A quick blast up the hill near his home was all it took to rekindle David Gigg's affection for his neglected '61 Beetle that had sat unloved in his shed for 13 years. The '61 was bought in 1993 after David spotted it sitting in a backyard near where he worked. The bug wouldn't start and the driver's door was seized open, yet for $200 David thought it was a steal. With the aim to have the car on the road as his daily driver, he rebuilt the engine with bits and pieces he had collected over the years, threw in some new gaskets, liberally lubed every moving part on the car, passed rego with little fuss and was driving to and from work in no time. The four year build began as a plan to create a solid, clean and simple street cruiser, but as soon as the body and pan were separated, things kind of got out of hand...

    

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