The Baja’s MX5 seats have been on the back burner for a little while but I found a bit of time to get the drivers back sewn up and both covers installed. The backs are made from 14 individual pieces, by comparison the T25 seats I’ve been doing recently only have 4!
Just a bit of welding on the Baja today. Engine bay front panel welded in and just need to grind the welds flush.
I’ve started bringing home the fibreglass bolt on panels to prep them for some primer.
Look what turned up just in time for the bank holiday weekend!
Enough cable to hopefully make a new wiring loom for the baja. That should keep me busy for a while.
Time to make the arse of this bug look a bit more like a baja!
I spent a fair bit of time getting the rear fenders and engine cover aligned nicely.
Then out with the angle grinder to chop the rear apron off.
Much better. 😁
Front beam mostly built up today and fitted my 2.5” lift spindles from NB Restorations. Superb build quality and attention to detail on the spindles (2nd pic shows the bug at stock height for comparison).
Painted up a nice new set of brake drums and the old tie rods. Hoping to finish up the last little bits on the chassis next week and then move onto starting to prep the body for paint (few odd welding jobs left too).
Got the Baja’s arse back down on some wheels and started to build up the front beam.
Made a good start on the chassis rebuild today. Fuel line and gear shift rod installed. Rear brakes rebuilt and new bearings pressed in. Loosely fitted most of the rear suspension components. 😁
Running gear and a few chassis bolt on panels for the baja all painted on a gloriously warm day. It’s starting to feel like spring!
Should be able to start chassis reassembly next week now.
Carried on with sorting through the Baja’s suspension components over the weekend. Knocked the old bearings out of the trailing arms and started shot blasting a few bits ready for paint.
I need to weld on some new bump stop mounts but overall they’re in good condition considering they had an ants nest living in them when we pulled them out of NOSVW’s dub graveyard!
Few bits left to sort on the Baja suspension before I can shot blast and paint it all.
Fully welded on my brackets for the front tube bumper and added a strengthening plate to the base of the shock tower.
A stock beetle beam doesn’t have a lower bump stop so I’ve added a hook and rod to hopefully save my shocks from any heavy off road use.
