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Mon Oct 29th 2018
Front Wheel Spacing - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 60
These front wheels were sucked waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far under the fenders. After removing the old VW drums/hubs and the Porsche wheel adapters and installing...
Sun Oct 28th 2018
Mid Day Q & A - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 2
My new Mid Day Q & A video, ask your questions about me or my projects and I address some of them in the following video. Please feel free to ask!
This 1956 V...
Sat Oct 27th 2018
No More Door Holes! - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 59
Some more welding on that passenger door! No more holes! Less talk this video, putting more talk in Q&A videos instead! Hope you enjoy! Thanks for watching!...
Sat Oct 27th 2018
Mid Day Q & A- ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 1
Some more Q&A to answer the same questions on Eleanore, the 1956 VW Beetle chop top oval that I keep getting asked repeatedly. Maybe this will shed some light....
Sat Oct 27th 2018
Weld Door Corner - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 58
First it rained all morning, then finally getting around to welding in the passenger door upper corner! Then ran out of light!
This 1956 VW Beetle I receive...
Thu Oct 25th 2018
VolkswagenPlanet Tour / Tampa, FL Roadtrip
While I was running through Tampa to pick up my brother from the airport this summer I made a special stop to visit John from the VolkswagenPlanet youtube chann...
Thu Oct 25th 2018
Rust Conversion - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 57
All of that rain when the car show ended last Saturday was NOT good for Eleanore! There was much too much exposed metal which of course flash rusted. I am gla...
Tue Oct 23rd 2018
DAY OF VW SHOW - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 56
Yay! Got up early for last minute prep of Eleanore and to get her hitched up to the 350z! I had to get to the show early because I was one of the committee me...
Mon Oct 22nd 2018
Last Minute Show Prep - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 55
Trying to finish up the stuff I didn't get to finish the day before because of interruptions and other nonsense that didn't want to work right. So here we are,...
Mon Oct 22nd 2018
First Engine Install - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 54
Tried to put an engine in with an unknown history, it turns out that it has problems. BOOOOOOO! Time to start over with a different engine instead!
This 1956...
Fri Oct 19th 2018
Reinstall Body - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 53
Time to put the body back onto the pan! Ran into a few snags.... LITERALLY! Had to pull out the angle grinder with a cutting disc to fix them! Good story! Wa...
Fri Oct 19th 2018
VW Show Preparation Misc- ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 52
So many little things still need to be done! Show in 2 days! This morning I welded and repaired the VW Beetle steering shaft, installed the VW Beetle pedal cl...
Wed Oct 17th 2018
Front Porsche Brakes - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 51
I went and put my Porsche 944 brakes that I got back from Abom79 yesterday, things are looking pretty good! Once I put the body back on I can figure out how mu...
Tue Oct 16th 2018
Abom79 Completed - Porsche Brakes Conversion on 56 Chop Top Beetle - 2
Abom79's final assembly overview and discussion!
Mounting Porsche 944 brakes on VW Beetle spindles is tricky. A lot of the fitment is pretty close, but some b...
Mon Oct 15th 2018
Drive Axles / VW CV Joint Packing - ROTTEN OLD 1956 Chop Top Oval VW Beetle - 50
Axles! CV Joints! OMG! This has been tough to gather the correct Porsche 944 rear axles for this 1956 Volkswagen Beetle Chop Top. I found one auto parts plac...
Sun Oct 14th 2018
VW Family Photos - When I was a kid!
VW Beetles have been in the family for years, my Dad and my stepfather had them, they've always been around until the mid 80s when my Dad sold his last one off....
