|
smurf67
|
 |
« Reply #90 on: March 01, 2010, 20:02:33 pm » |
|
looks amazing on the burners to say I'm jealous of two fine 67's would be an underestimate
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
lawrence
|
|
« Reply #91 on: March 01, 2010, 21:43:03 pm » |
|
Lower in the front  I think even fender to tire clearances, front and rear, look perfect. Don't touch a thing. I wouldn't narrow the beam either; narrowed beams are yesterdays news. With that said, have fun and do what you wish. The car looks great. |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: March 01, 2010, 21:50:18 pm by lawrence »
|
Logged
|
"Happiness is a Hot VW!"
|
|
|
|
Neil Davies
|
|
« Reply #92 on: March 01, 2010, 22:09:10 pm » |
|
Lower in the front I think even fender to tire clearances, front and rear, look perfect. Don't touch a thing. I wouldn't narrow the beam either; narrowed beams are yesterdays news. With that said, have fun and do what you wish. The car looks great. X2! The wheels look perfect - even gaps all round. The grey burners will look awesome too.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
2007cc, 48IDFs, street car. 14.45@93 on pump fuel, treads, muffler and fanbelt. October 2017!
|
|
|
|
speedwell
|
|
« Reply #93 on: March 01, 2010, 22:15:03 pm » |
|
Mmm and what about a cool set of original empi 8  , that will sound good too  |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: March 01, 2010, 22:33:57 pm by speedwell »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #94 on: March 01, 2010, 22:28:38 pm » |
|
Lower in the front I think even fender to tire clearances, front and rear, look perfect. Don't touch a thing. I wouldn't narrow the beam either; narrowed beams are yesterdays news. With that said, have fun and do what you wish. The car looks great. The beam is only going to be slightly narrower to take it all back to where it would be without dropped spindles. I had it done on my other '67 and it looks about ten zillion times better, IMHO. You can over do anything, and when it comes to front beams on a car like this I know what I want. Stay tuned and see if you like the end result... I think you will.  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
WayneMcCarthy
Newbie
Posts: 38
|
|
« Reply #95 on: March 01, 2010, 22:50:15 pm » |
|
Burners look so cool Ivan
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #96 on: March 01, 2010, 22:57:58 pm » |
|
Mmm and what about a cool set of original empi 8 , that will sound good too Nice one Fabian! It's an idea, but as I have the Gas Burners that's what's going on. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #97 on: March 01, 2010, 23:08:55 pm » |
|
Burners look so cool Ivan
Cheers Wayne - the grey ones look amazing. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Dez
Full Member
Posts: 128
Grey Anatomy
|
|
« Reply #98 on: March 01, 2010, 23:10:32 pm » |
|
This is the difference a little narrowing made on the Beige  Before  After  |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: March 01, 2010, 23:15:15 pm by Dez »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #99 on: March 01, 2010, 23:16:44 pm » |
|
It made a tremendous difference to the sidewall of the tyres and braking!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Rob E
Jr. Member
Posts: 85
|
|
« Reply #100 on: March 02, 2010, 20:18:24 pm » |
|
looks great Ivan, this car just keeps improving  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #101 on: March 06, 2010, 21:14:04 pm » |
|
Here are the Gas Burners complete with Nankang 145s up front and the stunning Avon 205/70 15 CR6 ZZ road legal race tyres
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
lofty1971
|
|
« Reply #103 on: March 06, 2010, 22:46:43 pm » |
|
Those burners rock Ivan |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
rick m
|
|
« Reply #104 on: March 07, 2010, 20:51:38 pm » |
|
Ivan,
Is this the one you owned in 94 when we were over for the event at AVON PARK? I seem to remember that car having an engine fire. Is this the same one?
Rick Mortensen
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Rick Mortensen
Driving Hot VWs since 1970
|
|
|
|
Peter Roberts
|
|
« Reply #105 on: March 08, 2010, 00:33:21 am » |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
gibber!
|
|
« Reply #106 on: March 08, 2010, 02:10:29 am » |
|
Not bad...! |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
“There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
1967 1500 Beetle
1970 Karmann Ghia
SSVWC member
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #107 on: March 08, 2010, 02:30:44 am » |
|
Just got home at 1.20am from driving back from the Funkenblitz workshop - minus 2 with no heating for 40 miles! Still, it was a good evenings work. The front and rear disc brakes were swapped to the new Porsche 5 x 130 discs, the rear end tweaked up a little and then jetting and MSD distributor advance trouble shooting session. We had plenty of laughs and Mars Attacks was on the TV. The car looks a whole lot better now. Thanks to Pete and Dom for giving up their Sunday evening/night.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #108 on: March 08, 2010, 02:32:27 am » |
|
Ivan,
Is this the one you owned in 94 when we were over for the event at AVON PARK? I seem to remember that car having an engine fire. Is this the same one?
