Not vw but close

Took these couple of pics in Florence recently

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

vw's on lake Geneva

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 👍

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.

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.

Yes,

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

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!

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!

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

68AutoBug 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

Hi people
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

My brother is still looking for a Haflinger, the problem is is that there's not that many around.