Comments on: Beep-Beep-mm, Beep-Beep, Yeah!

Beep-Beep-mm, Beep-Beep, Yeah!

fandango_matt — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:55:38 -0800

West Coast Classic Restoration specializes in restoring vintage Volkswagens and Porsches, and they have lots of photos of their restoration process.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:00:18 -0800

Slug Bug!

By: wfrgms

wfrgms — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:01:37 -0800

Yeah, it's nice to see some of the paint prep and before and after photos. Its easy to forget how much work goes into a proper re-paint. Thanks for the link!

By: BobFrapples

BobFrapples — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:27:55 -0800

Great link... thanks!

By: ericb

ericb — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:21:10 -0800

These folks love what they do! I can only imagine the pride one gets after finishing one of these restorations.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:24:20 -0800

this one looks pretty similar to my '66 beetle - inside & out - although my side panels are white & i've got whitewall tyres.

By: M.C. Lo-Carb!

M.C. Lo-Carb! — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:27:26 -0800

This makes me sad for the parade of ratty classic cars I have owned and failed to restore beyond a new set of floor mats.

By: ninjew

ninjew — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:10:45 -0800

What a great car. 2-door, rear-engine, air-cooled station wagon. I've always loved classic porsches and some vw's. I love 911s, but not the beetles. Even though they're closely related.

By: quin

quin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:12:51 -0800

My buddy had a 1977 Porsche 912. It broke down constantly. (read as: constantly), it was such a complete piece of shit, it actually tainted my view of the entire manufacturer for years afterwards. Volkswagen on the other hand, and despite my owning a really, really awful Fox, has managed to stay on my good side. I'd love to pick up one of the classic Beetles, but I've got too many damn project cars already.

By: quin

quin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:14:28 -0800

Ach, make that 1967.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:45:56 -0800

Sigh. Just makes me remember how much work I have to do on my '73 Super. They do nice work though.

By: the painkiller

the painkiller — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:10:54 -0800

if classic VW restoration is your thing, check out VW+VW1500, one man's ongoing journey of his restoration of a lovely 1962 VW 1500 Karmann-Ghia. i'm consistently amazed at his determination and success in tracking down 45-year-old OEM parts.

By: hatchetjack

hatchetjack — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:53:20 -0800

http://www.gunnarracing.com/project/index.htm this is a better version of this post.