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| posted on September 19th, 2008 at 09:01 AM |
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wanted Ken Virgin Carby Info
I am looking for any articles or adverts and any related information on the twin carburetors set up that were made by Ken Virgin in Adelaide during
the 60s
Kits were made to suit both 36hp and 40hp Beetles
Photocopies or scans would be great
Ken also drag raced a Volkswagen around this time
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| posted on September 19th, 2008 at 09:13 AM |
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Contact the volks enthusiast club or Adam Debiasi (08) 8262 7533.
He has his old race car and knows quite a lot about this car and the man.
T54
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| posted on September 19th, 2008 at 10:10 AM |
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yeah i know Adam and his Dad Peter
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| posted on September 19th, 2008 at 10:12 AM |
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his kits came with manifolds for 36/40 and 1300. a NOS set went a month or so ago on evilbay... went out of my price range 
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| posted on September 19th, 2008 at 04:59 PM |
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what do these ones look like?? Pic any one?
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| posted on September 19th, 2008 at 07:46 PM |
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Hi
This is the set-up I sold on Ebay.
Steve
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| posted on September 19th, 2008 at 08:59 PM |
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36 and 40hp mainifolds should have bought it n cornered the market LOL
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| posted on September 19th, 2008 at 10:13 PM |
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i know i'm going to regret not finding the extra $$$ to get those for years to come. don't suppose you've got a second NOS set or even better a
george reynolds set? 
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| posted on September 20th, 2008 at 08:23 AM |
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interesting setup. really well made manifolds from what I see there. what carb did they use, a 24pict?
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| posted on September 20th, 2008 at 08:29 AM |
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28 pict 36hp carby
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| posted on September 20th, 2008 at 08:46 AM |
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cool, the linkage looks dinky, but I guess it's doesn't need to be all that beefy.
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| posted on April 11th, 2014 at 07:31 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by vw54
I am looking for any articles or adverts and any related information on the twin carburetors set up that were made by Ken Virgin in Adelaide during
the 60s
Kits were made to suit both 36hp and 40hp Beetles
Photocopies or scans would be great
Ken also drag raced a Volkswagen around this time
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Hi, did you end up getting any info on these kits? I have just got myself a set and would love to find out more about them if possible?
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| posted on April 11th, 2014 at 07:52 PM |
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No I didn't get any articles
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| posted on April 11th, 2014 at 10:17 PM |
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i've got an article in an old aussie hot rod mag about fitting a ken virgin set,,its one of aprox 1 million mags in the back of my shipping container
so not eaisly found due to my lack of filing skills.Ive gotta get in there soon for another guy so i'll dig it out soon.But iirc the kit i was
looking at had dual zeniths.when i didn't have a 2300 w/idas i looked into these and iirc the rh carb wasn't hard to come by i think skodas had them
but the lhs to get the acc arm on the corfect side was the issue i ran into.Norm beechy's monaro motors made a cool su set up that definatly wakes up
a 36er.
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| posted on April 13th, 2014 at 11:13 AM |
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That would be great if you could find anything coletrickle, thanks for the response.
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| posted on April 13th, 2014 at 02:50 PM |
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What had the taller manifolds?? 36hp or 40hp?
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| posted on April 13th, 2014 at 03:33 PM |
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What had the taller manifolds?? 36hp or 40hp?
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had set of each and they very close if not the same height
Ive sold my sets now
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