Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it
4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·
Took these couple of pics in Florence recently
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Not vw but close
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
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NO !! not even close.... lol
FIAT 500 or 600 had rear engine...
and vents in rear engine cover....
Last one is a later model with reversing lights...
Maybe fun... but not the same...lol
LEE
FIAT 500 or 600 had rear engine...
and vents in rear engine cover....
Last one is a later model with reversing lights...
Maybe fun... but not the same...lol
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it
4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·
vw's on lake Geneva
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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l
12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
there is a red hottie with a "big" motor in it around Concord
Gets round with the hatch propped wide open making a decent noise (well 😂)
yeah - not VW but cool 👍
Gets round with the hatch propped wide open making a decent noise (well 😂)
yeah - not VW but cool 👍
Futue te ipsum!!!
ancientbugger Custom Title Time!
1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
Many years ago when I was into my custom cars back in the UK (around the end of the 70's there was a Fiat 500 doing the rounds with a hotted up 1600 VW sticking out of the back. I believe it was pretty rapid if not scary! Plus a company called Autocavan put a VW engine into a Haflinger.
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
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Yes,ancientbugger wrote:Many years ago when I was into my custom cars back in the UK (around the end of the 70's there was a Fiat 500 doing the rounds with a hotted up 1600 VW sticking out of the back. I believe it was pretty rapid if not scary! Plus a company called Autocavan put a VW engine into a Haflinger.
I believe the VW engine bolted into the Haflinger easily...
You still see the odd original Haflingers about...
I wouldn't mind having one of those...
when I was working, there were some Haflinger parts still there... a clutch thrust bearing comes to memeory...
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
ancientbugger Custom Title Time!
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From what I recall Lee it wasn't so simple I don't know why though? The engine although two cylinder does look a lot like a VW and things like the dynamo doubling as the starter were quite novel. I remember looking at one for sale that my elder brother was looking at in absolutely immaculate condition together with a photo album of the rebuild.$7000 and about 10 years ago!
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
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OK I'll take that back.. not easily..ancientbugger wrote:From what I recall Lee it wasn't so simple I don't know why though? The engine although two cylinder does look a lot like a VW and things like the dynamo doubling as the starter were quite novel. I remember looking at one for sale that my elder brother was looking at in absolutely immaculate condition together with a photo album of the rebuild.$7000 and about 10 years ago!
and yes the dynamo was the starter also....
Maybe they used a VW gearbox/transaxle too...??
then axles??? sounds too hard..
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
nessie Learner Dubber
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Hi people68AutoBug wrote:OK I'll take that back.. not easily..
and yes the dynamo was the starter also....
Maybe they used a VW gearbox/transaxle too...??
then axles??? sounds too hard..
LEE
I own an Halflinger with a VW lump in the back. I believe it was built in the 80’s and used for competition in the UK. As you say the “Dynosaart” sits in the centre and my mans solution was to run a duplex chain down to the crankshaft using a bearing/cam type tensioner similar to a golf’s. The inlet manifold had to be “adjusted” so that an SU carb, ex 850 mini sits to the left with a long manifold under the “Dynostart” to the right. Filling the engine with oil presents an opportunity as there is no room for the filler, only a 8mm pipe stub brazed onto a plate covering the petrol pump “hole” doubles as a breather as well. Its my intension to rebuild the beast over the winter, www.neil-ellis.co.uk
ancientbugger Custom Title Time!
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My brother is still looking for a Haflinger, the problem is is that there's not that many around.