I thought its about time that i start a new thread on the circuit race section and show you guys and girls my new project as most of you know I wrote my 64 beetle off in what was a will beginners mistake and put it into a concrete barrier...anyways I found myself a 69 semi auto bug that was a roller and in old 2 PAC primer and also caked on sound deadener underbody stuff,ggrr "what a pain"...the body was pretty straight but has previously had a hit in the front left and also has a sunroof cut out.... So here is some pics...
The old ,banana beambug
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Had to cut the reef off ton get the cage out

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Bent torsion bar and spring plate
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The new
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Because race car and I'm pretty much in sports sedan class I thought I'd cut some weight out..
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My first attempt at some patch work.this was my first time welding thin panel...not perfect but this is a race car not a show car...


And this is the start of my removable rear end...

I'm going to use my old deck lid a valance...


And some insperation/motivation,lol...just a few cars I'm lovin right now


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Not all volksy but nice cars that's for sure...

Here some cage work..the 2 slip joints on the door bars took me half a day to get right... Damn I was frustrated....


Thought I'd strengthen it a bit by doing some seem welding as I have taking a lot of stiffness out by removing the inner skins..

And the fun part trying to fill these gaps,hhmm
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So that's about it for now..so feel free for advise or any ideas...

Thanks for looking
Fabo...yeehaa....

Really good to see you with a project and plenty of motivation.

Now you can build an even better car than before using all the knowledge and experience you learnt.

Cheers Col

good to see you're back on the bike so to speak.

You sure hit that barrier hard! Didn't look too bad at the time but major damage by the looks of it. look forwards to seeing it run.

oh, forgot to say I think your rear end detachable system is great. Is this your idea or have you seen a similar set up before?

Wow, the shell has certainly had the "weight loss" treatment ! Good to see you going sports sedan Chris

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Originally posted by Craig Torrens Wow, the shell has certainly had the "weight loss" treatment ! Good to see you going sports sedan Chris

Ah well, at least you get to have fun building a light car that you can run slicks on !

Top stuff - hope you enjoy the build mate

Torsion bars bent too ouch. Nice start. Steering rack conversion for tight and quick response? Good luck

Done a wee bit more on the cage this week...only have to run a bar between the two rear stays and weld in pads and the lower a pillars....yeehaa,progress.....

looking good Chris ..... great to see that you are back into it . good luck with the build mate

Looking good Fabo.... Are you planning to run any cage supports back to the frame horns or to the frontend?

Out of interest, where did you get your cage from initally? (for the old car) Was it a Bond kit or all custom?

Alloy race Fab in ossy park built it but i won't recommend him...chronic customs bent up my new hoop for me..they were great to deal with....you could get front and main hoop bent up then the rest of the bars are straight and easy.....

Have done a bit more the last couple of weeks...

Cage is all done now,just have to make my rear fork bars which will be tied into the cage with rose joints...

Welded up the fuel filler flap

Welded in my old dash panel from my crashed bug

I have removed the strip that holds the bonnet and deck lid rubbers

I was going to use my old deck lid so I removed or the inner skins to take some weight out and found all this bog which is just a big hole covered up so I'm going to leave it for now as that shape to weld up is beyond me.I might look into getting a fiberglass deck lid..saves some work......



That's it for now...I have a guy coming around before October to weld up the sunroof for me and show me some tricks or two.I'm thinking about making a stand for the body to make work a little bit easier to access and I can sit on a seat,lol instead of curled in a ball and seizing up....I could go on a bit more but back to the cave now...layers...

Looking good Chris

A tip for the future, the strip that holds the rubbers can be easily removed with pliers and just pulling it off (no need to drill holes and weld). You can then use a flapper disc to finish off the edge, removing any left over remains of the strip.

Good work mate

Cheers Col

No need to make a stand for the body.... I have a body trolley you can borrow Chris.

Thanks guys for the comments

Humpty,fark yeah,luv you.....

Looking good Chris!

Great to see this one progressing dude !!!

Welded fuel filler flap... presume cos you're going fuel cell ???

Also that bend in dash bar from crash... faaaarkkkkk....

Took me easily over ten hours getting the decklid from this to filler then etch primer,never again,lol....


Johno from south of river can up and welded in the roof section for me,thanks bro...

Made some room in the engine room for a 2 Ltr catch can/breather...


Some mug,me,after what I think is a good enough filler job...

Engine room seam sealed

Another 200gms out

Almost striped and etched inside the cockpit

Front quater had to go

In with the new




My mounts for the oil coolers


And so much more to go...

Fabo

Some lower sections repaired.made my own lower A piller section..

These are the pads that go behind the feet on the cage,instead of using nutserts for the bolts I just welded nuts on to save money from buying a nutserts tool etc...


This is where I'm thinking about mounting my dry sump tank.I'd cut a hole out and drop it inside the cab but you fill it up from up top.I'm still unsure as I want to do more events with passenger onboard,,hhhmmm.if not I'll put it next to me to help better balance the car from some fat belly man,lol....

Yeah.... You still owe me a ride in that car ya bum.... Don't forget the leg room!

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Originally posted by humpty Yeah.... You still owe me a ride in that car ya bum.... Don't forget the leg room!

Looking good.

BTW, there is a cheaper and more efficient alternative available on the oil coolers if you run dry sump. I used a cheapie intercooler and modified the ends to take an fittings.

It takes about 2lt of oil and as there is little to no pressure on the dry sump return line there is no risk of popping the cooler.

Previously I had two big setrab oil coolers, with the intercooler the oil temp dropped with about 15'c. We rarely see over 100'c on a hot 30'c day.

Thanks for that Louis,I'll see how mine goes and if temps are too high I'll try what you have done..BTW how's the stroker motor going??

Worked a little on it last night. Should get the engine fired up this weekend on the stand and get one heat cycle on the heads to they can be re-torqued. Then I need to build the exhaust header and boost pipes.

End of Dec she must be running and tuned.