1962 VW Bug. Bought around '97-'98 from a local individual after seeing it on the side of the road for sale while returning from a VW show. At the time, I'd owned a '68 Bug for about 10 years that had transformed into a Baja after a few crashing incidents...... I had a desire to have a street Bug again..... and this one just dropped into my lap, so to speak.





Here's a shot of the interior. The seat covers had been changed to a later-style "basket weave" pattern upholstery.... and they are red... not the correct coral color. The door panels appear to be the original coral panels.

Rear seat removed. There's a 6-volt booster fan on the driver's side heater. The battery box is solid.... NO RUST!
Underhood was all original when I got it. I added an aftermarket gas tank after the original got some rust in it... I still have the original tank.
I converted to 12-volts last year when I put the 1600 dual port engine in.... so the wiring is untouched except for the wiper motor resistor.

The spare tire well has surface rust but was and is still solid.
Now, I've owned this car for about 10-12 years and I've only put about 15,000 miles on the car. Over half of those miles were within the first year of ownership.
This car has done a lot of sitting. Mostly outdoors.
It has developed some rust since I've owned it but it is still a very solid car overall. Here's the Dreaded Rust pics:
This resulted from a "moving around in the garage incident". While moving(pushing) the car, the opened door caught the edge of the workbench and hyper-extended the door. This cracked the paint at the hinges and time has caused the rust to form over the years. There is a hole in front of the lower hinge.

Sadly, this rust has recently encroached around the door pillar.
During the engine swap, the running boards were removed to inspect a "bubble" that had developed behind the running board. The car had been heavily undercoated at some point before my ownership but there was no undercoating between the running boards and the body. When removed, I found a small hole the size of a nickel.... time has eroded this to a much larger area and the back half of the running board mount will have to be cut out and replaced.
The rear bumper supports had rust holes before I owned the car, and they had been previously undercoated. There has been no growth of these rust holes in the last 10 years or so of ownership. 

 

Underneath the pan from the front beam.
Here's the front suspension. No ball joints... it's the early style link-pin or king-pin. Very tight and solid... no rust what so ever.

Close up of the door hinge rust

Close up of center of door jam. Surface rust only.
Close up of jacking point rust through only on the driver's side.

Interior shot. Windshield is fogging a little around the edges... no cracks or chips.

1600 cc dual port engine.
Close up under the engine. 

Window rubber is dry and cracked. Worn paint from some previous owner lying his arm on the window.
Rear seat