tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31332615311261930092012-02-11T17:32:09.655ZCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-62989579061255927792007-05-17T10:29:00.000Z2008-12-10T14:17:44.148Z

Whilst still pondering how to get this chassis home, a friend (Caddy at BugBitz) pointed out that the NBOC were having a camping weekend and VW show up in Armagh, and why didn't I come up to that. He'd been threatening to sort out my 12v leisure system in the camper for ages now, and he suggested I come up on the Thursday, he could sort out my electrics and we could both head off the the NBOC

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-2630611958424034542007-05-14T09:45:00.000Z2007-05-17T11:49:17.427Z

There was I browsing the Type 2 Ireland forum, with my beetle and its impending resto gently nagging in the back of my mind, when one of the forum members casually mentions that he has a 'v good beetle chassis for sale'. I registered the comment in the back of my mind, but didn't give it much thought. The member in question is up in Derry, a long, long way from Tipperary, and with the long

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-26197551712394224942007-05-13T11:52:00.000Z2008-12-10T14:17:44.815Z

Looking at some of my bugs non-black bits we have come to the conclusion that she started out a beigey-grey colour. Looking up the colour codes for her year I identified this as Chinchilla Grey.Then looking at various websites who had little colour squares to demonstrate the colour it was hard to imagine how the colour looked on a beetle. Various searches on a few online search engines for

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-34397328230341657342007-04-27T09:39:00.000Z2007-05-17T09:44:28.266Z

A quick note the followers of this bog after receiving a few email from folks concerned that I'd given up and run away screaming at the enormity of the work ahead of me.The bug resto is still live, I'm still alive, just the drag of real life getting in the way of getting anything productive done.The welding course was concluded successfully, still trying to source a decent enough welder up to the

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-20452110046066253302007-02-16T11:37:00.000Z2007-02-19T12:06:02.338Z

Got there this time, but the OH had to drive me there, and wait while I attended class. Still suffering from a sticky starter motor, so his generosity is much appreciated.Finally got my hands on my very own welding mask, and a cool little flame-retardent cap thing to go under it. Wouldn't want your hair catching fire now would you! The tutor solved my 'female' problem with a simple snip and

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-18563599608375631072007-02-09T10:14:00.000Z2007-02-12T10:13:53.215Z

...didn't happen I'm very sad to say!We had a fair bit of snow Wednesday night, and it continued to snow all through the morning on Thursday. Thursday afternoon and evening were freezing cold, and the laying snow was going nowhere. The roads were treacherous and the radio was warning of worse conditions to come, with very icy roads. Now my bus is approx 2 tons, with a strange centre of gravity

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-64388926591712225052007-02-02T10:17:00.000Z2007-02-02T10:59:57.873Z

Last night I signed on and started an evening course in Welding. Felt really odd to be back in a classroom environment. Thought I'd left all that behind when I finished my degree in 2001.We all had to do an intro. The "my name is Caroline and I'm an alcoholic, whoops wrong meeting, no I want to learn how to weld old cars back together", kind of thing.There were just five of us there last night

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-84338631122144086702007-01-30T11:01:00.000Z2007-01-30T12:00:58.094Z

Well, I didn't promise daily posts and lots of excitement...so after a bit of a winter hibernation, here I am posting again about my Beetle.But first I'd like to pause for a second to remember my Dad who died earlier this month. DCK 30 Aug 1928 - 11 Jan 2007My parent's had a Beetle when I was first born. Mum can't remember all the details on it, like year etc, but from the few photos we've found

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-23172156098964427982006-11-23T16:07:00.000Z2006-11-23T16:43:27.327Z

I don't normally buy it, but expecting a quiet day at work yesterday I decided to buy a copy of the Irish free ads paper "Buy & Sell".Normally there's little of interest inside, but I couldn't believe it when the following ad popped out at me:All parts for a 70's Beetle, €50 to clearWell I rang the guy up, and asked all the relevant questions. He told me he'd had several Beetles in the past, now

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-42039102932628843022006-11-14T15:25:00.000Z2006-11-14T16:42:32.926Z

First some words of warning. If you've stumbled across this blog and are expecting exciting daily updates and lots of work done on a regular basis I'm sorry to say you're going to be incredibly disappointed. Hopefully, as things roll on progress will pick up a bit of speed, but for now its on a GO SLOW and won't change in the immediate future.This bug needs an awful lot of welding to make her

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-14033919762732746132006-11-12T22:32:00.000Z2006-11-12T22:47:05.619Z

One of our club members, Trev Brady very kindly offered to come and have a look at my little bug, and give his verdict. On a cold and damp Friday evening Trev made a diversion whilst on his way home, and crawled over, in and under my beetle project to give us the following information.the general prognosis is that with the right technology, you can rebuild him the bad parts first, it'll need rust

Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09916992318453819455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133261531126193009.post-88418898362355873382006-11-12T22:06:00.000Z2006-11-12T22:22:24.753Z

Welcome to my resto blog for a 1970 VW Beetle.Whilst driving our '71 VW single cab pickup home from Kilkenny late on a Saturday evening I passed a sad looking little beetle by the side of the road, decorated with pieces of cardboard declaring she was 'For Sale'. Not being in the market for a beetle (we'd just bought the single cab) I put it out of my mind, save for perhaps mentioning it on the

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