On the whole, I try to be very open-minded with custom work done on cars, especially air-cooled VW Type 1 and Type 2 vehicles. But sometimes I come across for sale posts where the custom choices made are literally what is probably holding the car from sale, or the choices are definitely going to contribute…
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….
The Purple One
So I finally got around to looking at some clips of that Bumblebee movie and was pleasantly surprised to see the original Generation One versions of many of the characters (from the 1980’s) in the opening sequence and they really rather look like modern versions of their old cartoon appearances. I mean, they are totally…
My garage is a disaster… but it is not my fault!
So way back in October I cleaned up the garage for the winter and made enough space to work if the weather ended up being mild. Below freezing temps is rather difficult out there since it is old and non-insulated, but I figured there’d be a few days over the coming months to work on…
AS41 Build – New Stock Muffler and Tail Pipes
So in addition to the new engine not really starting, I’m having severe issues with leaks from the pre-heat tubes and risers. The gaskets are just not dealing with it and unfortunately, the manifold’s pre-heater pipes really need some metal work due to how aged they are. Buying a new intake at this stage is…
Other People’s Cars – Sunset Classics
I have to admit I love wasting time at Sunset Classics, a consigner of all kinds of classic cars, with quite a past and present inventory of VWs. I love the fact they leave the galleries up of their sold cars which contains many many many pics per vehicle from all different angles. It really…
Żuczek 2025 – The rear pop outs!
So one of the people in the Super Beetles Only! group on Facebook shared a picture of the installation of one of his pop-out rear windows on his newly painted body and it is exactly the look I’m going for with the set I bought. They will be dechromed and painted black and top coated…
Reference – 34 Pict 3 Carburetor
Reference Documentation – Generic Pict 3 Carburetor Vendor: California Import Parts Part #: C24-113-129-031-KC – (113129031K 98-1289-B) Main Jet – 127 Air Jet – 70 Idle Jet – 55 Other Diagrams
Blank gasket material
While at the hardware store grabbing some bolts and nuts to attach the heat risers to the pre-heat pipes of the new engine, I saw that they have various size rolls of fiber gasket material. I decided to snag one of the smaller rolls to have on hand in case I ever need to quickly…
AS41 Engine – Installing more of the stock setup
Since I am now down to just wanting to get the engine running and installed into Żuczek, I am no longer really concerned about appearances anymore. I did not bother to repaint the stock intake that came off the AE engine. It really needed a bit of work as well as some extra metal added…