Finish e-brake install steering rack & rear brake line #363

Posted on January 31st, 2012 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
The e-brakes have now been cabled up and I got my new rebuilt steering rack in. I have installed the steering rack and it works very good. I have a lot to do before I can put the VW bug body back on.

Rolling painted frame starting e-brakes #362

Posted on January 25th, 2012 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
I now have a painted rolling chassis. It indeed looks a whole lot better with paint. The now slow and steady march to assembly starts with the parking brakes. I have to shorten the cables so I cut them and will fray and soldier the ends to the correct length.

More pictures, see "MR2 VW Bug pics page 7".

Posted on January 22nd, 2012 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
I now have another new slide show on the "MR2 VW Bug pics page 7" page. MR2 VW bug pics page 7

Finally uploading some pictures, see "MR2 VW Bug pics page 7".

Posted on January 20th, 2012 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
I know I’m late on uploading some new pictures, but I now have a new slide show on the "MR2 VW Bug pics page 7" page. MR2 VW bug pics page 7

Finish priming the custom VW bug chassis #360

Posted on January 13th, 2012 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
Finally paint. I can finally put paint to frame. This has been a long time coming. I hope I didn’t forget anything. The primer is Eastwood’s rust encapsulator to insure that the frame will not rust. The primer has been forced, as best I could, into all the cracks and crevices. I will now need [...]

Start priming and filling the VW bug frame #359

Posted on January 3rd, 2012 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
I am basically ready to paint the upper half of the frame. I have filled and sanded down everything that needs it. All I have to do is wipe the frame down and apply the primer.

Finish cutting pass-through holes in VW bug frame #358

Posted on December 12th, 2011 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
One step closer to paint. I now have all the holes drilled in the rear fire-wall as well as getting the shifter cables lined up. I need to strip it all down and get ready for paint.

Start cutting pass-through holes in rear fire-wall #357

Posted on November 30th, 2011 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
I need to drill out the holes in the rear fire-wall for various tubes. There is a gas tank filler neck tube, two holes for the heater core runs, two holes for the A/C runs, one hole for the hydraulic clutch line and one for the rear brake line. Once all these holes have been [...]

E-brake cable runs inside of the VW bug frame #356

Posted on November 15th, 2011 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
Before I can paint the top of the frame there is a couple of things I gotta do. The e-brake cable run partially inside the frame and partially outside. So I am creating a couple of brackets to hold the nylon cable guides to route the cables to the lever assembly.

Flip frame back over - upright, finish up a few things #355

Posted on October 29th, 2011 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
Now that the botom of the frame has been painted, I can turn it back over, upright. There are a couple of things left to do before paint.

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