The front sits way too high and looks proper rude, there's a hole in the exhaust somewhere and the brakes could be better.
These and (no doubt) many other fettling jobs will need sorting before we're really happy with the car.
Hmmm.
Opportunity knocks!
Man-John had grown tired of his patina'd bug and decided to sell the thing as a rolling project - shame, but it needed a lot of work.....
He said we could swipe anything we want from it before it goes as long as we put something in its place, to keep it rolling.
Now that's nice, considering John's car had a lowered front beam, GTi front seats and a few other cherry parts - ours for the taking! Cheers Man-John.
Tom's original beam was OK but it had been crudely repaired, it wasn't lowered and the steering box was worn.
Time to take Man-John up on the offer, a no-brainer really.
So we went over to Man-John's gaff to collect the new beam, took it home to strip, paint and fit.
Tom stripping the paint & surface rust
Found a small hole, which turned into a bigger hole when prepared.
No biggie - just cut out the rot, use a little hot-metal-filler and dress to finish
Two coats of zinc-rich, two coats of MIO and it's ready to fit.
Sarah was well impressed with her new garden feature, she didn't say much - I could just tell.
We've not touched the drums as they will be replaced with discs.
Beam fitted
Now that's much better
We took Tom's old beam to John and fitted it to his bug so it could be sold on.
Thanks again Man-John.
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