I've got wings!

@gratboyslim

Remember these you collected for me last year, Adam? Thought you might like to see progress

Reshaped, refinished and grilles moved to be the same as those on the OEM unobtainium 67 wings and now ready for paint!

Haven't seen the bill, yet, however

 

Hi mate! They look great. Some nice metalwork been done there. I would have warped them and spent weeks straightening and filling if I had done it! haha. I thought you'd stripped down your car for a moment, but I guess that's someone else's shell!

 

Thanks, Adam.

Yeah, just another shell used as a dummy for fitment. The chap who did it is a very good fabricator, some things best left to the pros; they got the specialist tools and the skills to use them properly

 

Nice fit...on the dummy shell. I hope you'll try them on yours before you paint and regret...

 

Cry once as they say. When it’s nice work, it doesn’t feel that bad.

 

Did it before the work was done, so had an idea of what needed doing. That's a good idea, I might suggest that we try again, I know they haven't been painted yet, as it's me supplying the paint; I have the colour match.

 

They look great don't they!

 

I am pretty pleased with the results, so far

Obviously, no wing beading at this stage

Definitely worth doing a second dry run, thanks for the prompt @Zed

 

Just got to get them onto the Bug without spoiling the nice shiny new paint now

Mind you, they'll certainly pick up a few paint chips once the better weather returns



And I won't have to keep tripping over them every time I go into that room...

 

Life and work gets in the way of the fun, sometimes...

First dry weekend, that's the plan...

 

Snap! Although mine are fibreglass.

 

They look very good, some day we'll have to get the two biege Bugs together? Such a diversity of styles, all from the same base vehicle

 

We can go offroading together!
Once it's on the road next year I'll drag it along to a show and we can have a TLB bug line up

 

Let's hope it stays dry, garage cleared for a bit of fender action

 

Stratocaster or Telecaster ?


Oh, you mean wings…

 

"Wing action", just didn't sound right

 

I mean...seeing it, well... you'd wonder what all the 67 Bug one-year-only fuss was about?

Spot the difference?

 

Need to treat myself to some new horn grills, the tabs have gone on one side due to metal fatigue. Also, I haven't fully buttoned up the wing as I'm waiting on delivery of some new black wing beading, the current stuff has gone brittle with age

On with the other side