Specialists In Air Cooled Volkswagens

S.G.S.

Solent Garage Services

 

This Beetle was so rotten that the only hope of rescuing it was to lift it of the floor pan and replace the bottom 6 inches.

 

This job was done more for the love than the money!! (It’s the wife's)

 

 

Phew !!!!.... ……………..that’s the body all nice and solid, lets load a new roll of welding wire and then crack on with the floor pan.

Ready and waiting to be re-united with it’s body….once it’s painted!

A Fred Flintstone car

Look a hover Beetle !!!!

Because the rot was so bad a frame……....

….was installed to keep the cars shape...

...while lifting it from the floor pan  …….

….to enable the heater channels to be replaced !

From 36 b.h.p. powered rot box ..……….To……...140 b.h.p. head turning custom

This next section of the build took 4 solid weeks of 12 hour days so she could have the car for going to the Volksword Show……

……….I promised I’d have it finished for her and I did......just!!!