My 66 beetle project.

66deluxe · 2006-03-12T23:02:16+00:00

For about 8 years now i have been collecting parts for the build up of my bug. These are IRS floorpan, gearboxes, type 4 engines, Porsche brakes and wheels, suspension components, 914 guages speedo and tacho, Interior trim pieces, basically lots of parts andof course the bug itself. Here's some photos: There is still a of work to do, but progress is getting made, Cheers Damo. [ Edited on 12-3-2006 by 66deluxe ] [ Edited on 13-5-2006 by 66deluxe ] [ Edited on 13-5-2006 by 66deluxe ] [ Edited on 2-10-2006 by 66deluxe ] [ Edited on 8-10-2006 by 66deluxe ] [ Edited on 9-10-2006 by 66deluxe ] [ Edited on 21-4-2007 by 66deluxe ] [ Edited on 5-8-2007 by 66deluxe ]

kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 23 Jul 2008, 9:58 pm

#659705

wow the dream is coming alive , man i love green and thats slighty brighter and shinyer than any green ive seen sweeeet

show us your gates

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 22 Mar 2009, 7:40 pm

#702464

Well, i am finally getting stuck into finishing this car, have just recieved most of the rubbers and little bits, interior has been redone by my mother in law, its a wicked chocolate brown vinyl with brown green cloth inserts under me bum and back, new TMI Headlining is going in soon and glass to be installed after that, i will be getting new popouts for the rear side windows. A few more things need doing to the pan i want to get a 5 bar kafer set up from Craig torrens, then start building the 2270 type 4. I want it done before July cause i want to be at Dyno Day this year and see what power it makes then i can race at Warwick finally.

Damo.

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

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1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 22 Mar 2009, 7:53 pm

#702471

I was fitting the drivers door handle today and discovered that the key hole has seized and won't turn at all, i tried loctite silicon spray but no luck is this an easy fix or replacement neccessary, if i need to replace are there any good quality new ones or are they all Made in China poo?

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

ang3lsholocaust Custom Title Time!

1,014 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 22 Mar 2009, 7:57 pm

#702472

good on you Damo, can't wait to see it finially finished

jess 🙂

bond Veteran Volks Folk

2,456 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 22 Mar 2009, 9:13 pm

#702487

"my mother in law"

did i miss something?

congratulations big fella!

nick

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 22 Mar 2009, 9:43 pm

#702495

bond wrote:"my mother in law"

did i miss something?

congratulations big fella!

nick

G'day Nick tried ringing you tonight, no i am not married its just that Mother in law is easy to say than Raquels mum Fay, (or is it) but you never know it might be one day.

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 23 Mar 2009, 9:37 am

#702531

It looks amazing now that its painted. nice work boys.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 23 Mar 2009, 11:40 am

#702544

66deluxe wrote:I was fitting the drivers door handle today and discovered that the key hole has seized and won't turn at all, i tried loctite silicon spray but no luck is this an easy fix or replacement neccessary, if i need to replace are there any good quality new ones or are they all Made in China poo?

'good quality NEW ones available..?' Ha you got to be kidding....
Get yourself a good quality second hand one.....

Man you better get the finger out and get this thing together.....sounds great. What heads and cam you using?

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 23 Mar 2009, 5:47 pm

#702619

Matt, the heads i am using are Raby's LE 200, their a new AMC head with 44 x 36mm valves, new guides, seats, dual valve springs, chromemoly retainers, 914 2 litre combustion chamber, 12mm plugs, chamber intake and exhaust ports are CNC machined. They flow at 200 CFM at 28"hg. Cam is a Raby 9500 based on web 163/86b the combo is dyno proven to give 180-200hp and equal torque at the flywheel. I say yee haa. There is a pic of heads a few pages back.

Damo.

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 23 Mar 2009, 6:30 pm

#702639

66deluxe wrote:LE 200 heads porsche 914 chamber and ports, cnc machined, 44x36 valves 200CFM

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 23 Mar 2009, 8:34 pm

#702672

Fantastic Damo, now get to work, we all want to see this one get together. Should be awsome.

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

Golde60 Fahrvergnugen

858 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 24 Mar 2009, 3:16 am

#702722

ditto

...................( O \ l / O ).....................

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 24 Mar 2009, 4:21 pm

#702820

Daimo if you need a hand a few nights after work sing out mate. Be happy to lend a hand and help out. Just supply some mozzie repellant!!

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 24 Mar 2009, 6:52 pm

#702849

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:Daimo if you need a hand a few nights after work sing out mate. Be happy to lend a hand and help out. Just supply some mozzie repellant!!

