I thought its about time that i start a new thread on the circuit race section and show you guys and girls my new project as most of you know I wrote my 64 beetle off in what was a will beginners mistake and put it into a concrete barrier...anyways I found myself a 69 semi auto bug that was a roller and in old 2 PAC primer and also caked on sound deadener underbody stuff,ggrr "what a pain"...the body was pretty straight but has previously had a hit in the front left and also has a sunroof cut out.... So here is some pics...
The old ,banana beambug
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Had to cut the reef off ton get the cage out
Craig Torrens wrote:Wow, the shell has certainly had the "weight loss" treatment ! Good to see you going sports sedan Chris 🙂
I had really no choice Craig,I was running in it previously as my car was unrego'd and so this will be also.I had a chat to some cams guys and department of transport about getting it rally rego'd so I can at least drive it to selected events but I would have been doing it dodgy as it was not ever going to do rally events but can be rego'd like this...we do have improved production but never got put in this class and never thought to raise the question till now..doh...
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
Done a wee bit more on the cage this week...only have to run a bar between the two rear stays and weld in pads and the lower a pillars....yeehaa,progress.....
hypo-vwAustralias 1st 10sec street beetle (Jan 2007) 10.49secs@132m
Alloy race Fab in ossy park built it but i won't recommend him...chronic customs bent up my new hoop for me..they were great to deal with....you could get front and main hoop bent up then the rest of the bars are straight and easy.....
Cage is all done now,just have to make my rear fork bars which will be tied into the cage with rose joints...
Welded up the fuel filler flap
Welded in my old dash panel from my crashed bug
I have removed the strip that holds the bonnet and deck lid rubbers
I was going to use my old deck lid so I removed or the inner skins to take some weight out and found all this bog which is just a big hole covered up so I'm going to leave it for now as that shape to weld up is beyond me.I might look into getting a fiberglass deck lid..saves some work......
That's it for now...I have a guy coming around before October to weld up the sunroof for me and show me some tricks or two.I'm thinking about making a stand for the body to make work a little bit easier to access and I can sit on a seat,lol instead of curled in a ball and seizing up....I could go on a bit more but back to the cave now...layers...
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
A tip for the future, the strip that holds the rubbers can be easily removed with pliers and just pulling it off (no need to drill holes and weld). You can then use a flapper disc to finish off the edge, removing any left over remains of the strip.
Also that bend in dash bar from crash... faaaarkkkkk....
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Some lower sections repaired.made my own lower A piller section..
These are the pads that go behind the feet on the cage,instead of using nutserts for the bolts I just welded nuts on to save money from buying a nutserts tool etc...
This is where I'm thinking about mounting my dry sump tank.I'd cut a hole out and drop it inside the cab but you fill it up from up top.I'm still unsure as I want to do more events with passenger onboard,,hhhmmm.if not I'll put it next to me to help better balance the car from some fat belly man,lol....
BTW, there is a cheaper and more efficient alternative available on the oil coolers if you run dry sump. I used a cheapie intercooler and modified the ends to take an fittings.
It takes about 2lt of oil and as there is little to no pressure on the dry sump return line there is no risk of popping the cooler.
Previously I had two big setrab oil coolers, with the intercooler the oil temp dropped with about 15'c. We rarely see over 100'c on a hot 30'c day.
Worked a little on it last night. Should get the engine fired up this weekend on the stand and get one heat cycle on the heads to they can be re-torqued. Then I need to build the exhaust header and boost pipes. 🙂
