Seagulls 1960 bug called DRAGON

Well My Dragon has come out of its cave and seen the light of day .

I have landed a 1960 beetle from the Tompson boys .
The beetle was saved from the crusher a few years back and placed in a shed to keep it dry .

The run down >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

some of the parts are missing ( see wanted in the for sale section here )

The in side of the bug has been striped out , head lining , door cards , floor mats >rat shit > dead snake > used condoms & there packets

The floor has the the orginal paint on it & is mostly rust free .Some rust in the heater chanels but I get to this when I left the body off the pan .Paint is shitty but over all the car is solid & doors shut as they did when the car came off the assembly line .

What I am doing to it

Fist throw the 1300 cc Vw motor & swing axle away its too slow


The new Motor will be a Suabru EJ20 quad cam turbo 16 valve unit coming in from Japan from a wrx or STI wrx .
I am making a full 316 ss headers for it to drop some weight from the rear & make it look realy smart under there

I have yet been able to work out the gear box I am going with & have a few to select here from .

I going to fit air bags to this machine so I can get it low on the road , then push the butten to lift it to bring in down my drive way to put it to bed .

I have collected the following to make this machine stop
Front Nissan r32 ? 4 pot calipers
rear ford ea /eb with cross drilled rotors

Wheels I have not had a chance to look whats out there .

The inside of the bug will be back to stock , seats will be stock , but I will make the drives seat be able to tale me race seat for drag meets

seagull


To date we have about 9 guys & girls in Perth doing conversions to Subaru so keep your eyes out .There is going to be some very fast vws out there soon

keep us posted seagull. going to be one quick machine.

mmmmm sounds very tasty!

Good to see nice work:thumbJVL

in the cave

"PUFF" the magic dragon??????????????👍

:P

Up date

I have 5 wrx front cuts coming in for the lads 95> wrx

Paul , simon & my self removed the vw motor from my bug & simon going to give it to some who thinks vw motors are good .

I have been trying to get on top of my * other projects *
car trailer
Rs liberty

I have also just built a rs turbo motor from a jap import n/a motor I have here .Not sure of the compression ratio but for what I payed for it its not worth pulling the heads off to check .I start it if it blows up I throw it away and fit another what do want for $216.66 cents !

I have the Dragon insides stripped out & in three weeks I bring it home
pull the swinger out throw it away body off , irs the rear , drop spindles

seagull

when all these vw converted cars are on the road we all have to meet up and go for a cruze!
ill definately be keen!

and for once its perth not somewhere over east!!!

good stuff neil

Cruse ! no way Draging is what it will be made for !

blowing away v8s

Hell Yeah!

Can i be the token girl of the group? :kiss

Ash x

as long as you

just sit there

keep quiet

smile

cook

and bring the beer !

I let you in

O may be do the washing

Careful Neil-thems fightin' words.

:cussing

🙂 got to have some fun !

You in the shed yet Neil.... Maybe Ill come over to give you a hard time!.... My 2276 is so gonna eat you!!!!!! 😬 :kiss

[ Edited on 7-7-2006 by humpty ]

Just had a shower & loged on

The dam Toyota will not start ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR dam that thing .

The Dragons coming home Sunday !!!! so stay away SPARKS are going to fly as I got a 9" grinder now .

I about to start a new project and its going to be one thats going to give you the shits 🤪
Get you shit together cos air cooled suck 🤓

This Dragon will fly

Need a G50 as I have an order in Japan for one or 2

what about getting the rear alloy suspension arms,944 turbo alloy arms will give same track as irs beetle .G50 4spd good for turbos as well 👍my wife is going to buy me a plasma cutter or a tig welder :birthdaynext month.

When you widen the track you will have problems with tyre clearnace in the rear.... Please don't stick crappy f/g guards on the 60, Neil.... It just looks so crappy.... Stick with the stock guards and make the stuff fit.... You know I can get 225/50-17's under a stock rear guard with IRS.... That's plenty of tyre for most.... And more than enough for a light weight VW!....

Simon it will be stock

The Dragons home !

& The chop has started

Rear

the Trim as it was in 1960

got stuck in to it today , locked the door and smashed the door bell

Yeeeehaaaaaaa!

Air tools a sweet .

Removed the pannels to see what I had .
The out the front to cut up more of the 1966 .I cut the car in half with the 9" as to get the rust repair sections .

Seagulls chop shop .

Rear will be marked out monday , then out the front with the pressure cleaner to get rid of the grease on the box & beam .

Making the jig for the front beam & rear jig for the IRS .
Roll bar steel under way .Adapter plate & fly wheel on the shelf .ECU in a box for shipment

Hows it looking under there now the guards are off?

There is a bit of rust mate .I cut the heater ( whole driver side side out of the 66 )

I can cut & weld some plates in .

I also just went for a walk down the road ( bin ) as there was a 316 ss pressure tank , it said SPERM TEST TANK LCVRTY 1 .

LOL its now the tank for the air bags ! just washed it out no one will know :party

seagull wrote:I also just went for a walk down the road ( bin ) as there was a 316 ss pressure tank , it said SPERM TEST TANK LCVRTY 1 .

