Cleaning up the metal and the garage....

Ran out of welding gas so I thought it was a good moment to clean the garagebox up a bit. Pushed the bug outside and test fitted some stuff. It all kind of fitted but I'm still a bit iffy about everything. I really need an adapterplate for my subaru engine so I can test fit everything correctly. The cup-brace isn't finished eather because of the lack of welding gas but thus far it looks ok. So nothing really important to show but... well, it's progress anyway.

Had the other stuff on too but It looks really silly without an engine, so I am not going to show those pics. But at least you can see how the closed holes look (still without bondo) Now to make some holes in other places for cooling stuff, weird hu...

The cup-brace is in, still need to weld to lower brackets to the gearbox horns but then it's ready. Guess if the parts are strong enough for a boat they are strong enough for my bug. Let's hope I am right.

Bye bye half moons.....

Decided to delete the little half moons behind the rear windows. They were going to blow air behind my roofcovering... so they had to go. It all looks really rough, guess I should start to use some bondo after I grind it all down. Time to start to make it look it all a bit more decent... Little note: If you are ever going to do this, do not forget to take the isolating strip out that is in the groove right behind the skin. I forgot it with the first side which resulted in lots of fire, smoke and funky smell. I can still smell it....

After that I cut a square out of the fire wall, just big enough for a 21 inch monitor. Haha, just kiding, it's going to be a 19 inch..... Nooo, it's to give the intake of the subaru engine a bit more space. And it also gives me a lot more room to get to the engine/gearbox bolts which I hadn't even thought about. I'm going to make a box of it which will also house my speakers. Also put a aluminium cover where the vents where (it's gray, probably the color I am going to paint the entire car) and I am working on a cup brace, but I'll show that one when it's finished... because I kind of screwed it up... :(