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Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:45 pm

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66, i just picked it up, in pieces, p.o replaced the pans and heater channels, but had the ass end hacked off to replace the firewall/luggage tray, and rear clip and apron. so the past 2 days i have been cuttin/welding/droppin/ tinkerin etc, drove her 20 or so miles last night gernaded the generator:oddeye-hellyeah:

next mission is a 3 inch narrowed beam, with the dropped spindles she rub a dubin on the front, (plus it needs to go lower. !!!!!!

Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:54 pm

Looks great,Keep up the work.

Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:45 pm

Looks good, now get that beam in!! 8)

Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:27 am

I had the same problem with the front tires rubbing on my 66. Installed the narrowed beam and problem solved.

Great looking bug!

Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:45 am

I would go to a 6 inch narrowed or 4 inch
3 inch might not pull it in enough

Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:50 pm

Looks like a great start 8) I have a '66 also, just need to get off my ass and finish it!

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:29 pm

Very nice! I like the wheel choice 8) . I have a 56 & a 66. My 66 rolls with BRM's 8) .

Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:08 pm

Wwildman wrote: I would go to a 6 inch narrowed or 4 inch
3 inch might not pull it in enough

ya think?

im not a big fan of the uber pulled in look. running 135's.

i may end up raising the ass a bit. i dropped it 2 outter splines. i think the inners may have been messed with cause its on the ground. spring plates were notched by the p.o. werd was it used to be in the dirt with a narrowed beam.

so whats the increments of drop for outter/inner/combo splines?
havent had a dumped swing in a while.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:20 pm

Here is a 3" beam with 135's and BRM's for reference:

Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:10 pm

thats sexxy. dropped spindles too i assume.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:23 pm

Yeah, that car had drop spindles also. Keep us updated on your build! 8)

Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:23 am

tom4 wrote:

so whats the increments of drop for outter/inner/combo splines?
havent had a dumped swing in a while.