This pictures shows the car before I bought it in November 1999. In the following pictures you will see major steps of restoration.
I bought it with original fenders and tried some Porsche rims on.
As I removed the fenders I saw some rustiness and decided to restore the whole car (February 2000).
So I had to remove the body from the floor pan ..
Five days later the rusty steel plates where removed. I got some help from my friend Horst who is specialist in car-steel plates.
Now you see the welded steel plates (original VW).
I drove the body for it´s second and final sandblasting to Mayer & Zick (Memmingen).
After sandblasting the body where galvanized to prevent any rust in future.
Horst with the sandblasted and galvanized floor pan makes some final spot-wise welding.
Here you see me varnishing the floor pan with a special paint which is normally used for carwash-automates. It guarantees long term water resistance.
Now you see the floor pan´s final black finish. It´s already waxed inside.
Upside down on the car trailer with sealed welding seams. It´s treated with a special base coat which got good adhesion attributes on zinc.
The arrival: the body with it´s final silver paint back home in Landshut at my garage.
My friends Armin, Sebi, Eric, Rainer and Andreas helped me to turn the body around when I had to wax the insides.
The front window, the cable loom, seals and the ventilation where built in.
This is the back axle leg where the disc brake calipers will find it´s place.
In July 2002 the beetle is on it´s wheels again and gasp´s for a breath of fresh air in front of my garage.
You see the height adjustable suspension strut and the special Kerscher - Stabilizer.
My friend Klaus Kiefel and I are covering the dashboard with gray leather – the same leather as the seats are made of.
Here you see the the leather shapes which will cover the controls and instruments.
Klaus sews the pieces together.
The covered dashboard
May 2006 - The Project goes on. New Garage - so the Beetle had to move in...
1303 in position and with 16" Porsche Fuchs rims.
Now up, that I can build in the Motor and Trans axle.
My new Garage from outside.
15.06.2006 My friend Paolo from Swiss visited me to push the Project.
First we dismantled again the upper part from base to mount a special sealing that I bought days before at www.FeineCabrios.de together with highest quality bumpers.
For this mission the body had to be lifted at least 10cm from the base of the Beetle.
View from the front of the car.
Paolo fine tuning the sealing.
Paolo and me mounting the steering.
Paolo mounting the drive shaft.
16.06.2006 my friend Jochen came to help us, too.
The Convertible with mounted steering, brake caliper and trans axle.
View of the front axle in detail
Me at night changing still some screws of the Type 4 engine
The assembled Klaus Typ4 engine. (1970 ccm
- 92 kW - 175 Nm at 4100 rpm)
And here again, but already at the right place again in the car.
18.06.2006 - time to overwork the electric items and to mount some small parts.
Two of my Beetles with 2.0 Typ4 engine.
21.04.2007 11:00 after ten Month covered in my Garage the mounting of the beetle goes (thanks to Paolo and Maurizio) on
Now my Cabriolet has two doors
Next parts are the front lights and turning signals
new chrome rings...
and white turning signal covers
The lights are completed.
And also one rear side window. The other windows have to wait for new sealing.
16.02.2008 - we go on with mounting the windows in the car
looks already not too bad...
we really had to think hard to remember which is the best way to mount the windows.
it was already 10 Years ago when I disassembled this car
looks more like a car now...
May 2008 - the oil cooler system has to go into the car.
special designed stainless steel support for the oil cooler.
and mounted into the car - fits perfect.
bolts has to be set to hold the anti noise matting.
mounted engine.
the back and front of my beetle is almost ready to go.
04.04.2009 - the cables have to find the right place.
