I had been reading the magazine dune buggies and Hot VW's and I always looked at the ads of Johnny Speed & Chrome. The prizes of the parts I needed were much lower than in the Netherlands.
After I ordered the parts a week past. Then I got a phone call from customs in the Netherlands. They asked me what I wanted with a Stinger. If you don't know that it's a exhaust system instead of a missile you get suspicious.
But the whole USA adventure ended a little bit different than I had expected. I had to pay taxes, import taxes, renting a customs storage (???), phone costs, administration cost and the shipping from the airport Schiphol to my home.
After calculating everything I paid almost the same as I would have paid in a shop in the Netherlands. But it was a fun thing to do.

The big moment chopping of the nose. This was a great thing because the nose was completely rusted through. Then fitting the fenders and the hood.

Also fitting the scoop and the rear fenders. You can also see the cleaned up engine.

The front is ready. Made the holes for the head lights. If you look carefully you can see a 75 mm (3 inch) body lift between the body and the chassis.

Unfortunately I don't have the storage space anymore. On the picture you can see that the Beetle comes to my home from the storage space.
I have to do all the work in my garage now. But there is an advantage the garage is right next to my house.

First I cleaned out my garage. I took 2 full trailers with junk to the junkyard. I renewed the whole electrical system in my garage. When I was working on this I found out the earth connection of my old outlets was not connected at all.