Build a VW Beetle Wizard Roadster
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Wizard Kit
GRP Wizard panels for rapid transformation of your Beetle
Probably a better picture of the new bits. Lets start getting them fitted.
Windscreen first. If you are building a Wizard you have got to chop the screen, they look so much better for it. Agreed it is a bit more work and you have to sort the doors and so on, but you know you want to.
Mark the windcreen pillers, cut with grinder and there is no going back.
The screen surround has a small strengthening tube in side it which is positioned in the windcreen pillers first, once the height is correct it can be tack welded to the pillers. GRP screen surround is then bonded to the uprights of the screen pillers and the strengthening tube. Don't roll a Wizard the windcreen will not give you any protection!!!
You can see the strengthening tube better in this picture. There is a lot of work in chopping the screen on a Wizard, you have to sort out the tops of the pillers, blend in the GRP surround with the rest of the windscreen surround and the scuttle panel. Think carefully about doing it. It is well worth all the effort though.
Beetle Gifts
Ideal for the Beetle fan in your life.
VW Beetle - The People's Car
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History -- Automobiles VW Beetle
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 12/31/2009)
VOLKSWAGEN LOGO Belt Buckle VW Jetta Beetle GTI
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Hippy Aliens in Red Beetle Car with Daisies - Embroidered Iron On or Sew On Patch
Amazon Price: $2.49 (as of 12/31/2009)
VW Wizard Rear End Preparations
Chop your Beetle to fit the Wizard Kit
The grinder has been busy again. Notice the inner has to be cut as well as the outer. Also note the strengthening box section across the middle, This has to be positioned reasonably accurately as the front edge of the GRP rear deck sits over this.
Picked up an engine from the local scrapyard, dragged it out of the back of a bay windowed camper and brought it home in the back of my Mk3 Escort. Started pulling it apart and found a bit of a mess on one of the heads!
Also managed to get hold of a pair of Sway-aways from somewhere, don't remember where, but probably one of the shows. Ready to weld into the beam when the body work is all sorted and I know what sort of ride height I want.
Some Great Beetle Books
Ideal Christmas and Birthday Presents
Volkswagen History to Hobby: All the Facts - All the Fun
UK Buyers Click this Link Volkswagen History to Hobby: All the Facts - All the Fun
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The 1949-1959 VW Beetle (Authenticity Series)
UK Buyers Click this Link VW Beetle, 1949-1959: A Restorer's Guide to Authenticity
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 12/31/2009)
Essential Vw Beetle Cabriolet : The Cars and Their Stories, 1949-80 (Essential Series)
UK Buyers Click this Link Essential VW Beetle Cabriolet: The Cars and Their Story, 1949-80 (Essential)
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Millennium Bug: A Vw Beetle Scrapbook
UK Buyers Click this Link Millennium Bug: A Pictorial Scrapbook of the VW Beetle
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VW Beetle - a Collector's Guide
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Other Volkswagen Beetle Wizard Lenses
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Want a VW Calendar?
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2009 VW Beetle Wall Calendar
UK Buyers Click this link VW BEETLE CAR 2009 WALL CALENDAR NEW SEALED
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2009 VW Camper Vans Wall Calendar
UK Buyers Click this link VW CAMPER COMBI 2009 WALL CALENDAR NEW SEALED
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VW Beetle Wizard Roadster - Part 1
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If you are interested in VW Beetles in any way you will want to take a look at this lens. There are loads of pictures of the build of my Wizard Roadster. For those who don't know the wizard roadster is a soft top conversion for the standard Beetle....
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Gifts for VW Beetle Fans
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What do you buy the Beetle Fan in your life? Looking for ideas? Well you have come to the right place. If your Partner, Husband, Boyfriend, Wife, Girlfriend, Sister, Son, Daughter, friend, whatever is a Beetle fan then you will be looking for a uniq...
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VW Beetle Wizard Roadster - Part 2
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This lens is the second instalment about my project to build a VW Beetle Wizard Roadster. If you have any interest in VW Beetle's you will certainly want to take a look at this. There is loads of information and pictures about the project along with...
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VW Beetle Books
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If you are looking for Beetle Books, you have come to the right place. In this lens you will find loads of Beetle Books covering a huge range of topics from History to Present, Restoration to Custom and Maintenance to Performance. As I find more I...
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VW Beetle Wizard Roadster - Part 4
Fitting of the body kit
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VW Beetle Wizard Roadster - Part 4
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This lens is the fourth instalment about my project to build a VW Beetle Wizard Roadster. If you have any interest in VW Beetle's you will certainly want to take a look at this. There is loads of information and pictures about the project along with...
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