My 1959 Bug: Day 132

Well it has certainly been a while. In fact almost a month. Looking back this was probably the longest hiatus I had from working on the car.

Part of it was I had been working quite a bit. Solid weeks in fact with only a couple random days off here and there. When I have long weeks like that its hard to get all my normal errands done and mess around in the garage.

The other part is just realization it has been 2 years since I started this project! I've made a lot of progress but sometimes its hard to see the light (6 volt of course) at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes it is difficult pushing myself to go out into the garage. But once I'm into a project I really enjoy it.

Anyways, while working I was able to spend some time in Monterey and drove the PCH. It sealed the fate of my next project, a camper bus! Or a 54 rag top. Or....

I also discovered a vacuum leak with my intake manifold which is a real pain because the entire shroud had to come off. Come to find out, because my heads had been worked on the intake manifold is actually a bit too wide for the engine so it didn't seal properly.

The extra powder coating probably didn't help either. I put some RTV on the leaky side and we'll see if it comes back.

And finally, today I got the majority of the major body filler work done on the body. Everything went along pretty well. I also mounted the fenders to the car to make sure they lined up.

Next I am going to mock up the bumpers to see if they fit OK. I think there may be a bit of tweaking because the front bumper was tapped at some point in it's life...we'll see.

I also started working on my driver's side door again and got a skim coat of filler on it. This picture is actually of my second coat to get the low spots.

Caroline is finally moving back in! So along with that, I straightened up the house a bit and got permission to use one room just for me in the entire house. That did mean I had to organize a bit more. So I bought some of the same shelves I have in the garage.