couple of pics from the annual "lets get the tree day"

Looking good sir! 

I got to only do that once in one of my bugs ... I didn't get to keep them long enough to do it more than that 

First Bug... First VW delivered Xmas tree.

Took the Bus out to pick up the tree last year.  It's always fun turning heads.  

 

First Bug... First VW delivered Xmas tree.

Took the Bus out to pick up the tree last year.  It's always fun turning heads.  

Finally getting some work done on the '63.  Gotta get this interior out so I can get the body off and cleaned and ready for paint...and I have to replace the pans.   Note the classic PO fix for a hole in the floor.....

more ....





passenger floor....its coming out too...just the back half though






Just about ready to lift the body off

Have you found a place locally to have it painted? And where is it. I need some estimates.

I haven't looked much yet.  I am probably going to go over to the Maaco I have heard good things about from the vw community...over in Vancouver I think.  Im a couple months from painting I think

Got the body separated and the pan off.  Working on getting the new pans on now.  Worst thing I have found so far is a mammoth mouse nest throughout the entire tunnel.  I am thinking about going with Eastwoods inside-the-frame system to make sure I don't have rust issues down the road from whatever the mice were doing in there.









some artsy fartsy fun

"Got the body separated and the pan off.  Working on getting the new pans on now.  Worst thing I have found so far is a mammoth mouse nest throughout the entire tunnel.  I am thinking about going with Eastwoods inside-the-frame system to make sure I don't have rust issues down the road from whatever the mice were doing in there."

I'm doing a body-off-the-pan Karmann Ghia resto. I had the same concern about rust. I used Waxoyl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waxoyl
I bought this kit from Bus Depot. Material and spray system. http://www.busdepot.com/j11333

thanks.  Sounds like it would be a top coat kind of treatment after dealing with the rust that has already formed.

sounds like a decent product

Finally getting something worth posting again....

I had a great year at the bug run.  Picked up some fenders for the '63 and found a frame from a 50's era Allstate single wheel trailer for a price that I couldn't pass up.




The Wheel bearings have been a bear to find but I finally got em pieced together.




I found brackets too but the guy wanted almost as much for them as I paid for the trailer...so I decide to make my own.



I also put this together in the last few months....it was a nice diversion

Some Trailer stuph





Trying to find the grease seal for the hub of this thing is impossible...so I had to get creative.