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Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:39 pm

Hi there.

After 15 years of dreaming of it, I finally bought myself a 1973 VW SP2.

It is in pretty good shape but I still have to find some original parts (mainly interieur) to get it into perfect condition.

In Brazil the car is called "the most beautyful VW ever made"...

Check out more about what is going on in Brazil:

http://www.hammerand.de/vw/xindex.html

Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:29 am

pretty neat looking car, looks really clean, ive never seen one of them before

Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:43 am

I remember when Jerry Jess was looking for one of those cars. Cool little car.

Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:21 am

congrats! the sp2 and PUMA are my favorite. those sp2's are awesome cars. they have a very interesting sport styling and all metal bodies. here is a pic of one down here in miami, fl rolling on EMPI sprint stars.

Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:36 am

Beautifull car!
I always had a softspot for those.
Just cant help thinking how that would look on a set of detailed 16" fuchs!
Fit a short early axle in the back and then a 16x9 ore something like that!
Hmmmm

Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:55 am

Nice car. I would love to have it. 8)

Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:56 am

VERY cool car!

Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:19 pm

great looking car. I would love to have a SP2 or a brasilia. You guys for sure got some good looking models. . . enjoy your new ride!

Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:12 pm

@jmw1982:

They were only sold in Brazil and only a few more then 10.000 units built by VW do Brasil.

@Tryle D. the real oggfk:
Thanks. It is getting harder and harder to find good ones. I have been looking and searching for quite some time I bought this one although it was way above my budget, but I could do it because the seller took my Variant as part of the payment.

@arod: these wheels look good on the car but I am more like keeping the car original.

@volksfahrer.nl:
sure, Fuchs would look good, but in my opinion a very rare car should stay more or less original. Origial wheels are also hard to find here in Brazil. Unfortunately the streets in Brazil are not the best, so I cannot lower the car. Right now I have 185/65 R14 on the car but I want to change that to 185 R14. These are way much bigger and fill out the fenders better. Perhaps then I will lower it just as much as the bigger wheels have risen the car.

@toydude111: Thanks. It is hard to recommend that car for anybody outside Brazil because it is very hard to find spare parts (a pair of taillights is more expensive then 1950-Split Taillights.

@RoachGhia:
Thanks!

@mattography:
Brasilias are pretty cheap to get, and you get all the parts for a Brasilia. The SP2 is different. Hard to find and hard to find parts.
Oh, by the way: I am not one of "You guys". ;-)
I am originally from Germany and just moved 2 years ago to Brazil. I was also very astonished to see all these different models when I first came here. I saw my first SP2 in Germany at a meeting in 1994. Ever since then I wanted one.

More about brazilian Volks:
http://www.hammerand.de/vw/xindex.html

Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:43 pm

Trayle D. the real oggfk wrote: I remember when Jerry Jess was looking for one of those cars. Cool little car.

Exactly what I was thinking when I clicked on this thread.

Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:14 pm

the back looks similiar to a 912

Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:24 pm

great car, they are really hard to find,

here some great pictures
http://www.biavilela.com/vwsp2/Presse/medien.htm

"Der schönste Volkswagen der Welt" :)

Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:50 am

Marco H. wrote:
@mattography:
Oh, by the way: I am not one of "You guys". ;-)

:wink:

Marco H. wrote:
Brasilias are pretty cheap to get, and you get all the parts for a Brasilia.

http://beakersblog.skynetblogs.be/tag/1/project%20kerb%20snake%20build%20pictures

Again beautiful car!

Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:06 pm

Look at it next to that Gol(I think)- the thing is TINY!!

Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:09 pm

Yes thats true. it is very tiny.

Just for comparison:

Height:
Lamborghini Diablo 1100 mm
VW SP2: 1158 mm
Ferrari 348: 1170 mm
Porsche 924: 1270 mm
Porsche 928: 1282 mm
Porsche 911: 1300 mm

Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:42 am

Little update: Inside the car.
Still missing: glovebox, 2 gauges are not original, bleep ("Holyshit") - thats how the brazilians call the grabhandle at the dashboard). Rearview-mirror, Sunvisors.
The Steering-wheel was once original but was previously reduced in size. Since I am over 1,80 meters, I think that I will leave it because space is really tight.

on the road:

Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:06 pm

I wanna see a shot of the engine bay. :D

Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:29 pm

Stuggi wrote: I wanna see a shot of the engine bay. :D

Soon, but please let me first get my hands on it a little bit.

Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:34 pm

Too bad they never sold them here.
Those are very nice looking sports cars!
Congratulations.

Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:24 pm

so what platform were these built on? Type 1? 3? or their own? what kind of suspension did they have? link pin? balljoint? rear was swing or irs? Love the look of this car. as stated before, too bad it was never sold in the US

thanks,

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