TheSamba.com :: View topic

Sun May 24, 2020 8:52 am

Beatrix says hi!
Just tinkering around, getting some wiring bugs ironed out, and some finishing details.

Sun May 24, 2020 1:08 pm

Looks epic!!

Sun May 24, 2020 5:37 pm

Good job Charmaine. You "knocked it out of the park"!

Sun May 24, 2020 6:24 pm

How are those vent windows?

Sun May 24, 2020 7:44 pm

txoval wrote: How are those vent windows?

Ummm that was on todays do list and I didn’t get there!!
SOON!

Mon May 25, 2020 6:21 am

Looking sick Charmaine....and the car is not bad as well....time to drive and enjoy it. Well done.

Mon May 25, 2020 8:34 am

She's alive! :D

What a great looking car. You have sure made a stunning transformation from where you began. And the color is breathtaking. It makes me wish I'd considered Ultramaroon for mine.... Great work.

Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:21 pm

Haven’t updated in a while.
I put on a whopping 49 miles this summer.

Phil, you are correct, I’m scared shitless of driving her. Not that I’m worried I might do something to her but I am scared of other drivers!

I put her away for winter with a fresh oil change and have a to-do list of things to improve while she hibernates. It seems there’s always something :lol:

Is it ever ‘done’? Nope.

Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:06 pm

Wow, that paint job looks beautiful =D>

Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:12 pm

holy shizniz. i thought i invented putting cardboard down when working on... pretty much everything. car looks great!

Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:40 pm

Beautiful job and yeah I would imagine you would be freaked out driving it
Since the driver is Gorgeous also. :wink:

Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:54 pm

Nice pics, car looks awesome!

Chickensoup wrote: holy shizniz. i thought i invented putting cardboard down when working on... pretty much everything. car looks great!

Since she's wearing a sweatshirt and a jacket, I was wondering if the concrete is cold. I know I use that trick if the concrete is cold and it works ok.

Look how shiny that open end wrench is... I need nicer tools, LOL

Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:57 am

EverettB wrote: Nice pics, car looks awesome!

Chickensoup wrote: holy shizniz. i thought i invented putting cardboard down when working on... pretty much everything. car looks great!

Since she's wearing a sweatshirt and a jacket, I was wondering if the concrete is cold. I know I use that trick if the concrete is cold and it works ok.

Look how shiny that open end wrench is... I need nicer tools, LOL

Everett, my husband made me clean all the tools because I never heard the end of it when I’d put them away dirty :roll:

And yes... the cardboard serves three purposes. Keeping oil stains off the concrete and it provides a buffer of warmth. Plus, it makes sliding stuff under the car really easy!

Fri Oct 02, 2020 8:05 pm

Your 54' turned out absolutely beautiful!! Paint looks amazing out in the wild too. After your 1st or 2nd scratch...you won't be so paranoid to drive it. :lol:

Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:56 pm

motofly196 wrote: Your 54' turned out absolutely beautiful!! Paint looks amazing out in the wild too. After your 1st or 2nd scratch...you won't be so paranoid to drive it. :lol:

Exactly! You need to decide, at the gut level,if you can stand having a door hit it from another car. I have given up worrying about that. I just drive them.

Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:29 am

VW_Jimbo wrote: motofly196 wrote: Your 54' turned out absolutely beautiful!! Paint looks amazing out in the wild too. After your 1st or 2nd scratch...you won't be so paranoid to drive it. :lol:

Exactly! You need to decide, at the gut level,if you can stand having a door hit it from another car. I have given up worrying about that. I just drive them.

I park carefully now so I don’t get door dings in my daily drivers lol. I avoid parking lots at the best of times! The beetle doesn’t get left where I can’t see her.... helicopter mom.

Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:31 am

It looks spectacular. What a great job you did!

Mon Oct 05, 2020 5:44 am

Your car look wonderful! :D

I like to drive my beetle, but I see you dont running radial tires. Thats a huge improvement. Find another set of rims and fit radial tires (I run 155R15), so you can switch between them, one for show, one for use ;)

My 55/56YM beetle with 30/36hp engine running flat out often. Longest trip was 2000miles in 6 days, 750 miles in one day.

@ Home

Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:36 am

Or you could buy mine when it's done and have one to look at and one to drive!

Don

Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:54 pm

That looks like a forever keeper.

Fantastic effort, and great photos!