Putzing around Pinterest let me to some photos of an amazing almost modern dash and console in a 1300/1302 Brazilian Beetle. The car itself is beautiful, done up with a nice lighter silver, some chrome blacked out, painted bumpers, and oversized tires and modern rims. However, it was the dashboard that caught my eye, with…
Month: March 2019
The VW Super Beetle Handbook
One of my favorite books in my library is The Volkswagen Super Beetle Handbook published by HP Books. In most auto books and literature, the Super Beetle at most gets a few pages devoted to it and mostly what feels like an afterthought on the end of Beetles in the US market. That’s partly why…
Thoughts on future exhausts systems.
My exhaust situation is all over the place. The original stock AH engine’s exhaust needs to be blasted, repaired, and then ceramic power-coated but I’m in no hurry to spent money on that. I bought a low-cost Dansk replacement to have on hand if needed, as well as a cheap EMPI peashooter exhaust to have…
The details of my AH206906 rebuild
The basics of my AH206906 rebuild. This is a small subset of my spreadsheet where I plan out where each part needs to come from and keep track of the vendor, price, part #, etc. Reusing the AH case and not having any other problems should put the engine rebuild costs at $2,726.76. With many…
Not a bad engine building guide from 2011-2013
While I have a ton of VW engine and performance books, YouTube, my Facebook Forums, and a slew of other sites that I reference for techniques and instructions, I love when a search for one thing ends up leading you down the rabbit hole of other things. I discovered this Samba thread from 2011 titled…
Future 2275cc Engine now? And access!
I know that earlier in the month I had starting putting together my ideas around a 2110cc engine for the future “performance” engine build, but I’ve been reading more on camshafts and other combinations of parts and work and I think I may just go with a “2275cc Mild Engine Combo” spec’d out at aircooled.net….
Rear Suspension – Torsion Bar Stuff
I’ll firmly admit there are some things that I am just not in tune with. I barely grok auto electrical systems and I definitely don’t quite have a firm grasp on the IRS torsion bars and how they function and can be adjusted. Once the body is removed and the chassis is ready to be…
Hello Dolly!
So I am thinking that it will be relatively inexpensive to build my own body dolly out of wood and some reinforcing metal parts and casters. I’m thinking maybe $150 total. I’ve been snagging what Beetle dolly photos I can find on the net that are within my skill set to build. Some are really…
2019’s High Level Plan
So I know what I want to do on the cars for 2019, and I know some of the general order of things that happen. I mean, I’m a logistics guy and a project manager so I often do this day in and day out at work and it is almost impossibly not to apply…
