Zaphod

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Joined: Mar 2009

Posts: 63

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Car details

Make - VOLKSWAGEN

Model - BEETLE

Mods

Year - 1966

Muffler & Exhaust - Stock

Wheels - Stock (front), later model (rear)

Bodykits & Styling - removed runner boards temporarily and can't get them back on.

Interior - Rubbish.

Engine management & Electronics - I manage the engine quite well thanks. Electronic ignition was stolen from my brother's Baja. He still doesn't know, and Zaphod is about 700% better for it.

Induction - Hall of Fame '99

Lighting & Accessories - My internal light works great, and I have a cool dangly thing hanging of the rear-view mirror.

Engine - Internal - 1300

Engine - External bolt on - Jumper leads might as well be bolted on, I have to attach them so often.

Suspension - None whatsoever. It's great fun.

Brake & Clutch - Brakes are reasonably effective when I remember to top up the brake fluid that dissapears rapidly through the leaky lines. When I remember, the brakes are good. When I don't, it's nice to find a quick uphill sidestreet.

Car Audio & Entertainment - Custom stereo install in glove box. Fake stereo install in stereo-hole. Music is entertaining.

Cooling - Air-cooled.

Performance - Wednesday-Saturday plus Sunday matinee

Quarter Mile - Usually makes it.

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Found: $500 from a farmer in Taree.

Removed: engine, gearbox, rear and front axles, seats, lights and wheel arches... so there he was a naked tincan with a steering wheel...

Replaced: gear box mount, seals for swing axles, clutch cable, 6volt Generator with 12 volt unit and then all light bulbs. mechanical vacuum distributor with electronic distributor. rear drums with four stud drums to take late model phatties.

Installed: new rear wheels seals, spark plugs, leads and coil. Stripped and cleaned carburettor. Replaced front axle, wheel bearings, kingpins, brake cylinders and realigned steering.

Paintjob: Three days of solid pulling apart and sanding. Sprayed matte green with a borrowed gun and compressor. Got chrome eyelids for headlights and with a new stereo thrown in the glovebox he was ready to go.

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Joined: Sep 2009

Location: hobart

Posts:

hustoncrabb Says:

Fri, 20/11/2009 - 18:42

love this always had a dream of getting a buggy or a kombie and chucking a big set of rims on it with a nice yellow paint job with some orange lines and swirls or something

Joined: Sep 2009

Posts: 1

slydn2j Says:

Fri, 11/09/2009 - 22:02

i got a white 75 bug with genuine 911 rims and type 3 rear end and stock 1600 lol love it ill put it up soon. i also got a 64 bug that im rebuilding atm and the engine and box going to be something i never seen b4 in a bug..... k20a vtec with the 6 speed box

Joined: Jul 2009

Location: Shellharbour

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saukty Says:

Fri, 31/07/2009 - 22:21

Fukin great looking bug, love it!

Joined: May 2009

Location: Mount Gambier, SA

Posts: 57

The Stig Says:

Sun, 19/07/2009 - 14:23

Niiiiice. Love a custom old-skool Bug, can't wait to see some more done to it.

Joined: Mar 2009

Posts: 63

hel Says:

Mon, 20/07/2009 - 15:21

thank you sir, neither can I.

Joined: Jul 2009

Location: mallabula about 30 mins north of newcastle

Posts: 9

MATTYB Says:

Fri, 17/07/2009 - 19:23

very nice if my 72 turns out half as nice I'll be happy

Joined: Mar 2009

Posts: 63

hel Says:

Mon, 20/07/2009 - 15:22

'72, nice! You will have far fewer problems. If you have ANY questions, drop us a note!
Have you got the book How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive : A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot by John Muir?
It's my bible.

Joined: Mar 2009

Location: At a keyboard

Posts: 16

Glen_Fuller Says:

Thu, 09/07/2009 - 13:11

very cool result

demonstrates what can be done with a little gumption!

what have you got planned next?

Joined: Mar 2009

Posts: 63

hel Says:

Thu, 09/07/2009 - 13:15

Re-spray (first one is peeling as we used wrong basecoat).
New windscreen wipers (don't underestimate how much I'm looking forward to this)
Finally get runner boards back on. Preferably chrome ones.
Interiooooorrrrrrrr!