Early days yet for this build, but things are a little quiet on the forum lately so thought you guys may want to see some jobs we have going on at the MBMS workshop.
This one will keep the strut lovers happy.
The brief.....street / circuit car.....fast, to compete at club level (with a bit of sibling rivalary going on.....his brother runs 61/2's at Lakeside in a Nissan and with development we need to beat him!!), big type 1 engine with Porsche cooling and dry sump, type 1 trans with Quaife ready to go, 944 turbo ally. rear arms and brakes, adjustable front end with Porsche brakes, composite panels and 6 point or better cage for saftey and chassis ridgedity.
Below is some insperation for the build courtesy of Remmel
So far the extremely clean primary car has been stripped and seam sealers removed for inspection and the start of rust repairs.
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Thanks for posting Matt, I hope you keep posting as the build progresses. The inspiration photo up the top also features in my screen saver. We need more GL Beetles in Au
1969 Beetle - June
1974 L Bug - Gwendolyn
2002 Bora V6 4Motion - Anita
cam070 wrote:Can you share a tip on how you removed the tar mats frojm the interior so cleanly? My experience leaves a sticky gooey mess.
This was certainly the easiest I have done 😉, the only tips are cold, sharp chisel and elbow grease. We were very lucky on this one, the car is obviously low mileage and garaged for most of its life. Pan 1/2's are nackered, the lh sill has a small area to repair and the drip rail above the door as photodraphed is all the rust in it. Oh, and what was in the dash air box. C pillars are factory fresh !! Zero prior accident damage too. 👍
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1303Steve wrote:Are you going to weld up the grills in the front scuttle area, you could then just run a hose from the plenum box to outside to get fresh air.
Steve
Thanks Steve, I am very open to suggestions, but my plan at present was to use the air system primarily as the screen defrost. Using the stock outlet and ducting up to the screen, but an electric heater fan in the air box to do the work via a switch on the dash. As for cabin cooling, I thought a pair of eye-ball vents or ducts each side of the dash and rely on the natural air flow from those grills, the fan could also be used.....and if that's not enough, a/c or cool suit...🤪🤪🙅
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And needed to prime where the clean up prep had started
This was to stop any rust as now we needed to buy some goodies.......
we found a car on good ol Aussieveedubbers that was a price too good to be true, and so we organised h for a little personal delivery service, the kind he does soooo well
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matt said ;:Sent email to JPM re heads but after weeks, no reply....any suggestions
hey matt, have you considered getting a set of custom ported heads off KROC in canada..his prices are very good and you will get exactly what you want.....worth a try considering those jpm heads are stupidly exy..........
cnfabo wrote:matt said ;:Sent email to JPM re heads but after weeks, no reply....any suggestions
hey matt, have you considered getting a set of custom ported heads off KROC in canada..his prices are very good and you will get exactly what you want.....worth a try considering those jpm heads are stupidly exy..........
We ended up speaking to Johannes, he's very good as people have said, just I'm sure he is extremely busy. A shipment of JPM products is being finalised, somethings I wanted Johannes was already finishing the prototype stage and will be in production soon. So as usual, it pays to be patient.
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