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Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:38 pm

Here is the car I am building, and its current state. I had bought this car a few years go, lost interest in it, but some how got it back. I plan on builidng a mild baja out of it. 6" wider beam 3x3 rear arms. FOA shocks for the front and rear. Cage, fiberglass baja front, and on and on. so here are some pictures of the first day.

a few hours later, here it is. Looking better already!

Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:40 pm

ordered some adjusters, and widened the beam. I used a piece of tubing that was the same outter diamater of the beam, but pretty thick wall. I put the pieces on the lathe, and turned them down so they would fit inside the adjusters tightly, then welded it all up.

Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:41 pm

then it came time for the roll cage. I had to cut 2 1/4 inches off the front legs to clear my sunroof. other than that, it fit pretty good!

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Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:43 pm

and here is how it looked at the end of today. found a one piece front end and tilt bumper in denver for a good price, so i got it. did a lot of sanding and fine tuning to make it fit good, but here it is!

Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:00 am

Good work, keep it up! :)

Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:25 am

Looks great!!! Hey are you finished with the roll cage? I noticed you don't have and diagonal bars on the rear section of your cage? The nose and tilt bumper look good tho!! Keep it up!

Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:16 am

im not done with the cage yet. much more to come on that. i just got the basics welded in, then i can build from there. talk about fun!

Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:17 pm

Hey, thanks for posting photos, they help me with my project. Where are you puting the fuel tank? can you post photos?

Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:48 pm

So, I made some 3x3 rear arms, used some FOA shocks for the rear. Front end is wider now too. Its a slow project.

Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:12 pm

that thing looks mean.

Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:24 pm

Thanks man. It will look much better with the right size tires. What part of CO are you in?

Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:07 am

My build is going to be taking off soon. I've decided to sell my 55 Chevy wagon to fund this thing. So stay tuned!

Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:56 am

Some crappy cell phone pictures.

Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:54 pm

those wheelws in the second picture of your first post look cool what are they

Sat May 02, 2009 7:09 pm

got it rolled out today after doing some work. Its getting closer.

Sat May 02, 2009 7:59 pm

its been a while dude, looking good.

are those shocks leaned back BTW?

Sun May 03, 2009 9:08 am

they are leaned back. they cycled through just fine. are there issues with running them this way?

Sun May 10, 2009 11:01 am

got a lot of work done this weekend. both seats are mounted. removed the shock towers, and moved them to a more conventional vw style. solved my steering problems. Also ordered some paint from napa. just have a few more things to do before its driveable!

Mon May 11, 2009 8:19 am

vwtrey wrote: and here is how it looked at the end of today. found a one piece front end and tilt bumper in denver for a good price, so i got it. did a lot of sanding and fine tuning to make it fit good, but here it is!

I recently picked one up of those tilt bumpers also. Haven't attached it yet. Got any extra photos of how you mounted it? Holding mine up it didn't look like everything would fit very well... I got mine for a good price also, so I guess maybe I need to just MAKE it work.

Thanks

Wed May 13, 2009 6:30 pm

mine didnt fit very well either. I ended up just welding it on.