Das Volks Vintage Volkswagen Gruppe

Long term is right, i've been working on this car for 35 years.

In the beginning... it was stock. Here's a picture the summer of 1974.


It was my daily driver until June 1997 when I had to either fix the body or junk it. In the years between I put over 450,000 miles and when through a half dozen engine ranging from the stock 1600DP to a 1904 with dual Dellortos.

Here's what it looked like when I finally took it apart.

Pretty sad looking.




Rot was the word....
In the heater channels

Many of the fender bolts were gone

The rear quarter panel was hit years ago and not fixed correctly.

Rot by the rear window.. .big surprise.

Rot everywhere



Finally... in paint.




Home again


Gotta drop the front.



Before

After


Transmission... Berg 5 speed
3.78/2.06/1.58/1.21/0.89 with a 3.875 r/p
Basic kit

ZF Limited Slip... Posi baby

Tranny cross member

Rhino case


2180cc engine
parts arrive

Berg 1-5/8" merged header

Berg 1.5qt sump

Berg pulley

Genuine VW vented valve covers

Berg linkage

48 IDAs

cylinders, pistons and rods

Seasoned AS41 case

Weismann SLR treated lifters

Forged 8 dowel German flywheel

Case clearanced for 82mm stroker

5.4" H-beam rods

Bottom end with helical gears.

92mm Thick Wall cylinders and forged pistons.

Steve Tims Stage 2 heads 42x37.5 with dual springs


It's a longblock

Engine tin mockup

Canton Mecca oil filter

Berg welded fan

Fuel line pass through mod

Type 181 fan shroud

Stock flaps

Ready to go in.

Type 181 lower tins that close off the gap left by J tubes.

It's in



Tires/wheels
Porsche Pedrini 5.5x15 alloys with Pirelli 195/60-15 tires


Interior
Dash

Recaro KR seats with Schroth 4 point belts.


Done

Wow,like reading a short story. cool history

Brad... you remember the crap I got when everyone said "when are you going to paint that car".

I love the VW DeadHead sticker .

Yeah, I remember the rust holes too.

What are the valve covers from ?

They're OE VW valve covers with vents added. You can see the VW stamped in the metal.

Most aftermarket valve covers leak and i've never had a problem with OE valve covers and bails. Genuine OE bails are made from spring steel and aftermarket are not and leak.

Duh . I'm asking the hard question . What model VW had vents ? Is there a part # for vented covers ? Or did you have these made custom ?

Sorry... the vents were added.

I love all the sneaky stuff ! That tranny mount is the shiznit !

It's required because the Berg 5 speed is 2" longer.

The do make a 4 speed version.

Take a short ride... The street was too narrow and curvy to risk keeping my foot in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ozZ5nd7C04

And it cruises all day at 75mph.
http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r172 ... 7_8756.flv

I washed it yesterday.

And two months ago I did a valve adjustment. Last November i did a oil change.

Sorry nothing new other than turning 470,000 miles.

GR, love the african red avatar...

ObnoxiousBlue wrote:GR, love the african red avatar...

It's actually a "cut" from one of the pictures.

BTW.. .Fall is coming and we need to schedule a early Sunday cruise along the North Shore.

LOL thats funny, I was just looking for the color swatches on TS, and the color didnt look right on thier charts at all, so I cut it from a picture too lol.

Obviously, weekends are tough for me because I work now. But Im taking off for Etown, and can try to get a day to cruise.

Old shoes.

I took the alloys off so they can be powder painted and new tires installed so I put the old Michelin XZX fronts and X Snow tires on the rear for the winter. These tires date back to 1980... they're older than Mike.



Sure is a tight fit. 165-15

And theyre less used too!

I got to say it might be fun to take that thing out for some street racing with those steelies on there. The looks would be priceless.

So I should slap on some hub caps and roll with them?

Some "Spinner" Hubcaps from Pep Boys!

ride spinners! they don't stop!


seriously Glenn... you've done a fantastic job with that car, if i had 1/4 of the skill, patience, knowledge you have... i'd be a head of the game by far!!

I didnt even know diff's/posi was an option for ACVW's!

Dropped the rims off to be powder painted. Once they come back i'll have to find someone to mount the tires and not scratch them up.

The tricky part of mounting them is the rims are different front and rear and so are the tires.

There are two style of Pedrini alloys, early and late. The early only fit drum brakes and the late fit both drum and disc so the lates have to go on the front. The tires are two different sizes, 195/55VR-15 front and 205/60VR-15 rear. Also the tires are directional so each of the 4 will be specific to a location.

Have you done any reading about powder coat and loose lug nuts? I've read that powder coat needs to be removed where the lug studs seat. The coating cracks under the seating surface and causes the lugs to become loose.