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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 02:32 PM |
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Brads L Bug Racer
Early days yet for this build, but things are a little quiet on the forum lately so thought you guys may want to see some jobs we have going on at the
MBMS workshop.
This one will keep the strut lovers happy.
The brief.....street / circuit car.....fast, to compete at club level (with a bit of sibling rivalary going on.....his brother runs 61/2's at
Lakeside in a Nissan and with development we need to beat him!!), big type 1 engine with Porsche cooling and dry sump, type 1 trans with Quaife ready
to go, 944 turbo ally. rear arms and brakes, adjustable front end with Porsche brakes, composite panels and 6 point or better cage for saftey and
chassis ridgedity.
Below is some insperation for the build courtesy of Remmel
So far the extremely clean primary car has been stripped and seam sealers removed for inspection and the start of rust repairs.
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 02:43 PM |
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All sounds really good there Matt.
Hope your client has the $ and patience to pull it off.
Keep us informed.
Cheers Col
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 02:51 PM |
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Front and rear aprons have been removed and replacements sourced, front will be a/c version for cooler mounting options.
The body will be coming off the pan, but the dash rust had to be done prior to removal, as I wanted it refitted while the shell is rigid.
No 2 car donated a dash with less rust in the air plenum chamber
Hows the condition of this air box ????? This is from the donor car
Rust repairs have started on the removed dash
Repaired dash ready for installation
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 03:00 PM |
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All sounds really good there Matt.
Hope your client has the $ and patience to pull it off.
Keep us informed.
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Thanks Colin, yeah, a long way to go, that's for sure.
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 05:48 PM |
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Thanks for posting Matt, I hope you keep posting as the build progresses. The inspiration photo up the top also features in my screen saver. We need
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Can you share a tip on how you removed the tar mats frojm the interior so cleanly? My experience leaves a sticky gooey mess.
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 08:56 PM |
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good stuff matt looks like a good start. if you work out a nice way to adjust rear camber am keen to find out?
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 09:05 PM |
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i love look when they take that plastic dash off....cant wait to see the progress...what size donk,do tell....
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Can you share a tip on how you removed the tar mats frojm the interior so cleanly? My experience leaves a sticky gooey mess.
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This was certainly the easiest I have done  , the only tips are cold, sharp
chisel and elbow grease. We were very lucky on this one, the car is obviously low mileage and garaged for most of its life. Pan 1/2's are nackered,
the lh sill has a small area to repair and the drip rail above the door as photodraphed is all the rust in it. Oh, and what was in the dash air box. C
pillars are factory fresh !! Zero prior accident damage too. 
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| posted on December 11th, 2010 at 06:50 AM |
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great stuff
Is this a rack & pinion??
The air box is certainly a "d'oh!" from VW
The drain point is not the lowest point!
VERY clean otherwise
Going to watch with great interest
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Thanks for the comments guy's
Engine still being planned, will be Al case, 2.3 - 2.4 n/a carbs type 1. Sent email to JPM re heads but after weeks, no reply....any suggestions.
Both cars (primary and donor) are rack and pinion
Hopefully I can keep the updates coming....have to get you guys inspired somehow.......
Here's another dreamer pic
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| posted on December 11th, 2010 at 10:32 AM |
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Maybe he didn't get your email, I'd try again and maybe give him a call.
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| posted on December 11th, 2010 at 06:00 PM |
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Hi
I cant wait to see this take shape, love strut GLs.
Are you going to weld up the grills in the front scuttle area, you could then just run a hose from the plenum box to outside to get fresh air.
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Are you going to weld up the grills in the front scuttle area, you could then just run a hose from the plenum box to outside to get fresh air.
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Thanks Steve, I am very open to suggestions, but my plan at present was to use the air system primarily as the screen defrost. Using the stock outlet
and ducting up to the screen, but an electric heater fan in the air box to do the work via a switch on the dash. As for cabin cooling, I thought a
pair of eye-ball vents or ducts each side of the dash and rely on the natural air flow from those grills, the fan could also be used.....and if
that's not enough, a/c or cool suit... 
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| posted on December 15th, 2010 at 05:40 PM |
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rod penrose has 2800 type 4, that would be nice in acircuit bug. look forward to the updates
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| posted on December 17th, 2010 at 01:28 PM |
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Looking very good.
you don't want to do a second one at the same time, I am doing a very similar update to my super....
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
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Looking very good.
you don't want to do a second one at the same time, I am doing a very similar update to my super....
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Give me a call Bix, have a few ahead of you but always helps doing group buys etc.
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rod penrose has 2800 type 4, that would be nice in acircuit bug. look forward to the updates
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rod penrose has 2800 type 4, that would be nice in acircuit bug. look forward to the updates
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Very interesting Grogy, but this one will be type 1 powered, esp since gearbox and ratios are already decided, purchased and trans built. 
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cool, throw up lots of pics.......give the forum something new to
sus out, not enough of it lately
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Mmmm sounds like Daimo is bored and a few updates are in order.
Brad's L bug has taken a turn so to speak. We completed the rust in the dash and some in the rh bonnet seal strip area as per these pics
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We then did some tidying up around the aprons
And needed to prime where the clean up prep had started
This was to stop any rust as now we needed to buy some goodies.......
we found a car on good ol Aussieveedubbers that was a price too good to be true, and so we organised h for a little personal delivery service, the
kind he does soooo well
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So we got some alloy rear arms and brakes from a 968
They fit easily with a few modded bit n pieces
no spring plates in this pic, they have since been fabricated
Front end has been stripped for upgrades, we are currently waiting on supply of some of the front end and new brake parts.
Should come up all right, here is the interior as purchased
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looks good, have fun!
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matt said ;:Sent email to JPM re heads but after weeks, no reply....any suggestions
hey matt, have you considered getting a set of custom ported heads off KROC in canada..his prices are very good and you will get exactly what you
want.....worth a try considering those jpm heads are stupidly exy..........
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| posted on July 17th, 2011 at 01:32 PM |
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Sweet, can't wait to see what you do with this one
Thanx for sharing, yes I'm looking for some interesting happenings here to follow
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matt said ;:Sent email to JPM re heads but after weeks, no reply....any suggestions
hey matt, have you considered getting a set of custom ported heads off KROC in canada..his prices are very good and you will get exactly what you
want.....worth a try considering those jpm heads are stupidly exy..........
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click click, here in a week.
http://www.csp-shop.com/cgi-bin/cshop2/front/shop_main.cgi?func=detail&ar...
looks cheap to me!
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We ended up speaking to Johannes, he's very good as people have said, just I'm sure he is extremely busy. A shipment of JPM products is being
finalised, somethings I wanted Johannes was already finishing the prototype stage and will be in production soon. So as usual, it pays to be patient.
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they are a amazing looking head arent they.......
cant wait to see more of this build.
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Matt,
Why a strut bug? arn,t they to fat and heavy, LOL........
Cheers Col
PS Great work so far..
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Matt,
Why a strut bug? ..
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Brad likes em. 
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