Air cooled vw's are often the choice of rat rodders, with their infinite customizeability. I have a ratted-out death-racer 1963 beetle with a 1200cc engine and no muffler 8) . Pics coming soon. What do you have? What are the specs?
Any air-cooled vw owners out there?
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I've owned numerous VW's over the years, beetles, rabbits, golfs, Jettas, a pickup, and a bay window bus. Also had a few Corvairs.
...here's a Bradley GT project I'm doin w/ a buddy...power is a 1600 dual port, '72 beetle pan...
link to the build so far:
http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/ ... dley%20GT/
link to the build so far:
http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/ ... dley%20GT/
From about 20 years ago....
my 2nd owner 67
I owned that one for 15 years, did all the work myself except stitching the upholstery, it had several motors in it, everything from a stock 1500, to a stock 1600, then a 1641 with dual ICT Webers, and eventually I built up a 2332 with 48 Webers... yes it was extremely fast!
Had to sell it to get a family car when my first son was born. I miss it, but its all good. I often wonder what happened to it.
67 type 3 I chopped the top on...
Bought this from the local VW dealership for $50 it didnt have an engine, but I found a decent one for $50, installed it and I had a cheap driver. I ended up chopping the top as you can see, I went as far as getting the (4th) windshield fitted by the local glass shop, after breaking the first three windshields! lol I ended up trading it off... I also wonder what happened to this one.
Fast forward to the current time...
I have a 64 Type 1 baja that Im working on, bought it as a rolling shell and slowly bringing it back to life, wont be anything special when Im done, just a cheap daily driver to save on gas. no pics just yet.
my 2nd owner 67
I owned that one for 15 years, did all the work myself except stitching the upholstery, it had several motors in it, everything from a stock 1500, to a stock 1600, then a 1641 with dual ICT Webers, and eventually I built up a 2332 with 48 Webers... yes it was extremely fast!
Had to sell it to get a family car when my first son was born. I miss it, but its all good. I often wonder what happened to it.
67 type 3 I chopped the top on...
Bought this from the local VW dealership for $50 it didnt have an engine, but I found a decent one for $50, installed it and I had a cheap driver. I ended up chopping the top as you can see, I went as far as getting the (4th) windshield fitted by the local glass shop, after breaking the first three windshields! lol I ended up trading it off... I also wonder what happened to this one.
Fast forward to the current time...
I have a 64 Type 1 baja that Im working on, bought it as a rolling shell and slowly bringing it back to life, wont be anything special when Im done, just a cheap daily driver to save on gas. no pics just yet.
That Corvair in the background belonged to my neighbor Ron, he was into dirt track cars, and motorcycles... he had a nice 55 Chevy that I painted for him, and a 32 coupe original steel that he was undoing the previous owners mess ups. Im pretty sure he had a Norton commando too. I learned a lot from him. When I was a bit younger I used to chop up bicycles and take them next door to weld them back together in all sorts of different configurations, mostly chopper bicycles, and I also built a mono-shock bicycle.
My 65. 57 W decklid, 60 tail lights, various other non vw parts. using a Schwinn Glitter grip for the parking brake handle and a skateboard wheel roller throttle pedal. Has a 1600 s/p in it now. working on building a larger motor and taller gears in tranny.
Nice^^^
so thats why every oval window out there is missing the decklid! :lol:
along with all the convertibles :lol: :lol:
so thats why every oval window out there is missing the decklid! :lol:
along with all the convertibles :lol: :lol:
yep! they are reproducing the W decklid now. you can get it in vert style with vents too. Too pricey for me. I actually had bought this decklid long before i knew what it was. I got it with a set of bumpers and other misc. only paid $40 for the haul!
The 69 gia was my dads and the slime green 70 bug was mine about 20 years ago. My dad ran a body shop so he built the gia and i built the bug it was one of the first cars i ever painted. I think im 17 in that picture :lol: :lol:
All you airheads might be interested in the arwork of French designer and illustrator Pascal Meslet:
More of his work is here:
http://www.escarabat.net/imatge/007.mes ... .art1.html
More of his work is here:
http://www.escarabat.net/imatge/007.mes ... .art1.html
ndaway said:
The 69 gia was my dads and the slime green 70 bug was mine about 20 years ago. My dad ran a body shop so he built the gia and i built the bug it was one of the first cars i ever painted. I think im 17 in that picture :lol: :lol:
We probably know each other since we were both into the early VW scene in Wichita. Me and a buddy started the local VW club.
Does this count?
And no, I don't own it anymore.
And no, I don't own it anymore.
I remember a vw club that would meet up at a shop on Harry and they would cruise around and I went with them a few times. I had that bug from 86 till about 90..chemotherapy took away some of my memoriesRatfink1962 said:
I don't have a big enough compressor to paint a car anymore.my dad dosnt have a shop anymore.I lost money trying to paint cars years ago have family and kids now.so probably no vw in my futureDiabolical_Dork said:
Yes, i guess a porsche counts too. Nice cars out there!
