Lost job?!? What happened???

that's a bummer. I'm still kinda halfway looking. What's the plan for the bug?

I'm also looking!!

My plan is to mildly customize it, nothing too radical. I kind of am after a "cal-look" build, I'm going to lower it a little bit and put disc brakes up front. I'll probably run single blade bumpers and window seals without the trim. The rest will mostly be stock though..

One part of the "Cal-look" I would avoid is the one piece windows that do away with the vent window.  Been there, done that . . . They look cool without the vent windows, but you'll miss 'em when they are gone! 

Keep up the good work and post pictures of your progress!   

updates?

Well, my blasting cabinet has gotten a lot of use lately, unfortunately I managed to buy a bad batch of paint and now everything is at a stand still until they ship me some good stuff.


This is what the paint did when I sprayed it

This is the cleanest the transaxle will ever be

Just saw this
This is how it's looked lately:

Been put on the back burner but this past weekend I did start on some body work





Got some practice using the metal shrinker/stretcher, brake and Beverly shear

I know it could be better, but it's my first try at something like it and my dad was teaching me as I went





Also realized that the over-rider support holes were pretty torn up, so instead of trying to fix them I shaved them, I am using euro bumpers anyway



Started stripping the undercoating from the fenderwells. While I'm glad someone put it there (kept the car from getting much rot underneath) it's a major PITA getting off

And finally I started stripping the rest of the exterior as well. I did the roof with a DA and it took forever, I started using a stripper and it seemed to work but I haven't done much yet with it.

The car is honestly a super solid car otherwise, I blame the rust on cheap window stripping. They were aftermarket cal-look style seals and trapped water underneath them. When I bought it I thought it was more solid than half the other early cars I looked at, but I guess looks can be deceiving.  

And thanks, the car may never actually get finished if I keep getting distracted by other projects.