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Hey Everybody and welcome to Fix My Dub.

I feel I should give a more in-depth introduction as to why I wanted to start this blog.

I have been wanting to get into the Classic Volkswagen scene for a while now. I started, as I suspect quite a lot of people do, by wanting to buy a van, bus, camper, etc.

After a painfully long process of searching and wishing I could generate enough funding to buy (and maintain) one, I finally decided to put that idea on the back-burner for a while.

I had always liked the style of the beetle as well, so I went through the same process of spending hours and hours searching for one at a price I could afford that wasn't going to disintegrate into a pile of rusty crumbs the first time I got a spanner out of my toolbox!

Eventually, my hard work paid off (I think...) and I managed to find a 1972 1302s "Super Beetle" 1600 stuffed away in a garage not too far from where I live.

So me and mechanically minded friend went to go and check the car out and it turns out the car is in pretty good condition.

Personally, I think I paid an amazing price for it, but that's not too important. What is important is that the car is mostly rust free as far as I can tell, apart from in a few places. It has spent the past 16 years or so in a dry garage, which means it isn't running, it has leaked its oil contents over the years and the rubber fuel piping has perished causing the 16yr old fuel to gush out all over the place.... Nice.

So I arrange a price with the seller and arrange to pick it up on a recovery truck. After a trouble-free journey home and after coating the truck in flammable liquid, I am the new proud owner of this.............................

My initial apparent list of things to do/my current state of affairs is:

- Read John Muir's How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot (Click the link to get yourself a copy)

- "Read" the Haynes manual for the car. Volkswagen 1302S (Super Beetle) Owner's Workshop Manual (Service & repair manuals) (Again, click the link to get yourself a copy)

- Spend a few weeks looking at the thing (Done.)

- Give the engine a full tuning (provided there are no further problems when I delve a little deeper).

Parts I have purchased So far:

• New Spark Plugs.
• New Fan-belt.
• New Oil & Gaskets.
• New Points & Condensers (Distributor cap and rotor arm seems fine)
• New HT Leads.
• Rebuild Carburettor and replace any necessary parts.
  
  Also, I will rebuild and service any other parts that may have perished during the stretch inside. 

- Get four new tyres

- Give the brakes a full service

- Get a new exhaust/tailpipes

- Take the tank out

• Drain the Fuel (Done)
• Get it cleaned make sure it's sound
• Replace rubber fuel piping and clips where necessary.

- Also need a new battery as inevitably, the old one is flat.


OK, I think that is pretty much the extent of my knowledge.


I'm hoping to update this blog pretty much every time I get something done on my car.


Any comments or anything will be greatly appreciated!


Thanks for looking!


PEACE!