Here's my low budget race bug project. It's a "back burner" car for sure though, as I have several other projects, both car and house that I would like to finish first. Also, I plan on building it all with parts I find for cheap. So far I've got nearly all of the parts for a mean 1776 and a bus IRS gearbox with one of those Bus-Into-Bug kits from Berg.
This car started out as really clean '73 standard Bug that I found for my brother when he turned 16 in 2002. It already had eight spokes, disc brakes, dropped spindles, sway bars, and a strong running 1600. Six months or so after me got it, he ran into the back of a truck and destroyed the body. The only replacement Bug we could find at the time was a fairly straight 63 with no engine, interior, or title (it had been abandoned). We swapped the pans and my brother had a car again. He drove it for a few more years, but eventually lost interest and bought a truck. It sat at our parents house for a year or so until they told him top get rid of it, so I bought it. I figure it will make the perfeat drag car since it has IRS so I can put the Bus box in it very easily. I'll probably finish it up in a couple years. Until then, whenever any of my friends need to borrow a car, this is what they get.
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