arctic alice, early sixties cal-look

[karl h]

back to the 63 at last
i found a gas steering dampener (not Bilstein, just painted yellow). it feels like a shock, wants to extend all the time. normal steering dampeners dont do that - will it push so hard at the steering that my car wants to go to the right al the time?

[Eddie DVK]

back to the 63 at last
i found a gas steering dampener (not Bilstein, just painted yellow). it feels like a shock, wants to extend all the time. normal steering dampeners dont do that - will it push so hard at the steering that my car wants to go to the right al the time?

I removed it because of that… worthless piece of crap in my opinion...

[karl h]

thanx for the info, eddie

[karl h]

surgery on my left hand went well, but i just have started to be able to use it again for working on the car
headliner and ragtop are in
i started on the seats with modified stock brackets

[karl h]

the seats are now in. they look a little too far tilted back, but they are very comfortable for my 6.5 frame

[karl h]

painted my old bilsteins maisgelb (the original colour)

[karl h]

upon trying to mount the CSP bar, i discovered the holes for monting the shockbolts are too small on the repair sheetmetal 
i had to break out the airsaw and cut the painted body  oh well...
but the rest of the installaton went well

[dielinde]

Very very nice Project....

sehr schönes Projekt. Grüße aus Kärnten

[karl h]

danke/thanx
wrestlin with the interior. the TMI headliner was sewn the wrong way, the pieces round the sunroofopening didnt fit (i used TMI lots of times and that never happened before)
so i had to tear out the thing again and custom fit it  
then i had a long search for the right colour of upholstery material to fit the seats. but i found some and made the doorpanels now

[karl h]

for adjusting the clutch i have the waterboxer case in for the first time.
before motor assembly i have to hone the barrels, flycut the heads and change the guides

[bean]

coming together and looking good

[karl h]

thanx
started to fit the rear fenders and apron.... when i realized i have painted two right side taillight housings

[karl h]

accordingly i broke out the paintgun at the first sight of a warm day and painted another taillight housing, a custommade gloveboxdoor (with a right hand speaker grille) and the fenderbeadings (tacked to pieces of wood)

[karl h]

playin´around with the stance a little bit

[karl h]

i have started to prep the engine parts for assembly. this motor is actually meant for my split panel van, but i have all the parts and the split is not finished (see samba thread). the nickie engine still has no heads (lack of funds)
wbx case
wbx 76mm crank with h-beams/ 228 flywheel/clutch
stock wbx cam with hydraulic lifters
type 4 94mm barrels modified for use with wbx studpattern/cylinder spacing etc.
new 94mm AA B pistons
limbach aircraft heads (wbx stud pattern) with 38/34 valves
either 40 (or 46) kadrons or 36/40 solexes from a 914 (got both)
exhaust will be a header and custom muffler setup

everybody stay safe and stay home

[karl h]

modified barrel on the left, stock on the right. lots of grinding
trial fit.....

[Stevo_L]

is it worth doing all those modifications..
why not simply building an t1?
i thought wbx mainbearings are not available anymore?

[karl h]

first, i have all the parts, most of them were free 
second, for a bus engine i prefer the thick type 4 barrels

[Stevo_L]

haha ok, all right 

[karl h]

have a problem locating 9mm Type one lenght 9mm stem 34mm exhaust valves, so i didnt do a lot to the motor
but some more work in the interior: rhd speaker grille grafted into the gloveboxdoor with the speaker mounted

[brewsy]

i didnt do a lot to the motor
but some more work in the interior: rhd speaker grille grafted into the gloveboxdoor with the speaker mounted

Nice modification.
Is that so you have stereo speakers?

I just used one of these..
https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/retromod-speaker-6-5-3-way-dvc-each-r-65n-230-505.html

[karl h]

yes, so its stereo, i have tweeters under the headliner left and right

[Eddie DVK]

modified barrel on the left, stock on the right. lots of grinding
trial fit.....

Nice, did not know that fitted..

[karl h]

you have to grind some of the coolingfins down between the barrels, modify the headstudpattern to wbx and grind a recess for the pushrodtubes

[FredH17]

Great job !! Love the looks..

[jamiep_jamiep]

Cool mod for the speaker!

[VWGlassee]

What a great idea with the speaker! It's all in the details 

Yannick

[karl h]

thanx Yannick
fuel pump and filter mounted and wired, brakes bled, wiring finished, all lights work
in case you wonder the 180° turn of the fuel line on the right worried me, so i put an 8mm spring from the rear brake into the line to avoid a kink (happened before)

[Eddie DVK]

in case you wonder the 180° turn of the fuel line on the right worried me, so i put an 8mm spring from the rear brake into the line to avoid a kink (happened before)

Have the same configuration, nice solution, maybe going to steel this from you.

[karl h]

more or less just the motor missing.
buttoned up the shortblock, cylinders and heads to set up rocker geometry.
found out somebody messed up the oil drain plug thread. this is in the block, the wbx case has no drainplate 
gotta take the shortblock apart again to helicoil it - dont you love surplus work like this?