new member late late looker project

[baz]

Hi all new member here from Ireland. this is my project 77 bug soon to have a little cal look treatment.
the bug has been off the road since 1999 and stored in a shed since then, so the body is in excellent condition for an irish car.it`s had one exterior repaint at some stage but has never been welded or bodged over with the usual concoction of newspapers, chicken wire and body filler

car was filthy when i got my hands on it so any free time i`ve had lately has been spent cleaning and detailing. the body is coming off over the winter to restore the pan properly, then hopefully early next year i`ll be on the road. if things go to plan i hope to have a 2110cc motor fitted before next summer 

here`s a few pics of where i`m at with it at the moment






























i`ve just had the original engine crankcase align bored, full flowed, bored for 90.5s and decked. hope to have this built up over the next 6 months or so. in the meantime i`m on the look out for a cheap 1600 to get the bug on the road.
more pics over the next few weeks as we get stuck into the chassis resto 

[71CALRIPPER]

Looks reallyclean dude ...

[air-t25]

Very clean car, NICE.

[cedric]

Nice clean solide beetle good luck

[coxwagen]

wow she's so clean....  I'm a late model lover... 

Some people hate mexican bug bug she can become a nice cal-look bug, this is mine: http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,18723.0.html


good luck for the little restoration 

[jamiep_jamiep]

Nice bug, and I love the colour!

[baz]

thanks for the nice comments folks     haven`t touched it for 2 weeks now so no progress to tell. i did pick up my newly machined crankcase though, and i`ve ordered some nice cylinder heads for xmas 

[rspsteve]

Well done mate...will be watching with great interest ...if i get round to doing one i,m going to go late ..well up to 72/3

[baz]

cheers steve. i was actually looking out for a 69/70 model myself but then this turned up and was too good to refuse    might fit some earlier rear wings and lights and well then you`d hardly tell the difference 

[rspsteve]

I have a car in mind its a 72 model  1 owner plus the guy who now owns it full documented history never welded but now needs a resto ....all up and running with mot ....just trying to get it a price that suits me ....lol

[baz]

finally some progress 















more tomorrow 

[ibg]

for the floor under the RHD pedal assembly, there are some repro floor pans with the correct pressing to take the piece of steel that the pedals bolt to. Sadley I didn't write down the brand 
looking good

[baz]

for the floor under the RHD pedal assembly, there are some repro floor pans with the correct pressing to take the piece of steel that the pedals bolt to. Sadley I didn't write down the brand 
looking good

cheers. the front sections i got have a large recess from the napolean hat section back to the first rib stamping in the og pan. not entirely original looking but good to fit the pedal mount bar

[baz]

2 year old thread back from the dead. Thought I'd add a little update. Things stalled when I moved to the UK in early 2013,  the bug stayed at home while I found my feet in a new country and with a new career too. I didn't touch the car until summer this year when I took a weeks holiday to try get the car back together so it could be transported over to the UK.

A friend in ireland had finished off welding in the irs conversion I had started, another friend called over one evening and welded in my new floor pans. Thanks colm and Simon





Nice quality 18 gauge floorpans from kaferland





Time to put the body back on so it can be transported

[baz]

So the bug arrived over to me in july and I started to take it apart again to finish the pan and attend to some rust I had found


















I decided to buy a welder and do the repairs myself over the winter while I gathered engine parts to build a 2276.
The heater channel bottom plates will come off so I can blast and paint inside the channels,  the whole underside of the body like over the gearbox and under the fuel tank will get blasted and repainted too.

[andy198712]

Cool!

sounds like you got some good mates back home too!

i noticed the engine build changed size too still using the 90.5 case with slip in 94's or new case?

[baz]

Cool!

sounds like you got some good mates back home too!

i noticed the engine build changed size too still using the 90.5 case with slip in 94's or new case?

Cheers yeah I think Simon is glad I left ireland as I was always calling on him to weld this or that over the years, colm is a fellow vw guy and has some good fabrication skills, he was the right man to finish the irs for me.

Motor plans have changed over the years, first was 2110 then 2276 then 1955 then 1600 now back to 2276 and I'm making sure it's built before I change my mind again 

[andy198712]

Cool!

sounds like you got some good mates back home too!

i noticed the engine build changed size too still using the 90.5 case with slip in 94's or new case?

Cheers yeah I think Simon is glad I left ireland as I was always calling on him to weld this or that over the years, colm is a fellow vw guy and has some good fabrication skills, he was the right man to finish the irs for me.

Motor plans have changed over the years, first was 2110 then 2276 then 1955 then 1600 now back to 2276 and I'm making sure it's built before I change my mind again 

 

i know what you mean about the engine! i went 1641,1776,1955, 2110,2180 then settled on 2110!

[Lee.C]

Cool Late model......

[baz]

Thanks Lee.

Last major delivery of engine parts came today, been a long time waiting for all this to come together.




Spec is

Alu case stroker clearanced and cut for 94's
Dpr 82mm crank and flywheel
Cb 5.4 race rods
Mahle forged 94's
Raptor cam and lifters
Scat straight cut gears
Jeff denham unwelded hot street spec heads 42 and 37mm
Cb 1.4 ratio rockers
Aluminium pushrods
Berg 26mm oil pump
Berg gland nut
Berg welded balanced fan
Berg 3.5 quart sump
Vw speedshop efi and crank trigger ignition
Vw speedshop stainless hideaway exhaust
Kennedy stage 2 clutch
Vw brasilia fan housing

Motor is getting built in January - February, need to get my ass in gear and get the car ready by then

[andy198712]

Nice!! Quite a stash there!!