JBugs - Father & Son - 1972 Baja Bug - One Piece Front End Installation

The face of any car is usually considered to be the front hood, fenders, grill, or more plainly put, the front end and to this point, since the tear down, Nathan's Baja Bug has been "face-less". Nathan and Sam had been searching since for a one piece since the moment this Baja Bug build was first thought of, as they aren't easy to find used, and expensive when new because of shipping costs. Fortunately, a one piece front end, attached to a 1958-1960 body shell, sitting on top of a full tube chassis popped up on OfferUp, with the price of "best offer". So Sam and Nathan made an offer, amazingly enough the seller accepted it, so here we are.

While we don't have any immediate plans for the body shell and tube chassis, who knows what the future holds. In the meantime though, back to the Baja! Nate and Sam spend a couple of days mocking up the hood, measuring and trimming the original sheet metal body, then trimming the one piece front end so that it fits as well as it can. Then they bolt on an EMPI Double Tube Front Bumper to finish off the mock up of the front end, for now anyway! Follow along as Sam and Nathan use some simple and not so simple methods to get this Bug looking more like a Baja Bug!

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Parts we used that are available online at JBugs.com:

https://www.jbugs.com/product/empi-fo... - EMPI - Foam 3 Spoke Steering Wheel - 14.5" Diameter - 4" Dish

https://www.jbugs.com/product/79-4115... - EMPI VW Steering Wheel Adapter - 1960-1974.5 Beetle - Ghia - 1971-1974.5 Super Beetle

Other parts used -
Fiberglass Baja Bug One Piece Front End
EMPI 3078 Double Tube Front Bumper

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