I searched high and low for a cozy coup to make over on Craig’s list. Turns out they are hard to come by in this area! After finding one deep in the DC suburbs where a friend is from her brother graciously brought it to me in the city. I made it over to look like a VW bus as a birthday gift for my itty bitty Gentile.  It is the color of my first Volkswagen that Papa Magpie purchased for me and named Kermie.

Materials:

• Cozy Coup
• Screw scriver
• Spray paint
• Thin automotive chrome trim
• Ball Jar lid
• Painters tape
• Newspaper
• License Plate
• Glue Gun

Instructions:

1. If you have a new age coup, remove the eyes using a screw driver by starting on the back and taking out the first two screws, then take out the internal four screws.  Disgard all pieces.
2. Dissemble the top from the bottom by removing 2 large screws on the back. (Note: If I were to re-do this project, I would skip this step.  It was very hard to put back together.  Lucky for me Papa Magpie assisted at this part.)
3. Remove any stickers.
4. Wipe down entire body of the coup.
5. Wrap the steering wheel and wheels with trash bags to cover them.
6. Prime the car with spray paint primer.
7. Paint the bottom of the car with a bright color spray paint.  (Note: I chose green).
8. Paint the top of the car with white spray paint.
9. Once it dries use painters tape and newspaper to mask off the areas around where you want the white details. Spray it with white spray paint.
10. Use thin automotive chrome trim to accent the white areas.
11. Using a Ball jar top and the chrome automotive trim create a VW logo.
12. Glue the logo to the front of the cozy coup.
13. Glue the license plate to the back of the cozy coup.

Photographs:

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