Well after a few trips out with us Jay decided that he wanted to build a baja. He decided to name this Project Half Gallon, because we got the bug from my cousin and all me wanted was a half gallon of Canadian Mist for it. Here are a few pics of the bug when we got it. It is a 1977 Standard Beetle F/I car without engine.

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Now onto cutting & turning the front end. The first thing to GO was the sway bar. Since they are useless offroad and just limit the independant front suspension

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I like to wrap tape around the beam to get a reference to cut the beam. Keep in mind that there are torsion springs that run thru the beam and don't cut toooo far. I usuall stay about 2" on each side of the center bolt to leave enough room for the pipe wrench. Remember only cut ONE tube at a time.

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After you get it cut all the way around grind a good "V" so you get a good weld in there.

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This is where the fun starts. We cut off the front and back of the bug. Its starting to look like a baja now!!!

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First thing to do is to scribe a line across both beams. We use this for reference later so we know how much to turn the beam.

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