You can extend the useful working life of your Beetle greatly by looking after the bodywork on a regular basis. Whilst it is true to say that no matter how badly rotted a car becomes, it can still be rebuilt (albeit at considerable cost), there can be no doubting that prevention is always less expensive and traumatic than cure, and this section of the book looks at ways of extending the life of the bodywork in order to put off that time when extensive bodywork rebuilding will be required.
