buying a 1970 beetle

[mezlfc]

hi am going to look at a beetle on thursday no mot needs some welding were body and base meet near right rear wheel arch and some issues with electrics but are there any things i should be looking for so i dont end up with making any basic mistakes and miss obvious dodgey areas cheers i will be at meet on tues so any info would be gratefully recieved

[steve66!]

um, real worry points are the chassis mounting points, so just in front of the pedals is a bad place for going, also the framehead too.
If its a superbeetle the inner wings are really important as they're over £500 a side!
Heater channels, just check along, if it's not too cold I may bring my bug and can then show you otherwise we'll be in a green passat. Come grab us and we'll chat bout rust....
Take it easy.
Steve

[Toughjeans]

have a look at the bug i had with one years mot, it rusted this much in a year!! apparently

all the usual places, I'll chat to you at the meet.

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