1959 Summer Blue Beetle

oldturtle22 · 2014-01-16T23:50:41+00:00

Here are some pics of my Beetle I bought about a month ago. I had to do a rust repair on the lower drivers side pillar section and in the wheel arch and a piece in the floorpan where the battery sits. I intend to fit BRM wheels, fit front disk brakes, narrowed beam and lower it. Sorry about the bad quality pics.

oldturtle22 Officially Full-On Dubber

267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 17 May 2014, 5:33 pm

#991051

Gday mate, thanks for your reply.

I got the rust repair sections from Steve and Al at Das Resto Haus at Burleigh.

Very reasonable price for what you get and if you've never done one talk to the boys and they'll give you a few tips to get the job done.

Almost got the 4 in beam in. The front end was covered in 50yrs of grease and dirt!! A very messy job. Pics to follow!!

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267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 9 Jun 2014, 6:09 pm

#992799

Just a quick update, beam is in, and its all on the ground. I've got a few bonnet repairs to go install the choke cable and fit the left hand side running board and its all good for rego!!
Here's a few pics.

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lohoon Wolfsburg Wizard

466 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 9 Jun 2014, 9:00 pm

#992829

Way cool ride👍

wombatventures Wolfsburg Wizard

680 posts · joined Feb 2013 · 15 Jun 2014, 1:18 pm

#993359

Looks Great Chris. Liking the exhaust setup, might try similar on our 74. Where did you get your carpets? The fit looks spot on.
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oldturtle22 Officially Full-On Dubber

267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 15 Jun 2014, 6:30 pm

#993378

G'day wombat,

It's come up nice. Not far now, Michael holm
Man of performance upholstery did it for me, he's on here so you can easily PM him. I would love to get it recode this week fingers crossed

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267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 7 Jul 2014, 8:20 pm

#995027

So I took it for it's first outing to my brothers workshop at Raceview. It went quite well. Here's a pic

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229 posts · joined Nov 2013 · 8 Jul 2014, 8:46 am

#995062

That looks awesome mate! I love it! It's a different car than I had here!

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oldturtle22 Officially Full-On Dubber

267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 9 Jul 2014, 6:11 am

#995140

It is Mick. I don't know if I would get it up the driveway now 😊😊

oldturtle22 Officially Full-On Dubber

267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 6 Oct 2014, 6:41 pm

#1001379

Heres an update on the 59 Beetle.

I took it down to my brothers Dyno and Mechanical shop on Saturday and put it on the dyno prior to starting the build on a 36hp okrasa engine.

I intend to do before and after power runs.

It made a whopping 24.3 hp!!

Not bad for a car made in 1959 with 85000 miles!

I believe the engine is original and has never been rebuilt.

Enjoy.

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kuta Casual Dubber

44 posts · joined Aug 2010 · 6 Oct 2014, 7:26 pm

#1001382

Ha! Love it. Sometimes you don't need horsepower!

1957 Oval Window under slow restoration.
1959 Under slow preservation

oldturtle22 Officially Full-On Dubber

267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 6 Oct 2014, 7:45 pm

#1001385

Yeah kuta I agree. I must admit, it goes fine for me except in the 100 zones, revs a bit high for me above 90kph.

That will be rectified soon though!

NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 · 6 Nov 2014, 6:55 pm

#1003050

just found this thread… very cool mate! look forward to the new edition regarding the engine 👍

oldturtle22 Officially Full-On Dubber

267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 6 Nov 2014, 9:09 pm

#1003059

Cheers mate, I'll definitely update it as it progresses.

oldturtle22 Officially Full-On Dubber

267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 7 Jan 2015, 8:24 pm

#1006497

Heres some more updates.

I got some adjustable lowered springplates from Jerfab in the USA. It sits a bit lower in the rear now.

Next is the 36hp engine rebuild with WW/Okrasa kit and Im currently restoring the steering wheel.

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fish26 Fahrvergnugen

903 posts · joined Jul 2007 · 7 Jan 2015, 8:35 pm

#1006498

Looks awesome mate, well done

bitten by the bug..........several times

adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 4 Apr 2015, 9:31 am

#1010835

Very Nice! Love it! I always though that steel rims looked best, until i saw this!! Thats mad! 👍

joesbuell Seriously Crusin Dubber

190 posts · joined Sep 2011 · 4 Apr 2015, 10:48 pm

#1010873

Nice!!

KombiMadness Learner Dubber

12 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 21 May 2015, 11:23 am

#1013617

Great score, it looks awesome! I love those swan neck mirrors......

Mine has the original 36hp engine also, it goes great. So did you end up putting in the narrowed beam up front? How does it feel, handling wise when your doing 100kph?

I can see that yours has been 'improved' with added on blinkers in the past. I have the same screw holes.....

oldturtle22 Officially Full-On Dubber

267 posts · joined Nov 2011 · 21 May 2015, 8:22 pm

#1013645

Its not too bad at speed. I sit on about 90kph as I don't like to rev the tits off it on the Hway. Yeah the 36 is a good engine right

KombiMadness Learner Dubber

12 posts · joined Jul 2011 · 22 May 2015, 10:27 am

#1013679

oldturtle22 wrote:Its not too bad at speed. I sit on about 90kph as I don't like to rev the tits off it on the Hway. Yeah the 36 is a good engine right

Yeah, I guess I should just drive slower. 90kph sounds good.....