getting it all setup

last saturday, will kindly came over and gave me a hand with the bug. using his suburban, we pulled the bug over to the concrete pad and pushed it into place. we finally got it into the air after jacking up the front end three times (don't ask). it's now completely off the ground.

we also took out the front seats, the rear bench and the driver's side rear panel. this will give me access to the wiring harness and i'll probably clean up the interior some. it's pretty filthy and has a bunch of junk glued to the floor to try and soundproof it. figure i can clean that up and maybe put some bed liner or paint down while i'm working on everything else.

todd inspecting my work




up in the air... doesn't it almost look happy?




some shots of the interior




and the future car junkies in the families... claire, ridley and todd


to see all of the pictures, check out will's album

more parts...

here's the other 2 boxes of parts that i got last friday.


windshield rubber, wiring harness, fusebox, fuses, ground strap, grommet for starter wire and hard start kit


brake hard lines

and the waiting is over...

another year has passed and it's time for another post. for those of you that have been holding your breath for the next installment, here it is!

last night I was greeted by a 20 lb. box of suspension parts. it felt like Christmas all over again.


i thought about just leaving things wrapped up...


but couldn't help myself!


from top to bottom... center, left and right tie rods with ends, steering damper with bushing, ball joints, caster and camber bushings (allow for more adjustment), idler arm bushing and a bunch of other bushings. everything came from jon at topline parts

i should be getting two more boxes of parts from aircooled.net today. complete wiring harness, fusebox, fuses, ground straps, battery cables, hard start kit, windshield rubber and brake hard lines.

tomorrow, if it's not raining, will be the start day. first order of business will be moving the bug back over to the concrete pad. second order will be getting it up on jackstands, removing the seats and taking copious pictures of everything. i've never done any of this sort of work in any car in my life. i'm trying to be pretty fastidious and not just dive in and then go "how did this hook up again?" i've done that too many times with this car already :)

that's all for now. expect more updates this weekend!