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too_many_projects Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2013 Posts: 120 Location: Orange County NY
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:45 am Post subject: |
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Gerrelt wrote: |
My 1303 is'nt as nice as the ones in the pictures, but it also has a little "Form follows function":
I don't know if you could call it "german" look with an Italian engine..
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Can you tell me more about the engine and show photos of it please. |
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too_many_projects Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2013 Posts: 120 Location: Orange County NY
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:59 am Post subject: |
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ferfer6 wrote: |
Bandi at least the car is being driven and not sitting in the garage waiting for that perfect day. People should be applauded for driving their cars in rain or snow. |
The issue is, in Ontario they dump TONS of salt on the roads to melt the ice. Aircooled Beetles don't stand a chance with that. One winter and your heater channels and floorpans are gone. |
Not true.....
I live in NY and my friend bought a Bug for his first car when he was 16 we immediately replaced the heater channels and floor. He drove it all the time and it wasn't until 8 years later that rust started to form. We had the areas sand blasted, patched up a few tiny holes in the floors and channels , then finally realized we should have undercoated it. We separated the body from the pan (few inches) painted the channels up with bedliner; put the body back and then undercoated the rest of the pan with the same stuff, then bolted it back together then coated the bolts. Never a problem again.
Ohhh and on the advice of a restoration mechanic, we drilled drain holes in the pan and put in drain tubes that were used in a Porsche headlight buckets. |
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Gerrelt Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2004 Posts: 682 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Can you tell me more about the engine and show photos of it please. |
It's a 1.4 (1351cc) fuel injected Alfa Romeo engine from a 1992 Alfa Romeo 33.
It's got about 90 hp.
See my webpage for the build "blog": www.gerrelt.nl
I just realised I don't have much pictures of the engine compartment with the engine in it... Must update it..
Here's one with the old exhaust:
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theduckwithluck Samba Member
Joined: April 25, 2013 Posts: 19
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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too_many_projects Samba Member
Joined: March 12, 2013 Posts: 120 Location: Orange County NY
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Gerrelt wrote: |
too_many_projects wrote: |
Can you tell me more about the engine and show photos of it please. |
It's a 1.4 (1351cc) fuel injected Alfa Romeo engine from a 1992 Alfa Romeo 33.
It's got about 90 hp.
See my webpage for the build "blog": www.gerrelt.nl
I just realized, I don't have much pictures of the engine compartment with the engine in it... Must update it..
Here's one with the old exhaust:
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I absolutely love this car and conversion concept. I visited your site for this build. Liked the car .. Wish you had a build thread here.
Anyway .. I don't want to hijack this thread but you should make a thread somewhere about this car where people can respond and ask questions. I love the Idea of a conversion with that engine and I have so many questions about your car. and i am sure others do as-well. |
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Jamies74sb Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2011 Posts: 398 Location: Fresno ca
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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That's not German look quite yet . |
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Jamies74sb Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2011 Posts: 398 Location: Fresno ca
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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mkrists wrote: |
This is mine
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Nice are those cayenne wheels ? How wide are they ? |
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Ngraham568 Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2010 Posts: 62 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Here's mine, 3 inch drop in the front with 15x7 Porsche cookie cutters
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Gerrelt Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2004 Posts: 682 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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too_many_projects wrote: |
Gerrelt wrote: |
too_many_projects wrote: |
Can you tell me more about the engine and show photos of it please. |
It's a 1.4 (1351cc) fuel injected Alfa Romeo engine from a 1992 Alfa Romeo 33.
It's got about 90 hp.
See my webpage for the build "blog": www.gerrelt.nl
I just realized, I don't have much pictures of the engine compartment with the engine in it... Must update it..
Here's one with the old exhaust:
http://www.gerrelt.nl/alfa/maintenance/distr_start.jpg |
I absolutely love this car and conversion concept. I visited your site for this build. Liked the car .. Wish you had a build thread here.
Anyway .. I don't want to hijack this thread but you should make a thread somewhere about this car where people can respond and ask questions. I love the Idea of a conversion with that engine and I have so many questions about your car. and i am sure others do as-well. |
Thanks! I am quite busy at the moment, but I might put a thread about my car in the Late models / Super beetle part of the forum. I just have to find the time.. Currently I am fixing an bad head gasket, which started to leak badly on my holiday. 350 kilometers from home...
