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.
t_tuffnut ·
Both cars look great. The 64 looks to be in exceptional condition.
Keep up the good work and keep us posted on the progress.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Y eah the 64 is. Its got no rust except some surface rust which im gunna leave for now. Got a few little dings but they will all be repaired soon.
Its on jax at the moment all wheels off engine out. Getting the brakes done in the next few weeks.
Engine it out to give it a good clean underneath and probbaly a good coat of think tar stuff to lower road noise.
Also im changing the engine tin screws to allen key heads so they can be undone easier.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Got a new exhaust today, kadron header and quiet pack as well as a stinger, im keen to get em on. Thanks to easevwbits for these.
t_tuffnut ·
I haven't heard of that supplier before, are they an online group?
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Its a member off here. He had a post in the parts or sale section. I think he is sold out now not sure.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Ive been doin a little bit of work lately, this is where im at now, black headlight rings, soon to be black blinker covers, black wheels, neons.
Here are some pics
tmerivale ·
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
trev
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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.
tmerivale ·
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
Keep up the good work
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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.
typethreeking ·
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.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Hi yeah that photo was taken while i was trying to find a short in my stereo set up, ive got carpet that covers all that when im not wprkin on it.
DaveCarter ·
That cannon is interesting. You should chuck up a youtube clip or something of what it sounds like
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
I will learn to do videos on you tube this arvo and get a clip up, i like it it sounds good and is loudest car at school so im happy.
trickysimon ·
Your neighbours must love you😂
DaveCarter ·
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 😂
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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.
colonel mustard ·
cops are going to love you.
colonel mustard ·
Also, where is the rear bumper, and where are the running boards?
Is that fuel filter still sitting above the disi there? might want to move that..?
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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 ·
here are some videos.
ryana89 ·
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😂
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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.
jjwebb123 ·
Holy Smokes ,gee's man you got a lot of stuff.In that cab.Its looking pretty sweet though.
jjwebb123 ·
Where did you wire that pedal light up to?
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
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.
DaveCarter ·
Your exhaust sounds good man. Sounds tough for a stocker
baja burley ·
exhaust sounds great!
did you fit the tacho yourself?? im thinkin i might need one and was wondering what sort of installaion is required. i was told the aftermarket ones like yours just feed off the coil pack?? is this right? anyway just give a quick run through of what you did to hook it up if you get a spare minute..
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Yeah everything to it ive done which i enjoy telling people.
Well with this one it was bit different than just a tacho cause it has othr gauges in it.
BUt basically the tacho has a ground or earth wire whih i just crimped a spade terminal on and i put it into the erath block near the fuse block, sorry i dont have pic but if you look near the fuse block youll see what im talking about.
The next wire is the 12v wire, it just goes to wherever there is power when the key is on, but when there is no power when the key is off.
Next is the signal wire which goes to the negative side of the coil.
I was lucky and when mine had no carpet i ran a heap of wires and taped each end so had some ready for my gauges etc. Other than that its easy.
On anothr note my exhaust set off its first car alarm today, didnt even mean too.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Okay, update time.
So i bought a set of front seats out of a Suzuki Swift Gti Off ebay and they got here thursday morning.
Went racing on saturday with the stock seats and got home and then this mornign i was down at the shop and was putting the new ones in, a bit of cutting later and welding they were in. We ended up welding the Swift rails to the VW rails and using both sets of sliding mechanisms. But because of the cutting we did on the passenger swift seat rail when i went to weld it back to make it neat i ende up welding the two pieces of track together, So drivers side moves on both whie passenger moves on only VW. They are really comfy and now ive got some seat covers on em. Ill get some photos in the morning.
Ive also got myself some carpet and made a new speaker encllosure so that the subs are hard up against the back of the back seat and ive got some fully hectic neons hooked up to a flasher relay so they flash and i also got some mini thermo fans on each end to blow air into the box the cool the amp and subs etc on hot dayd. All i gotta do is carpet it.
IM now looking for some rims to buy on advice from Borris. Buy the rims and see where they fit compared to the gaurds and then im going to buy brakes to fit the rims on. Then norrow my beam the desired amount and add adjusters and drop spindles.
Once thats all done itl probably come off the road for couple weeks and get some bits tidied up but until then itll still be my daily.
Stay posted for updates and piccies
1303Steve ·
Hi
You will find track days much better with seats holding you in properly.
Steve
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Here are the seats.
Handbrake is a tight squeeze but hey id rather that then not these seats.
DylanTheDubber ·
Dude that exhaust could almost be mistaken for a subi motor because of the deaper boxer sound. What exhaust is it. To me it looks like extractors with a super cheap cannon ????
From Dylan
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Thats excatly what it is, Its a header with a cheap cnnon on it. Only give away is the ticking of the VW engine. But i can sit at traffic lights and rev the engine a bit and sounds like a subi.
Best bit was its not even hard to make just loose a fair bit of ground clearence.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Okay, so for all going to the nationals i will be there in my car with a bit i mean alot more go than at marulan. It will probably have semi slicks on and maybe drop spindles. Maybe a whale tail and some fiberglass bumpers for air deflection.
ll post piccies of all these mods as i do em but just thought id post here.
Also will be stripping the interior for the day.
And oil cooler is now fixed with no leaks.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Got a front beam for cheaps today, so im after some adjusters and some other little parts then it should be lower,,,yay
Rims in like three weeks then gotta upgrade the brakes, Getting there
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Well cleaned up the computer today and found some old photos, before it was dismantled and before it was resprayed.
Check em out
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Dark Grey Bug is now for sale!
Pm me for details, i will post in forsale section asap.
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Someone buy this please!!!
Captain Slow ·
Hey,
I've was in contact with you via sms a few weeks ago if you recall.
I'm still considering your car but like I said it's a little out of my price range.
I might give you a call anyway one day soon to have a chat.
Cheers
Ben
71-BEETLE-SEDAN ·
Cheers mate. Hit me with a text. It needs to go ASAP. So I'll probably take a reasonable offer