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The other toy my beetle project update 25/05/2010
MAT ED30:
Ok well here we go
i bought this car back 2003 from the very first issue of ultra vw magazine, i was on the look out for another bug and this one i liked the look of :rolleye: Its a 1956 RHD oval beetle
as soon as i saw the for sale add i was on the phone to the seller (2 0clock in the aft) and said if its still for sale i will come down now to look :rolleye: so a quick trip to bank to get the ££££ out and me and a mate set off down there to see it and got there around 11 oclock at night :stupid: and i fell in love with it from the sec i looked at it :ashamed:, the deal was done and we set off home and i got as far as sheffield and the gearbox went bang locking up the rear end at 70mph :scared: (oh they have no seatbelts) and i just missed a lamp post :driver: :scared:.I got on the phone to the AA and had the car took home to find out the box had gone bang and snapped a drive shaft in half :rolleye: to say i was lucky is a bit true.The gearbox was pulled out and another crap one fitted that had a whine but it got the car moving to its first dub show.
I was lucky that we were moving to a new house that had a big garage :rolleye: ie i can get 3 cars in there :smiley: and so the strip down started :rolleye:
and new part part bought
and i also bought an engine from the states but will get in to that later :rolleye: and while i was on holiday in the states i picked up a new pro street gearbox for the car and then had to wait some time for the new race/short axles to be made
on solid mounts :evilgrin:
i got the car back to a rolling car that i could move about :rolleye: and got the engine in and a few other bits on the car to get it to this
and thats about all i did as we had our first child so it got put on hold for a while :rolleye: so after a few years of waiting i heard a mate of mine had opened up his own grg again doing aircooled stuff so i asked him if would like to do it? he said yes bring it up and i will start on it :rolleye:, so me and jhtrophy took the car up on a mates flat bed truck :scared:. The car was stripped back down of everything to make sure all was well with the car and the parts to find out the engine that i had bought years ago 2332cc
was not the best of thing :ashamed: ie heads were crap and would never flow like i needed
u get the idea :rolleye:
the cam was not very wild at all but there was some good stuff in there like a forged crank and a few other bits :rolleye: and so after a good chat with my good mate Mat at vw racing who knows these engines inside out as thats what he did for a living ie built em we got these bits in last week for the new 2332cc mtr :evilgrin:
forged rods
better cam/ web cam with cut cam gears and lifters to match the cam(love this bit) :evilgrin:
race spec push rods
ratio rockers
and now the heads :evilgrin: all cnc machined
there is lots and lots more to come with this car and i will add pics when i next go up to see it ie when we get to fire the engine up in the car as it will be run on a test bench first and have the 48 dell carbs set up and then we can set all the electric ignition on the car when the mtr is in :smiley:
:rolleye:
there is so much been done its crazy :rolleye:
Greeners:
You crazy man! :notworthy:
Not a big fan of Beetles but I do like the look of that one fella! :happy2:
MAT ED30:
--- Quote from: Greenouse on March 18, 2010, 09:49:54 pm ---You crazy man! :notworthy:
Not a big fan of Beetles but I do like the look of that one fella! :happy2:
--- End quote ---
:drinking: thanks Nath its never going to be a full on show car as i think every little thing on the car tells its story :rolleye:
NEWEY:
great project. i wish i had the space/time and skill to have a project like this.
Hurdy:
:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
2 words from me......
LOVE IT!!!
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