Friday night barn find

Well, not exactly, but thanks to Tero I was able to get another 1952 beetle. Of course it had to be closer to -20C and dark but I just had to get the car under work so no excuses there. Although still not sure what to do with it I decided to take it completely apart for closer inspection.

 After a few hours we got the car to warmer and well-lighted place, Pekka's newly finished old barn soon to be filled with steel cows.

This is how it looked when we pulled it out. Not bad.

The car came with most of the steel parts, only fenders are missing.

Not bad at all.

 After spending most of saturday the car was finally dismantled. Most of the bolts came off easy but some needed a little welding and persuasion. Thanks again Pekka for all the help! That's all, I ran out of time and had to head back home.

Building kit, probably waiting for soda blasting. Let's see what Pekka can arrange.

No rust here.

This is the worst place, probably rotted due to earlier fix to the quarter panel.

Some rust here also but all in all there's maximum of two days for metal works. Not bad at all for a Finnish barn find.

Original nonwelded chassis. Needs two little patches but can't remember seeing better pan in ages. And the fact that no one has ever had to weld or fix it in any other way really adds value to it.

This winter I've been mostly buying tubes and pipes and such for the car. So something new for the engine also.

JPM aluminium pushrods and tubes.