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.

Prime and smooth out the VW bug frame bottom #353

Posted on October 1st, 2011 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
First....that black stuff on my fingers is POR 15 seam sealer (bad idea) it took 2 weeks to wear off. Anyway I am preaty much finished with the primer coat on the bottom of the frame. The primer is the Eastwood rust encapsulator and it went on very smoothly. After I paint it with the [...]

Building the VW center console #321

Posted on November 21st, 2010 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
After some thought, I am now embarking on a plan for the center console. It will consist of 2-3x3 tubes welded together. The shifter will be placed somewhere towards the end of the top tube. 1st I need to bolt the bottom tube to the main seat brackets

I now have a new slide show on the new "MR2 VW Bug pics page 6" page

Posted on November 19th, 2010 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
I now have a new slide show on the new "MR2 VW Bug pics page 6" page. MR2 VW bug pics page 6

Work on center console locate shifter #320

Posted on November 15th, 2010 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
Work on the center console continues. I am trying to determine where the MR2 shifter and parking brake handle will be located as well as how to build the console itself. My plan is to use 2 3x3 inch steel tubes with the top tube longer than the bottom one. The top tube will be [...]

Work on vw shifter and E-brake handle #319

Posted on November 7th, 2010 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
I now have the shifter cables in their correct location and will probably have to lengthen the cables. I have also partially mounted the e-brake cable. You will see that I will have to change this later.

Plan out shift cables through VW rear fire-wall #318

Posted on November 2nd, 2010 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
With the radiaor mounts finished, I am now working on the VW bug shifter. The shifter will need to penetrate the rear fire wall to enter the passenger cabin. I am using a cardboard cutout to determine where the hole should be. I first made the template to fit in the firewall and then moved [...]

Finish condenser brackets, more planning #317

Posted on October 28th, 2010 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
The VW bug's radiator and condenser is now in place. There are a few more items to complete before I can start tearing everything down to paint the frame such as the shifter and parking brake assemblies.

Mount condenser to VW bug radiator #316

Posted on October 21st, 2010 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
The A/C condenser will be held to the VW bug radiator with 3 small tab brackets. This is the first filling so I will remove them and drill them out. Once drilled and mounted I will remove them and clean them up.

Finish the upper VW bug radiator mount brackets #315

Posted on October 16th, 2010 by Tim in VW Beetle Turbo Build
Now that I have determined where and how to mount the top of the radiator/condenser assembly, I have constructed 2 brackets to hold it all in place. I bent the 2 brackets and then clamped them in place and drilled them out. after I mounted them I marked the excess and then removed them to [...]

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