I've bought a Beetle to drive to the Sahara Desert and back but it needs some 'attention' first. It will become a "Buggered Up Beetle" ......
Just a little off the back please ...
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Last night I got busy with the BIG angle grinder, the small angle grinder, several hammers and a tap & die set .... proper video will be uploaded but in the meantime here are a few photos and a time lapse video which stops tantalisingly close to the back being finished but the battery ran out!
Big angle grinder took the rear valance off
Small angle grinder for wing trimming
tap & die set for chasing the threads of the wing mounting captive nuts (I even drilled out and tapped the sheared bolt)
Hammers (and panel beating dollies) for bending the new lip under and stretching the wings out a shade wider.
Of course, this is not the end of the bodywork, I've still to stretch the wings out a bit further, weld the cuts up to make the wings solid again and I may change my mind and do a full Baja (cut back to the firewall behind the engine) as I have an option on some excellent wide full height wings.
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