Howdy,
I've been a member on here for a year or 2, but have been a tad shy regarding posting.
Here's the deal. I have a 1961 vw beetle. I bought it from the original owner in 1989. In between now & then; it has been a daily, stored in San Diego, back to being a daily while I was at TAMU. On
12/31/07 the motor blew. I knew it was coming. The car was originally red, is still red in the interior, but is wearing a battered white paint.I am looking for ideas regarding what/how to restore/redo her! Can anyone recommend a program where I can design the car add paint, components and get a 3D image to review? Or some good books to flip thru , or has a large collection of old hot vws/vw trends they'd not mind loaning out to a girl? I am competent in GIS so can possibly figure out some type of CAD but don't know if there is something specific that has pre-builts for autos... Part of me wants to put the car back to original (but enjoying the car as a daily driver is more important then having every bolt under the car colour matched). The other part of me really likes the Cal-look, with a tad of 60's muscle car pro-street thrown in... Unless some one tips off Chip Fooses Overhaulin team.... I need to formulate my ideas before starting cost estimates.
Thanks in advance for all the help! Dawn