Great idea they are fun as all heck...
I won't judge you negatively...
I'm sure I forgot a lot about them too, been 40 years now...
I never thought I'd be VW guy, I was for a while
I have had a few VWs, mostly off-road stuff too
a White 68 Beetle, my stepbrothers car, he wrecked
He didn't want to deal with it,
I gave him $300 for it
got a new front suspension, out of a local wrecking yard cheap, like $50s
took all the "metal' hood & fenders off the front
& engine cover & fenders off the back
& I turned into a Baja-Bug,
fortunately, it was a white tilt 1 pc. white fiberglass front end
no paint necessary
(Fiberglass Trends, fenders, scoops & front end IIRC)
some 15x6" slots, with 225/60/15" tires front
wider 12" white fenders rear to fit 295/50/15 on 15x10" slots
lil' triangulated push-bar upfront
& skid plate to protect the fuel tank up front
with a Judsen Blown (runs of a simple deep V-belt)
1600 DP/73 engine & down draft Webber,
with a nice extractor (that's a header for the none VW-ites)
aftermarket Empi & SCAT 'go fast VW parts',
billet alum mech. adv. dual point distr. & billet alum. degreed crank hub
& VCs, I did put a big oil cooler on it at the recommendation
of a buddy that owned S&S Automotive in Antioch Ca.
he was a German car, VW & Porsche expert,
I org. didn't know **** about them
I did put a rollbar in it too, I figured I'd need it
I drove it crazy, it handled really well...
All the engine stuff... It all, at least dbl'd the org. HP,
maybe like 160-180 hp (?)
The thing didn't weight even close to 2,000#s
(I'll bet like 1600#, never weighed it)
fun lil' rig & it was fast (for a beater VW)
I beat and embarrassed many a BB muscle car guys with it
in Concord & Antioch area, late 70's early 80's
But it was spent in a 1/4 mile, 95 to 100-ish mph, but got there quick
but that's all I needed
the lil' bitty drum brakes were scary, as hell
I did do a disc. front swap, like a year later
that thing was cheap to build & fun as all hell
tones of seat-of-the-pants time in it, amazed what it'd do off road too
(I was a 4x4 truck guy too)
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I also had a 68 Myer Manx dune-buggy, 2 seater
paid $1600 for it
it needed a motor, most the rest was there
no top was the only bad thing
(MY MUSCLE/RACECAR BUDDIES ALL GAVE ME **** TOO)
had the org. Metalflake Gold under the gelcoat
Built with a similar DP engine combo, as above, but 2100ccs,
big cans, better rods, bigger valves a lil' more compression/lot bigger bore
& ported the DP intakes
,
bigger diameter alum crankshaft hub, for more overdrive for the blower
it was Judsen vein blown too, allegedly, should have made north of 300hp
it was scary fast, for a
weigh nothing Dune Buggy
it'd float around a bit at speed, still didn't stop me...
but;
I will tell ya', it was a wheelie machine,
I ate clutches in that thing really bad/often
always showing off & dumping the clutch
& wheelying across intersections downtown
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I bought my then GF a 77 turquoise & black convertible
VW Super Beetle FI 1600 (or later a 79 SB FI Orange & Black for me)
glad that you found it too...
