Thanks..Its sort of an ongoing resto. Still have to narrow the front beam,buy tyres for the Sprintstar wheels, put in the new rear suspension, finish the interior..Its never ending but getting closer.😎
I bet you have a happy wife!
Yep..definately have a happy wife..but she wont drive the car at the moment and she's a little intimidated by the berg shifter and quick revving motor..what a blouse..lol. Give it time and she'll drive it..she just hates change.lol.
The Wife and I took the Dub out today for a decent drive to put the kays on the new motor..We drove down to Goolwa and had a look at my late father-in-laws house and had lunch. Last time the VW was down at Goolwa I was putting it on a car trailer to bring to our house after being in storage for over 7 years!. At least now its moves under its own power..lol.
The car ran faultlessly and the engine just wants to go and go. With all the revs at 100km/hr it makes us think that later on we might go a 5 speed box.
Anyways heres a few pictures of the beetle down at Goolwa, which is actually where the World Volkswagen Day Cruise finishes up.The wife drove the beetle most of the way home and loved the motor and the way it drives..Cheers Jason.
Well no new changes to the beetle at the moment..I have all the suspension to put in the rear and work to do on it but unfortunately I have been way too busy doing house mods..lol.
BEFORE...
AND AFTER!!!............
Now we have under-cover parking for our 6 cars..lol.😂
Dude, I am so jealous. We have 3 cars and only a single garage, and my bug currently takes up twice as much space with thee body still off the pan. I could have all my stuff under cover with all that space and maybe even have a party!
Ha ha!..When we first bought the house it only had a single carport and no shed at all.My Mazda Rx7 project lived in my mates rumpus room for a year until we had the rear shed built and could bring it home. So i definately know how you feel!.Luckily my cousin is a builder and I have been his bitch for the last 5 weeks building this extension. Saved a shitload of money, learnt alot and now have a massive area to park up the cars or use an entertaining area.We are extemely grateful to have what we have especially after having no shed at all.😎
only have 1 question....
Why after doing all this work getting the beetle to where it is do you still have the rego plate that looks like it was pulled out of the torrens river??
fork out the $40 for nice plates... please
just because its a kit car... doesnt mean its not a vw!
Well you're only allowed one question since you can't compliment on all the hard work done here in this thread.Pity you asked a question that I couldn't give two fucks about...It has new plates and has for a while.Move on bud and post something of substance.My wife whinged for new plates and she got them..whats your reason?..got sand in your vagina?.
Only a small update since my last post. I finally tracked down some NOS hella taillights from VVD..Thanks for the members who pointed me in the right direction.. Heres a couple of pics of the beetle with the new taillights and of the bumper over-riders which I just trial-fitted to make sure they fit properly..😎
And for all the retro Esky lovers heres a few pics of my eskys that I plan to restore and pinstripe..You can never have enough eskys.They are all either Staykold or Malleys.
That is one sick obsession. 😂
If I buy any more these days I make a bee-line to the shed before the wife sees them!..ha ha!.
Those bumper over riders look good? Where'd you pick them up samba?
1969 1500
Hi 69 bug..The over-riders I bought off a seller on ebay but I never saved him as a seller and his transaction history is long gone.
There are sets available on The Samba as you have probably seen..but some of the over-riders have an extra cut out for an extra thick bumper strip where as our bumpers (well 69-70) only have black tape through the middle and the over-riders that I have bought have a little raised section in the middle..so be careful not to buy the wrong ones.There are sets on Samba at the moment in black but chrome pop up now and then.
Not much progress on the Beetle at the moment..🥲'
Was bored today so I mocked up a Sprintstar wheel on the back of the beetle.Soon I plan to have the front beam narrowed and adjusters put in and fit up the wheels along with fitting up the rear Bilsteins and new rear torsion bars.
There's soo much more to do but on the flipside we are happy that the car is running..😎
Just a quick update..In the process of buying a 2" Narrowed beam with Swayaway Adjusters and a set of Empi Gasburners off a mate..So soon I will have wheels on the car and the front and rear suspension sitting the way I want It.
