The Cal-look Lounge

Price £4500
Location Surrey/Shepperton

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1983/4 Ice Blue Metallic Special Edition “Winterbug” Mexican built 1200L Beetle. LHD.
Official Volkswagen import into the EU.
Original European spec.
Sold in 83/4 by main VW Dealership in Berlin.
Original German documents and logbook retained UK A520 GAL registered with V5c.

Tax I will confirm how much is left
MOT I will confirm how much is left

1983 Mexican 1200L Shell. Never welded. Cavity waxed. Original "Ice Blue Metallic" colour, mostly original factory paint

Wings replaced with 4 x Day Mouldings GRP units. All wing bolts stainless steel.

Blue top tint laminated windscreen.
Quarter light security locks.

Recaro front seats from Alfa Romeo 75 Limited edition (L.E. No 1137) now mint - expertly repaired and worn fabric replaced.
Original rear seat.
EMPI rear parcel shelf.

Heated rear screen and ceramic rear screen heater.

Infinity reference rear speakers, graphic equaliser with 3.5mm jack ipod input.

Rear seat belts.

Genuine Volkswagen formula vee shifter with real carbon fibre knob.

Kamei tunnel tray.

Polo Coupe S steering wheel.

Jetta / Polo wiper switch and working intermittent wipe conversion.
Copper brake pipes with braided stainless flexible hoses.
New master cylinder.

Empi coil over front shockabsorbers
CB Performance 2 inch dropped spindles.
Cross drilled and lightened standard Beetle discs.
Brembo Black twin piston Porsche Carrera 2 rear calipers on front.
Type 3 large drum brake conversion new shoes and wheel cylinders.

5.5J X 15 ATS Cup alloy front wheels.

Nearly new Continental smart car front tyres.
7J X 15 ATS Cup alloy rear wheels.
Nearly new Pirelli 6000 tyres.

Locking wheel nuts.
South African rear pop out windows with ne rubbers and trims.
Front quarter window supplimentary locks.

Replacement (1977) Mph speedo.
Elliott Design 70mm one off tacho - accurate to 1%.

VDO Oil pressure gauge.

VDO Oil temperature gauge.

VDO time clock.
VDO voltmeter.
Mounted in black crackle finish EMPI dash panels.
Exhaust gas temperature gauge.
Cylinder had temperature gauge.
Air fuel ratio gauge.
Black padded dash uncut for radio.
Air conditioned under dash unit converted to air recirculation blower.
NOS underdash quadraphonic 8 track player.
Period 1970s spherical underdash ball speakers.
1969 AO code 4:125 final drive 1969 (1500 Beetle gearbox.)
Synthetic gear oil.

New front and rear gearbox mountings.

New swing axle gaitors.

Extra long clutch arm.

New clutch cable.
Transaxle strap.
"Machine 7" later type guided clutch release mechanism conversion.

"Red 9 Design" 2 inch lowering cranked rear springplates.
Spax shock absorbers with nylon coated coil over rear assister springs.

Carburettor access panels cut in rear engine compartment sides with removable stainless steel covers.


American specification rearlight units with divided red section ( so that compulsary rear fog light required in UK on a 1983 vehicle is hidden like on a contemporary vehicle within the standard rearlight cluster).
Eberspacher DL1C auxillary heater. 1.8KW of lovely heat! to heat interior of vehicle. Diesel fuel required so 1999 year model Beetle washer reservoir mounted on inner wing as fuel tank for heater. Very economical and warm. Thermostatic controller mounted near handbrake.
New boot liner carpet and mats.
H4 angel eye headlamps.
Bosch front spotlights.
Thatchan 1 Immobiliser.



Type 1 1641 Engine Specification.
Loads of old school speed parts.


Built on new genuine VW Brazilian universal crankcase.

New 8mm stud kit.
Tapped for full flow oil filtration.
EMPI monster 32mm gear oil pump with integral O ringed front oil take off cover plate.
Pump gears modified with bronze shims to control and maintain end float of gears.
-10 braided oil hose with anodised aluminium hose connectors.

Twin remote (under wing) standard VW cartridge oil filters and heat diffusers.
Modified oil pick up with sump bump extension.
Modified oil surge / windage tray.

Scat oil pressure control valves and springs.
Engle 110 camshaft.
Twin thrust face camshaft bearings.

Scat cam followers.

Melling NOS chrome moly pushrods
SPG Roller bearing 69mm crankshaft
SPG std main bearing set with necessart integral oil spray facilitiy for roller big end lubrication - modified by Rimco in Santa Ana California.
Mahle 87mm barrel and piston kit.
Type 3 under cylinder cool tins.

Crown aluminium superlight flywheel 6.5ib. (Relatively heavy SPG does not need heavy flywheel and will not be pulled out of alighnment by light flywheel compared to the intertia snatch from a stock unit.)
Silicon flywheel seal.
EMPI chrome moly heavy duty flywheel gland nut.
LUK 200mm transporter clutch.
New cylinder heads.

44 inlet
40 exhaust
Stainless valves.
Bugpack valve springs.
EMPI valve spring retainers.
Scat (Bicentinary 1976) bolt up cast alloy vale covers.

Fitted with twin crankcase vent filters.
Treuhaft 1.25 : 1 Rocker shafts and rockers.

Honda swivel foot adjusting screws.
Scat gold anodised telescopic push rod tubes.
Silicon push rod tube seals.
New heat exchangers.
Standard stainless steel exhaust box with lamda sensor fitted for air fuel gauge.
Standard stainless steel tail pipes.
Gene Berg small equailser crank pulley.
Chrome crank pulley nut.

Bosch TCI- H transisterised contactless ignition.

VW TCI - H Ignition loom.

VW TCI - H Ignition module and heat sink.
NOS distributor.
Mallory 11mm silicon HT leads.

Bosch platinum spark plugs.

Weber 40 IDF cast alloy manifolds match ported to cyclinder heads.
Weber 36IDF carburettors.
Carburettors fitted with cableless hydraulic manual choke operating system.

Ford quick release fuel pipe fittings.
Custom made carburettor linkage.
K&N Type chrome filters with 40mm elements.
Walbro electric fuel pump.
Malpassi filter king fuel pressure regulator & filter.
Rear engine traction bar.
Stuart Hall Type 1 flat fan cooling conversion. One of a kind horizontal Porsche 911 cooling fan.
Fibreglass fan shroud. Interfaces with all originial Volkswagen rear and under tinware.
Type 3 horizontal oilcooler inside fan shroud!!
Additional small Mocal oil cooler & braded hose also inside fan housing.
Johnnys Speed & Chrome oil cooler sandwich plate.
Porsche 911 Fan and alternator - recon with external regulator.
Idler pulley mount.
Oil filler tube & Porsche 944 oil cap.
Chrome dipstick.

Tig welded aluminium crankcase breather box.
Braided stainless breather hose.

All assembled with stainless fasteners.
Brass exhaust nuts.


As you can see a lot of time and money has been spent on this car, the engineer has 2nd to none and its testament to its builder.

Parts that could do with attention
Small Paint scrape ( No rust )
Breather system could do with an update
Carb linkage could do with some adjustment

The price reflects the level of work and skill, along with the amount of quality parts used. Open to offers but this car is worth the asking considering the crap that is out there.


I have loads of photos of the build and parts please just ask...


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