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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Prime and smooth out the VW bug frame bottom #353
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 gloss black chassis paint I will flip it back over to finish the other side.
Building the VW center console #321
I now have a new slide show on the new “MR2 VW Bug pics page 6” page
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
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 3×3 inch steel tubes with the top tube longer than the bottom one. The top tube will be longer so that I will have a little play on where to mount the shifter.
Work on vw shifter and E-brake handle #319
Plan out shift cables through VW rear fire-wall #318
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 it to the rear motormount to find the hole location. I can then move it back to cut out the hole.
Finish condenser brackets, more planning #317
Mount condenser to VW bug radiator #316
Finish the upper VW bug radiator mount brackets #315
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 clean them up. I will still need to make the brackets to hold the condenser to the radiator.