Will do Brendan, you will have to bring your own mozzie repellent, after getting Ross River Virus, 2 years ago mozzie's don't bother me now.

Here's a pic of the new seats re done, nice and brown, why brown cause if i shit myself from the power this thing will have no one will know.

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

dAVo Seriously Crusin Dubber

161 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 24 Mar 2009, 9:24 pm

#702896

So when you s**t yourself what will cover the smell? 😂

Lookin good man. The 66 is my favey. I'll hopefully be buying one this weekend. Would love to have one with the same amount of work that yours has had done.

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 24 Mar 2009, 9:42 pm

#702903

All good damo have some here NP's. Give me heads up if you need a hand. Have a few busy nights during the week atm but a few spare for a good dose of VW tinkering!!

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!

OzSpeedway Casual Dubber

25 posts · joined Mar 2009 · 24 Mar 2009, 11:10 pm

#702913

Damn, this is one nice car. Well done, all that work has paid off. Just read the thread from start to finish - love the pan and what you did and loved the blow by blow on prepping and painting the body.

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 24 Mar 2009, 11:12 pm

#702914

Hey Damo, seats look bloody unreal and the colour will suit the birch green perfectly! Can't wait to see it all come together!
Al

www.dasrestoparts.com.au

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Mar 2009, 4:30 pm

#702999

hey big fella, getting close now 👍

im gonna have to book faye to do my next interior that looks the goods

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 25 Mar 2009, 4:40 pm

#703007

Joel wrote:hey big fella, getting close now 👍

im gonna have to book faye to do my next interior that looks the goods

Joel, Fay does an outstanding job, she did Rackies bug too in green, and you've seen her kombi interior, mine only cost me an engine build out of existing parts that i had.

As for the poo smell from shitting myself, my farts smell like Vanilla.😂

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 25 Mar 2009, 7:20 pm

#703035

Vanilla essence?? LOL hopefully not the same consistency hehehehee

ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE

Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 17 Jan 2010, 9:30 pm

#758140

Well after paying off some debts and buying a split and paying for that i'm back into the bug, i finished the floorpan and put the body back on today with the help of my Son, my brother and a few mates, as usual with after market parts ie floorpan halves the bolt holes don't line up with the threads on the heater channel in the body, oh well got most of them in and have to enlarge afew of the holes in the pan to get the bolts in. So all thats left now is the wiring, windows in both doors, suspension alignment and build the engine then its off to get engineered for the porsche brakes, other than that, i've kept it registred the whole time also. I need to find a quality suspension shop in Brisbane anyone got any ideas, i want to set it up for street and race handling.

Cheers Damo.

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

cam070 Custom Title Time!

1,332 posts · joined Jul 2009 · 17 Jan 2010, 9:38 pm

#758142

Damn, this is getting close now, can't wait to see pics of it all together and engineered.

STIDUB Over it.

1,497 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 17 Jan 2010, 10:01 pm

#758149

when are ya hoping to drive it? dubs by pie, bug-in?

Volkswagen Drivers Club of Queensland - member 🙂

STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress

Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.

The above are personal views, no more, no less

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 17 Jan 2010, 10:14 pm

#758152

STIDUB wrote:when are ya hoping to drive it? dubs by pie, bug-in?

ASAFP😂, ideally i don't know, not aiming for any shows really, but i do gotta get it done sooner now cause i want to offload my golf GTI to my partner Raquel so she can sell her pos holden astra. If all goes well within three months then me and you can race hey?

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 17 Jan 2010, 10:17 pm

#758153

Make sure you get some more pics up mate!

www.dasrestoparts.com.au

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 · 18 Jan 2010, 5:51 am

#758166

Congrats and keep working Dude 👍

Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 22 Jun 2010, 9:10 pm

#786390

what has happened to this one Damo?

66deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 24 Jun 2010, 8:22 pm

#786740

hellbugged wrote:what has happened to this one Damo?

I bought a splittie so money is going to that for body work, but never fear its so close its not funny, i'm waiting on a set of 944 adjsutable springplates, need a new wiring harness and thats about it before i build the engine. Just need an exhaust too, damn type 4's thats the expensive part. Got my dellorto 45 DRLA's also, got a mallory electric fuel pump and regulator to install with an fittings with return to tank setup. Once adjustable spring plates are installed its off to get suspension set up carried out, going for JEff Unwins reccomendations that he published. I spose some new photo;s are required hey.

Damo.

This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.

61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 24 Jun 2010, 8:51 pm

#786746

45 dellortos!! My favourite

Photos please 🙂