This is my car, had it for about 3 weeks now and plenty has been done, battery tray area was cleaned and rust and sound proofed, so was the rear quater panel on the inside, the engine has been dropped ready for my 1500sp to go in there,
here is the ride height at the moment, i will go lower, im investigating dropped spindles
some shiny tin to go on .... gota paint the air cleaner and guna polish the aluminium section of the manifold up . . . . make it look schmick . . .. along with a polish on the generator and dizzy and stand etc
well steve, your wish is my command, after a few setbacks i ended up with a 1200 40hp, after installing and forgetting clips on the throwout bearing, my dad destroying a dizzy rushing to put the engine in, the borrom 1/2 inch of the clutch fork snapped clean off, and a few little dramas with detting it running she roared to life, today at approx 2.50, some pics will follow
things i have done since getting her off jim?
-New seats, ones that are less ripped will be in there for a while whil i savew for some tmi covers , maybe even slapa mexicanblanket on there for the hot summer and the rat look :P
-New engine as stated above,
- lowered a touch with the adjusters down,
-polished,
-new throwout bearing, and clutch arm
-some kenwood 300w 6x9's
thats botu it to date, uploading the pics now so stay tuned
roofrack with some lovely patina, has to be modified, lowered to the roofline better and fitted with some sweet old luggage, Sone Breesies have been added, the rear dropped down another spline and bumpstops removed, now sits with the front beam bout 7-8cms off the ground 😀😀 im lovin it,
on a mechanical note, some things happened and resulted in a new, late 1300 box, new pressure plate, redoing the rear wheel cylinders,
hmmm what else?........
plans, few more accessories, few little trick things that will follow with pictures, a shit load of polishing tochrome and anything i can get my hands on, several wax coats and i should be good to go for valla, 😀
heres a pic of the stance before she really settled hehe bout 1/2-1 inch travel hehe lovely would love to be lower but alas, country roads are a bastard and so are the rta and police hehe damn defects
adams probly taking me to my formal in this beast, the lowness!!! i cant believe you havent posted any pics of the checkered floor, or the 3m pole that we managed to stick into your car!
thats right folks, a 3m piece of metal pipe shoved into the beetle, with neither end poking out!
keep up the good work, and when ur done come help me out with mine!
