Wife's non-mechanically savvy brother from Texas hauled this early 70's Super Beetle up to us from Texas. Afew years ago, he and his then teen son, were going to "fix it up" and repaint it. Unfortunately they sanded to bare metal in many spots then proceeded to spray THE WHOLE car (including mirrors, door handles etc) with rattle can primer.
The car is an auto stick and I got it running just for kicks last year, but it obviously needs a ton of work, however the only problem rust is in the battery box area of the pan. I had 2 beetles as first cars and did a bunch of work to them, living in Ohio, most beetles on the road back then had rotted floorpans and door post columns/pillars where they attach to the floorpan. This one coming from Texas, IS SOLID.
While I need another project like I need a hole in my head, my mind keeps envisioning a stripped out fat and wide "sports car" type project, or a fake BajaBug look (it has the struts up front, so it would not make for a very good "real" Baja bug).
It is just sitting behind my hangar patiently waiting for the next chapter of it's life. Should it go to the junkyard, or should I dive into it?
