Hi, I am about to pick up the latest edition to the family. 'Burt' is a 79 tin top bay my father in law and I have bought together. He's been sitting in a barn for 10 years after a restoration was started but not finished. He is going to get a total strip down and rebuild, hopefully with a 12 month timeline in time for Busfest next year. This is my second bay, with a 72 being owned previously, when Beetles were more valuable and the good old bay was the cheaper option. If only I'd kept it.... The build thread will start very shortly.
Welcome aboard. I had to read your post twice because I thought your father in law had been sitting in a barn for 10 years!