The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Thank you, I was very proud of it.

Here's what the son-in-law pickup up at the Charlotte auto fair. 1981 GMC C15 fully restored resto-mod. http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac201/agggilli/20140727_173943_zps79307583.jpg http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac201/agggilli/20140906_173915_zps2f833e29.jpg And my new ride- 460 HP- 7 speed...

Almost 51,000 views, NICE! I'm going to take my son-in-law to the Charlotte Auto Fair the first weekend in April to see what we can pick up. We should have about $12K-$14K to spend, so with an estimated 1600 classic cars for sale on hand, we hope to bring something cool home for him. Should be an aw...

Hey I should get an award for the thread with the most views! Just kidding, I'm just glad that my thread appears to continue to garner interest and hopefully give others motivation and/or inspiration to tackle their own cool projects. I wanted to show what could be done with enough hard work, persev...

I love it, looks fantastic! Very, Very nice.

Blue Baron wrote:For fear of getting upended, you do realize '66 had a black steering wheel and turn signal array?

Yes, but the Ivory looks SO much better. I love that steering wheel and switch, and I think it will really make the interior look great.

Any new progress to report? Looking good!

No more project cars, just spending time with my wife, daughter and grand daughter. I have built and restored several vehicles in my lifetime, but the bug was the pinnacle of them all. I had the $ and ability to do it the way I wanted and it turned out exactly as I envisioned it. I sold all of my eq...

Well the bug may have a new owner now, but it will always be a part of me, so what better way to to still have it? Got this tat Friday, "BADD BUG" was my license plate. I think it turned out pretty darn nice! http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac201/agggilli/064.jpg http://i900.photobucket...

So my VW made it to Mecum, and it looked awesome on television. So here is the final chapter. It is so awesome to have my work validated by having millions of viewers see it in it's glory. Here is a video I made off the television program. Enjoy! http://youtu.be/OZxiJ8If_n4

And so the end of the story, I sold the VW last weekend on Ebay. Turns out he is a fellow that has a classic car business where he buys and sells classic cars. He says he is taking the VW to the Mecum auto auction next month, so who knows where it might show up. It might end up in your part of the w...

Benjamin I havent used TMI, but I have heard pretty good things about them. I don't remember what I paid for just the carpet from Sewfine, but I don't think it was even half of what you said your TMI carpet was, so I'm sure the carpet quality of the TMI is probably better. I thought mine seemed thin...

It came from Sewfine, but there is no label. I believe they cut and stitch their own. Yes it fit pretty well, but did require some work. Overall, the carpet quality itself was not overly fantastic. There may be higher quality out there.

I used a good multiply 1/2" birch plywood for the sides, I believe it was like 6 or 7 ply, and 1/4" plywood for the front. I used glue and a brad nailer to assemble. The speaker kick panels came from Sewfine and they put the carpet on them for me at my request. I don't believe they carry t...

Yes I am very happy with the front beam and I think the ride is fine. I usually drive it with a normal ride height and only drop it when it is parked or I am showing it. Yes, I fabricated both consoles from scratch. I usually make what I want from cardboard first to get it exactly the way I want it ...