Today started out with me surprising my son (and wife) that I started this little journey of restoring the Bug. I took the long way to my son's pre-school and stopped by the office for him to visit. Let's just say I made the right decision - he's beside himself and wants to talk about the car, how to fix it and what colors to paint it (I had to nix the Tony Stewart #14 color scheme) in the end.
I found some areas of bondo - especially in the A pillar and the passenger door. Appears to be small damage and not the usual rust that encrusts the window's gasket. Didn't catc that on first inspection - oh well.
Next step will be to fabricate a holding frame that will keep the geometry when I lift the body off the chassis and fix new floor pans and heater channels which are a mess. That will probably hold off until Sunday which seems to be my only day with some free time.
As I get more into the restore/build procedures I will take more task oriented photos and not just progress shots. But as for taking apart a Bug its about as simple as turning a screwdriver or wrench until there are no more bolts.
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