I begin measuring the sizes of the trim and figuring out the placement.

Fill sand, paint, smooth, repeat

Before cutting the holes for the new taillights I needed to close up the old holes.

Measuring up for correct tail light placement

Measuring trunk area

Badges

Finally spray filling

Strip Down

Refurb, Repair , Replace

Taking advantage of the sunny weather

Upholstery started

New back end of the Goosemobile

Wiring finally done

Engine freshened up

First pic of the car sent from the previous owner

Speedster at home at last

Before pic

Installing the uplighter

New Donor

Floor Pan Replaced

Back at home.........but not for long.

Off to the spray shop.

The rear end. Paper thin, dull almost matt silver finish.

7 weeks later, the car comes home.

The day it arrived in Cape Town.

New bits from Sierra Madre

The interior had become damaged from all the modification so we decided to redo it. This time in a beautiful dark brown which set off against the paint beautifully. I also moved the interior door handle to a more authentic location.

The front lights and indicators were removed, moved and re-assembled. Now I am happy ! Now for the back !

The car was delivered to my parents house again, where the project began so many years before.

I can't remember being as happy as I was when I saw the car for the first time after it was painted! All those years of agonizing over details were worth it.

I had taken moulds of all my original rubbers as an archive incase anything happened. After chatting to Gary, he ordered a set for himself... pretty soon everyone wanted some :)

I made a new tool for the indicator lights and ran off a few to check out the quality.

As the modifications came to an end I had to start thinking of a colour to paint the car. I bought some sample paint colours an we sprayed some samples on the car.

Garth sent me this image once they had cut the old front off. The idea as discussed was to replace the front of the car with the more accurate front from one of his coupes. A plan sparked by the idea that that the Speedster lights were too high.

Making the best of a bad situation.

I decided that the replica rear seating area was too much of an eyesore and did something about it. The shocking results halted the build for three years....

December holidays are the best for making great progress.

Cast indicator lights drawn from reference images.

Making the parts for the door handles

Installing and tuning the dual carburators

I moved the car to my new house ... and ran out of petrol on the way. Fail

Matt black vinyl interior complete

Door cards from MDF

The seat upholstery.

Fitted tailights, numberplate light, deck lid grille, switches and new steering column.

I laser cut a bracket to increase the wheelbase slightly so the front wheels would be centered in the wheel wells and added 5° of caster while I was at it.

Speedster body mated to beetle pan

To protect the underside of the body from stones and debris from the road I applied a few coats of spray on undercarriage rubber.

The first job and my first hind that this 'kit' had not been thoroughly thought through. There was nothing in the manual outlining how this was to be done.

Delivery

Checking out the exhaust, pan and suspension.

Second Pre-fitment

Rear seat modification

Rear Luggage Rack and Rear Bumper Fitment

Gauge and switches placement

Final Trim part fitment

Ready for paint

Shortening Chassis