Das Volks Vintage Volkswagen Gruppe

I just brought home a 57 oval window. It is a bit of a Frankenstein vehicle. it is sitting on a 69 irs pan. it is very solid only area that needs attention is the passenger side pan.I will probably sand down some of the car to get down to original paint and get rid of the boat light, giant tires and roll cage. Eventually I will get the fenders fixed

Oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Oval by Steven Cronin,

Oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

I'd roll the crap out it! Are you keep it this fully body baja theme? ( tires).
Dont forget that if you lower it, it will use a Ball Joint front end now.

Not really sure what I exactly want to do with it. I went last week to get it registered and it’s going to take the DMV 5 weeks to get me plates. They are backed up from the pandemic. Once I get it completely registered and inspected I will finalize a game plan. I have some wiring issues to sort out before I can pass inspection.

Its a safety inspection, I'd be surprised if they even look at it. For $10 it's not worth their time.

I know I still have to get seatbelts in and the front headlights working

I know this sounds weird but I kinda like the boat light on the hood.

When I got the car it had some shifting issues. I ran a new clutch cable and gave it an adjustment and that seemed to do the trick. Im probably going to need a new clutch sooner rather than later. I got this aftermarket over sized nut and it made life so much easier.

https://kaferlab.com/collections/vw-clu ... s-thing-t3

I went to put a batwing steering wheel on and noticed someone must have put in a later steering column so that is going to have to get swapped out.

I'm still waiting on the license plates from Albany, once I get them i'm going to get the car inspected and put some miles on it before the snow comes. This winter I want to do the following

- Por 15 the pans or replace the pans
- Clear coat the exterior of the body
- put a new wiring harness in
- new fuel lines
- swap out steering column
- new speedo. Either going stock or the link below
https://www.vwispwest.com/211018050?p=YzE9MjMx
- Gauge cluster? Since I'm going to redo the wiring harness I might put in a gauge cluster underneath the radio
https://kaferlab.com/collections/gauge- ... ezel-mount

Nice!

After almost 6 weeks I received my license plates from the DMV. The previous owner thought there was some shifting issues turns out all it needed was a new clutch cable and Bowden tube. Stay tuned for more updates soon.

Finally started working on the beetle again. I'm in middle of putting in a new wiring harness, new fuel lines, and putting in a correct steering column/ steering wheel. I also have all my locks in California getting rekeyed and cleaned up.


oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

I cleaned/degreased the front trunk and you can now see some original paint.

Oval by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

I got the later steering column/wheel out. I wasn't planning on doing this immediately but I was able to find the correct parts and I already had the gas tank out.

My plan is to get the car back running with new fuel lines and electrical system. Once I have everything the way I want it I'm going to pull the motor, clean it up, adjust valves, oil change, put in a new clutch, new tranny mounts, flush tranny/new fluid, and put in new rubbers between the body and engine.

My plan is to make this car a solid driver and enjoy it the way it is for a while. I might clean coat the exterior for now. I don't know what I am going to do interior wise but the red dash is making me crazy.

NIce.... this is perfect weather to wrench! good for you!

I finally got the oval steering column and steering wheel in. Also making progress on the wiring harness

Making progress by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Steve. Do you still have this?
I got an email for someone looking for a specific car.
I think it was your cars previous owners son.

Yup. Haven’t done much work to it. Been busy with work

Finally getting back into the swing of things after barely touching this car for almost 2 years.

I sold my bus last spring to help buy a home in Long Beach. After months of working on the house it was time to work on my 2 car garage. The previous owners used the garage as a home gym so two walls had to come down.

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Ive been going through the beetle for the past two night and ordering parts. What a difference not having to drive 30 minutes to work on your car. This is the first time in 5 years I have lived with my VW.

Two years ago the beetle was running. I am almost done with a new wiring harness. After I am going to go through the fuel and brake systems. I want to get smaller tires before I put the car back on the road

Kick ass. So amped to see this thing getting back on the road.
Having a garage at home makes life SO much nicer too.
Garage looks like a nice space, I need to do a floor like that in mine.

very nice

Yeah baby!

ObnoxiousBlue wrote:Kick ass. So amped to see this thing getting back on the road.
Having a garage at home makes life SO much nicer too.
Garage looks like a nice space, I need to do a floor like that in mine.

Thanks. Floor is very easy to install. Was going to go with the bare concrete but it was in worse shape then I thought. The floor tiles are just a band aid

elrockk wrote:very nice

Thanks

Been trying to get into the garage at least an hour a night a couple days a week.

Pulled the engine and cleaned the engine bay today. Tomorrow i am pulling the trans. While I have everything out I will be doing the following

Engine
- fuel lines
- spark plug wires
- new clutch
- checking valves/points
- oil change
- cleaning the tins
- new battery cables
- Rubber around engine

Trans
- all new mounts
- new ground strap
- replacing fluid
- case cleanup

Before

IMG_6073 by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

After

IMG_6076 by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Used an electric pressure washer on low and elbow grease. Some OG paint was hiding

I am waiting on a bunch of parts to come in. Every night the list of parts i have to order keeps growing.

Couple of thoughts, maybe its just me but I like the look of the big tires. Do they rub ?

Also I have a friend who had his garage floor epoxied and it came out amazing and is wasn't that expensive.

Enjoy the ride !

good for you bud! That what I do as well... chip away as I can.

Love to see anything Oval!

Tom wrote:Couple of thoughts, maybe its just me but I like the look of the big tires. Do they rub ?

Also I have a friend who had his garage floor epoxied and it came out amazing and is wasn't that expensive.

Enjoy the ride !

Yes, the big tires rub when making tight turns. I have been debating trying to use spacers instead of going to stock tires. Going to have to think about it.

Raj wrote:good for you bud! That what I do as well... chip away as I can.

Love to see anything Oval!

Thanks, hopefully Ill be able to post another update this weekend.

IMG_6097 by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Got the tranny out and clean up the case. Forgot to take an after photo. While I had the tranny out I replaced the tranny fluid, all 3 mounts and the ground strap


IMG_6118 by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

I was surprised by the difference in size of the ground straps. I got the strap from WW. I read on thesamba that a lot of people had the size difference.

IMG_6114 by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

IMG_6120 by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

None of the mounts were in terrible shape but figured I might as well change them.

IMG_6191 by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

IMG_6313 by Steven Cronin, on Flickr

Changed the clutch as well. I had some shifting issues when I bought this car.

Looking good dude! Keep at it!

Make sure to check the Throw Out bearing and those little terrible clips that hold it on. Also to grease the input shaft before reinstalling the motor.