LOL its now the tank for the air bags ! just washed it out no one will know :party

here's the tip... leave the lettering on the tank!

grind,grind,grind love the smell of burnt metal🤪
are you going to brace the pan for the 500% increase in torque:thumb

if you are throwing away the 1300 i am in perth could do with another motor for my vw dont want to sound like a seagull but anything that is free saves me money
Cheers Derek

derraux wrote:if you are throwing away the 1300 i am in perth could do with another motor for my vw dont want to sound like a seagull but anything that is free saves me money
Cheers Derek

I have it D.... If you want it, Ill can have it here (Bicton) by the weekend....
Call me to arrange.... 0439 961 076....
Neil.... just remember what I told you about the apron on that car.... Its rocking horse poo, so look after it.... H panel aprons are tough to find and that one was pretty straight....

it will need some work for it to live again .I show you when you come over .
Subaru will be in there soon , the 9" fixed that 😎

I collected my 1994 wrx front cut with 71000ks on the clock , I putting this one to one side .as I am going to put the $216.66 RS turbo motor in the Dragon just to piss my mates off .

any one cuting harness down for conversions ?

seagull

neil just bought a pair of alloy 944 arms complete with hubs $550 .
I,m looking at the Enki wheels lite weight and the offsets will suit 17x7 35to 38et and 18x7.5 45to48ets.

the kids loved your trike
are you interested in a pair of alloy arms

If you are gonna stick with that worn out look that we talked about the other night, the alloy arms would not be a good way to go.... They widen the track too much for the rims that you are wanting to run.... Just remember... The rims I have under my Square (7.5x17) are about as big as you can go under stock bug guards.... And even they you wont be able to go as low as I am with my car as the big rims are real close to the edge of the guard!

[ Edited on 16-7-2006 by humpty ]

what ets are your rims there are 3 different alloy arms 924 turbo, 944 & 944S2 arms got access to all of them to try.and rims up to 55ets

[ Edited on 16-7-2006 by malcolm ]

I will not be going wide , its staying stock.

I will be making the ej20 into a rs turbo in the next few nights , if it blows up I donk care .

There is one adapter plate & fly wheel left guys , any one going subaru let me know .

Seagull

malcolm wrote:what ets are your rims there are 3 different alloy arms 924 turbo, 944 & 944S2 arms got access to all of them to try.and rims up to 55ets

[ Edited on 16-7-2006 by malcolm ]

I can't remember off the top of my scull (no hair!), but I think theyare around 45-47 or there abouts!.... but on my Squareback they are very close to the springplate and the outer guard lip and I know that they sit about the same on the outer guard lip on an early bug guard.... The tyre I have on the rear is about as fat as I can get under there too....

i shouldnt have any problems fitting my 17x7 wheels all around then neil under stock guards (71 super), tyres are 205 up front and 215 down rear.

Anthony

Any updated pictures on "PUFF" the water dragon????🙄😁😁:P

71superbug wrote:i shouldnt have any problems fitting my 17x7 wheels all around then neil under stock guards (71 super), tyres are 205 up front and 215 down rear.

Anthony

The one place you may have problems is the front Anthony.... Your tyres will more than likely hit the struts and outer lip of the guard (You may need to roll the lip under a little).... You should ask Kurt at VDub Repairs and Spares in Freo about it.... He's got 18's under stock LBug guards.... He made up new front struts and I think he used Golf coils or some such....

front should be fine i have the narrowed lowered adjustable struts from vforce.

if thats the only problem then im laughing 🙂

can anyone say 4" drop...mmm...


Anthony

This is going to be way cool.

Looking forward to the progress....

Considering this is Neils thread, i would be interested in finding out about how the dragon is going...

Ash x

Mick H wrote:Any updated pictures on "PUFF" the water dragon????🙄😁😁:P

+ wot ASH said...:bounce

Just keepin' the dream alive!..... :duh

PUFF the magic dragon.... I think its just been named 🙂

Any progress pics yet?? Would be interesting to see

Be patient grasshoppers.. Its been a busy few days, but we have been getting some other things sorted in readiness for front suspension mods.... All will become clearer as time progress'....

Yes & I have had to clean the shed out of all those dam cheap JDM motors , dam thing breading in there .

I got rid of one now three have been born

You missed the big turbo tonight Humpty $460.00 new in box

Bugger.... Why didn't you call!.... You know Im on the prowl for someink bigger!....LOL!

Thats ok jerry can get more of them .

This is the adapter plate & fly wheel I made to fit the Suabru turbo motor in the bug .I think all of the gang over here have these now for there conversion .


I need soem realy thick torsion bars , like the sway away units .any one have some ?

I will make a trolly to sit the bug on with wheels so I can move the lot around & get it off the ground , makes it easy to work on .

seagull

Neil got some 27mm torsion bars from Richard @ V force .
try pelican parts they have hollow torsion bars .👍
http://www.pelicanparts.com/index.htm
Pelican Parts.com - Parts, Accessories and Technical Information for all models of Porsche.

How about starting your own build up page Anthony , show us the front brakes

& return my pull down strap you shit

seagull

haha oh yeah...the pulldown strap..yeah will do

i think i will have to start my own build up thread ey..

just gotta find the digicam first 🙁

and neil i ordered my thicker torsion bars from richard,
ended up getting 26mm not 27mm.

Anthony

I see .I have not seen the shipment to date .I was to get back to Richard to get some bits my self .But my boy had some issues with a big glass door & my life turned to shit for two weeks .

Spripping down the front cuts Saturday ( to day ) another late night in the shed .Working on others race cars , making a frame so I can sit the WRX front cut on .

:bounce

Got to love subaru !