This blog will document the work I am planning on doing to my 1957 VW Bug over the next several years. I picked it up from a guy in St. John Washington for $600 in March 2008. It was sitting on a 59 pan that barely rolled but it made it home with the help of 4 tires I had to borrow from a friend (thanks Chris). There was no title, but I'm not planning on using the 59 pan for anything but parts anyway.
It came with all the body metal, raised emblem hood (look close it's inside the car), 66 style deck lid, mismatched rear fenders, original doors and a great set of original bullet front fenders. It also came with 5 engines, 2 free spinning dual relief short blocks, 2 free spinning 40HP long blocks with some top end parts, and a frozen 36HP short block. The 59 pan it was sitting on had perfect pan halves, a great front beam, and a nice looking split case tranny. I am planning on using the pan halves to repair the 69 pan that will go under the car. The beam and tranny from the 59 will be sold and the tunnel will be scrapped or given away.
