96 Chevy Camaro Adventure
Today I am getting a little bit off track by buying a 1996 Chevy Camaro. The reason I bought the Camaro is because I need to earn money to fund my bug builds. Sometimes it takes money to make money! I plan to fix up this Camaro and resell for a nice profit. The owner…
Engine on 77 VW Bug not budging
I attempted to remove the engine from the bug with no success. I disconnected all of the hoses and wires and I removed three of the visible bolts that mount the engine. I thought that the engine was disconnected but when I looked on top of the engine, the last bolt was still there. I…
Off with the 77 VW Bug Engine!
Today with great joy I can proudly say that I have removed a Volkswagen engine. The last nut that I was looking for wasn’t there, but on the other side of the transmission. It was a bolt that I simply removed and the engine came off. I am very exited that I I am getting…
A gloomy discovery on my 77 VW Bug
Today I took a good look at the engine and came up with this budget breaking discovery. I found out that the intake manifolds were filled with moldy rusty water. I concluded that the engine either needs to be rebuilt or replaced. I have a lot of school work so I won’t be able to…
Goal is not to be perfect in 77 VW Bug project
I did a considerable amount of work to the bug. I decided that I don’t need to make this car perfect I just need to get it done. I ditched my plans of doing a body off restoration and am now going to just patch it together. I cut out the floor pans that were…
The 72 Baja Bug is here!
I haven’t worked on the bug in awhile but I did buy the 1972 Baja Bug that I looked at. I paid $450 and I got a bunch of parts thrown it. He even delivered it. I will soon be interchanging parts between the bugs in order to speed up the build.
Looking over the 72 Baja Bug
Today I looked on line for bug parts and bug car forums. I looked at the 1972 vw baja bug. I talked to the guy and we arranged a meeting to look at the bug. At this point he had lowed the price to $600. My sister and I went to Danny’s (the seller) house.…