All posts by Eric Shoemaker

Hello, I'm Eric. I started Air-Cooled Artifacts (previously, 1967beetle.com and Lane Russell). I drive a '67 Beetle daily and love to share vintage Volkswagen stories with the world.

Vintage VW Door Panel Removal and Installation

  To remove door panels on your ’67 VW Beetle: Step 1: Begin by popping out the small pin on the window winder. This can be done with a nail or small object. Be careful

Vintage VW German Square Weave Installation

This pretty much speaks for itself. Quality German square weave carpet, just as they did it back in ’67.  Here is a visual walkthrough of some of the process:

Vintage VW Interior Prep Work

Since the seats were out, I decided to take care of rust issues and begin prep for new German square weave carpet and proper mats. In case you’re wondering, full carpet isn’t correct for the

Vintage VW Fender Beading Installation

As I mentioned earlier about the running boards; if you have a Savannah beige ’67 beetle, black is not the correct color for fender beading. Wolfsburg West did reproduce beading in the correct color, but

Vintage VW Running Boards

In the event you have a Savannah beige ’67 like me, don’t believe the hype. Black running boards are NOT correct. Sand beige however is. It’s highly unlikely you’ll find NOS, so Wolfsburg West is