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"My nephew gave me three Beetles for parts cars to build one Beetle. We traded the bugs, (all in bad shape but lots of ok original German body parts that were plenty salvageable) for a chassis out from under an Avenger kit with the back end burned off. The frame was in nice shape with a good transmission, and a title...what a deal.
I have already built the engine and gotten the chassis practically driveable" |
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A lot of smoothing has gone into it at this point. As spotty as it is, it is practically ready for the full primer job. We will be using a PPG Omni Basecoat/Clearcoat paint on it. The only glass we had was the rear hatchback and the 2 sunroof windows, no windshield and no side windows. We have since made those out of Lucite-Tuff material. The rack it is sitting on has been a real help, it was built by my brother. We can roll the car in and out of the garage and maneuver it easily.
Also, i have installed a set of ZR-1 Corvette tail lights on mine and done away with the "school bus" tail lights. the switch wasn't too bad and looks great. " |
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This is a shot of the Engine they built for the car. It is a 73 model 1600 with a 1641 kit in it. they had it balanced, installed aluminum pushrods, a set of CB Performance 044 heads, a Bosch Blue coil, a 009 dist, a Compufire ignition, and a 2bbl Weber carb. plus a few pretty things. It is painted Detroit Diesel green. It was their first experience with building a VW engine (but Bruce built many V-8's) and they built it from a bare block. |
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Here the car has been painted. |
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