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I have five dogs so I had to rewatch it to see which one! That’s Zoey Belle. Named after the actress/stunt woman from Death Proof. She is the alpha in our pack even over our Belgian Malinois mix and our Masitiff/Dane mix

Me too. Got sidelined from cancer repair on this thing for a little cancer repair on myself. Put me out of the game for a year. Will be back to it here real soon. Thanks!

For sure. I am doing a 2H/ABA swap I. It right now as well as paint. Will pretty much be new here shortly!

@@thebeardsgarage I look forward to seeing what you’re doing. I have three 80’s Sciroccos. Two ‘S’ models, in really good condition in Mars red. The other one I’m working on Cis injection issues. The third a 1980, is on the back burner for now. I’m thinking to buy a 1984 two door Rabbit in pretty good condition. A one owner car. It’s an automatic, so I’ll need to convert it to a manual. I have an extra 1.8 ph motor and close ratio 5 spd trans I can put in it. I’m 68 years old and getting harder to do all the work myself. But I’ll try. 👍🏻👍🏻

@andrerodriguez7603 thanks, I’m 51 and just went through throat cancer surgery/treatment, but it inspired me to say fuck it, build a new shop and make some cool cars. So that’s why I’ve been away here for a bit. So lots more coming soon!

I struggled with doing them or not. But figured it was torn down that far already so why not?

Thanks. I wish I’d been a little more detailed but I will have a few more videos coming up on the Cabbie, new motor, paint etc

@@thebeardsgarage yeah currently running into issues w the shifter being stiff I’m wondering if it’s because the linkage piece with the pinch bolt and clamp I think isn’t centered like yours I’m going to make it straight retighten then adjust the linkage and see if I can get all my gears smoothly glad I could reference the starting point to see

@E_ina_G if it’s hard to get into 1st and 2nd you just have to take out the splined shaft at the front and turn it a tooth or two until you get that 15mm between the shifter and the metal tab at rest. I was surprised what a difference one or two teeth made. There is a process for adjusting the actual plate inside the car as well, I can’t remember what that was though. I started there and then went under the car

Absolutely. It really wasn’t even that expensive. Rough estimate it was less than $700 with the Konis. And I think maybe $900 with the H&Rs. The Konis are a tad soft in the rear but it’s lowered. (But don’t tell her!) It rides quite nice.

Parts list added to the video description!

Yeah I do lol. That’s why all my other videos aren’t voiced. I have nerve damage in my neck from throat cancer surgery last November so it’s hard to talk with a lot of inflection. But thanks for watching!

Thank you. I’ll have a video up maybe tomorrow showing the paint three years later and how it’s held up. Nothing quite as fun as painting cars!

Thank you. Will be getting some more up soon!

Thank you, will be getting new vids up soon

I’m finding the Beetle to be more fun as I’ve never had one before so it’s neat to learn. But the Rabbit is more my style! I get to keep the finger. Turns out there’s a safety guard in the box that the boss says I have to put on now :(

Yeah that’s why I’m hesitating. I think it needs to be done though. I’d love to get all the dogs in one shot but that’s virtually impossible! Thanks for watching

Just try to get the car centered a little more so it comes off more level!

Tonight!

Awesome! Will be starting a series of videos on this car, I owned it from new and we are doing a total refresh on it!

Hi there, I’m actually in Beavercreek, Oregon. Bought the car in Ridgefield, Washington. Would definitely adjust it for you though!

I saw another UA-camr use the strap method, I forgot his name. It worked pretty well but the car wasn’t centered under the lift so it did come off crooked. I’m not sure I’d use this method again. Maybe with different straps. This body dolly is from Redline Automotive and it’s pretty good, I follow Callahan and agree that his design is great. It’s almost a jig as well for the heater channels, which yes, as you’ll see in the next video may need a little attention. But so far I’m pretty lucky with this chassis! Thanks for watching!

@@thebeardsgarage Awesome work! Can you share a link of the body dolly? Thank you!

@@marcosgomez7771 I think that’s a Redline. But I made an actual jig that sits on top of the Redline dolly to fit the Beetle body. Check out my other video of making that part

Thanks! Was a little worrisome when the body came off crooked!

Yes I should have one or two out this weekend!

That’s awesome! And a great color. I’m lucky with this car, it’s pretty solid for sitting in a backyard here in Oregon for years. I’ll be doing the lower quarter panel this week and getting the body off as soon as I get my Rabbit out of the way! It’s a great car to learn on and there’s plenty of parts out there!

Yes. Your doing some really cool stuff but I personally think it would be awesome if you narrated what you were doing and included any setbacks or challenges you had on some of the things your doing.

Because the screws came out without much of a fight? I got lucky

Haha! Yeah well uh, no excuses… I have one now! Thank you!

Watching what some of the other guys on YT are going through with theirs makes me feel lucky for sure! Luckily there isn’t a lot of metal to replace on this one

Thank you. It’s my first air cooled VW but I love the simplicity. Should get another video out this week!

Thanks! Hard to find music that isn’t you usual social media electronica! Some of my older vids have that but my son was editing them. I’ll have more up here soon, so much snow in the Northwest!

@@thebeardsgarage Gotta love that rockabilly. I'll enjoy following your adventure.

@@medicocreguitarist4206 Wish I could share more rockabilly from the early 50’s and 60’s, but copyright and all that. All those bands need to be heard and appreciated! I grew up on The Cramps in the 80’s and they took me way back!

@@thebeardsgarage Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats at the New Sooner Theater in 1982. That was my rockabilly start! Whenever I want to speed up my picking hand I turn to rockabilly or surf music. It goes great with working in the garage too.

Thanks. Hopefully will get wrapped up with taking it apart this weekend and will get the body off and start a bit of rust repair!

Haha, she knows a VW is a lifelong commitment! Stay tuned, will be doing a complete restoration (with upgrades) over the next couple of months!

Make sure the shifter baseplate inside the car is adjusted correctly. You may be getting some bind in there. Is the reverse lockout working correctly?

Yeah it works. It’s just stiff back and forth.

I found out that it’s the bracket up front the the long rod goes thru, the pre-installed bushing is too tight, going to sand it a lil, when I removed the bracket, every was nice and easy, found the culprit 👍🏻👍🏻

At least the parts on these things is reasonable! Getting ready to stop this one down for paint, planning on dropping motor and trans out the bottom in on piece!

Thanks! Everything came from Techtonics Tuning in Oregon

Definitely fewer and fewer around these days for sure!

Oh I love painting. It’s all the bodywork up to that point that sucks!

@@thebeardsgarage hahaha I bet.

Yay!