IDPs and Visas

Been working on the paperwork side of things lately. Got my IDP ready, bought my ticket to London. The Bug should be setting sail on Monday and the visas are a pain!!!! We narrowed it down like this:
At first, we were getting Visas for: Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon. Ten Visas total and we thought we were going to spend a ton. We found out we can get out Visas for Mauritania and Mali in Rabbat, Morocco. Now we were down to 8. We then figured we can drop Guinea and Senegal which took us down to 6. With avoiding Senegal we don't need to get a Carnet De Passage but we will need to apply for a Laissez Passer at the borders. Finally, we found out that we only need a passport to get into Morocco which bring us down to 5 Visas. Now the time frame works and we won't be spending as much as we thought.
Other things with the Visas included itinerarys to countries in which we hope to drive to on a certain date. How can we tell them when and where we will be staying when we don't even know if we will make it on time nor any hotels, brothels or floors we can stay at. That is proving to be a pain.

Buttoned up and packaged to ship

The epic adventures of finishing the Deathtrap! I spent the last 2 weeks up till midnight on average to get the bug shipped. I ended up doing a whole lot of work. I guess I will start with a list to keep it somewhat organized. This is in no means the order in which it was puit together, I will start from front to back.
Under the hood
1) I made a battery trap for two batteries
2) I put in a new glove box (plastic is the way of the future)
3) Honk honk, new horn.
4) Put in new front shocks
5) Installed a new master brake cylinder
In the cockpit
1) Roll cage was added
2) 12V cigarette lighter
3) Fog light switch
4) A/C (12V fan that OSCILLATES!!!)
5) 32gallon gas tank
6) Floor panel where there was a flinstone style braking hole
7) 4 way battery switch (Bat1, Bat2, Both, Off)
8) 3 Way gas valve (Gas tank 1 or 2)
9) primer bulb on extra gas tank
10) Routed the intake into the cabin
11) Rack for 4-20L water tanks
Roof
1) Roof rack with spare tire mount
2) Fog lights
Rear end
1) Engine overhaul
2) New plugs, wires, top end, distributor
3) Rebuilt carbs
4) Added polyurethan mounts for transaxle
Body
1) Thatcher ended up pin stripping the bug all 70s style

The pics!

Top End Rebuild!

So, a lot has been done and I apologize for not updating recently. I ended up cleaning the whole bug out and took it around for a little while. It ran great, albeit a little noisy and a few sputtering stalls here and there...it ran great! I ended up taking the beast over to my friend Thatchers house and we proceeded to remove the engine. I took the engine out and I tore the top end down and stuffed everything into the rear of my car. I brought the engine to VW Paradise and they are currently rebuilding the top while porting and cleaning it up. I will hopefully pick it up tomorrow. While that was being worked on I had spent a few weekends working on other things. Thatcher and I put a roll cage into the bug and during that install we found that the floor under the passenger seat is completely rusted out and that the sheet metal above the transaxle is also completely rusted out which worked to my favor in working on the transaxle. We had to build a frame to mount the roll cage onto in that VOID. Still needs a little bit of work but the roll cage is 90% in. After that I ended up changing the mounts on the transaxle with some heavy duty polyurethane ones, I am currently putting in a tranny strap and the axle boots were replaced. I bought some angled steel 1x1x.125 and these will be the mounts for the battery (dual), gas tank, jerry cans and the roof rack. I am spending my thursday afternoon to cut and weld all of them together so I can install them this weekend. I still want to rebuild all brakes, shocks and front wheel bearings. I also need to figure out how to wire up dual batteries and the dual tanks. I found a 3-way valve that only supplies one tank at a time. Also a 4way switch for the batteries. This weekend I will put the engine back in and will proceed to adapt a breather box, new air filter routed into the cabin, electronic ignition with new wired, coil, etc etc. I nixed the oil cooler and filter since I would have had to have the engine completely torn down and worked over for that. WIRING, is a nightmare since the guy before me had used electrical cords and other hokey stuff to put it together. I will attempt to get them straight again.

I only have 2 WEEKS FROM TODAY to ship it!!!!!! Argh, so much work to do and Kevin will be coming in a few to check it out. I want to get it running and possibly get into the desert to ride it a bit. A lot of info but I hope to write more often and explain whats going on better. Don't criticize my grammar, I know I am horrible. Its ok, I am an engineer not a writer.