what parts have you made for your car ??

[ian c]

we've all bought things and fitted them on our cars , but how many have actually made there own parts ?
list them !!!  and post pics

[Jon]

If you are talking about making stuff from scratch, the only thing I can think of is my Gearbox girdle. And the rollbar...
Mid fabrication of the girdle:

[ian c]

cool !!!
got any pics of it finished and on the car ??

[Jon]

No, not here at work anyway. I will soon take it out of the car so I can snap a few then.
Here is another (bad) picture... still unfinished:

[G-dog]

This is my tach that I built from a Talbot mirror and a VDO gauge. I put blue leds in it for illumination.I am kind of proud of it!My friend Dan Green spun the custom front bezel for me, so it wasn't completely done by me I guess..  :

[Lee.C]

I made this little puppy 

[ian c]

looking good guys !!!

i like to see unique features on a car .
can't get better than a one-off made by yourself

[danny gabbard]

Nice stuff guys. Its cool to see stuff that people dream up, Old sckool.

[Mike Lawless]

Shown in this image are my alternator mount and fill tower and center pivot throttle linkage (barely visible), my custom 4 1/2" crank pulley and my breather box.


In these images, chrome moly front beam (link pin on a ball joint pan) and custom lite weight front brakes





There's a bunch of odd bits, but I don't have photos of everything. That's one of the more enjoyable aspects of the VW thing. Building my own stuff.....just because I can

[John Rayburn]

This is my tach that I built from a Talbot mirror and a VDO gauge. I put blue leds in it for illumination.I am kind of proud of it!My friend Dan Green spun the custom front bezel for me, so it wasn't completely done by me I guess..  :

                                                               That is one cool tach mount! Has a very rally car, or even aircraft feel to it. Would go real well with a steering wheel that had some satin stainless on it.

[Nico86]

This is my tach that I built from a Talbot mirror and a VDO gauge. I put blue leds in it for illumination.I am kind of proud of it!My friend Dan Green spun the custom front bezel for me, so it wasn't completely done by me I guess.. 

Wow that's nice !

[Andy]

I made a gearbox mid mount and rear engine support, mainly to save money, why pay £70 when I can make it for £20



Does sheet metal count?





Again, I made it to save money as it was a budget Ghia resto.

[Lee.C]

looking good guys !!!

i like to see unique features on a car .
can get better than a one-off made by yourself

Where's your "one off" - "custom made" bits then dude 

[ian c]

what , on my type one ??

[Lee.C]

what , on my type one ??

Type 1, Type 2 whatever, you are asking about " custom" parts so i thought you might have some cool items yourself

[Bewitched666]

Phew,my only part i made for my beetle years ago was a pro wing copied from a pro stocker i saw once running in california while on vacation there.
This was in 1989 or so

Sorry no pics of it

[ian c]

brace bars , traction bar , intermediate mount , fuel and brake lines , breather box , breather lines , seat rails , tacho mount , header , wiring conduits , and inlet manifolds are all on my "to-do" list .....  god knows when tho  
nothing really out of the ordinary . (and the list will no doubt change as i go along)

[dirk zeyen]

exhaust, t-bars, crossbar linkage with SKF sealed bearings....the list goes on but i can't post pictures- i don't know why
only one time i could post a picture in the" sarge when did transaxels...tread"- on more home made item.

dirk zeyen

[ian c]

with the web address for your picture in between

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

I made my 67 one off 3 vent deck lid and am working on my 58 Dash   http://shubee2.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!A428D22F7763625B!481/?startingImageIndex=1&commentsExpand=0&addCommentExpand=0&addCommentFocus=0&pauseSlideshow=0

[dirk zeyen]

picture from the linkage, sorry about the chrom-engine, car was build in 1991.
and the exhaust.

i hope it works, can't see the pictures in the preview

dirk zeyen

[G-dog]

This is my tach that I built from a Talbot mirror and a VDO gauge. I put blue leds in it for illumination.I am kind of proud of it!My friend Dan Green spun the custom front bezel for me, so it wasn't completely done by me I guess.. 

                                                               That is one cool tach mount! Has a very rally car, or even aircraft feel to it. Would go real well with a steering wheel that had some satin stainless on it.
[/quoteThanks guys! I have a real EMPI wheel with the satin stainless that goes along with it,I tried to keep a theme going . Here are my rear jump seats loosely based on early Porsche rears, I fabbed the brackets from angled aluminum with quick release pins.

[Donny B.]

I modified a Berg wide merge exhaust into this...

[Diederick/DVK]

that is a quality job!

[G-dog]

I modified a Berg wide merge exhaust into this...

So you have heat in your car? That must be nice!

[Donny B.]

Yes, I have heat in my car.  I only need it when I travel out of state.  It usually doesn't get very cold in Phoenix. I did use it the last time I drove to Colorado.

[Harry/FDK]

G-dog, super stuff there, it was featured in Hot VW's right ? Love the fabrication stuff.

[danny gabbard]

Some sheetmetal I reworked a little. Its bare metal with transparent toners,I did not paint its. Its terrible

[danny gabbard]

stuff I did to roger crawfords pan

[ian c]

i thought that pan was for your new car danny ??