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Jiffy - April 9th, 2011 at 12:56 AM

Hi Guys,
My name is 'Jiffy' (real name is Shawn) and I've been lingering around here for a while, deciding whether or not to buy a beetle. Finally after several long months, I have decided to do so.

Today I picked up my '70 beetle.... and so far I love it.

It's modifications include

Exterior:
Dechromed and modified body.
Shaved indicators and added to bumpers
Respray inside and out.
Empi-style rims... I'm told are Porsche, yet to be verified.

Engine:
Heavy Duty Crankcase , shuffle pinned and clearance to take 74 mm
offset ground crank,
90.5 mm forged pistons,
All Ballenced with 12lb flywheel,
Hemi rods,
Scat C25 camshaft,
Chrome molybdenum pushrods,
Heavy duty oil pump,
40mm inlets, 35.5 mm exhausts stainless steel valves tripple cut into seats,
Heads ported and mild polished,
45 Delorto Carboretta
Braided fuel lines
Empi S&S Extractors

Suspension:
Torsion bar adjuster fitted to raise and lower suspension,
Sach sport shockers,
KYB rear heavy duty shockers,
Heavy-duty front sway bar,
Camber compensator on rear end.

Brakes: Subaru front and rear disks.

Interior:
Imported seats (USA) including full race buckets
Full cluster of VDO gauges
New carpets and headliner
CD player

The car drives great albiet a little louder than I'd hoped. My only other real complaint is I thought my kids stroller would fit in the boot and it doesn't, so I'm going to have to re-think that one.

Future mods include adding seatbelts and child-restraints to the rear. Then, air conditioning. That's the biggie. There's a few little things to do in the meantime, like add central locking, an alarm and upgrading the stereo.

Here's the pics. I haven't taken any of my own as yet, but I will do.

matt - April 9th, 2011 at 06:20 AM

where abouts in sa are you mate
p.s the bug looks great :smilegrin:

Jiffy - April 9th, 2011 at 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by matt
where abouts in sa are you mate
p.s the bug looks great :smilegrin:

Northern Suburbs (adelaide)

matt - April 9th, 2011 at 04:25 PM

cool, i have organised a run on the 28th may here is all the info :
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=135707693160964

waveman1500 - April 9th, 2011 at 09:13 PM

Welcome Jiffy! Nice bug. I had a '70 as my first bug and have always loved 1500s since.

With regards to the stroller, have you tried putting it behind the back seat? That's where I always put all my luggage, the front luggage area is too shallow to take any useful items.

cam070 - April 9th, 2011 at 09:45 PM

Looks like a nice score. Well done and hope you enjoy it.

Jiffy - April 11th, 2011 at 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by waveman1500
Welcome Jiffy! Nice bug. I had a '70 as my first bug and have always loved 1500s since.

With regards to the stroller, have you tried putting it behind the back seat? That's where I always put all my luggage, the front luggage area is too shallow to take any useful items.

Thanks Waveman.

Nah, I can't unfortunately. It has a parcel shelf there with a little hatch to put stuff in. I'll be removing that once I get the seatbelts put in and know where I can put rear speaker pods.

For the time being, it does fit between the front and rear seats on the floor.... just.

Uncle Craig - April 14th, 2011 at 02:58 PM

Very cool, Think that won several awards in DOVW shows. Nice pick up. The wheels are EMPI '8's. You've caught the bug now!

Jiffy - April 29th, 2011 at 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Uncle Craig
Very cool, Think that won several awards in DOVW shows. Nice pick up. The wheels are EMPI '8's. You've caught the bug now!

Thanks Craig. Yeah, won best modified post 68 a few times I believe. He did give me a couple of the trophies with the car, but kept a couple also.