Everything eventually needs to be replaced.

It may take years and years, but everything eventually needs to be replaced. It’s not just the oil in the engine of your beetle that needs to be changed regularly.  Everything, just like us. is aging.   It may be the… Continue Reading →

It was nice to drive the Sea Blue Beetle

Thursday through Friday morning rains were heavy in North Texas with a lot of standing water in my yard. However, by the Friday afternoon I had decided to pull Sea Blue out of the shop and put her under the… Continue Reading →

When Spring Comes to Texas

You can always tell when spring comes to Texas…the torrential storms start. Of course, here in north Texas, warmer weather typically starts in March. In 2015, just two years after the house was built, hail came with a storm that… Continue Reading →

The Classic Beetle…Cult or Culture?

The term ‘cult,’ which is related to ‘culture’ and ‘cultivate,’ originates from the Latin word ‘cultus.’ This noun has a variety of meanings, from ’tilling or cultivation’ to ‘training or education,’ and even ‘adoration.’ ‘Culture’ refers to the lifestyle of… Continue Reading →

The Back Seat Retaining Strap

As I mentioned in the previous posts, it’s hard to find information on the rear seat retaining strap. Outside of the owner’s manual for the 1966 model, you probably wouldn’t even know of its existence. If you google it, you… Continue Reading →

Back from Rusty’s and the Rear Retaining Strap

The Sea Blue Beetle is back from Rusty’s Autowerks, once again it looks new. It was there for a week, which was longer than I expected, but they had a larger job ahead of mine. In the meantime, I found… Continue Reading →

Off to Rusty’s Bodywerks

If you haven’t read my last post, you might want to click “Let’s get it right and a horrible day” and get caught up. So, after a somewhat quiet weekend and Eva almost back to normal, it’s time to go… Continue Reading →

Let’s get it right, and a horrible day!

So, now that we have all the parts to get the seat back carpeting attached correctly, let’s get it right. Now when I say let’s get it right, I really mean let’s get it as original as possible. Unfortunately, VW… Continue Reading →

Missing something standard?

Sometimes it’s the things you don’t look for that are missing. It could be that you might be missing something that was a standard accessory on your 66 beetle. That just happened to be the case with my beetle. I… Continue Reading →

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