Inspirational fall

It's really been an inspirational fall this year. Working on the drag project feels good and stuff seems to get done also. After blasting all the remaining welds have been done, grinding pretty much done. Some set backs of course. The driver side door needs to be redone. It was just too twisted and hinge side also cracked etc. So looking for a new donor at this moment. These days good repair panels seem to be available through Virtanen resto panels here in Finland. They were not few years ago... Obtained some epoxy primer for the welds. Some sealant to make them sound and the shell should be ready for the body and paint work! Paint booth is reserved early next year, and that I'm very pleased with. Decided not to spray it myself since time looks to be very limited these days. 1 evening per week is really had to come by. Meaning the project progress is sloooowww...

Trial engine parts have also landed from US. Some machining and fit work with them as soon as the cage is welded in the shell. This engine is a bit smallish. Something around 78x94mm. Based in mag case and supaflo style heads. Carburated, well what did you expect? High compression and E85 as it is trendy these days...Tranny will be too long for it but for trial purposes (and hopefully some small wheelies) it should be more than fine. Final destination for it will be in the grey 62. That mouse engine is nice, but come on, no surprises there in the acceleration department...

No project pics, posting a blast from the past instead. In 1950 Autola Company officially imported the first beetles to Finland. 12 of these cars were handed to their new owners on 9th of June at Senate Square in Helsinki. I've seen a few images of this occasion in the web but none of them are accurate enough to see the licence plates if my car was actually there. Some cars of the first patch were not. The serial in the pan tells that this car was ordered by Metalliteos Oy. Later well known as Metos, a  professional kitchen appliances manufacturer in Finland.  Kind of funny to find out these things at this stage of the project... Not that I was actually looking. ;)