My whole VW experience didn't quite start the way I wanted it to.

After taking a ride in a mate's 2180cc beetle with twin 48IDAs, I was convinced (by some devil on my shoulder) that I could easily have something just as quick by throwing a few thousand dollars at my car.

Haha. No.

My first ride was this little beauty,



Which was mighty pretty, but mighty shitty.
1835cc's of pure blow-by.

I sold that one off and bought a mighty Nissan GTi-R.
Devilishly quick, it was quick to partner up with the RTA in an attempt to steal my licence away.
Luckily however, my senses got the better of me and I sold that after owning it for only two months.

And now I have this, my 1976 'worm and roller' Beetle.







So far, the works include..

Body:
- Rust removed
- Coated in the beautifully scented fish oil
- Matte black coat with blue side panels
- Smoked Tail lights (no photos of yet)

Interior:
- Re-upholstered Procar seats
- New Carpet

Suspension:
- Bilstein Coilovers up front and shocks at the rear

Engine:
- 1600 TP
- Fully Balanced Crank
- Cima Pistons
- 36 Webber Carburetor
- Lightened Flywheel

A nice daily driver to get me from A to B...

However I also want to get to C... and quite quickly too.

So sitting in a secret location is my new engine

- 2276cc
- Fully Balanced Crank
- 044 Heads (need to check specs)
- 120/130 Cam (need to check specs)
- Straight Cut Cam Gears
- Dual 44IDF Webbers.

The checklist of items (over the next few years) also includes:

- Porsche Pattern upgrade
- Re-spray (sunburnt orange or Porsche chocolate)
- Aero-guards (I'm a sucker for phat beetles)
- Rancho Superstreet 'box
- and a few things I'm sure I've forgotten!

Figured I'd get it up on here for some inspiration so I don't end up in the backlogs of the internet with nothing done to the car!

Cheers,
Ollie

Mate you got a very good deal on that bug you think yourself lucky man. i wanted that bug. Enjoy it mate.

From Dylan

Thanks Dylan - I lived right around the corner from where it was being sold so I jumped on it

Sorry to steal it away from you!
How's your bug?

Hi

Looks like a great start, the 1600 will preserve your license for now, I don't know how long it will last with the bigger motor.

Steve

Haha not too long steve!

Like a fine wine, I'll have matured by the time i find that extra 676cc

Hi

If your like me you will give it a hard time for few weeks and then settle down and use the power on special occasions

Steve

PS did you see the Aeros for sale on here?

I did indeed! Sadly I can't afford that just yet - saving for a trip to America in September which is putting the car on hold at the moment.
But hopefully some more will pop up over time

Hows My Bug.... well i have had 2 in the past few months and now they gone and im left with all the parts from them. im using all those parts to now build a full cuatom build as i have sourced a good body and a good chassis and am going to start building soon. im realy happy and keen for this new project , hopefully this one will go all tha way and im thinkin it will cause in this body there no rust ... now thats a first. = ] Enjoy your 76er!! Bro.

From Dylan

Welcome to the 76 club. I've recently started my 76 build as well and am my 2nd 76. You can see my previous rides can be seen here http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=79048&page=1#pid735065.  We'll have to chat some time and compare notes. Needless to say I'd prefer you go the Porsche chocolate. I'll need to start a build thread at some stage. Cheers Cameron

love 76'ers...........although you need to convert the rear back to swingaxle and put some drums on up front

... So confused

And just to clarify, I've herd good things and bad things about the 76- could anyone clarify?

all good.....and yours looks like a solid one

Loving the car OM! Lots of interest in this on...Keen to see it over the next few years!

Nice mate. I'll have to keep an eye out for you. I think you're in my area!

Mate ,

The 76 is one of the best models i think. the only problem is they got tractor front suspension but other than that there all good.

I didn't even realise your first Bug had any problems

Sounds like you got a good deal on this little gem,
I quite like the matt black look

Best of luck

Ah well all the original parts will eventually make way for better parts so thats find. As for rust - eh, stripping it down in a year and a bit to paint so I'll check it all then

Hey Ryan the car wasn't actually that bad - just a lot of blow-by and wasn't up to the daily grind.

Wish I'd kept it, though. Cleanest body ever

A few more photos of the car!
Managed to pick up some shadow taillights (which IMO look better) and started to paint the wheels, but rain got in the way so only half way there.

Sweet! Nice taillights

Utterly Jelous!! Looks madd dat thing is off it's Head!!

Tail lights lookin sweet as.

From Dylan

tail lights=

Matt black with black factory wheels.

I will quote Otto Mann: "Cooool!"

Nice tail lights. I am looking at something similar for mine.

you have done well with this one

Just a quick update!

Some moron ripped my bumper apart the other week, so I had to bend it back into place and just run with it for the moment before I find a replacement

I also managed to steal my girlfriend's camera and went on a shooting spree with my car! Just a few to enjoy...

cool pics

Ah dude that sux, those damn brazillian bumpers crumple like coke cans, atleast there's no body damage.