Rick Mortensen
Hi Rick, the Beige '67 on BRMs is the one you recall from 1994, and yes, good memory, that car did have a engine fire way back in 1992. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
rick m
|
|
« Reply #109 on: March 08, 2010, 08:45:32 am » |
|
Wow, you've owned quite a few nice 67s. I will have to send you some shots of my chop when I get all the mods done to it. Stay in touch.
Rick Mortensen
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Rick Mortensen
Driving Hot VWs since 1970
|
|
|
|
drgouk
|
|
« Reply #110 on: March 08, 2010, 09:05:07 am » |
|
Hi Ivan,
Nice 67, Are the above pics with the narrowed beam? What brand of dropped spindles are you running? Any issues hitting the burners on the bottom balljoint?
Thanks
Regards
David Gouk
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Peter Roberts
|
|
« Reply #111 on: March 08, 2010, 10:33:25 am » |
|
Car has standard width Puma adjustable beam fitted . The trailing arms are a over tight fit in the trailing arm bearings , making the suspension rock hard .
CB Performance dropped spindles are fitted , and the car needs to come down about 1/2" more , but the tyres will then rub the wing lips . So Alex at DEFCON3 is narrowing the original beam 2/3" a side to remove the gained offset of the drop spindles .
Hope this helps .
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
thejohn66
|
|
« Reply #112 on: March 08, 2010, 12:42:21 pm » |
|
I have a set of gas burners on 2" narrowed beam with cb dropped spindles. The bottom ball joint is close but no rubbing. Just have to be careful where the weights are placed when being balanced, hope this helps, Alex Lovely car by the way |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Bitburg motor boating club member.
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #113 on: March 08, 2010, 14:43:52 pm » |
|
The only problem we had was that the car is on long axles and the axle and hub nut needed to be cut down a little to get the centre caps on.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
streetvw
|
|
« Reply #114 on: March 08, 2010, 15:12:32 pm » |
|
Ivan that looks a gazzilion times better with the new wheels WOW  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Brian Silva
|
|
« Reply #115 on: March 08, 2010, 20:35:23 pm » |
|
Car looks really good Ivan! Nice to see a change with the gas burner wheels painted in the dark silver color. I dig the combo!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #116 on: March 08, 2010, 22:32:30 pm » |
|
Ivan that looks a gazzilion times better with the new wheels WOW Cheers. The minute we bolted them up we took a ten minute stand back and go ooooh break |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan
|
|
« Reply #117 on: March 08, 2010, 22:42:00 pm » |
|
Car looks really good Ivan! Nice to see a change with the gas burner wheels painted in the dark silver color. I dig the combo!
They have been powder coated but the rims and spokes detailed. They work well with the Lotus white paint. May try black running boards just to see what they look like - but the car was originally delivered with coloured running boards and to be honest, I have always really like coloured running boards. You don't know until you try, so, I'm going to give it a go just to be sure. Even though it was freezing cold this morning, before I left for the office I couldn't resist pulling the car out of the garage and checking it out in the daylight. I'm really happy with how it looks and even more happy to be able to say it's mine. Another piece of the puzzle arrived in the post today - so the image of how I want it to end up looking like that has been running around my head is coming together. Expect another update really soon! |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
streetvw
|
|
« Reply #118 on: March 09, 2010, 10:10:00 am » |
|
Ivan that looks a gazzilion times better with the new wheels WOW Cheers. The minute we bolted them up we took a ten minute stand back and go ooooh break yes there is a definate  about it now |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
1957lowlight
Full Member
Posts: 224
Philip Steenackers
|
|
« Reply #119 on: March 09, 2010, 14:31:59 pm » |
|
Well, Ivan, you got yourself a real nice ride again. The gasburners make a whole new car and they look extreme well detailled, but as you allready know, they are magnesium (like your BRM's), so you will need to polish them up by hand every sunday morning to keep them this cleen, but then again, they are worth it!
See you (and the car???) at the show...
Philip Steenackers
Flatline Lowriders
Belgium.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
The Cal-look Lounge
Author
