the first post!

here i am, finally entering the 21st century. as some of you know, i'm currently doing a bunch of work on my 1971 Super Beetle. i've had a bunch of request to post pictures and keep people up-to-date on the whole process. so i just decided to create a blog and see what all the commotion is about.

i officially started working on the bug on sunday. but i really just tinkered with the carburetor to see if i could figure out why it's not idling. i found a few leaks but the carb looks really clean. so i'll fix the leaks later and see if that helps.

last night, monday, i started ripping apart the front brakes in preparation for putting on discs and calipers. i got it all jacked up and the driver's side brakes down to the backing plate. i removed the four bolts that hold the plate in but it still didn't want to budge. it was after 8:00 by then and pretty dark. so i decided to wait until i had more light and more patience to get that off. i'm hoping that i can finish up the disc install on that wheel tonight and at least get the passenger side ripped down to the spindle. below are some photo's i snapped of the whole process.


here is the 'garage.' not a bad place to work. just had to trim some of the bushes back. at least i don't have to work on it in the gravel driveway.


this is a shot of the driver's side drum. doesn't look too bad.


the glorious sight of new disc brakes. they look so much better than the drums (and hopefully they'll stop better too).


this is where i stopped last night. the lighting is weird from the flash and my work light but you get the idea. lots of brake dust in there and not much lining left on the old shoes.