Progress has been pretty slow, as work has been really busy and back away travelling a lot again. With the car now back in the garage, I have done some test fitting of the windscreen and lights. It makes a dramatic difference putting the windscreen on, but from what I…
Well, what can I say… It looks even more amazing in person than on the photos that the paint shops sent to me…
The guys are Option 1 sent me these photos today, showing the painted car. It is now ready to go and collect. I cannot wait to get it home to get working on it again, it has been a while, but it looks amazing in the sunlight.
It has been a while, but I know the guys at Option 1 will do a good quality job on this. Today they sent a couple of photos today to show the progress made on the fibreglass before paint, which included moving the headlight buckets up to ensure a more…
The car has now been collected for paint work, which is being undertaken by Option 1 near Bromsgrove. Whilst there are undoubtedly many great paint shops closer to Hereford, I have seen the results that these guys produce and they are true craftsmen and specialists if fiberglass cars. There are…
Again, trying to keep to as to the original Speedster as much as possible, we have fabricated some plywood pedal boards and kick plates. These took quite a lot of time to figure out and template, before finally getting it right. The photo below shows them out of the car,…
With the body off again, a number of other odd jobs need to be completed, including: During research we came across a really neat bracket for the fuel filter, by EVA Resto, which bolts neatly onto the transmission box – keeping it outside of the engine bay and any really…
With the body off again, it was time to finish off the parking break setup. All throughout this project, we have tried to make the engineering as close as possible to an original Speedster and to this end, we have also re-engineered the parking brake on the Beetle chassis to…
When you buy new parts, the least you can do it expect them to work… However, in testing some of the electrical components that I have purchased ready for fitting, I kept on blowing fuses when trying to get the wiper mechanism to work. Having ordered another wiper switch, thinking…
As discussed in a previous post, we have an original steering column setup from a 1950’s Beetle, which shares the same design as used on the original Speedsters. It took countless hours and many pounds in the swear jar, to get the geometry right. The photo on the right was…