Photo Drop 2 of 4...

 Big paws I know you're the one...

 Thorrior Whiskey...

 Pierce/Cook Ladies and their corn...

 Pandas...

 In route to Del Mar...

 Pandas in Joe's 56er...

 Double duty...

 Burritos Locos...

 Murphy is serious about his apples...

Photo Drop...Again and Again...

 Lucy "The Bear"...If only everyone loved me as much as she does...

 Three of my favorite things after work...Meggy, Lucy and a Frosty Coors Light...

 Barn Camping...Great great great weekend...

 Sharp shooter...No Coors Light or Bean cans survived the weekend...

 Meggy finally got a chance to get her Hunger Games on...

Spent some quality time with Jay and Meggy on their birthday...Epic birthday meal!  I love Ebisu Sushi...

Brother and Sister love...This was after a few loving rounds of knuckles...

Murphy was not impressed with Whiskey and Lucy's puppy play date friends...

One of these days I will pull images off of my camera that I used to take photos with...I have gotten lazy...or busy...or both...or something.  Sooooon...Hopefully.  Not that these iPhone photos aren't great.  Enjoy...For now.

Big Day...

It has been a long time coming...but today was the day.

Joe and I both cruised our rides into work! Woot Woot!

We picked up his ride yesterday @ Hot Rods & Custom Stuff after they finalized a few finishing touches on the clutch and transmission.

Super stoked on Joe's ride...It is freaking beautiful. It didn't really seem like it had been that long since we were sand blasting the frame @ his dad's shop. Then we did the math...It has been that long. Crazy to look back at the starting point to where it is now...Awesome!

Congrats buddy! Glad to see all your hard work pay off...Stoked to see you on the road!

I am going to need a significantly large head start or a really strong tail wind to keep up with him once he gets her all broken in.

Bug Update...Number Twenty One...

STOKED!!!!

Interior is all buttoned up...Brakes freshened up...Motor tuned up...Aaaaand she is roadworthy!

It is a great feeling! Don't get me wrong there is still more to be done. In the very near future...Finally wire up the stereo.

After that everything else is fluff...Expensive fluff...That will all come in due time. I want to drop the front end, Upgrade the front to disc brakes and add a roof rack...Aaaand that'll pretty much take it where I had envisioned her from the get go.

For now...We are just going to cruise the heck out of her! And so far we are doing a great job!

Joe snapped these shots from the back seat on the way to lunch...Super roomy back there!

Bug Update...Number Twenty...

I got the interior all wrapped up this week. It had been a while since I have been able to take her for a drive and I was all fired up to take a few hot laps around the neighborhood. Hopped in...Fired right up...Went to slap her into gear and. "Grrrriiiiinnnnddddd!" It didn't want to go into gear...Then I remembered when she was getting rewired they tossed in a new clutch cable for me...It would shift into gear just fine when parked but not while the motor was running. After wedging myself all the way under the rear of the car a few times, breaking a bulb in my flashlight and a few turns of the wing nut and we were back in action.

I just need to wire up the stereo and get her idling a little better and she'll be ready for some cruising! And then she just needs to sit a bit lower and I'll be stoked!

Bug Update...Number Nineteen...

Got my shoes shined up and new soles on my feet.

If you need new tires I highly recommend you hit up Lynn @ Discount Tire Miramar. Lynn is a busy dude, but he handles his stuff. Super stoked on that guy...He put in some solid leg work tracking down exactly what I wanted. Thanks, Lynn!

I had wheels off the car for a while now...I had the front end resting on ramps...it was about 8 inches off the ground and I have been super digging the stance. Slapped the wheels back on with the new tires and new hubcaps...which looks fantastic! Buuuut it is just TOO damn high. I told myself I was going to put off the front end dhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifrop for a while...but I dunno...It NEEDS to be dropped.

Hopefully I will be able to get her out in the sun and shined up real soon!

Sooooon....

Bug Update...Number Eighteen...

I finally got around to getting the rest of the carpet installed and I slapped in my bamboo parcel shelf too. Stoked! I still have to wrap up the seats. Hopefully my tires will be in this week...maybe next week...and then we can take this girl for a cruise.

Bug-In 36...

We cruised up to Fontana to check out the Bug-In 36 VW show. I am Not going to lie it was a little weak...I think have been spoiled by going to Del Mar Goodguys and The Grand National Roadster Shows as of late. It was still cool to see. Pretty much cruised the show...contemplated buying a roof rack...bought a used glove box door instead and hit the road back south with a little pit stop in Temecula for lunch.

Pet Carrier/Speaker Box...

I would like to start this post by apologizing to Dr. Christopher Lewis...I really wanted to build this with you...buuuut...I am sorry...I got antsy.

So I have been researching rear speaker options for the Bug...and I noticed a lot of people have been adding an vintage suitcase with speakers mounted in them for a rear audio solution. I was going to run that route...then I ran across a post on Etsy for a vintage pet carrier and thought...that would be perfect!

Aaaand here she is...I haven't hooked up the stereo yet so I don't know how amazing my handy work is yet...but I will keep you updated.

Bug Update...Number Seventeen...

I have been making some solid headway on the bug. A few weeks back I took her in to see Sam @ California Pacific/J-Bugs for a full rewire. Sam is on his shit...Knocked it out in no time flat! I can't say enough about how thorough this guy was. I wish everyone was as competent at their job as he was. Every electrical component is working again...and every bit of wiring is brand spanking new. Super stoked!

After I got that back home I started on the interior. I have the back of the car completed. The dash is in place with all it's hardware, new steering wheel and horn ring installed, RetroSound stereo installed, RetroSound dual voice coil speaker and mounting bracket installed, carpet along the door sills and under the front seats completed. I just need to wrap up the glove box, fiddle with the stereo a bit more, finish the carpet in the front of the car and wrap up the upholstery on the front seats and the interior is good to go. And maybe add a Bambus Rack...Probably add a Bambus Rack.

I had been wanting to get the wheels sand blasted and powder coated for some time now. But I wasn't really ready to fork over $200 just for powder coat...New not stock rims are around $380. So I was thinking about giving them the same treatment I did the van's wheels. Joe was taking a trip up to the M-E-R-C-E-D for the weekend and offered to sand blast and prime my wheels for me at his dads shop. They turned out awesome! I started painting them this week...so far so good. New tires and she'll be ready for some driving. More updates hopefully soon! Getting closer...



And this is my new side project/audio solution for the rear hatch of the bug...Vintage pet carrier. Keep and eye out for that soon too. Etsy is awesome! And dangerous.