This is my bug. It was a 1500 autostick until 2001 when it got a 1600 manual. It has been resprayed from safari beige to metalic gray. The door panels and seats were red, now the seats have black seat covers and the panels are now black. The steering wheel, gear knob, handbrake handle are all timber. I have pedal covers and checkerplate panels on the drivers side. I have running boards on the way. The only mod ive done to the engine is removed the baffels from the tailpipes. The stereo consists of 2 12" subs and 4 6.5" speakers. They are all mounted in the parcel shelf area. Here are some pics, ive still got some work to do but im just happy that i can drive it around at the moment.
Here is my brothers 64 ive begun workin on. It has sat still for twenty something years. No rust except for the spare wheel well. It has the stock motor, it runs well once its started. It needs some major wiring repairs but im getting there with it. Its gunna be a total classic resto. Here are some pics.
Here are some pics of the new tint on the 71. Its black but heaps reflective for somereason.
Okay, the grey one went in its first show today. Wasnt gunna then thought screw it. Got some good looks. It will be going in the show and shine at the vw nationals, so will the blue one hopefully, maybe as a bit of a rat/resto. So far the engine is out of the 64 and its getting its clutch done this week. Nedds a master cylinder and maybe wheel cylinders and will be up for rego. But thats it for now.
hey buddy your 5 channel amp is an el-cheapo am i right?
i have the same in my holden that i picked up for 150 i think , brand spankin off the net... not trying to criticise just wondering if i got a decent deal thats all. your speaker box looks nuts, good job, love your cars
Sure is el cheapo, cost about 100 all up including postag but that was with wireing or nothing. Yeah that box was just a bit of mdf that was lying around and i just measured it and worked out were stuff would fit, its up for a makeover soon, gunna take the backseat out and box thatwholearea for storage and speakers.
beautiful, at the end of the day with how cheap mdf is you could try a few different setups, im sure youll come up with something pretty sweet... do yourself a favour and even if you intend to carpet your mdf i would seal it on both sides including ALL edges even in the holes where the speakers fit inside, it should last heaps longer... if you hit it up with some nice carpet, you could even just use a roller with some old leftover paint. the last thing you want is for your woodwork to start rotting. for $100 them supposable 5500watt amps go alright...i was running my whole system on my vn with that amp, rockford fosgate 2x 12inch p1 subs in enclosure 6.5in rears and 6.5in splits up front.... was all gonna get changed at a later date, later dates never come with stuff like that, not for me anyway
Here is a pic of the new exhaust, its not completely finished yet but itll be higher when im finshed, sounds good cause cant really hear the vw engine noise till im higher up in the revs, so can sit at lights with a nice noisey tone. Ive also got a tacho to mount but pics will be soon.
if your going to show it you might want to do something about the stereo wiring and that bunch of graps you have going on under the bonnet. Im not knocking you but if you want to get serious about showing your car you need to start with the basics like very tidy wiring or hide it if possible, i have been showing cars fairly successfully over the past 10 years or so.
BEING ASPIRATED FEELS GREAT BUT BEING BLOWN TAKES THING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL....
haha nice man. Loudest car at school is always good. Used to love hooning around the long sweeper next to my school full noise then just putting up and parking and watching people's heads whip around 😂
That vid will have to wait, had a little incident today with the cannon falling off and all, found it again which was good bt yeah will hopefully be hitting the welder up at school monday.
And now it seriously feels like my car is faster like before with the quiet pack i would max out third at 80kms but now i can take it to like 100kms before going up.
Okay, cannon is welded on now so wont be falling off now, and scrapes less then the quiet pack did. Will have a video up soon. Also thinking about getting a pod filter on it, I heard that thy are performance inhancing. And they wont get oil everywhere like my oil bath filter is at the moment.
Yeah i know, i work with a guy whose son in law is a mechanical engineer and i spoke to him and he said he will give me a hand getting a report.
Bumpers are going bck on once i finish on here as school is now over, they got a spray job, running boards well they are coming sometime, just gotta pick em up from classic.
Fuel filter is also moving today, going under the parcel shelf bit anove the trans.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN wrote:Also thinking about getting a pod filter on it, I heard that thy are performance inhancing. And they wont get oil everywhere like my oil bath filter is at the moment.
There is a article on the vw-resource website about how changing to a non stock air filter can have adverse affects on crank case ventilation. Wether these effects are that serious or not, I wouldn't have a clue. But anyway *HERES* a link to the page. Hope this helps. Your car is turning out real nice and that cannon gives it a very nice exhaust note👍 Nice boxer rumble😂
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Okay, im not changing filters now because i found why it was spilling oil, someone had wired the flaps open so oil could slide out. Fixed it now so all good, And im impressed with the note its putting out. And im happy to be able to fix the little things on my own.
Here is a couple pics of the tacho.
Holy Smokes ,gee's man you got a lot of stuff.In that cab.Its looking pretty sweet though.
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage." Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage." Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show
Well since i took pics that light actually broke but im getting new ones but bit higher up.
I had electrical issues not to long ago and got a auto electrics place to do the wiring of the stereo so its only on when the key is on.
I just put a switch in which you can see next to the tacho just and wired the lights threw that. And a wire to the stereo power.
