The front bumper came back from powder coating today and I dropped off the rear bumper and the door handles to be done. A little bummed because when I tightened the bolts the bumper tweaked and had a weird effect right under the bolt. I can live with it since I plan to mount a cactus smasher anyhow.

 

Started on the carpet today, it fits pretty well and it should relax some more.




I have sone work to do on the rear, I need insulation and trimming to make it fit well, it is just set in place for now.

 

Carpet looks nice. Just lay it in and all set? No heating or stretching required?

Good to see the project is still going.

 

I let it sit out in the sun for a couple of hours before I put it in the truck, I think that helped it lay out.

 

Did you flatten out the bed area or leave it with the grooves? I've heard of people cutting lengths of wood on a bevel so that way the whole bed area behind the rear seat is smooth when you kneel or sit on it.

 

I haven't done anything yet, I plan on doing the wood strips and insulation behind the rear seats.

 

The dash is basically complete, I have to put the pedals in before the column can go in and I will have to pull it apart to install the head unit when it gets here.



Really happy with the look of the black trim and the white cluster.



Nostalgic AC adapted the factory controls for the defrost, vent and heater.



The compressor is a separate ****, I removed the lighter and put the thermostat in it's place, perfect fit!

 

Thats neat! Where ya gonna put your cigarette lighters? When I had my 71 super beetle I had to wire up one, I bolted it to the bottom of the dash.

 

I will be making a center console and I will put 2 power points in there.

 

I have a dash control for ac. I won't have it in my 79. I want to lose the big box and all the dash stuff too.

If I end up with even a heater I will switch it to the style like you have, but I'll have to find a donor truck so I can change the firewall and heater core and fan mount also.

Sweet lookin build! Nice work

 

The black trim really makes your cluster pop

 

I got the fuel lines ran today, the pictures are not great since, sorry about that.
The undercarriage is quite dusty, once I get it running I will pull it out of the garage and give it full cleaning.



Also I sanded, primed and painted one of the wheels, I like the color and think it will look good on the rig.

 

Looks good so far.

 

It's all looking great

 

Mounted up one of the tires to check clearance and fit, it looks ****ing amazing!


Surprisingly I have a little over 1" clearance to the lower link at full lock, I expected I would have to restrict the turning radius.


I do have a small leak in the shoulder of this tire
I have to buy another for a spare anyhow, so I may patch this, keep at low pressure and consider it my spare for the time being, ugh. Any thoughts on this? My other thought is to run a tube in this one and still use it as my spare.