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Just ran across this car on the JG54 Green Hearts site. (BTW, this club has some serious cars, but you guys already know that.) That car took my breath away. Any more pics? Motor specs? The cars story? Damn that car is sweet.

Thanks,

--louis

Firstly, thanks for the kind words on the club.

The "Black Bitch" is owned by Alex Taylor, he runs a VW workshop in Poole, UK called Defcon3 most of the work was completed by him. It is a 1967 steel sunroof model that started life as a real basket case! Took Alex years to get it to the standard that it is now. Inside is a VDM 14” steering wheel, DDS shifter, Autometer Sportcomp 5” tach, Autometer oil temp gauge, Autometer oil pressure gauge, seats are stock red basket weave.

Wheels are Porsche anodised & detailed Fuchs (4.5” & 6”), brakes: Single circuit master cylinder, front – VW disc brakes (Porsche 5 stud), rear – VW drums (Porsche 5 stud), there is a Defcon3 2” narrowed beam
with deseamed shock towers

Engine spec is:

2276cc (82 x 94)
Compression (9.5 to 1)
CB Performance 82mm crank
CB Performance H beam rods (5.4”)
CB Performance flywheel (12lb)
Autocraft front pulley
Stage 2 Kennedy pressure plate
Daiken clutch disc
Mahle 94mm barrels & pistons
Scat straight cut timing gears
CB Performance lightweight cam followers
Web Cam 86B
Manton push rods
Berg 30mm oil pump w/relief cover
Empi 3.5 Qt wide deep sump
Cylinder Heads – CB Street Eliminators
Valves – stainless (42 x 37.5)
Scat dual springs, chromoly retainers
Ported & polished/chamber job
CB Performance 1.4 pro rockers
Head studs – CB chromoly 8mm
Weber 48IDA's w/short DDS manifolds and open velocity stacks
42mm venturies
Bosch 009 distributor with Pertronix ignitor
Pertronix coil
Taylor leads, Bosch plugs
1 5/8” mild steel ceramic coated merged header
Dual quiet pack
Engine built/installed/maintained by Pete at Funkenblitz & Alex at Defcon3

A super cool car!

There is a full article on the car in the Feb 2007 Cal Look issue of Volksworld. Loads of pics on the blog - www.jg54greenhearts.blogspot.com

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Looks like my other black 67 only alot nicer.  :-\

Heydon's black 67 is another killer car. When they are both parked up together in the club display they look awesome...

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they all look the same to me.  ;D :P

Yes US Spec 67's are boring! Only 4 in the club!  :P

Yeah I saw that one on the site too. Both are bitchen cars. Just something about black '67s that make my heart beat a little faster. Put burners on it and leave the original horn grills and you would have what I want my car to look like.

--louis

My only question is if you are going to run US spec front fenders, why not US spec rear tail lights?

edit: Doh! 

--louis

I believe that in the UK only pre 1964 cars can run all red lenses, Alex is playing ball with the law ;). Heydon likes to live life on the edge, hence his all reds..

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So what's the deal with the two different licence plates?
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Or am I missing something? Like that's two different cars? ??? ;D

Bloody hell Mr Seume... you are like a real life CSI ! lol! ;D

There might have been a bit on number plate ' confusion ' , waiting for some documents to turn up  :-[

how come alex's cars always have 'fx' on the reg plates? (seen 3 like that on his cars)

is it now on an e reg?
(don't know why, but i prefur to see 67's on a 66 'd' reg plate!?! early 67!)

tom, the registration mark is the year of registration not manufacture.  VW would make there cars slightly out of phase with our reg system.  Silly I know but they just wouldn't change to making there cars from August to August.

 ..and another...

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It's probably down to the local DVLA office. All of his cars are registered at the same office when they're imported

This must be ture as my 67 is HFX 193E and i go to the same office as Alex.

I see a big engine here with dual quiet pack muffler setup.  Can someone who knows this car tell me more about the exhaust setup and hp's?  I really like the dual quiet pack setup but some tell me it is okay, others tell me I will loose hp... 

I was talking to him about it and think he said it was a thunder bird dual quiet pack

okay, I will search the internet for a thunderbird model...  this car is realy nice.  thx for the info Ron.

the header is an 1" 5/8s from kymco i think,it is ceramic coated but not an A1. but he had to cut and weld the flange to make it fit.hope that helps

  . . I'm sure someone else will confirm that the dual quiet pack isn't as 'free-flowing' as the modern turbo-type set up.... BUT, the (very) slight reduction in HP is more than compensated by the looks and [personally] the sound.  ;D ;D ;D

I like to hear the engine when driving an air-cooled.. not overpowered by the noise from the exhaust. These modern zorsts are too loud in my opinion... and the look is more 'Max Power / rice burner / minitruck'....

 (..sits down waiting for the back-lash   ;D :D  ;D)


regards
Steve

And not forgetting that VW did use August to August Model Years, but in the UK we used January to January for our registrations UNTIL 1967 when they had a Jan-August and then onto August to August from then on. This is why E-reg cars are less common and you'll see quite a few '67s on D plates. The F-reg '67's you occasionally see are left overs sold on in the September of 1967.

Greenhearts, definitely have some hard core Cal look cars. Impressive for sure. Casey.

I was more thinking of you trying to keep the noise down to a minimum Steve. The sonic boom as you break the sound barrier is enough on it's own...

That's one black bitch that gets me all hot and bothered ::) :D