First, we had to move it back down to So Cal from Oregon. Here we are, loaded and ready to go to a bigger truck.
The big hurdle was just finding somebody to do the body work who was both affordable and trustworthy. I couldn't find anybody affordable in Corvallis, and struggled for a bit here in LA (LA is a hard place to get to know!). After asking around at a few VW garages, and driving to a few body shops, I ended up at Eddie's body shop. I saw one of his existing bug projects and the work looked really good. The price was reasonable, too, so I'm hopeful it may just work out.
It didn't take much effort to get the car ready. Just putting in some gas, charging the battery, firing up the engine, and stripping it completely. I also fixed the tow lights on the Jeep and got some nice magnetic mount tow lights to be ready to tow it home without scratching the new paint job.
I towed it to Eddie's once to have him issue an estimate, and then I just towed it down once more to drop it off. So anti-climactic for overcoming such a major hurdle.
Here we are, at home, ready to tow it away, and at Eddie's (on 7/31 about a week ago) ready to drop it off:
Time to get it ready: 2 hours.
Time to tow for estimates and drop off: 5 hours.
Time to get ready for tow: 2 hours.
