56 Ovalbug

[ovaldriver56]

Hi,

here are some pictures of my Oval, that I´m restoring. I hope that I can get the paint on, this month



Hopefully it loks like this, in a few month Color is going to be diamond green.

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These are my rims......I know that many people can´t understand, that I put 4 lugs on my oval, but I love them



The engine is going to be a 2110ccm with a Speedwell Sprint Kit, but first I have to finish my bug

[Nico86]

Welcome to The Lounge ! Nice project.

[ovaldriver56]

Thanks, really nice forum 

Here some more pictures...




Greetings mario

[Nico86]

I like the look of the full-black engine !

[ovaldriver56]

That is my old engine. The only things I gonna use on my new engine, are the carbs, the generator and the cooling tin

[GreenTom]

nice shed oldschool.

grate bug, good luck with the project.

[speedwell]

hi mario , nice project

maybe a stupid question , but you don't have the adapters between manifolds & heads i've 1200cc with an empi /speedwell sprintkit too

[Fiatdude]

I was wondering how he was going to get a spark plug in the #2 hole also

[ovaldriver56]

When I bought the setup on the Maikäfertreffen in Hannover, there was the linkage an one adapter missing. I didn´t like that thing with those adapters anyway, so I decided to go a different route I designed an adapter with some modeling mass and then a friend of mine did some welding on the heads. Then he put them on his mill and after that, I did some porting on the heads and manifolds. Next up, I´m goin to relocate the sparkplugs, so I can get some bigger valves in there, and get some 90,5 pistons / cylinders fitted. Compression should be set around 9,5:1

I was also a little concerned with the sparkplugs, but they fit fine



By the way, Limbach, a company that builds engines for aeroplanes based on type 1 engines, uses the Stromberg 150CD carbs on their 2,4l engines

[ianmac]

The engine looks superb    excellent head work very impressive project 

[ovaldriver56]

My plans have changed a little bit, im going to put a 2276ccm engine in my oval now I took me a pan, that was lying arround in our garage and built me a torque bar.




And yesterday I worked on a transmission mid mount....




...it´s just a model, but maybee I just put some paint on and mount it

[ovaldriver56]

*update*

[der60er]

now this looks very heavy duty 

[ovaldriver56]

Some progress

[ovaldriver56]

Some progress the last weeks

Fitted the seats and brakes...


...and began with the seat covers. A professional would have done it better, but it´s ok for me


Then I started putting things back together. Can´t wait driving down the road in it

[ovaldriver56]

Got the seats and my new shifter installed


Next up is the wiring

[andy198712]

loving that! nice colour too! seems similar to Keane's old oval ?

[ovaldriver56]

loving that! nice colour too! seems similar to Keane's old oval ?

Yes, it´s the same color L412 Diamond green.

My original plan was, to paint the car in L240 agave, when I saw a bug in diamond green at the Maikäfertreffen in Hannover. The more I looked at it, the more I liked it

[ovaldriver56]

Here some pictures of the engine parts. Nothing special compared to the engines that are being built here

- CB Case with 3,5 deck
- 82mm CB crank
- 1.4 scat rockers
- SLR XR310 on 106°
- mini-wedge ports 42x37,5 with manifolds
- VW650 outer and wbx inner springs
- Delloroto 48 DRLA carbs
- 5.400 CB rods
- 56g T. Pieper lifters
- dual taper aluminium pushrods T Pieper
- 94mm Wiseco pistons
- Kennedy stage 2 with daikin disk
- CSP Python exhaust 42mm
- vw Speedshop crank trigger

[bedjo78]

where you got the nice velocity stack for DRLA ??

[ovaldriver56]

Didn´t reach my goal getting it on the street, this year.......once again

Got the wiring done and brake master cyinder installed



















Tinted glass for privacy 





Than had to do a little repair on my ragtop 

























Made some new door panels and rear seat covers





















They like it








Next up ist the carpet

[modnrod]

They like it

That cat does NOT look happy!
I'm sure he's plotting the complete domination of the world! 

Your work is outstanding! It's given me heaps of new ideas, thanks for sharing man.
It's an excellent finish.

[Matt Tobias]

wow what a great thread, lots of awesome details!

[ovaldriver56]

That cat does NOT look happy!

Haha, good eye

1 minute after I took the picture, the dog got beaten up. The dog always want´s to play, the cat doesn´t 

[Tobi/DFL]

I just love that car!

Tobi

[ovaldriver56]

Guys, thanks.

My intention was, to do as much of the work by myself as possible. Learning by doing

Welding and bodywork was not that difficult. I did the paintjob in my garage at home. It looks better on the pictures than it actually is
The wiring did take some time to unterstand but turned out ok.

Making the new seatcovers for the recaros and the rear seat was quite a challenge, but I had no other choice.
When my girlfriend made some new seatcovers for her `72 standard bug, she was very proud of how they turned out. I said " I could have done that".
It was meant as a joke, but she took that for real So I had to give that old Pfaff sewing machine a try. I´m pretty happy with the result.

Some weeks ago I thougt, it couldn´t be that difficult, to make myself a new headliner. I lost my temper, quite a few times  So that´s gonna be the only job that has to be done by somebody else.

[56BLITZ]

VERY nice job on the seats/door panels! Looks great!
And good work fixing the ragtop mechanism! 

[ovaldriver56]

Interior almost done 

[JeeWee]

diamond green is a great choice! Nice car! Any progress lately?

[kev d]

Nice job