New Member Käferhauptquartier and his 67 Bug

[Käferhauptquartier]

Hi
My Name is Ben and i am from Germany.I am not for sure if i can post anything here because my car has not the classic cal look. I think it ´s a Resto Cal Custom 
But in future there will be some changes for the Look and on the engine.But later more.Just take a look on the pictures. I always say: Love it or hate it 









My Dad and me did nearly everything for our selve. Hope you like it...
4 Years ago it looked that way...



In the Future there will be some Riechert Double Carbs with Fram Oil Filter and some upgrades on the Cylinder heads and the rocker arms so i hope there will be a few more horses in the trunk. "New" South African Sprintstars will also be on the car. I only need to mount them on the car...




Regards Ben

[jick]

Nice looking car Ben... Looks like you've done a great job with so far!

[Mirco Jufer]

Nice Car!
What Colour is it?

[Käferhauptquartier]

Thank you.That was a lot of work to let the car look like this and not everything is finished or looks like it should for my personally taste.But i will change this little probs and everything should be fine. The Colour is the Original Brezel Colour L51 Bordeaux Red with a little secret ingredients I love the colour totally

Regards Ben

[Stevo_L]

looking good ben! bit too much chrome for my taste 
you should detail those SA sprints and mount them 
tyres size?

[Käferhauptquartier]

I know what you mean but this colour needs chrome  I had thoughts to paint the chrome trim in car colour but i am not very good in photoshop to see what it will look like...
First i will try to check out how it looks undetailed.If i doesn´t like it they will be detailed like the originals. Tires are Firestone F560 in 135 and 165 in the rear. The Sprintstars were welded down to 4" and in the rear up to 5,5". I think this will look fine when the is lowered a little bit more. That´s the plan If someone is interested what i am doing next this is my blog:

http://kaeferhauptquartier.blogspot.de/

Regards Ben

[Stevo_L]

then add the original decklid and taillights, change to later headlights and add T-bars, then it will be THE 67 cal looker 
I will follow your blog 

looking forward to see it with the SA sprints 

[Jeff68]

You've done a great job with your car and as long as you like it, that's all that matters.  I think you're on the right path, update the wheels and tires, update the engine and you have an awesome car! Keep going!

[Käferhauptquartier]

No Stevo. It will never be "original" again
At the weekend i mounted the Sprintstars but i don´t like the complete chrome look on the wheels so i decided to detaile them in the original look with a little bit more shine.
This work will take many hours.It´s not easy to detail the small curves in the corners.But the final result will be awesome i think.
On sunday i took the bug out of the garage for a little bit cruisin around the block




Ben

[Stevo_L]

 
detailed sprints are a pain in the a$$ to paint but it will be worth it 

[Käferhauptquartier]

One wheel is done....








Ben

[Stevo_L]

great job! 
i always paint my rims with a "spinning tripod" like in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqkDamlmHWo
Its made of 2x three 30x30 tubings and an swing axle bearing 
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[Good-Old-Ragtop60]

Wow! I want to see the Car with those rims!!!! 
Your Bug Looks really nice. There are several Details I like alot.
Was it featured in the german "VW Scene" Magazine in the past ?

cheers fron northern Germany 
Tobi

[Käferhauptquartier]

Hello Tobi,
thanks for the flowers  I am looking forward to finish the wheels as fast as possible...
Yes it was featured in the german VW Scene a few years ago.But with the old Ben´s Garage Look. In the new look no one likes to feature it

Steve the Idea with the spinning tripod is very interesting. I am always doing the indian dance when painting wheels 
I will built me such a thing in winter.

Ben

[Käferhauptquartier]

So.here is a little preview with the SA Sprintstars ... 




Ben

[Good-Old-Ragtop60]

Show more! Show more! 

[Käferhauptquartier]

At the moment i don´t know if I like it or not.The style of the car is completely different now. I think it looks a little bit more sporty and bad.

What do you think ?

Cheers Ben

[Stevo_L]

nice stance!
less is more 

[Good-Old-Ragtop60]

...better sell them to me! 

It looks fantastic!
(Kommst nach Bitburg??)

[Käferhauptquartier]

I can sell them to you ! Do you got enough money ?

Ich hatte drüber nachgedacht.Aber bei dem Wetter darf der Käfer nicht raus zum spielen. Vielleicht komm ich mit der Familienkutsche zum gucken...

Cheers Ben

[Käferhauptquartier]

Something happend to the Bug













I have a few problems with some missing/not clear parts and hope to get it till next weekend

Regards Ben

[Stevo_L]

looking good!
motor is still 1200ccm?

i think your linkage is wrong, the gold piece needs to be turned 180°..? and the lower arm too (should be towards the fanshroud)

[Käferhauptquartier]

The engine is still a 1300ccm Monster But the original one.I am saving money for an other engine projekt which will be in the bug at the end of the next year
Your guys really now that this crazy shit will really take a lot of money. I love DFL Olafs Old Engine. Maybe it will be something like that...

Thanks for the Note Mate.That was one of the problems i first didn´t understand. It´s my first linkage I changed it and i think it will work now...

Ben