1960 Beetle Project

[ItsADubLife]

Hi, i got my first air-cooled back in September 2012 and wasn't planning doing much at first just wanted to get driving it but after taking a few parts out noticed it needed a lot more work. So its turned into a full body off resto. hope you like what I've got up to soo far.

Its a 1960 Beetle with a 1600 Twin-port.

First pictures when it arrived

http://i.imgur.com/yxqcf0x.jpg?3

http://i.imgur.com/6U0jIrJ.jpg?2

http://i.imgur.com/JQ9i7Hq.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/bYm3pN0.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/dASXHaN.jpg?1

[ItsADubLife]

The first weekend of having it me and my dad sorted out his shed so I've got a little workshop for my tinkering

http://i.imgur.com/GGq7uQ6.jpg?1

some pic of when i was stripping it down

http://i.imgur.com/E9l7Eaw.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/NobTPUZ.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/cUMFNJZ.jpg?2

I just wanted to post this pic because it looks good :p
http://i.imgur.com/bwAJoA7.jpg?1

[Tjaap]

Welcome. Looks pretty solid!
What are your plans with it?

[ItsADubLife]

Thank you, It looks a lot more solid than it is. I'm doing a body of resto, i started another forum when i first started the resto in September so this thread is a bit behind. ill try get it up to date. here some more photos of what ive been up to :)

some shots of when i got the body off

http://i.imgur.com/ELq6N1g.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/aqH8aov.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/CEAfQ3a.jpg?1

[ItsADubLife]

Here some pics of the frame welded to the body

http://i.imgur.com/nznCO34.jpg?2

http://i.imgur.com/AAgkoWP.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/Z7LwHy6.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/jAqdonE.jpg?1

[ItsADubLife]

and here's some of the cancer i found.

http://i.imgur.com/q1WVBOs.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/A6houZG.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/MbHyOfY.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/hQLQ0xI.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/L0hMHuF.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/OCzZ5hQ.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/Uw3Lc1S.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/31BzwMf.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/VCZavIV.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/Y4ZuB5t.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/GK7y1Zk.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/LsvJLFA.jpg?1

I know a fair bit of work but will be worth it when its done.

[Tjaap]

I've seen better, I've seen worse. Looks like the girl had a rough life but luckily it's all fixable. Good luck!

[ItsADubLife]

Thanks :) luckily my dad is a welder so he has helped me with the rust, ill get some pics uploaded tonight.

[Tjaap]

Any updates on this puppy?