On another note My wife and I finally entered the car in the McLaren Vale Vintage and Classic Day here in Adelaide.The day started out at a winery Serafinos, then a nice procession down the main street lined with soo many people followed by a get together of all the VWs at a designated winery (Lazy Ballerina Winery)..Its was an awesome day and can't wait to do the Bay to Birdwood this year..Here's a few pics..cheers Jason
In the process of getting a few more things together.I have a 2" Narrowed front beam organised with sway-a-way style adjusters and 2" dropped spindles but need to order some shortened Bilsteins from Richard Holzl.Everything for the rear suspension such as bushes, bilsteins and torsion bars are all in the shed but dont want to bust my arse and fit them just yet..lol.
We also purchased another set of rims besides the Sprinstars.The set of GasBurngers had only been fitted up to a car and driven a couple of times and the offer was too good to pass up.At the time we bought the Sprintstars the GBs weren't available.I fitted one to the rear to get an idea but will be running a 205/65/15 on the rear and a 155-175 on the front..heres a couple of pics..
they are cool wheels
Very nice 👍
Futue te ipsum!!!
No new updates on the wifes beetle because we bought this!!..
Plans are to respray in Flipper Blue and white, Chrome waistline trim, Detailed IOZZIO 17" Fuchs, slightly lowered, running the standard 2 litre and 6 rib gearbox. Rock n' Roll bed,Fold down table and TV..Good to cruise in when the family expands!..lol.
Love tin tops!
Love Flipper Blue & White colour combination.
Hope you take it to the same standard as your wife's.
Futue te ipsum!!!
Thanks Bizarre..We definately plan to build this to the same standard if not better. I went to pick up the Gasburner wheels and adjustable beam off of a mate for the beetle and saw this sitting at his house. We fell in love with the colour and the fact it was a tin top as we have a low over-hang on our carport and a Pop top would not fit under it.
With production of Kombis coming to an end and not many tin tops around we had to save it...So thats car number 7! ha ha!..
First plan is to sell off our toyota cressida and put that money into the Bay..Happy Kombi owners 😎..Some people see alot of work..all that I could see was potential and the finished product.That's when you know you have got the bug!.
Well...what can I say?.. Its been ages since I last posted any progress about the VW.
Well having a child changes priorities and provides massive amounts of distraction!.
Finally with help from a friend the front beam with adjusters/spindles and 2" narrow, was finally put in the beetle.
Along with fitting up the Gasburners with new studs/alloy nuts and Billet Porsche Crest centre caps.
It's finally starting to look the way we want it.
Here's some recent pics of the car from this years Bay to Birdwood run.
Car ran well and is finally run in now. It easily pulled 90mph on the was home with more in it, plus it's still running rich too!.
If only it had a 5 speed..lol.
Another of the finish..
At the start..
Start.. The rear still needs the new torsion bars and shocks in yet.Aswell as a little raise and 205/65/15s on the back for the nose-down Cal-look.
Lining up ready to leave..
Nice build mate, I went really tall on the profile on my bug when I had it and it helped with the revs on the freeway, but don't know if you'd fit any taller/wider on your rims.
Are they 5.5'' or 6'' Think I had 225/65-15 on my 6'' steelies and it was great for the cal look!
It will all be OK in the end, if it's not OK it's not the end!
Nice car Snitz, spotted you on the bay to birdwood. I was in our black 58 beetle. What a great day.
1958kafer wrote:Nice car Snitz, spotted you on the bay to birdwood. I was in our black 58 beetle. What a great day.
Were you on the run aswell?..where did we cross paths?.Hopefully I saw you and waved and wasn't a snob.
The Gasburners are 5.5" and would take a 205/65/15..Thats as big as I want to go and bring the revs down a bit when in 4th.I sometimes expect a bit too much for the beetle but I just have to remember that its an old school cruiser with a bit of poke.
My Mazda that I'm building is supposed to be the horsepower fix..lol
