So I’ve decided to hold off for now on my plans for Mr. Brzęczyszczykiewicz in terms of making him what I want him to be and instead I’m going to enjoy him as he is for the coming year (and perhaps longer). In a few days I turn 50. And let’s just say I’m not…
Category: Project – Żuczek
Gen4EFI is probably Żuczek’s future
So while I had not planned to do anything major in a physical sense this winter, I have been doing a lot of reading and research on both body/metal work as well as continuing the dumping of data into my brain in terms of engine building and where to go in the next few years….
New Plans – October 2019 to the Future
So there I am, having spent the last few days still under the feeling like I had to build an engine for Yellow to sell him as a fully functional car and yet he was being purchased as a rolling project! I started going down the path of engine bearings and all kinds of other…
Other People’s Parts – Żuczek’s future pop-outs arrived!
So last week I saw someone post a set of 1968 and later pop-out rear windows and I snagged them up. They arrived today and survived the journey from Utah unscathed, the seller doing a great job wrapping them up in lots of bubble wrap. They are mostly complete, and they’ll need some work…
Years away… but thinking… interiors.
I know I’m years away from needing to make final decisions but I’ve been thinking of interior colors. I’m pretty sure that if I keep stock style seats for I’ll just end up going with Project Żuczek I’ll end up going fully with a Sewfine interior. Hell, even if I end up changing the front seats…
Way in the past before he was Żuczek Brzęczyszczykiewicz.
It is still rather shocking for me to think that Żuczek rolled off the assembly line in Germany looking like the above pic. I mean… literally the above pic. Marina Blue. Sun Roof. Stock wheels. Unfortunately, unlike the infographic, he was born an autostick and not the manual he is now.
The discovery of Żuczek K. Brzęczyszczykiewicz
I had been looking for some kind of low cost, better shape source for my project car since Spring of 2018 after I discovered how bad the 74 was and likely would be as I dug deeper. I knew I wanted another Super sedan, and looked around Central Ohio and neighboring states for any 1302s,…
The 74 Super Beetle and the AH Engine, Part 2
By late January and February I was somewhat mobile again and back to work. I decided to deal with the freezing temperatures and try and get the 74’s brakes replaced and then move on to the 79’s brake disc upgrade and front suspension replacement. This was when I discovered the truth about the real condition…
The 74 Super Beetle and the AH Engine, Part 1
The one potentially good thing out of the original project 1974 Super Beetle I bought is the engine. From the initial inspection of the car in September 2017, it became apparent that it appeared to be about 95% stock original, with many of the original VW parts that people have removed and replaced over the…