[v3]

A 1974 Volkswagen Baja Beetle

From the Craigslist ad:




Towing her home:


Sitting in the rain not getting worked on:


Engine runs well, trans shifts pretty smooth, body isn't that rough, All original German glass, rear firewall is gone as well as the cargo area deck pan, interior is very rough, only 1 seat and it is garbage, drum brakes are toast, Front tires are dry rot, rears look pretty good, matching set of staggered rims, suspension looks mostly intact except for the missing front shocks, Generator wiring is toast, all other wiring looks intact but not wired, fuel tank will need a good cleaning and the factory hard fuel lines are clogged.

Guy had it listed for $1000, talked himself down to $500, then he bit when I offered him $300.


Work done since I picked it up Friday:

Cleaned fuel tank and factory hard lines, mounted and wired electric fuel pump, cleaned out all the damned mud, made a nice little "T" shifter.

Next up:
Install missing front shocks
New front tires
Swap from drums to discs and replace wobbly hubs
Swap generator for an alternator
Wire everything
Weld in new firewall and pans

After that she should be safe, and legal to drive and we will see what direction I want to take after than.

 

[85rx-7gsl-se]

Dang that is a steal. Soo jelly.

 

[justtin00j]

Man I was looking at picking that up for parts. Have fun with it.

 

[watts13]

if you need any part hit me up. have a friend that owns a business that all they deal with is bugs.

 

[tnsyty]

Love it! Great price too.

 

[watts13]

just pm me.. dont want to clutter someone elses thread.

 

[AllGOnoSHOW]

Damn I want a bug. Looks like fun

 

[jeswaw]

Such a good deal for a solid toy.

 

[v3]

if you need any part hit me up. have a friend that owns a business that all they deal with is bugs.

Is it that bug shop in Lebanon?

 

[satalac]

Great deal man, I'd love a Baja Bug.

 

[Clashez]

Alright now that's a cool fawking toy

 

[justtin00j]

Is it that bug shop in Lebanon?

Dude that owns that shop is Scott. Its called bettlewerks.

 

[supergoob]

This is so freaking cool!! Have fun with it.

 

[watts13]

Is it that bug shop in Lebanon?

im from opposite side of tn man. shop is called valley autowerks. hes known for making drop beams and all that jazz for them, but has a crazy amount of parts.

 

[T3AM SPOTLIT3]

Nice love it

 

[Duke89]

Sweet! In for more progress!

 

[v3]

Picked up a parts car for $125, about half way done stripping it down....lots of little goodies I needed like all the knobs and in dash electrical, the dash pad, a horn, two good working windows, two good wing windows, back seat and an antenna, plus all kinds of stuff I can sell then scrap this poor rusted body and put it out of it's misery. I should be able to break even or even make a couple bucks.










Got myself a new air cleaner in today, as well as my plate/registration and new title in the mail.

 

[v3]

Slapped these on


and while I was in the driveway a man in a brown truck dropped this off for me:




Oh, and went for a little drive this morning and picked up these little Craigslist finds

A set of never-installed tree rails


and a nice beefy front tube bumper

 

[v3]

Battery be a chargin' now


Brown truck man made another stop.......


Wobble-be-gones

 

[v3]

Cleaned the rust off and painted the tree bars with truck bed liner, plan to do that to the front bumper and rear cage whenever I get one.


Plastic glove box came today, now I actually have a place to put my insurance and registration instead of just stuck to the roof with a magnet clip.


Oil filler came in, didn't realize I needed a special tool to take the old one off the generator stand so I just bought a new one for the alternator stand. Routed the breather down with some hose I had laying around. Also got a new stainless T-bolt alternator strap.


Stripped the black paint off of the indicators and swapped the emblem from the parts car as well as some new non-rusted hood pins.


Swapped the side mirror and antenna from the parts car.


Stripped the paint off of one of the tail light assemblies......boy is it rough, no wonder the PO just rattle canned it.


Also stripped the paint off the wing windows and the side windows....got only knows why the side windows had a layer of white/clear paint on them and why the wing windows were painted black. I plan on replacing all the door glass with the donor parts car glass, but this was just bugging the crap out of me.