Here is a dutch-english google translate travel log from a dutch beetle website. _________________ homepage
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cookvwgli Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:11 am Post subject: |
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thought id post a few pics of mine that i just finished. it has a WBX motor in it that i turbo'd and has megasquirt running fuel and spark. this is from WUSTE vegas last weekend (may30- june2)
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benoitE Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2011 Posts: 4 Location: france
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:49 am Post subject: |
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cookvwgli wrote: |
thought id post a few pics of mine that i just finished. it has a WBX motor in it that i turbo'd and has megasquirt running fuel and spark. this is from WUSTE vegas last weekend (may30- june2)
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beautifull !!
could you give us more information about your wheels ?
diameter, wide, ET ? and the tyre size ?
is it the stock fender ?
thanks ! |
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cookvwgli Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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benoitE wrote: |
cookvwgli wrote: |
thought id post a few pics of mine that i just finished. it has a WBX motor in it that i turbo'd and has megasquirt running fuel and spark. this is from WUSTE vegas last weekend (may30- june2)
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beautifull !!
could you give us more information about your wheels ?
diameter, wide, ET ? and the tyre size ?
is it the stock fender ?
fenders are stock, just with a pinched inner lip
wheels are ESM 002R 17x8.5 front et20 with 205/40/17 and the rears are 17x10 et15 with 235/40/17 go big or go home i say. and i also redrilled all my rotors to 4x100 as well.
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Crown Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2005 Posts: 3
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 2:37 am Post subject: |
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B-rock wrote: |
Here are a few more:
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Anyone has more pics of the orange/left one in this photo? |
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Crown Samba Member
Joined: September 23, 2005 Posts: 3
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 2:40 am Post subject: |
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vugbug68 wrote: |
yep, i'm an asshole, and I speak my mind and my mind said yuck when I saw the cars (mainly just the decklids). I'm surprised no one agreed with me
anyway lets get back to posting sweet rides,
I love pete's orange 1302
look at those throttle bodies!!
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...and anyone has more pics of this one?
Guess what!? Mine is gonna be orange |
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Lazarus_ Samba Member
Joined: June 03, 2006 Posts: 506 Location: Drivin' Where are you?
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Crown wrote: |
vugbug68 wrote: |
yep, i'm an asshole, and I speak my mind and my mind said yuck when I saw the cars (mainly just the decklids). I'm surprised no one agreed with me
anyway lets get back to posting sweet rides,
I love pete's orange 1302
look at those throttle bodies!!
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...and anyone has more pics of this one?
Guess what!? Mine is gonna be orange |
That car belongs to Pete from somewhere up north. Perhaps Canada. There are more pics over on germanlook.net. Mine is orange as well, great color. Check my avatar. _________________ SOUTHERN INTEGRITY AIRCOOLERS |
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bandi Samba Member
Joined: August 24, 2005 Posts: 1063 Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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too_many_projects wrote: |
bandi wrote: |
ferfer6 wrote: |
Bandi at least the car is being driven and not sitting in the garage waiting for that perfect day. People should be applauded for driving their cars in rain or snow. |
The issue is, in Ontario they dump TONS of salt on the roads to melt the ice. Aircooled Beetles don't stand a chance with that. One winter and your heater channels and floorpans are gone. |
Not true.....
I live in NY and my friend bought a Bug for his first car when he was 16 we immediately replaced the heater channels and floor. He drove it all the time and it wasn't until 8 years later that rust started to form. We had the areas sand blasted, patched up a few tiny holes in the floors and channels , then finally realized we should have undercoated it. We separated the body from the pan (few inches) painted the channels up with bedliner; put the body back and then undercoated the rest of the pan with the same stuff, then bolted it back together then coated the bolts. Never a problem again.
Ohhh and on the advice of a restoration mechanic, we drilled drain holes in the pan and put in drain tubes that were used in a Porsche headlight buckets. |
Well I must have driven my Beetle wrong in the winter then. Because it fucking rusted. Quickly. _________________ '60 Canadian Standard, '64 Bug, another '64 Bug, '66 Bug, '69 Sunroof Bug, '69 GT3 Bug, '71 Super, '72 Super, '73 Canadian Custom, '74 Love Bug, '83 Mexi Bug, '85 Cabrio, '94 Mexi Bug, '99 New Beetle, '02 New Beetle Turbo S, '03 New Beetle VR6. And some Fieros. |
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CraigRobbo Samba Member
Joined: August 05, 2013 Posts: 131
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Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Jamies74sb wrote: |
Dustin72Supr wrote: |
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Where can one find these opening rear vents?? I need this on my bug so much! |
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Joel Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2006 Posts: 11099 Location: NSW Australia
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Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:20 am Post subject: |
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The companys web address is above it but last I heard they only made a couple and arent making any more.
Here's mine and a mates on a run last weekend
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Zach Thomas Samba Member
Joined: August 12, 2008 Posts: 929 Location: Lake Stevens, WA
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:28 am Post subject: |
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Car looks great Joel, good example of how you don't need extreme exterior changes to have a nice German looker _________________ 62 Rag - a little crusty |
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Joel Samba Member
Joined: September 04, 2006 Posts: 11099 Location: NSW Australia
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Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:55 am Post subject: |
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Cheers |
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