| With this project I am keen to keep the costs under control and try to stick to a total budget of £2500. This will be tight as the buggy shell is £1600, plus all the other bits I will need, such as lights, wheels, seats etc.
Luckily, there are a load of Beetle bits on eBay, so if there is anything majorly mechanical I find I need eBay will provide a potential alternative to the traditional trip to the scrap yard. |
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| Item | Price | Did i really need it | Total |
| Purchase Price | £52 | Bargain !!! | |
| Delivery | £100 | Ouch, but it needed done in a hurry | £152 |
| Build a Buggy Book | £20 | eBay, didn't see Beetles for Dummies :) | £172 |
| Haynes Manual | £6 | Another eBay bargain, don't pick up a spanner without one | £178 |
| Draper Trolley Jack | £20 | May perhaps need this. | £198 |
| Cheapo Axle Stands | £24 | Two sets, for when the wheels come off | £222 |
| Boiler Suit | £13 | Prevent domestic strife | £235 |
| 'Double T' Release Oil | £1 | Supermarket WD40 Clone | £236 |
| Old Fashioned Impact Driver | £10 | Hopefully get the door off with this | £246 |
| Goggles | £5 | Rust is nasty !!! | £251 |
| Scorpion saw blades | £8 | Half the in-store price !!! | £259 |
| High Temperature Paint | £6 | Exhaust J-tubes are solid, just need a bit of a tidy up | £265 |
| Blue Metal Paint | £12 | Hopefully use this to tidy up the engine bits and pieces | £277 |
| Longer Wheel Brace | £6 | For more power | £283 |
| Corbeau bucket seats | £25 | Need a bit of a clean | £308 |
| Upholstery cleaner | £5 | See above :) | £313 |
| New disks for the grinder | £10 | Getting through the floorpans | £323 |
| New gearbox mounts and oil seals | £28 | Started putting things back :) | £351 |
| Slightly tatty body shell and bonnet | £180 | Another Bargain :) | £531 |
| Van hire to get it home | £85 | Wouldn't fit in the Honda | £616 |
| eBay Wiring Harness | £9 | Removed with more care than mine | £625 |
| LED Rear Lights | £60 | Look good on busses | £685 |
| Front beam bearings | £48 | May as well do it properly | £733 |
| Reconditioned Front beam | £60 | Old one is totally knackered | £793 |
| LED Front Indicators | £10 | Bought to use as side repeaters | £803 |
| Floor Pan Welding | £100 | Found a local mobile welding dude | £903 |
| Rubber Grommets | £4 | Stop unwelcome chafing | £907 |
| New Fuseboxes | £7 | Blade type fuses,bit more modern | £914 |
| Heat Shrink Tubing | £8 | Trying to make one good wiring harness from various bits | £922 |
| Various Spade Crimps | £6 | Replace all the old corroded ones | £928 |
| Mk1 Ford Focus Light Switch | £4 | Has the mechanical fog light switch | £932 |
| Lucas Pattern Ignition Switch | £13 | Replace the dodgy original one | £945 |
| 40 Blade Fuses | £3 | For the new fuse boxes | £948 |
| Fiberglass Stuff from Mel Hubbard | £50 | Reinforce the floorpans | £998 |
| bits and Pieces | £50 | Nuts,bolts and some odds and ends | £1048 |
| Rubber Gloves | £6 | For all the difference they make | £1054 |
| Nuts and Bolts | £6 | Found a great hardware shop in Swindon | £1060 |