my new ( to you) zenith blue 67 type 1 pics added !

[draven898]

  so my 67 is finally at home! backstory on the find of my vw life. I've been collecting parts and intending to get back in the scene for about 3 years, i had a 67 sunroof during this time,but the amount of work that needed to go into getting it streetable was not the path i was looking to go down.
  flash forward to mid may i got a call from my friend jason ( i kinda take the blame for getting him the vw sickness i sold him a 54 oval). when i got to the bar he told about a 67 blue beetle for sale in the north part of las vegas, the pics were a bit blurry but jason and our friend greg had seen the car at the local shop the wagen and assured me it was a great solid ride.
  so a little backstory on the car, it had a cb fuel injected motor, street trans, cb front disc brakes, adjustable front end, custom a1 exhaust, suffice to say the car needed two days to finish the interior, and some time to sort out the fuel injection issues, but luckily for us the previous owner was frustrated and wanted to be done with vw's, so suffice to say we made a very beneficial score. jason would keep the motor and i would get the car less motor which is fine since i'm very close on my 2110 motor being complete.
  i will post some pictures here soon and keep you guys up to date !
here is the link to some photos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66918181@N03/

[draven898]

so it's super hot here in las vegas during the summer and i was in the garage for like 20 minutes today to put on the chrome molding and i think i almost got heat stroke ! gotta wait till like 111 pm before even going into the garage !

[draven898]

pics added 

[draven898]

i thought i would post up details on my engine build for this car
as 41 full flowed
76 ems crank
94 cima/mahle
engle fk 87 and engle lifters
berg equalizer
oberg filter with remote cooler ( i live in hell actually las vegas )
cb super pro heads
skat trak manifolds
48 ida's
berg linkage
vertex magneto
for header and exhaust i plan on going with an a1 and fat boy type exhaust
im kinda tore between my berg breather and clyde breather box

[draven898]

getting my case from rimco on monday i had it walnut blasted and the guy said it looks sick will post pics !

[draven898]

wow i cant believe it's been since october since i posted here ! well anyways the holidays came and i took a break from the car for now we are back on ! so the long block parts are all at a friends place, you might remember a ghia back in the mid 90's called mighty mouse that's dave and he is building my motor. dave is not as well known as some but he builds real solid motors and i wanted to be close to the build so i could see the progress and dave will be helping me with other issues that have come up on the car. it seems like you find something you didn't expect when you get down to work but i'm trying to keep my head up and keep going everyday ! right now i'm waiting on my exhaust from tiger at A1 and a polished berg linkage, then its pretty much finish work.

[58vw]

good looking car you got there...good luck on finishing her up!

[draven898]

thanks hope to see you at nick's !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66918181@N03/

[Diederick/DVK]

wow, did you polish the IDAs and the Oberg filter??

[draven898]

yes i want a black and polish look so the carbs manifolds really pop, fuel lines and oil lines are all black

[draven898]

A1 header and muffler arrived today couple pics here
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/66918181@N03/

[BossHogg76]

A1 header and muffler arrived today couple pics here
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/66918181@N03/

Can i ask where you got these from? I would like this style for my engine project, but my googling skills have failed to find me any in the UK, so importing is the next option.

And i love the way your car is going. Going to be a lovely.

[draven898]

thanks ! as for the muffler and header i went straight to the source tiger at A1 performance muffler in santa ana ca ill look for his number and pm it to you

[draven898]

so the short block is done ! we ran into some small issues nothing major considering a custom build, dave is being a good guy about everything and he usually works on it at night and will text with me small updates. the cylinders and heads are being worked to get us to an 11:1 compression    so hopefully we will be longblocked by week's end, also needed some odds and ends for tin went to http://www.awesomepowdercoat.com/index.html, these guys are great and had my tin in less than two days so tin is off to coaters this week, dave will be taking a week off for his birthday then we will fire it up last week of the month ! http://www.flickr.com/photos/66918181@N03/

[draven898]

well the wallet had some setbacks in the month of april, taxes, new tires for the daily driver, so wont be making classic very sad, but on the up side we ditched the sig erson rockers for some cb forged 1.4 rockers . and the tin was dropped off at the coaters today for a midnight black black with a wrinkle finish so im still chugging along next date is jamboree !

[draven898]

very close now final tin work being done here are some new pic's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66918181@N03/

[draven898]

after much work a lot of cash and some frustration d day is finally here ! the motor will be fired up tomorrow and the car will be put together next week ! pics and video soon !

[Russell]

Very nice clean car good luck end enjoy 

[BeetleBug]

I just LOVE a Zenith blue 67 

Is it wrinkle finish powder coat you have used on your engine tins?

Best rgs and keep on with the good work!

BB

[draven898]

yes it's called midnight wrinkle black

[draven898]

after deciding about 5 years ago i wanted to get back into vw's it started with the purchase of a berg power pulley on TheSamba.com, now tonight the dream is one step closer ! dave texted me at 1:14 am to let me know that the motor is alive and sounds like a beast ! much thanks to David Mcfarlan for bringing my vision of a cal look motor with a nod to the past to life. next week the car (which i found thanks to Jason  Dunkle)will be making its way over and it will be one step closer to being the cal look car i've been dreaming of for these last few years !

[draven898]

posted pics and video of the motor on the test stand. this is after the initial break in running it per berg 10 mins at a pop and the dual springs are back on
i tried to post the vid on flickr if not the second link is where its at on my facebook
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66918181@N03
/http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152037657760626

[thehanz DVK]

beautifull engine...

[draven898]

posted pics and video of the motor on the test stand. this is after the initial break in running it per berg 10 mins at a pop and the dual springs are back on
i tried to post the vid on flickr if not the second link is where its at on my facebook
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66918181@N03
/http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152037657760626

you tube link http://youtu.be/1TxxeO3PWeM

[peps64]

what fk 87 cam

[draven898]

what fk 87 cam

huh jose ? do you mean what ? an fk87? or what brand ?

[draven898]

tonight tonight tonight tonight is the night gonna drive it around the block : )

[draven898]

after tons of trial and error she's finally home ! but still breaking in the motor just got my gopro so will be posting a video soon !

[thehanz DVK]

And does it feel good ..     

[draven898]

she purrs like a tiger ready to pounce on innocent camaros lol