dave j

Maybe put a post in the for sale section to see if anyone that hasn't read this thread is interested?

Congrats on retirement, at least you have a couple* of projects to keep you busy!

I bet that Skoda will be popular! I had one as my first car and would l love another so will deffo get a ticket!

After owning an Octavia VRS estate for 5 years when it came to replace it I ended up with another one! The black one was on 213k and needed too much doing for me to justify spending on it... Plus I wanted a newer car!

I fancy popping up there one day as it's only about an hour away. Looks good though!

That's a good way to waste some time!

I would have been tempted to leave it outside after that!

When I got my Beetle back together I had to change the dynamo 4 times! The one it came with was faulty so I fitted a spare that I had. That didn't work either so got one off a mate which also didn't bloody work! Was fed up by this point so bought an alternator conversion kit! I had to take off the bracket the decklid hinges bolt to to get the fan housing high enough to get the fan out but by the 4th time I was quite good at it! The fan nut I used an impact gun to undo.

Good to see progress on this bug. Seen a lot of Beetles with wiring that looks like this, you will probably find a lot of redundant wiring in there!

Now I'm going to have to watch it!

I tried to watch it but fell asleep halfway through! Don't think I will worry about catching up with what I missed

I saw that one at the weekend! It's a South African import. It's got a 2.6 5 cylinder engine! 😮

Love the new wheels! T5's are the same stud pattern as BMW aren't they? I always fancied a set of those 5 spokes you had on the 335d on a T5

Good luck with the sale! What are you going to get to replace it?

Looks ace on Ronal Turbos!

I saw pics of that one online recently! Shame it's leaving you but I reckon it's going to cost a ton of money to restore! I would love an early 911 but that will probably never happen

Glad to see your back! Those wheels look much better in silver. Let me know if you need any bits for it as I have a few spares in my garage!

Mine is exactly this! So tempting to lower it more though ...

I think he did 4 or 5 videos on it too!

That Beetle belonged to a mate of mine until a few months ago, before that it had been laid up in a garage in Plymouth for a few years! Will be good to see it in use

Love it! I want to see it turning left to go up towards Tavistock hospital as it's a nice hairpin bend!

Love it! I wasn't expecting that!

I broke my glasses frame not long after buying them so I found a second hand pair the same on eBay and swapped the lenses over. Cost me about 30 quid instead of about 200

A double spot at my local Tesco tonight!

I have a Bosch battery in the camper that is only about 18 months old and it's not holding a charge any more. It's supposedly got a 4 year guarantee but I bought it off eBay so let's see how successful getting it replaced will be..