UGY Updated
What started as my Mum's 1963 1200 VW is slowly emerging as a 1956 body on a 1967 floorpan with a highly modified 2.2 litre engine.
Mum's poor old car was just too rusted out to be economically returned to service. This is the story of UGY's new life.
15/12/2023
And it’s back in for the last time until next time.
15/12/2023
Haven’t posted for a while due to rallying and a trip to Europe. Just had the engine out to finish off the cooling system and now it’s going back in.
31/08/2022
Fitted the LED stop/tail/indicator conversion today.
03/08/2022
Tail lights done. And yes, they are perfectly straight.
02/08/2022
Another one of those jobs you get one shot at.
29/06/2022
Today it was more electrics with fitting the gauge pod and gauges.
28/06/2022
After a couple of months off the project it’s time to make some progress. Today fitted the door trims and interior handles, and mounted the relay blocks. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
13/02/2022
More of Paul’s fabulous fabrication. Exhaust is done! With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
01/02/2022
A bit more on the exhaust today. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
01/02/2022
Getting closer…
With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
01/02/2022
Stance looks about right. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
27/01/2022
A bit more work on UGY’s electrics. Fuse boxes and relay mounts.
20/01/2022
One slip… But all good, worked out well.
19/01/2022
Paul has started fabricating UGY’s exhaust. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
19/01/2022
Very delicate task today of cutting the slots for the bumper brackets. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
11/01/2022
Fuel filter and pump fitted today. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
11/01/2022
So when you’ve laid out the parts can you start calling UGY’s exhaust system a work in progress? With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
12/08/2021
Started on the arduous task of UGY’s wiring. Fitting a LHD harness to a RHD car has its challenges, but at least we now have headlights! With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
30/07/2021
After fitting UGY’s nice shiny ceramic coated headers we discovered the rear valance no longer fits. So it’s out with the angle grinder and MIG to do some modifications, then back to the ceramic coaters. All good now.
. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
23/01/2021
And UGY has an engine!
17/01/2021
Reassembling the doors part 3, fitting the window glass and regulators. At Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
17/01/2021
Reassembling the doors part 2. Window guide pillars and quarter windows. Beardy's Muscle Car Garage
17/01/2021
After a medically induced 6 week break it's back to Beardy's Muscle Car Garage and reassembling the doors. Firstly fitting the quarter glass seals and outer window scrapers.
My son Kris is making LED stop/tail/indicators for UGY. He discovered cool white LEDs actually shine orange through the red lens! The stop/tail LEDs are plain red.
13/11/2020
Windows are in and door seals fitted. 👍👍👍
29/10/2020
Couple more fiddly little jobs done today. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
28/10/2020
Fuel tank with gauge sender unit fitted today. With Paul Beard at Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
24/10/2020
Secondary harness for gauges and feed for headlight and horn relays installed.
07/10/2020
And just like that (a day and a half of swearing) UGY has a wiring harness! At Beardy's Muscle Car Garage.
20/08/2020
UGY’s off the the upholsterer to have the headliner fitted.
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