Das Volks Vintage Volkswagen Gruppe

Dam Gene! Get in there! Sucks you have to cut up new parts but thats aftermarket. You have it handled. I have the Dansk channels from CIP also. Balls. Keep it up!!

tonight i got the passenger side jack bracket cut/grinded/and beaten down to clear the heater channel and got the channel bolted down legit with all but 1 bolt the pan will need some grinding gonna leave the jack bracket as is till i get the channels welded to the body then weld it up nice and clean.

i got the drivers heater channel bolted down after a lot of Oblonging the pan because the the channel bolt holes were off center, it was a pain in the a#$ because they were off in a different direction. so short of running a new fuel line its time cut whats left of the old heater channels out trim some rusted metel and hang the body back on . im gonna mount it on the 2 pads under the gas tank and each pad in the rear fender area and fill in the voids with 20 gauge sheet metal. i have both side new lower A pillars and a new Right side quarter panel to patch in

got the other rear broken bolt out today then started cutting the rusted mess off the body ahh beer holder cut out rotted crossmember i think ill wait till next weekend to

wait till next weekend to put the body on the chassis because ill need to hoist it off the stand to remove the rest of the rusted parts

Love the beer pic. Always a must have when in the garage! Great progress on this.

so i got the rest of the rusted body parts cut out and got the body back on the chassis today probably gonna be on and off a few times to blend the new with the old but all in all its pretty spot on. then i find this sparks started a foam fire glad that it started while still working in the garage

Project is really taking shape. Should be nice and solid when you're done!

That's some really interesting rigging your using there ! Moving along nicely, what are you going to do when the winter comes ?

i got my doors back on the car today and started cutting out the rust and filling in the gaps/voids with some home made 20 gauge patch panels got the right front started but ran out of daylight so i hope to finish it tomorrow and maybe then the left front

Now your just showing off! Looks great!!!!

Then keep showing off! This car will be done in no time.

looking great!

I got back in the garage today and started to fill pin holes in the patch I made but just made a mess of it .so I cut out the mess and made another patch panel this time I flanged the patch wear it meets the original metal so I wont burn thru so easy and punch holes in the body for some spot welds got it clamped into place and will weld it in tomorrow the left side quarter panel finally came in so hope fully I start hitting it again

looking good!

does anyone know if modern Mexican fuel injection like this http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... ?id=519841
will bolt up and align on old air cooled 1600 dp

elrockk wrote:does anyone know if modern Mexican fuel injection like this http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... ?id=519841
will bolt up and align on old air cooled 1600 dp

I have never seen that before, but Im intrigued. Might be a nice add on for a daily driver.

Hows the project coming otherwise?

elrockk wrote:does anyone know if modern Mexican fuel injection like this http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... ?id=519841
will bolt up and align on old air cooled 1600 dp

2332 fuel injected, crank fire turbo.... look like it can.

not much progress since my last picture, but i did buy a heater for the garage about a month ago then we got hit with the snow and below 32 weather. i dont like the cold. Glenn is that your car? thats kinda were im looking to go i see its got aluminum fuel rails which was a question i ask the guy selling this set up if it could use.the pre made rails from CBperformance but he didnt know.so is a newer mexican engine the same demensions/bolt patterns as an old one?

got back in the garage today and worked on the right front rust got this welded in then cut out this mess and made a new patch piece from some 20 gauge got it tacked in i will have make the piece to fill in whats left next time i get in the garage.my wife got me an enlarged wiring diagram from staples from a Samba pic. and 1 last big upgrade to the bug

As always, beautiful fork. That blown up wiring diagram will be invaluable when the time comes. Keep at it!

elrockk wrote:

I hope you got one of these...

Glenn wrote:

elrockk wrote:

I hope you got one of these...

That's a Good One!!

Yeah that Berkeley sticker has got to go.