start of much welding




agood start next channel bottom and heat pipe etc.

that is an ambitious project! good on ya

todays progress.




the finished panel gettin sum weld thru....

tommorow heater pipe and flap then weld it all in hoorah

few more from today...

Nice job!

It's very impressive what total talent there is on here!

cheers dave heres more

good work!! keep it up! rather u than me lol!! who u gettin the repairs from?

if ur lookin for some outer sills theres some on german ebay

Item number: 390144966024

i take it links is left rechs is right? lol

got front pan corners and outer sills from t3d every thing else im making
started on worse side so other side be much easyer....

more from today slow one today awkward panels to make and broken tools , rain etc.

Awesome!. Please don´t forget to show us more pictures of the process.

this weekends work much compressed..

new inner outer channel

finished inner channel to strenghthen for the door.

new inner rear.

and after much gapping and regapping and swearing hoorah.
door shuts just like a golf ..

just rear corner and seatbelt point to do then on to front inner arch...

great work - will be nice and solid after this lot -

not much this weekend as 2 sick kiddies

Nice job!

Boyd Coddington got nothing on you when is your program starting on Quest

well wrecks to riches style...
£700 on spendometer.
47 man hours.

this weekends work, good progress but hard graft.
lots inner panel work just to add strengh..








real pleased with todays work made it worth while welding under tarpalin in pissy weather...

spendometer.£700
61 man hours

loving the work!!
Also like your spendometer & man hour count!!

Should really keep a track of mine like that, but would have to account for tea and ciggie breaks!!
Keep up the work & hope to see the finished project in person one day!!

good progress today although have run out of gas so probly build up side and gap bonnet and wings etc ,then poss turn the old girl round...




spendometer £700
manhours 66

notin more to report from today was gappin bonnet whitch i shut and then took 2 hours to open again, looks like car has had a knock and front end is over about an inch, more crap to address.
sum days its better to walk away

good progress again mate came to lend hand .
porta powerd front end square nice gaps.

replaced box section and body mount under tank.

started other inner wing.



replaced inner structure.

stud there to stop any warping during week as out tommorow for mothers day...
spendometer £700
82 man hours

nice work. did i spot a litho printing plate used for a template! cunning...!
been using them myself for years though for printing but good idea.
must say that you have an ambitious project on the go. i scrapped a fasty to get some of the parts and panels for my project and i think it was marginally in better condition than the one you have there!
the work done on it was pretty grim so i don't feel too bad about it, and the engine went straight into my bus!
good luck with that project. steve

cheers steve ive done loads of bugs and buses that have been this bad, so not that fazed, just much easyer when the panels are availible at reasonable money .
still makes it cheaper..
this is the last major project i did with a mate , this was worse.
hes goin to volks world show ...

My Beetle was (is still) also a YEL, but 516. I was once sitting in it at a junction and a young lad shouted "516" as he passed! I was a bit puzzled for a moment until my brain got into gear and I worked it out.

not great progress today pissy weather and awkward area ,but some none the less




roughed out new panel..

tommorow filler neck bowl etc ,gona be pain...
spendometer £700
man hours 88