tiny and stephen get there first project and its a 20 millionth edition

well tiny sold his on saturday , i sold mine to day the beetle that is owen n w



away to rosscommon

 

to day i got 2 pieces of stainless steel flat plate cut 29cm by 18 cm to covet the ole rear light holes , and fitted new led lights plus led number plate light , also fitted new beetle wing top indicators on the front , and name d the buggy BANANA SPLIT , owen n w

 

Love the work Owen

 

You could have radiused the corners of the stainless panels to match the shape of the new lights.

Looks cool though.

 

yes zeb its done pics where taken while trail fitted ,

NOW IT SMILES AT YOU AT THE LIGHTs IN THE MIRROR LOL




radius end
new gaskets fitted


new id badge

 

Well done Owen, not quite sure where you find the time to do all these motors though!

 

to day my self and colm got tore in again , he was of college to day so make hay while the sun shines lol
first was to mark where the new seat belts where to be mounted , then drill out the holes , one large hole for the bolt 4 for plug welding the support bracket



holes drilled 5.5 mm them 7.5mm for plug welding #


holes drilled in tunnel

 

colm buffed down the welds primed and seam sealed both sides and under neath

drilling out the new seat belt mounts points for the roll bar

mobile alarm in to see whats going on lol

tacking in place before seam welding
#

 

when cleaning one seat frame needed a minor repair



daddy s little helpers lol
owen n wcolm and DEFER

 

belts fitted and look good ,

 

to day my friend billy made a start on the wiren loom , he just ripped it out and started making it from scratch , i went away for 2 hours came back he had the whole of the back end wired and loom fed up to the front end , couple of hours later all new switches light etc and new wiper motor done , the rest next week , owen n w



rats nest



out with the old in with the new

 

When I was 14 I really wanted one of these.

 

I hope the roll bar's up to it...

 

well to day we started back aT coolrunning , the dreaded bunk bed had to be refitted , we got these a few years ago from an older devon van , first making sure all the pop rivets where removed . first linen up the hole with the material on the sides these spray glued them into place , then assembled the outer cover then the bar in side the bed cover and lined up with the holes , and extra long large rivets to hold in place , we have one side more or less done the other side glued in place , next week we l do the rest owen n w adrian

 

second side glue in place rivets marking the holes



this side done but hanger s brackets not fitted yet

 

well after all the work done on sat , i discovered that i had marked the other one ps , i knew then i had put the wrong one on the wrong side DOH ,so of it came and the right one put on , so now 2 bunks fitted , and tested , lol, front UGLE COVER REMOVED engine lid of to do some work in the engine bay , owen nw adrian







before some one says it bars will be pAINTED

 

now fully rewired mate made a new loom owennw

recleaned polished headlight rims


taking shape

billy at work

 

went to see the original owner to see if he dug out the original tax book for the buggy , while there i showed him pics of his ole buggy now , he was over the moon , he asked if i had much bother with the body work, i explained how i worked on the stress cracks on the front side wing , he laughed and asked did i tell u how they got there , he explained that when he had the body strapped to the roof rack on his car towing the chassis , that the wind got up under the front of the body , lifting it up nipped the tie downs and it took of backwards up into the air landing heavey down on the front ds corner then landing flatt right side up and slide down the road for 2oo yards , then said i noticed you still have the pp sticker on the front window , and laughed . i asked what it meant , again he laughed it was my poly tenic pass hence pp , polytenic was then to become the university in belfast , when i was a young engineering student running round in my buggy , more of its history , owen n w
colm cleaning the vinyl






missing 3 studds for securing the roof if any one has some spare

 

HOLY COWOWSAS!!!!

 

jesus dodger wee look a like lol owen n w