The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Interior Kit was "semi custom" from Sofine in California. The guy who installed is in North Carolina, Name is Dennis Powell.

I will start with the end and post a few pictures of the final product. I hope you like it. The base car was in great shape with no rust so there was no need to remove body from frame. Everything else was torn down and rebuilt. If you want to see bigger pictures, just click on these and you should g...

Bob Hicks working with his son Chet are fabulous. They work pretty exclusivly on old aircooled VWs and they know everything and everyone. As I worked on my restoration they were ver helpful to me with advice and the work I asked them to do they did well and promptly

Great place

Solved the issue You have to putthe regulator in before the butterfly window post...oops:( doors are coming together beautifully...by tomorrow I should be 99% done...just a few more little things likt repainting wiper moter and getting a new chrome trim strip for hood will post pictures on restorati...

Branston, Thanks for sharing the pain...and yes I left it out but all of the door latching mechansim is in. At this point I am tempted to take out the regulator, slide the glass all the way up and hold it...then put the regulator in... what a bear of a job! if you find your notes I would love to see...

I am putting my bug back together and I am having a heck of a time with the doors. I installed 1) the outer scraper 2) the butterfly window 3) then the inner scraper 4) placed the windo in the door 5) window regulator installed 6) tried unsuccessfully to lift window into track so I could attach regu...

Thanks John

I need one and can't find it in any of the ususal places

Does anyone know what happened. They took my money and never shipped my parts... seems as though they went out of business.

Does anyone live close to them... can you do a drive by and check it out

Any information would be appreciated as I am out $1700

So My bug is back from the paint shop...pictures to be posted when I get the new fender rubbers and I actually begin putting it back together...I pulled the wheels yesterday and removed the tires for sandblasting and paint. I went to the tire store and they only had one model of tire that was consis...

As I wait fro the paint, the engine is getting stripped down, all sheet metal painted and the main seal replaced. I will post pictures when I get back from paint and as I go putting it all back together...can't happen soon enough for me

I have been anxiously waiting to get my car back from the paint shop. Today I got to go over and see it and look at a test spray of part of the door...essentially a color check. We thought the color tilted a bit too much to grey and away from sea-sand (a brown undertone I think) but the car look ama...

I lucked into a sweet deal. The second owner was in your position. He bought it from the original woman that bought it new. She was rather advanced in age and the car sat for 10 years before he bought it. He didn't know anything about anything and ended up at Hicks VW in NC for some pretty major wor...

I posted in mechanical forum and got nothing...and I know you all have opinions so please help me I have torn my 66 down to the metal and it will soon be painted. As I put it back together, I am looking for advice on insulation for the roof, the doors...inside firewall...the pan you get he picture a...

So, my sea-sand 66 has been stripped clean. No interior, no rubber, no windows...you get the picture. It is headed off to be painted next week inside and out. Several questions 1) Does anyone have great ideas about interior insulation a) Pan (under the rubber mat, the seats etc b) body panels like d...