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Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:43 pm

Quote: still have to track down somebody to do the machining on them to fit the type 1 spindles.

talk to lanner at VDub Engineering, he did mine plus a custom width kafer brace for the 944 rear set up on my 61 beetle.

Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:30 pm

Hi Shawn I dont know ya but I know the car. I use to hang out at Carl's when he use to race, can not believe what you done to it good on ya nice work. :D

Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:38 am

8) Thanks! I picked the car up from a guy named Terry in Masstown... I think the car had traded hands a few times by the time he had it.

Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:44 am

Got the stock bushings out of the 944 turbo trailing arms and with some elbow grease we got the Type 3 bushings and sleeves in place and bolted the arms to my rear subframe.

At first I considered narrowing the rear end... but the offset would be too much for the spring plate.

7s on the back, the 8s have mad poke.

So I am faced with machining the 8s to get them to fit or just track down new wheels with a smaller offset.

Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:54 am

whats the offset on those wheels?

Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:37 am

Carl is Terry's dad he lives next door ,looks real good Porche set up in rear nice touch.

Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:20 pm

The aluminum trailing arms have more offset than the steel ones...

Steel arms; Beetle/T3, or 944, are your only hope.
Even though they, unfortuantely, don't look near as cool.

Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:41 pm

I am going with custom spring plates and heim joints from Punchdrunk Customs. :)

Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:44 pm

terrym1 wrote: Carl is Terry's dad he lives next door ,looks real good Porche set up in rear nice touch.

Very cool to have a bit more info about it's past! I will be sure to go see Terry and his Dad when it is road worthy!

Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:45 am

With some elbow grease I tucked the rear last night. I'll be getting a loan of a fender roller to get the rest of the clearance I need. I am thinking that the front is going to tuck as well, but I need the weight of the car to compress the airbag and twist the torsion packs in the air beam. A jack under one side isn't enough at this point.

Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:48 am

supaninja wrote: whats the offset on those wheels?

They are 7x16 et23 and 8x16 et30 But I am going all backwards with this and running the 8's up front with a well stretched tire and the 7's out back with beefier rubber.

Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:55 am

I'd cut/heli-arc them all down to 6" and be done with my wheel/tire/lowering problems. You can put beefy tires on 6" wheels.

Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:04 pm

Well I have been working on the car lots, just haven't bothered with too many pictures lately. I am now on the hunt for a front bulkhead panel... mine is just too far gone to save. Pin holes everywhere! Much worse than I originally thought it was.

If anyone has a donor section, please send me a private message!

Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:38 pm

Any progress? Very interested in seeing updates.

Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:48 pm

Yeah made some progress in the left front fender well. Waiting to hear from Supaninja on that front bulkhead repair panel....

Fri May 20, 2011 7:20 am

This '72 Klamath Indian donor section is on it's way to Nova Scotia. You have over 1/2 of that car now. :D

Fri May 20, 2011 7:26 am

I friggin love this build! Mike's bulkhead will require less massaging to make it fit then mine. Keep us updated homie!

Sat May 21, 2011 11:08 am

Thanks guys!

Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:32 am

How ya doing getting any thing done?