Initial Assessment

So why the name Brunswick - I've found a colour swatch on the net that says that convertibles from this time could be special ordered in Brunswick Blue.  We wanted a light blue for the car and so this seems ideal.

This is where we found it;

http://home.earthlink.net/~hootowls/60page2.jpg

Other sites I found useful were;

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/

http://www.pre67vw.co.uk/

Here are some outside shots of Brunswick after it arrived at the house.

We took Brunswick to Terry's Beetles to get an estimate for welding floors, replacement bonnet, front clip and a respray. This gave us an idea of how much we have to spend at that point.

Terry's website;

http://www.terrysbeetles.com/

Before we bought the car we knew from Greg that the floors would need replacing. Stripping the interior was very straightforward. We found replacement seat covers and door panels were fitted at some point. Also we began to notice the blue respray was not shall we say the best we've seen. 

 Stripping the tar stuff from the floors on the other hand was not an easy task. Using an old screwdriver a hammer and plenty of force we could steadily 'chip' the tar from the floors bit by bit. 

We'll need two new floor pans fitted after the seat runners up to and including the battery tray section. 

The hood and headlining

The hood looks good from a distance but the wrinkles above the rear screen will annoy us eventually. Also the material is the US rubberised material and we quite fancy the expensive Mohair. Also a rip is present in the outer cover.  On the plus side the headliner looks ok with a clean and the padding, tension wires, webbing and wooden frames appear intact. Lets hope so as the restoration of this bit is expensive.

Outside shots of the hood. Nasty looking wrinkle above the rear window and a small tear on the right hand rear piece. Needs replacing.

Then with the hood raised. We're doubting whether to repaint the frame and to just leave this bit as original. Besides if this is a summer car then we expect the hood to be folded down most of the time and with a cover over it.

Interior shots of the hood. We may be able to reuse the padding and the headlining - albeit after a major clean up.

Close up of the chrome work inside the car. The handles look dull but we don't think they were chromed to start with. All other catches are present and correct;

And some worryingly pitted chrome on the window frames. Having a look on Samba makes us think we'll need to rechrome instead of replacing. Spares fetch upwards of 500 USD.

25/06/2005