spent welding in the second pan half. As before this was plug welded and the edge of the pan dressed as I went along. Just ...

Sunday, 15 July 2012

Back to it

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Got a gas bottle refill yesterday so back to work... After making sure I had both front and rear axles completely level I started plug wel...

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