Solow's 1302 GL

A renovation of a classic

Body , Engine

Not much going on..

By Solow 09/24/2026

Due to the fact of life, there has been a break in the beetleshop 🙂
But now, we´re getting back to it..
Got all the bodypanels for it, and i´m ready to start on the floorpan for the car.
Just left the siezed engine full of oil in the cylinders, and it actually came loose, and can now turn over. So now i have to decide, if i want to start it up, and see if it runs!!, or just have to disassembly and check if everything is ok.. Probably end up starting it 🙂

Body

More scraping..

By Solow 07/11/2026

Still on the project of getting rid of all the old undercoating.
But damn thats tedious work.. But just ordered all the bodyparts, so now all the fun is in the horizon 🙂

Body

Moving on.

By Solow 06/01/2026

So.. I got the body on its side, so i can start cleaning of the old undercoat and rust, but damn, it’s more rust than i hoped for 🙁
But hey.. we just move on and order some bodypanels..

Diassembly , Floorpan

Keeps surprising me.

By Solow 04/08/2026
Started working on the car again, lots of disassembly and parts to renovate 🙂
Got started on the chassis, and got one side of the old floorpans off, but then looked at the framehead again, and it’s not welded on the underside either !!! Think that someone has been riding along with the whole front held together by the shitty welds on the inside.. damn!!
But hey.. everytime i have a moment to spare, i will clean some parts and have them painted, and then put to storage for the great assembly someday.

Floorpan

Small shock!!

By Solow 03/09/2026
Just looked at the framehead on my chassis.. Scary that some people driving around with this kind of welds. it’s keeping the whole front of the car together!! Imagine hitting a pothole, and the next thing you see, is you frontwheels and complete steering leaving you..

Body , Diassembly

Forced break.

By Solow 03/06/2026
Due to the fact that there has been annouced a election in Denmark, and that my job as a TV soundengineer is highly affected, i will have to take a break with the beetle for the next 3 week.. but lets see if i’m not able to get som small things done anyhow 🙂
Meanwhile, the beetlebody is hung up in the ceiling, so now it’s time to disassemble the rest of the chassis.

Body , Diassembly , Floorpan

Top is off!!

By Solow 02/25/2026
After an hour work, the pan was seperated from the top.
The chassis is in much better condition that anticipated, but the body.. uh not good!
Gotta see if its better to find a body with no rust, or if i should just bite the lemon, and fix this one (and then know the condition)

Electrical

LED rearlights.

By Solow 02/23/2026
While the snow was high, and it was to cold to go outside, i took a minute to design som LED inserts for my rear lights on the bug. Damn there is so much difference from the old bulbs, and with no more breaking, they should outlive my time 🙂

Diassembly

Steering disassembly.

By Solow 02/22/2026
Got to get on with the disassembly of my 1302 beetle project.
Today i just removed a lot of small parts, and made sure that all of the inside floorpan is total diconnected from the body.
To further getting closer to lifting the body from the pan, i bought a new (old) jack, that lift way higher than the small toy-jack i had.
So, taking all the steering parts off, was now a breeze, since it was all in the height of sitting normally, instead of crawling under the car.

Electrical

Wires..

By Solow 02/01/2026
Oh my.. those 1971 wires is just so old that they fracture when you bend them !!
Pulled everything out, and making my own updated harness, with extras for all the new stuff we have nowadays 🙂