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, 17 September 2012

Inner rear quarters

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With the previous repairs to the inner rear quarters not being to the standard I want, I went on the search for a pair of good panels from a...
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Monday, 10 September 2012

Which rear cross members?

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  Not a great deal done this time but I did take some time to decide which replacement rear cross members to use. Since starting the project...
Monday, 3 September 2012

...and the other side

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Much the same this side although it does look like there has been no repair patch made this time. On the negative side it appears the inner...
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...
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