Yesterday, June 4th 2011, My husband Doug and I bought a 1970 Volkswagen Bug for our daughter Madison, who is turning 16 in 4 months. It's spray painted (classy) black, and all 4 fenders have black Rhino Lining applied to them. The interior is needing to be replaced... The entire thing from the head liner (which doesn't exist) to the carpet on the flooring (which isn't attached in any way). You may be wondering why on earth we would buy a car that needs so much work. Well, the mechanics of the car is perfect, so far. This is the sound of me knocking on wood. The motor was replaced and only has 17,000 miles on it. The clutch has less than 10,000 miles and all the wiring was recently replaced, as was the carburetor and the exhaust. It has all the original fixtures, including an awesome steering wheel. After driving it, we HAD to have it, and we were able to pick it up for $2,200.00,
The plan is to paint the bug two toned, orange and cream, and to replace the interior (currently black and red) with cream vinyl. The plan is also to do all of it ourselves.... You heard me, ourselves. Even the painting. We are going to scour the pick and pull lots, and do as much as we can on the cheap. I'm going to be chronicling the entire process, not only to have a record of our first classic car restoration, but also in the hopes that our successes, and failures, might help anyone out there who may be wondering if they could do it.
Keep in mind, I'm a housewife who has never done any car repair. My husband Doug is in Internet marketing. He's done minor repair work on our cars... An alternator, battery, starter, things like that, but nothing major, and nothing cosmetic. SO... if this works out and we are actually able to restore Madison's Bug in the next 4 months, ANYONE could do it.
Here we go.... Keep your fingers crossed for us!
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