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Super Project '71 Part 11: Separating the Body and Pan Super Project '71 Part 11: Separating the Body and Pan
By Ryan Lee Price
Finally, we're on the right road again, as our beloved Super Project '71 is safely in the hands of the trusted folks at Deuce Kustoms, a well respected auto restorer and customizer not only in the Vol...
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Rust Fighters Rust Fighters
By Ryan Lee Price
There's one thing we hate at this magazine and that's rust, nature's way of returning everything to the basic elements of the universe: oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and iron. This combo would be just grea...
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Building Up a Longblock with All-New Parts, Part One Building Up a Longblock with All-New Parts, Part One
By Ryan Lee Price
Even though we're going to show you how to do it in a few months, building your own engine from a pile of parts--though completely possible for any first timer, of course isn't something to be taken l...
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Building Up a Longblock with All-New Parts, Part Two Building Up a Longblock with All-New Parts, Part Two
By Ryan Lee Price
Last time we left you we were forced to stop work on our engine prematurely because of the holidays, and we were waiting for a few parts to return from getting ceramic coated. Delays happen and we lea...
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Westfalia Canvas Replacement Westfalia Canvas Replacement
By Stephan Szantai
Produced between 1968 and 1979, Bay Window Westfalias are still plentiful in the United States. But let's face it... the last model came out of the German factory a quarter of a century ago; as a resu...
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Super Project 71 Part 10 Super Project 71 Part 10
By Ryan Lee Price
We missed something, we know (now). It was pretty big but it escaped most all of us. In last installment of the rebuilding of our beloved Super Beetle, we proclaimed that we were finally ready for pai...
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Super  Project '71 Super Project '71
By Ryan Lee Price
Now that we have the major bodywork out of the way (well, it was minor in the vast scheme of projects, but major to this car), we can focus our energies on getting the car painted. Rather, we can focu...
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Super Project '71 Part Eight: Bodywork Equals Homework Super Project '71 Part Eight: Bodywork Equals Homework
By Ryan Lee Price
So far, on this project we have concentrated on thing specific to Super Beetles, but the last part and this part of the series can be used on most any Volkswagen, even Buses and Ghias. Even though the...
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Super  Project  '71 Super Project '71
Read how we show ways to remove rubber undercoating from the wheel wells, brought to you exclusively by the experts at VW Trends Magazine.
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Super Project '71 Part 7 Super Project '71 Part 7
By Ryan Lee Price
It's 32 years old and pretty damn impervious to most things you can throw at it. Of course, that's why it's there, to protect the undercarriage of the car from the elements, weather, road debris and a...
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