No more buggy,,,,, now a bug

[buggyfan]

Grabbed a few masonite boards.....


Mark out the shape from the old doorcards on cut new front and rear accordingly

[buggyfan]

Recover them with diy


And install

[buggyfan]

Next up was replacing all the petrol pipes by the tank due to constantly getting a strong fuel smell inside the car

Remove all old pipes




New pipes

[buggyfan]

After 47years of use the front seats were completely stuffed especially the seatbacks were all broken.


So we wanted to replace them but with a seat with a high backrest
Got a set of Kia picanto front seats for cheap.


Only problem is they are a little too wide to fit inbetween the heaterchannel and the pan tunnel

[buggyfan]

By using the C. A. D method I made a template loosely based on the Corbeau seatframes where it attaches to pre existing holes in the original seat rails
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ_X7FbeKhU



CAD=cardboard aided design

[buggyfan]

Made the frame out of 25x3mm flatbar






All fitted

[Terry Phillips]

Thats the way to do it enjoying working on the car learning and saving money in time your skills will be useful to you.Good job.

[Haans]

Were those seats not from. A type 3 or ghia,....their seats are wider on the rails than beetle,.....????

Haans

[buggyfan]

Were those seats not from. A type 3 or ghia,....their seats are wider on the rails than beetle,.....????

Haans

No, the replacement seats came out of a Kia Picanto

[Haans]

OOOOookkkkaaaa!!!

Haans

[buggyfan]

ToyIng with the idea of converting this back to a Baja/open top or closed top /as i dont feel comfortable with the idea of 2 kids on the back'seat with no real form of protection aeound or above them whatsoever

10years later and the youngest all grown up we're back to the same problem