beetle in pictures

if a picture is 1000 words then i give you 22,000 words

enjoy

Get that rear screen cut to size, and grab some fuel line and jublees for the fannymould boots and we'll have that engine running soon

ill get there eventually

gonna get my mate round next week with any luck to finish off all the wiring

gotta remake the rear window and my mates just left for thailand so cant get his bench top sander once hes back ill make the rear window

i need a template for one piece windows aswell so i can make them

oooo non shiny

yeah for now

right little bit of an update on the car

since the margam show and getting it on the road i have almost covered 600 miles and it is still running great i have fixed a lot of problems during this time that have arisen and taken this time to use as a test session to work out which way i want to go with the car for the future

the car is now back off the road and ready for the next phase ready for next years show season as the weather is pretty crap at this time its gives me something to do

the engine and gear box are coming out this week so the rear suspension and gearbox can be attended to the rear suspension will have coilover shocks an new bushings etc its also going to come up a notch as its sitting too low to get any comfort out of it theres about 3mm of play before the stop on the rear suspension

ill be adding a camber compensator to improve the handling

the whole rear end will then be painted and detailed

the gear box will be detailed also and new urethrane mounts fitted to make the rear end tighter once this is completed the engine can go back in and retest the car for a few days before getting some points of the body attended to - the rear vents need straightening and the front valance needs re aligning

these body changes will be made and a full respray in satin black will follow the cage will be gloss to contrast the paint

all of this will be completed by christmas

during the christmas break and into the new year the engine will be rebuilt using

1641b&p
engle 110 cam
1.25 ratio rockers
twin carbs
and ported heads

this should give me a nicer sounding engine and a few more ponies out the back

i aim to have the car how i want it by dubfreeze at the start of the year and aim to show the car at the volksworld show in march

i have a few other touches that i will keep to myself until then

but for now ill document everything using photos and keep you up to date

up to castel coch to see if i could get some decent pictures

the light was a bit rubbish but there are some nice ones here















what u think?

Love the photos dude

Great car and great photo dude!

Dude

cheers dude

almost off the road for the big winter rebuild now

will be selling the engine exhaust and a few other bits and pieces

then going 091 box in the rear i think with an rjes bell housing complete with subaru engine banged onto it

then just need to paint the body properly and add some day mouldings rear wings

all of this is going to start after its taken a trip up to fills to get straightened

anyone fancy IRSing my rear end with me?

car is going to see phil in autobodyworx on thursday for the rear end to be sorted and possibly to sort out my front valance

got a load of parts on there way aswell


twin carbs

semaphores

rhino gearbox mounts

alternator

right big update with pics to follow if i can get them off my phone - i cant find my camera

yesterday was a busy day down the garage and a lot of stress at the same time

i took off the rear panel and rear wings aswell as the decklid

took the engine out

and took the gearbox out

painted up the area around the gearbox in black and detailed the gearbox cradle in silver

the new gearbox mounts are obsolutly solid there bright yellow so will stand out quite a bit

tomorrows task is to refit the gearbox with the new mounts and get the engine re mounted - the engine trouble i had was because the carbs were not seating properly to the head so i had an air leak so that will be fixed after the weekend

got to order a stack of bits from gsf and replace both the rear drums and brake shoes / cylinders before it comes back on the road



before i started



exhaust off



rear body work removed



just to show how much of the rear end ive cut away



engine out



these are all the photos i have as my phone broke not long after this

picking up a 2.2 subaru legacy engine on saturday and its time for some watercooled power

what engine did it have ajnd is it for sale?

sorry dude -engine is a 1641 and is going in a swop for a subaru legacy engine

back in the garage

Sweeeet!

it will be when its finished dude - just signing up to as many shows as i can possibly get at the moment

how its looking right now

Hey!! I just twigged!!..ABX 735B that was my mate Rayo,s 64.
Will post some pics...
How come? I take it you have the chassis?

Jamie Ray yeah weena bought the '64 as it was when Jamie had it (fuchs, green with cream side etc) but the body was too rotten to salvage, so weena kept the chassis and bought a rust free oval shell for it!

That's nuts! To think that 6 foe was a show car once..
Me and rayo are on youtube at beetle bash 95 drivin along an bobbin to some
Tunes in that 6 foe..ha ha

I knew it before rayo bought it. A guy I know bought
It as a in need of resto.. from west wales back in about 92/3

yeah from what i know about the 64 jamie built it and won a shit load of shows in it

then sold it - it bounced around a few owners and had new engines and what not

i bought it from a friend - after a year of daily driving it needed a full restoration - when i stripped it for painting i found a lot more rust that expected - alot of bodged repairs and the thing that stopped me was taking out the rear window complete with the metal that surrounded it

i managed to pick up a rust free - media blasted and primed oval shell for 400 quid which needed very little work so opted for that

shame i didnt get another 64 shell but the ones that were around at the time were in more orless the same shape and the oval body was such a bargain i had to have it