BArgain

Just Got some Black Empi 8's for £40 Off eBay!

Not Much Progress as Clutch Mounting Fork Was broken :(

Engine Completed

Alternator arrived and Engine Finished Only Exhaust To Go!

Cant Wait to get it in the Car!

Cynlider heads

He cynlinder heads are off, ready for valve grinding and decoking

Engine strip

this morning i began to start strippping the engine and i have built up a huge collection of parts, i plan to paint it like this picture but my exhaust will be red. its going to get worse before it gets better.

Engine Out

The first work has started , after my machine mart suff came, axle stands, trolly jack and car creeper. Me and my dad, starteds work at 1 and finished 3 hours later. now the engine is out, on a workmate and prime for some tinkering.

Mistake!

in my earlier post i quoted Gerald ( the motorbike) as a 250cc C12, but just now, looking through some old manuals i found i have realised he is infact a 175cc D3 from 1956, sorry for the mistake!!

Poppy's friend Gerald

When i moved in to my new house, i inherited a 1950's BSA C12 Motorbike, it has a 250cc engine and a horn, the engine needs a complete rebuild and i will do that in the winter, ready for my 17th birthday.

Plans for the future

I want to make poppy into a Cal-Look Beetle Like this. I probabbly wont lower her like the picture because my welding isn't up to scratch, but i can do the rest.

Buying and Moving

Like two of my dad's buses Poppy was bought on eBay for the handsome sum of £527. Unfortunately the day the auctioned finished i didn't have the Internet, so I had to get my Auntie to buy her for me. When Poppy was transported i was still at my boarding school, but luckily she came home safely.

About Poppy

Poppy is a 1969 VW Beetle 1500. She is a deep red and that is why i called her Poppy.

This is her above.

Hello and Welcome

This is my first post of my first car, a VW Beetle named Poppy!