First weekend working on the Beetle...

The first thing we did was take out the gas tank...it was an absolute mess. Here is the tank before we took it out.

Almost out...

Gas tank is out...

Here is where the gas cap goes...

This is the mess that was slowly leaking from the hose underneath the tank...

The next thing we did was take the wheels off and try to lubricate the brakes so the wheels would turn...the car barely rolls.

Here's a brake drum...

Here is the wheel...hoo boy...

Sprayed this whole area with BP Blaster.

It didn't work. Car still doesn't roll well.

Steve was getting ready to tackle removing the engine, so I took the cover off...

Before we got to the engine, we took the two front seats out and the bottom of the back seat...

This is the underneath side of the back seat bottom. Note the mouse nest...

Fixin' to take out the engine...Steve is putting car up on blocks and I'm reading John Muir's Compleat Guide for Idiots.

Here is Steve, working underneath. He has on his safety glasses...just pushed up to his forehead. Sigh...

Draining the oil

The jedis, hanging out in the shop, watching TV, watching us work... eating snacks...

We never did get the engine out...we just ran out of time. That will have to wait till next weekend!

The Day we got the Beetle

Ok, here are the pictures from when we picked up the Beetle yesterday...

Here it is in the field, getting ready to be pulled to the trailer...you can just make out Steve in the seat steering...

There it goes!

On the trailer...

Now it's home, in our shop driveway. My ramps were in the "still thinking about it" phase here.

Almost out...note my ramps are in good position and nailed together. Also note, it got DARK in the time it took us to work on getting this thing out of the back of that trailer!

Home Sweet Home