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| | So what has changed on the site since your last
visit, or are you new to 66 Bug. Either way this page will keep you up to date
with the changes that have taken place since the creation of the site.
19th Jan 01
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A photo shoot for a magazine, some shots here
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16th Jan 01
| Bug passed the test, now legal to drive on the road... yes |
9th Jan 01
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Test day for the bug, drove it to the garage. See here
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6 Jan 01
| Completed all electrical work |
| Front wings fitted with new beading |
2 Jan 01
| A new page added January 2001 |
| Worked on the engine lids and ignition refit |
27th Dec
| Engine was cleaned and put back in the bug] |
| Working on carb, getting ready for re-fitting |
| More photographs posted on the December
page |
13th Dec
| Pulled the engine today. |
| Posted some pictures of the engine out of the bug |
12th Dec 00
| Cleaned up the front chassie and painted it |
| Painted inner wings, under wings and under bonnet... Its all here |
11th Dec 00
| New front beam fitted, adjustable!!!! HA
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8th Dec 00
| Sprayed the petrol tank in Hammerite paint |
| Brought a load of parts, See 8th for
details |
| Fitted drivers windows frame |
| A new page added with pictures from Wolfsburg
in 1950s |
4th Dec 00
| Cleaned up under the bonnet and removed the petrol tank
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2nd Dec 00
| Started to polish the bug |
1st Dec 00
| Another month means another page. December added |
| More of that beautiful Bahama Bleu applied..... |
30th Nov 00
| Applied the colour today, 4 coats of Bahama Bleu.. looking good. Here
it is |
29th Nov 00
| Included more stuff on priming the bug. 3 new pictures posted too |
25th Nov00
| Added some new VW Advertising posters to the Adds
page |
| Slightly changed the layout of the site |
23 Nov 00
| Continued the spraying of the drivers side, still rubbing down and
undercoating with primer. |
| Added a page called next steps page Details
what I will be doing to the bug and why |
| Added a table of 1966 production figures here |
21st Nov 00
| Went to see Andy, the previous owner, he gave me some more photos and
receipts for the bug |
| Inserted a search engine on the home page, just for this site... try it
out here |
| I have added pictures of a post card sent from Germany to the original
owner on the 27/4/1964, they give detail about the price of Beetles in
Germany, Ireland and USA , look here |
20th Nov
| Spray primed the bug |
| Added 6 pictures of sprayed bug to the November
section |
17th Nov 00
| Continued with the rubbing down of the body and wings. |
| Added pictures of work to the November
section. |
15th Nov 00
| Managed to get some body work done, rubbed down the off side ready for
primer spray |
| A couple of new pictures and text posted in "Your Vdubs"
section |
7th Nov 00
| Updated the site, new graphics on the home page |
5th Nov 00
| Some how I have damaged my back... Stopped work on the bug (Lower back
pain) |
4th Nov 00
| Started and nearly finished the resto of the NS passenger door |
| Loads of pictures of this door resto
uploaded |
3rd Nov 00
| Right, that's the drivers door done and finished ready for paint
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1st Nov 00
| Guess what, included a November section on
the site.... |
30th Oct 00
| Had a lit of a tidy in the garage |
| finished off the drivers door |
28th Oct 00
| Added two more resto days work, 25th
and 27th Oct |
| Uploaded a hotspot resto map here |
| A site map was added |
23rd Oct 00
| Changes made to site structure with pre restoration page removed &
combined with restoration page |
| More pictures added to the 19th Oct
00 |
19th Oct 00
| Started on the off side. Bumper mount and heater channel repairs |
| Added photos of these here |
17th Oct 00
| Added details on door piller
repairs and a few pictures. |
| Added some more pictures of bonnet, before
and after shots. |
| Updated the history for the 90's from receipts that
I have |
| Made changes to the history section and group info into 60s
and 90s |
11th Oct 00
| Roof channel repair section added to the October
renovation page |
| Made changes to site layout, graphics and fonts |
10th Oct 00
Loads more photos added including:
| VIN plate and Colour label under bonnet on history
page |
| Bonnet welding and rear bumper mount photos added to the Oct
restoration |
8th Oct 00
7th Oct 00
5th Oct 00
Further updates to the site, more pages and pictures added, these are:
| History, this page has been added... I have
scanned loads and loads of bills from 1966 to 1970 and these will be
uploaded real soon |
| Inside, I broke the pre restoration down into sub
pages this is one of the pages. |
| 1st checks and this is the other |
| Restoration A restoration section has been
added, This will be updated in date order, I included |
| News This page, and changes to the site will be documented here. |
| History page updated with pages for 1967,
68 and 69 |
3rd Oct 00
This site was first created on 3rd Oct 00 and the following pages where
created
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