Das Volks Vintage Volkswagen Gruppe

Lets try this again..... hopefully it doesnt get 'purged' again.


I bought this 65 bug off some a young dude in Huntington about 10 yrs ago. It was a painted roller, but stripped. I have no pics of it from back in the day bc I lost my hard drive last year.


Back in the day it used to rock a 1641 with newer ghia LP front brakes so it had a weird 4/5 lug set up.

( some pics are too big, yes i know)






Interior is redone




Used to run the stinger.

Then I got the itch for a stroker. I started to prepare the car. Paint was first. The PO had the body painted but didnt get under the hood, decklid etc.

Wiring and trunk









engine compartment







Tail lights and gauge panel

berg welded balanced fan




CB oil cooler with fan



cb oil thermo bypass


installed with all stainless braided line with black AN fitting throughout







Used my things's shroud, but needed some repair,
Then i powdered the tin.

Looks nice! Keep it going!

Charlie.

This was all done about 2 yrs ago..... i just wanted to start my Long Term Thread again after I lost 15+ pages during the purge last year. Current progress pics will be posted soon.

D'OH!
I was still working that first cup of coffee...

Almost a year later... the motor arrived. Well worth the wait.

Raj... you never should of taken that ride with me.

I ruined you.

I also ruined Mike (no small feat).

I was very pleased with her performance after the install.... but.... I wanted to iron out a few issue. It was mated to the stock tranny for starters, and I really wanted the security of a rev limiter. So I decided to address that later, and drive it for a summer.

I upgraded the front brakes to a wide 5 disks and installed a CB 2 inch beam. Purchased some polished empi 5's, rear popouts and few other tidbits.

Glenn wrote:Raj... you never should of taken that ride with me.
I ruined you.

No doubt. I knew I wanted a 2l...... but your car sold me. It had been too long since I have owned anything with some go go juice.

I'm going to say it again . Put it in the oval rag .

Oh Im ruined alright...

Raj, is the 65 lonley now that ol'blue moved away?

ObnoxiousBlue wrote: Raj, is the 65 lonley now that ol'blue moved away?

nah..... she plays well with all ACVW's.

Raj,

The 65 looks great, nice job! Engine looks scary...........

Gary

Raj
Love the car...looks great....very nice motor...

thanks guys.... ill have some new updates soon, shell be out and about very shortly.

finally got my tranny on memo weekend.

I met a dude on TS that wants to create some business in the market. He bartered the trans for a few cores. I wanted a strong tranny with flyer gears so that the car can be driven comfortable for a distance. I told him I'll run his stickers if he wants, and we go back to him for the IRS for LT project when the time comes. We'll see how it holds up.

Freeway flyer, Welded gears, super diff.......
The Gear ratios are:
1st 3.80
2nd 2.06
3rd 1.26
4th 0.89

and yes, its a later IRS case with a swing diff, notice the T/O bearing collar ( always a fun debate here)







Stay tuned for install pics.

Hey Raj,

I see the gear ratios you now have..............what were the originals? What will your expected highway cruising speed/rpm be? Finally, I see you bartered for the tranny........in reality what would this go for dollar wise?

Gary

Raj , Did You pull the side gear out to take this picture ? Your not supposed to see the spider gears . There is a gear missing that the axle and those two thingamajigs go .

I have to use the old side gears from the old trans.... along with all the spacers, axles and crapola.

Took the pig out of ' storage' as she's getting ready for some updating. She cleaned up nice, but rims need some polish. I'm waiting on my order of parts, so maybe I'll yank the motor next weekend.

Looks good from here.

Started to get the trans ready for install before my trip.




New Sachs German TO bearing

Had to get a new set of snap ring pliers from Sears, these work better.

Installed short axels and needed two snap rings per side

Why Two snap rings ?