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1998- PennyLane
First of all I would like to apologize for using poor language in my introduction, I was furious at the time :/ Anyyywhooo, We've been working on my beetle trying as hard as we can to fix her. I decided to name her PennyLane(aka Penny) after the song by The Beatles. This was the first weekend that I was able to get out and give her some much needed love. So after a thorough washing, I moved to the interior and super cleaned it with Maguires interior detailer and a vacuum
 I replaced the steering wheel VW badge, and sanded and re-painted the steering wheel spokes and door handles glossy black. I also added a pretty flower and my little dream catcher to the vase and cleaned my my wheels. Do you guys think I should buy two new VW hub caps or go with the retro steelie look like I think MarvinsDad did? Either way I currently have two hubcaps and two neked steelies haha          
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05-08-2011, 05:07 AM
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Great job - big improvement already! Penny is lucky to have a caring owner like you.
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05-08-2011, 05:38 AM
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I also restored the headlights as much as I could lol
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05-09-2011, 03:22 AM
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It's so nice to see you restoring this bug. Nice improvements. Cannot wait to see more pics.
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05-09-2011, 03:27 AM
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I am so glad to see she is coming back to her beautiful self.
I kinda like the retro steelie look. It's one that you can always change later.
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05-09-2011, 04:59 AM
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Welcome to the Org! Naming your Bug Penny Lane, I thought you might enjoy this. Been floating around forever, but maybe you haven't seen it!
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05-09-2011, 05:02 AM
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Finished Painting the door handles today here are pics
She's still kinda grimy lookin in certain places and I could have put more effort into the handles but I can always re-do them later  I'm thinking of sanding down and painting the rest of the black trim pieces on the doors to glossy black, The awk latex-y stuff is coming off and looks blehhh, And thank you everybody    
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05-10-2011, 04:00 AM
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Thanks guys
Unfortunately I can only work on Penny on the weekends until mid June :/ I have so much I want to do, i've made a list haha. Question- Do you guys think wet sanding would or might take care of the peely clear coat? She looks like she has a peely sunburn lol
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05-10-2011, 10:41 AM
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Nice car and GREAT name! My car is a 2010 Red Rock edition named Ms Penny Lane also!
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05-21-2011, 07:18 PM
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PENNY PASSED SMOG!!!!!!
$700 repairs + free labor from my step Dad = A happy bug!Hopefully I can go pick her up today!!
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05-28-2011, 04:26 AM
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New Sticker came (a.k.a. her attitude) I'm taking her to Oil Can Henry's tomorrow morning for a 20 point inspection and then I can finally drive her daily
for the first time since buying her <3 
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05-28-2011, 02:07 PM
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Fukengruven!
Love it!
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05-29-2011, 01:43 AM
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Took Penny to get all her fluids changed today and Oil Can Henry's informed me that they could not change the oil because the oil pan is stripped... awesome. But at least she's running. We ended up rebuilding the engine/valve job, She is so quiet now <3 almost like a Prius! haha
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05-29-2011, 05:24 PM
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FWIW ECS Tuning has an oil change kit where you pump it out from the top. Maybe that would be the way to go, for now, so you can start running with new/clean oil.
Penny looks (and sounds like she is running) miles better than when you started. It's awesome that you are taking care of her and rescuing her. Great job!
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