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Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:37 pm

It's been a while you still working on the bug?

Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:19 am

kjvforme wrote: It's been a while you still working on the bug?

yes i am just kinda at a standstill without money.. plus time is a but scarce too school and football take up alot of time but its comeing along ill update as i do more work :lol:

Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:04 pm

ok so my page has been dead for awhile now but its time for updates and to get this thing goin again.. im not 14 anymore im now 16 turning 17 in june. the car is coming along finally. i just got most of the brake parts i need for christmas and sense have pulled all the drums off thepan and sandblasted and painted all of the backing plates and i have installed all new wheel cylinders. i am going to sandblast/paint all of the drums as well, i have a super nice set of O.G. empi 8 spoke wheels that i am going to be painting black. i also have all the brake lines(hard/soft) that i need as well. i bought a new master cylinder and replaced the old gunked up one that was on the pan when i bought it and rebuilt and painted my pedal assembly. i am also going to install all new brake pads and the hardware kits too. i bought all of my parts for my brake job from cip1.com there shipping is super fast and thier prices are fairly cheep, they carrrie almost any part you need for and vw you have. but once i get all the brake stuff done i will then go out to my buddies property and pick up my 68 body and the pan for my buddies convertable. once i have the body down at our shop we will lift it onto the pan and i will get the motor and everything put in and get the wireing going and hope to god she fires up :lol: but thats about it for now Monday or Tuesday i will upload some pics of my progress. lets get this thread going again!! youngsters post your rides and feedback for me and ill be sure to get back at you i wanna get this going again lets do it and keep it alive.

Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:21 am

Hey I just got a bug myself. Im also gonna be 17 in June. Mine i got for 1800 bucks.

I have plans to get this thing done by the end of Jr year. What are your plans?

Also, I'm in Puyallup. Where abouts are you?

Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:07 am

webberjames95 wrote: Hey I just got a bug myself. Im also gonna be 17 in June. Mine i got for 1800 bucks.

I have plans to get this thing done by the end of Jr year. What are your plans?

Also, I'm in Puyallup. Where abouts are you?

i live up on the tip on washington in a little town called clallam bay near neah bay. i plan on haveing my car done by senior year. i am almost done with the brake system only need a few short hardlines and brake pads and ill be done then ill get the body on and put the motor in it and get all the wireing fixed and hope it runs which it should no problem. but sweet car what year? 67?

Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:18 pm

ok so i have a motor which is made in mexico and im not totally sure but i think its a 1600cc. i have dual port heads on it and a header exhaust system. here it is.. not complete!!

now i want to know which carb the samba community would prefer. i have 3 to choose from.. the first one is a 30 pict 1 solex bocar made in mexico pictured at the right. and the one on the left is a 30 pict 2 solex made in W-Germany. the third not pictured is a solex brosol H30/31 pict made in brazil. which one do you guys think would be the best considering the setup i have?

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Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:37 am

I would go with the German carb also if the engine has been sitting for a wile I would look into just what you need to do before you turn it over for the first time. Keep up the work on this I have my 9-year-old son following this thread.

Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:46 am

Since it's most likely a 1600 or larger I would go with a 34 Pict, otherwise your going to have to get an adapter to fit the 30, or H30/31 on to your dual port manifold set up. The one with the altitude compensator on it look like the one for a 1500 on 69, but was designed to fit the single port manifold.

Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:46 pm

thanks for the help guys. my buddy had another H30/31 layin around that was in good shape, and at first wouldnt give it up but we have worked out a deal and he is going to let me buy it off of him. and yes i do have the adapter for the carb to dual port intake.

Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:48 pm

this is what the pan looked like after i did a little bit of clean up work and patched up the holes it had.

here it is half way done i painted it using por-15.

and here it is painted. sense these pictures were taken i have done some more work painting it but not much more.

Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:08 pm

Look's really good.

Just a heads up, in the pic of your motor, the Generator is on wrong. Needs to be removed and rotated to the right.

Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:45 am

all the ones i seen have been put on like this..

Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:29 am

Regarding the generator position, here's the why:
http://www.vw-resource.com/fan.html#vent
And here's the how to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bHY5LbaP20

Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:47 am

Thank you for posting those threads for the kid.

I was trying to find the same posts you put up cut could not find them.

I was going to try and explain it but did not want to give out wrong info.

Wed May 09, 2012 4:21 pm

good luck on you free bug, I have 74' beetle that i am starting to work on so i will checkin your progress.

Wed May 09, 2012 4:43 pm

I was 15 when I got my first VW, but it didn't need any work as it was a 1963 and was onlt 2 years old. 8)

Yours is coming along nicely.

Wed May 09, 2012 8:28 pm

Im 17. Look where thats gotten me, a ton of fabrication and a fun time, coming close to an end after i get it painted.

Have fun and dont give up! :)

Thu May 10, 2012 6:15 am

all i can say is ,
go DP head and dog house fan all the way and all tins.
(assuming it will not be a Baja, with open deck)

i did the same things as kid, bought basket cases, and made them run like new.
and way before a Lic to drive. (and never stopped, )

Go DP and watch out for crap clone parts...