Street Buggy, Floor Pans Part Two

Here we have the passenger's side floor pan welded in place.For the spot welds, I drilled 5/16" holes evenly around the edge of the new pan then clamped it in place.

Street Buggy, Shortening the Floor Pans

 Everyone here at the Real life Garage has been sick for the last couple of weeks and that has slowed progress down on the Spatz. I did get one of the floorpans welded together last weekend.

Street Buggy, VW Center Tube Repairs

I got some work done on the buggy's center tube last weekend.Thanks to long-term mouse infestation, there was some significant rust-through from the inside at the front of the tube.

Dune Buggy Restore Part 1, Spatz Street Buggy

The time has come to freshen up our little buggy. I found "Ed" years ago when I went to help a neighbor load a trailer and saw the VW sitting in the corner of his shed. It was being used as a recycling bin and was was overflowing with aluminum cans. Questions were asked; money changed hands and I pushed the little buggy home. Not as hard as that may sound, it was mostly down hill but as the buggy had no brakes I had to jump in and put it in gear to slow down  at the last minute before driving into my shop door like I did when I brought the MG home. There's a disaster for another article! 

37 Dodge Pickup, Proud to Rat

What do you do if you have parts from several 30's vintage Dodge trucks lying around? You add a white painted SBC Chevy, lower the whole thing over a set of green wheels and start driving.

Selling Off an Old Car, or Hoarder Relief

I’ve been on a mission the last couple of years to de-clutter my life. I have sold off and given away parts, collectibles, and vehicles in order to simplify and focus more closely on a few projects. Overall the process has been successful but bittersweet.

So it was a no-brainer when I tried to move a 1993 Sentra out of the shed this fall and the tires fell apart from sitting so long. The Nissan had to go! This would be an easy one. This is not a car I have any interest in working on. It isn’t fast or sexy or cool. So I put it up on Craig’s List and sold it off. Nothing to it. I opened up a bay in the shed, one less thing on the list of gotta-do-something-withs. Done is done and done is good.

Except.

The "Coop de Ville", Homesteading For Hot Rodders and Chickens

There is a link between hot-rodders and home-steaders. Perhaps the do-it-yourself attitudes. Maybe the deep anti-establishment roots of the movements. Probably just because we all dig good tools and need a reason to use them.