Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Work Day Eleven - All hands on deck
In this episode of “Pimp My ‘69 Beetle”, Richard measures a side impact bar for the roll cage.
The roll cage is coming together, transmission is installed, Eric has finished the engine and it’s ready to pick up. Here are some photos from Saturday’s work day.
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
44 days and counting
Cary employs the time-honored practice of “shouting it into place.”
We’ve shifted to “nights and weekends” to ensure the car is ready. Tonight we fitted the body and trimmed the forward roll cage bar.
A handful of photos here.
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
We’re taking body back
The team risks a collective hernia hauling the body off Richard’s truck.
We brought the body back from Skid’s place to do fitting as we start work on the upper levels of the roll cage.
More photos here.
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Work Day Nine
Quality is Job One for Shawn Kovach-Long when it comes to primering the inside of a fender.
Less than 60 days to go and the car’s coming together. The transmission arrived and is being fitted. We started work on the interior roll cage and are ready to put the body back on the frame this coming […]
