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
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keep us posted seagull. going to be one quick machine.
mmmmm sounds very tasty!
Good to see nice work:thumbJVL
in the cave
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"PUFF" the magic dragon??????????????👍
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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
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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
76 baywindow kombi - V8 & Weddle racing diff and gearbox
Daily driven beach cruiser
Cruse ! no way Draging is what it will be made for !
blowing away v8s
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Hell Yeah!
Can i be the token girl of the group? :kiss
Ash x
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
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
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Careful Neil-thems fightin' words.
:cussing
1963 Single Cab Ute: "El Concreto"
1962 Baja Beetle: "Peanut"
1968 Porsche 912 SWB: "Pip"
1972 Kombi Snail: "The Snail"
2012 Skoda Octavia Scout: "Scout"
2016 Scirocco R: "Rocco"
🙂 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
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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
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Rear
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the Trim as it was in 1960
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got stuck in to it today , locked the door and smashed the door bell
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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
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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
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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
