stevens '71

hey all,

just thought i'd pop a few pictures up on the new forum of my 1971 beige beetle.
it has a 1600 hundred engine.
lowered on the front.
and not much else really just a few little bits.
soon to have a new exhaust fitted.

heres a few of how i bought it




when we lowered it





new wheels = Empi 8's







hope you like it!

Just a quick update

New exhaust fitted



New door cards



Cd player fitted in glove box


And my attempt at Andrews retro speaker box




An just a shot I took at dubaid that I like!!


Bugs all serviced up and running nice now aswell thanks to carl and Helen coming down and giving me a hand except from a new oil leak!

Very tidy, you pleased with the door cards?

Love the retro speaker box and the stickers (but then I would say that wouldn't I).

Enjoy cruising in the sun and leaving a little trail of oil everywhere you go... (saw your post on VZI!)

just a few more piccys of my bug

Finally got round to doing to headliner! Not the original though!!

What do you all reckon







Bought a few thousand old school beer mats at a boot sale for a fiver of a old bloke! Thought id give it a go!

I really quite like the way it looks

Steven wrote:Finally got round to doing to headliner! Not the original though!!

What do you all reckon







Bought a few thousand old school beer mats at a boot sale for a fiver of a old bloke! Thought id give it a go!

I really quite like the way it looks

Very inventive I like that .....

Ha ha, love it.



Skol - brilliant!



Now all you need is a "Follow the Bear" bumper sticker...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh6aqOR_XFo

Looks good dude! Are you going to put them round the window or paint it up 1200 style?

Not sure mate as the bugs got the clamp things that you attach the headliner too? Dunno what to do with them?

Are they spotwelded on? If so you could drill out the spotwelds?

Beetles back on the road for another year and another season thanks to Paul! Also downs at the back thanks again to Paul
Here's some pictures






Now just to treat myself to a slamwerks narrowed front beam in the next few months to get some tuck and the front lower

Nice headliner...and nice driving pic^^
Can;t go wrong with a bit of image stabiliser eh.

I took that on my iPhone didn't turn out to bad seeing we was bouncing along in the wedge

Kev wrote:I took that on my iPhone didn't turn out to bad seeing we was bouncing along in the wedge

Think you mean wafting along kevo

twitching skills Kev, get snapping for the 2013 calendar.

Little preview of the new beam from slamwerks!

Not set the ride height or anything yet!

Just a little photo of the tuck


Will post some more photos when it's all done and down!!

Good skills enjoy those cats eyes

Nice work scuba

Here's the finished article! Ride height tracking and everything have now been set thanks to lots of hard work and late evenings from Liam and Kevo!

Really happy with the ways its sitting now!









Now just got to clearance the underside of my car!

Cv boots and gearbox oil change on the list next as well as sort out some rust issues on the doors and wings!

Thanks again to Liam and Kev for putting up with my inability/stupidity to work on cars

See some of you at wyke down tomorrow in the rain!!

Good work mate looks really cool. Bet your learning all the time getting your hands dirty.
Gearbox oil is easiest to change with a funnel extended with a section of hosepipe
See ya

Come on steevo get some better shots of your car up! It was a hard week working on that! Seriously look how much better your car looks now than in the pictures at the top of the page! Will have to sort you a luggage rack bracket out next!

Liam wrote:Come on steevo get some better shots of your car up! It was a hard week working on that! Seriously look how much better your car looks now than in the pictures at the top of the page! Will have to sort you a luggage rack bracket out next!

Yeah definately need to get some better pictures, will get onto that on sunday hopefully!! Was looking at the pictures the other day thinking how much better it looks, can't believe how stock and high it was haha! Rear luggage rack would look sweet on it as well, think I need some new wings first though as my headlights started bouncing off the other day! Seems to be driving a little better now though mate, Steering is a little lighter and is self centering a little now. Guess its just the new ball joints are starting to wear in a bit now?

Once again thanks for the help mate! Pricing up beer for big bang!!

Steven wrote:

Liam wrote:Come on steevo get some better shots of your car up! It was a hard week working on that! Seriously look how much better your car looks now than in the pictures at the top of the page! Will have to sort you a luggage rack bracket out next!

Pricing up beer for big bang!!

Its gonna cost you a bloody fortune!