My weekend warrior 1970 baja bug build

TDCTDI · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:42 pm Post subject:

And I purtied it up too.

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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

VWCOOL · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:33 pm Post subject:

Great build thread! Inspiring me to get my Baja project underway!

TDCTDI · Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:10 pm Post subject:

TDCTDI · Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:19 am Post subject:

I fabbed & welded the gusset on the other spindle.

Here's what it looks like after welding with flux core wire before cleaning all the spatter & residue.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:35 am Post subject:

Now its shiny too.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

HERC · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:26 am Post subject:

Looks goot Cool

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TDCTDI · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:10 am Post subject:

Hahaha, my views count just said boob.

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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:08 pm Post subject:

Well, I finally found a few seconds to rub together and assembled the passenger side.

Then I get to disassemble the drivers side & paint the trailing arms.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

dustymojave · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:21 pm Post subject:

Goin' commando with the beam?
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Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet.

TDCTDI · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 6:44 pm Post subject:

Hey Richard, no, I'll paint it too, I still need to relocate the steering box stops & limiters & the damper mount. As much as I'd like to go rack & pinion, I think I'll keep it simple for now so I can enjoy driving it as opposed to having another project that never gets completed.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 5:38 pm Post subject:

I made some more time & started shifting the other components on the beam.

I started by removing the steering box clamp locating tab.

And then welded it back to the beam 2" back towards the center.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

dustymojave · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:59 pm Post subject:

TDCTDI · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:37 am Post subject:

Hey Richard, fully aware of having to lengthen them also. as per your suggestion either here or elsewhere, I kept the swaybars from both beams & the tie rods from both also. I plan to cut all four tierods to achieve the correct length & stuff the swaybar inside the tierods & weld it all together. Or perhaps grab a set of tierods off a domestic truck (so I can use the larger tierod ends) & cut them down & just rethread the right hand threaded one. Let me know which you'd suggest, thanks.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:52 pm Post subject:

Made some more progress.

I ground the old welds off the steering damper bracket, then coerced them off with a chisel & a BFH.

Then I welded it back on 2" closer to the center.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:39 pm Post subject:

Well guys, there it is, all the fabrication on beam is completed, now I just need to clean it up, paint it & install it. This is effectively a 6" wider ball joint beam, the thing spindles add 1" per side & I added 2" per side with adding the adjusters.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

TDCTDI · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:57 pm Post subject:

Here it is with a stock width beam.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

dustymojave · Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:39 pm Post subject:

TDCTDI · Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:21 am Post subject:

Well, I painted it this morning, I can't wait to start assembling it. I am going to lengthen the existing tie rods for now (since I have them) & will eventually upgrade to ford ones.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

dustymojave · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:59 pm Post subject:

Lengthening the stock tie rods makes sense.

So did you move the pitman arm stops?
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Richard
Offroading VW based cars since 1965
Tech Inspection 1963 - 2012 SCCA/SCORE/HDRA/MORE/MDR +
Retired from building Bajas, Fiberglass Buggies and Rails in the Mojave Desert. Also Sprints & Midgets, Dry Lakes, Road Race cars. All types New and Vintage
SoCalBajas Member
Kicked Cancer's A$$...1st and 2nd round...Fight ain't over yet.

TDCTDI · Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:07 pm Post subject:

Yes sir. It was a PITA, my 90* die grinder wouldn't fit between the tubes so i couldn't cut all of the welds with that so I finessed the rest with the sawzall. I just didn't point it out but it guess I should have so others would know to do so if they were silly enough to follow my lead.
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.

GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!

An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.

Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.


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