Beetlebums Panel

Cos he's not on here very often, thought i'd put up some pics of the rusty bits im sorting on Vwbeetlebums panel van!

You all keep askin when your gonna see my bug.....well this is the reason im not gettin to it yet!!



This is what greeted me when i peeled the 3 outer sills off!! used to be the centre/inner sill



above is 95% sorted now (new inner, centre & outer fitted, just tidying up)

This was the rear quarter in front of the wheelarch (d/s) after trimming out rust & filler



these are just 2 out of 30-odd corroded sections in this van (plus some Mot related spannerwork carried out)

Add 3 kids which are homeschooled & a wife workin all hours to pay the bills= long project!!

Bloody hell! Its no wonder you're busy

this afternoon i gutted out the d/side front wheelarch (which was full of filler).

Prepped & ready for a couple of patch repairs to the inner lips (oo-er!) & then on with the new panel...............would be tacked on by now if it werent for this countries arsey weather!


Pics later when the digi camera's not playin up!

Well, after many many hours of cuttin, grindin & welding on beetlebums panelvan..................im done!!!

actually im gonna help with prep for paint, swappin a door for a better 1 & some spannerin at mot time but the hard stuffs sorted.

Rumour has it another DBS members might be going to poke it with the lowering stick this week??

Now its time for some work on me 1303:bounce:

Impy


Ps: bizzarely after nearly 2 months of on/off (couple of hours for a couple of evenings a week) work, the sweet old lady next door (or so i thought!) came round as i was finishin up some sanding last night & proceeded to verbally tear me a new assh*le bout the noise!!

"ACID BATHS FOR THE OVER 60's"......thats my new motto!

Impy Mcdub wrote:

Rumour has it another DBS members might be going to poke it with the lowering stick this week??

Yeah i'm gonna take the bloody wheels off and let him have it back
I didn't poke things i beat the crap out of things Frizz will tell you

thecrewkid wrote:

Impy Mcdub wrote:

Rumour has it another DBS members might be going to poke it with the lowering stick this week??

Yeah i'm gonna take the bloody wheels off and let him have it back
I didn't poke things i beat the crap out of things Frizz will tell you

Nice one dude!

Its now on my drive waiting for some surgery..

So i now have 3 panel vans sat on my drive and the bug on the road

think there's some gas in it mate, use it for tommorow & save yerself a few quid!!

Impy Mcdub wrote:

think there's some gas in it mate, use it for tommorow & save yerself a few quid!!

I'm scared of heights dude and also have got sea sick a couple of times

So i'll bring one of mine

Tis true you can get vertigo in it!!


But your gonna sort that, now he said drop-it 3" but in man speak that means 6"!!

Gotcha;)

Say no more!

Impy Mcdub wrote:

now he said drop-it 3" but in man speak that means 6"!!

But the ass end is staying in the air

Yup Im very lucky to have 2 lovely chaps abuse the shit out my van when my back is turned haha. I'm glad you can crack on with my old red bug impy- it'll look amazing and you can take it to a new level I couldnt have reached. Rich- keep it safe and not too low!! I still have kerbs etc and speedbumps. After paying 100 for the adjusters I dont wana grind them away!

dont listen rich, stick with plan B


TOP SECRET PLAN B: slam the f*cker so its lower than a spiders kneecap!!

Come on Rich, slam it to death, lets have it so a snail would have to duck

It'll be adjustable so when it leaves my drive it'll be on its lowest setting but i think he'll prob want it raised abit

Gonna make a start on this thing today not the beam just the front panel..

This is the state it's in at the mo, well after i gave the front panel a tap with my work boots








Check out the height of this baby







Check back later for the updates as it happens

Front panel is off

Nice work Rich, must get meself some of them "destructo boots" like yours!

Check out the upper inner front panel where the wipers go rotten

that panel is def the highest ive ever seen what sort of ladder does beetlebum use to get in

dubberatlast wrote:

that panel is def the highest ive ever seen what sort of ladder does beetlebum use to get in

No ladder just a bit of scaffolding..

Inner front panel repaired..



And the outer panel clamped in place..



I was hoping to get the front panel all welded and the window back in but had a few peeps round that stop you from working and some peeps interested in the BMW on seems def up for it fingers crossed...

Good work mate looks loads better, good news about the beamer lets hope it gos theres a nice square on vzi £1000 and its moted

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=316640

Iwould have popped round today but the bug has no carpets and i have been trying to get my main beam sorted still no luck its got me

that looks 110% better!

Hope yer BMW sells for you (although my missus likes the look of it:roll: )