Life is moving on and I find that I am not able to keep slowly working up my beloved beetle, and so time has come for it to find a new home with someone who will put on the finishing touches and have heaps of fun with her.
A sad day for me, given the time (years) effort and money ($$$$) put into her...however, time for someone to have some fun, as it is a fun car to drive, and goes like the clappers.

My Name: Tim
Location: Doncaster, (Melbourne) Victoria
Price: $12,000
Initial contact by PM or Ph: 0459 023 568


These are her specs:

General
1968 VW beetle body on 1976 ball joint/IRS pan. 1976 stock single sideplate gearbox.
1976 front guards (no indicator holes)
Bumpers removed, body holes professionally filled with steel
Rear exhaust notches professionally removed and new central exhaust notch installed.
Pan has been por15 coated top and bottom (silver). Rear frame Por 15 (schwarz)
Front beam adjusters.
Body in primer.

Engine:
2275cc 82x94, 5.5 inch rods, K-8 cam, 1.4 rockers 44x35 stock port 040 heads, 9.5:1 compression, ceramic coated 1.58 inch header & 2.5 inch muffler, 48 IDF webers, external RX7 oil cooler with 2 x kombi electric fans mounted above gear box, chome 55amp alternator, chrome tinware, electronic ingnition, deep sump.
New larger fuel line to rear, electric fuel pump/regulator/filter below fuel tank.

Wheels and Brakes:
Porsche Boxter wheels
Front: 16x6, Toyo 205/55/R16 tyres. very good tread
Rear: 16x7, Toyo 225/50/R16 tyres. very good tread
4 wheel ventilated and grooved disc brakes
New hard brake lines.
Internal front/rear brake bias adjustment, floor mounted near drivers seat.

Suspension:
KYB gas shocks
Rear sway away 24mm adjustable sway bar.
Have front sway away 20mm adjustable sway bar (not installed)

Interior:
Leather read and schwarz recaro front bucket seats. matching rear schwarz and red leather rear seats.
Custom red velour headlining/rear parcel tray. Matching sun visors.
Custom schwarz fitted carpet. Dynamat below
Custom (holden(to quote peppermintjones "i feel a bit of sick in my mouth")) interior light/sunglasses ceiling pod.
CSP shifter
Oil temp, tacho, head temp gauge cluster.
New schwarz door trims and interior panels
Rear venetian.
Speaker boxes behind rear seat (not connected).

Other bits and pieces:
Early wolfsburg bonnet emblem (shortened bonnet chrome strip)
90 mph trip speedo
Optima deep cycle battery
Led tail lights, reverse light tombstone tail lights
Cal window rubbers, have original chrome trims
Side repeater indicators
Iron cross (luft cleaner bolt covers) mounted externally on infront quarter panels
Porsche space saver spare with new tyre
Timber steering wheel. Have red and schwarz steering wheel to match interior
cigarette lighter (as power source - non-smoking car)
Dash mounted Coke bottle opener!
piece of crap radio.
original 1976 jack and 1968 tool kit.
volkswagen script, aluminum trims, chrome jack stand plugs, bonnet vw logo all come with car.
passenger side mirror
lockable deck lid
openable panels in rear wheel wells to tune carbs/access spark plugs
not currently registered and without RWC

Bunch of photos to follow, including some of during the build, with body off the pan, some before the exhaust was ceramic coated, etc.
Any questions, please PM me.

more pics of car and engine...

More pics...engine and suspension during build

more pics...interior

more pics...interior

more pics....brakes and wheels

more pics....pan

more pics...bits and pieces

more pics...more bits and pieces

Bump for price drop

Sounds awesome...not much to do to get this on the road

Cheers.

Big Price drop, get in before I change my mind.....

Hi

Can you tell me where you got that red headliner from? Looks awesome

Hi Jak,

Yes, headliner was done through Australian VW Performance Centre in Croydon (Melbourne). I'm afraid don't remember the interior fitter's details, but it was a one man show located not far from their workshop. Its custom by hand and he did a great job. He also did the carpets, etc.

I was originally going to go for a more shaggy headliner material, but I picked out the red velour material from suitable choices he provided.

BTW, the engine in this is the engine you built and had in your beetle. I've done maybe 1000 kms since (and added the tinware and alternator). Any further bits of knowledge you could add for anyone reading?

Cheers,
Tim

Hi Tim, thanks for the info

Yes I did recognise my little vw motor. I do miss building them.

The compression is only 8.5:1 & the heads are 40x35.5 valves. It still made 117hp @ the wheels at only 5500rpm which shows that there is plenty of potential for more power with some head work & a bump in compression. it also has total seal rings on the 94B pistons. It had huge torque which was perfect for a full weight street car. The rockers are Berg as are the chromoly pushrods, so it was nice & quiet & didn't really have that tappity vw sound at idle. Also with the RX7 oil cooler, you just couldn't cook the oil. It was fantastic.

regards
Jak