My 63 body on a 59 pan Herbie project car

[Käfer2]

Your ivory escutcheons, door handles, window cranks look perfect, in combination with the steering wheel color.
You could think about adjusting your smiling rear bumper like the following one

[slave1pilot]

Well what do you know
Ol’ Herb earned two awards today at his first VW show

Out of around 150 entries,He earned:
“Top 25 Air-cooled” (voted by the participants)
“Top 10” (voted by the Club holding the event)

Not bad , not bad at all
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Currently:
1959 pan with a 64 body and a 63 ragtop grafted in Herbie replica
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[67rustavenger]

FN Sweet!
I had a feeling that your car would show well.

Hard work and perseverance pays off in the long run.

Congratulations!
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I have learned over the years.
Cheap parts are gonna disappoint you.
Buy Once, Cry Once!

There's never enough time to do it right the first time. But there's always enough time to do it thrice.
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo!
2003 Astrovan? GFYS again, Xevin!
Don't let your bad ideas remain, ideas!

[slave1pilot]

Today’s project was changing the main and idle jets
40MM IDF style carburetors (Chinese Weber copies)

Old
Main Jet - 115
Idle Jet - 50

New
Main jet - 135
Idle jet - 55

Air jets stayed the same at 200

Engine is an 1835cc with Engle 110 cam and big valve heads (I’d have to look in my papers to see exact size) stock rockers and geometry

Runs smoother and has better responsiveness
I need to drive it more and see how things are

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Currently:
1959 pan with a 64 body and a 63 ragtop grafted in Herbie replica
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[slave1pilot]

[slave1pilot]

This weekend’s project was installing an adjustable beam
First I stripped and cleaned the donor beam

And cut and welded in the adjusters, it off the “horns”,and coated it all in POR-15
Then when it was ready, I pulled out the existing front beam

And swapped all the parts over

It’s an early beam, so no steering damper mount was present . I bought a bolt on billet aluminum one and slapped it on there

I put it all back together at the lowest possible height

That’s way too low for me and the tires weee rubbing
I was just trying to Lower it slightly so it doesn’t look like a monster truck
After a few tries and adjustments , it’s pretty close

It’s really hard to tell in pics, but its at least an inch lower
Easier to tell at a 3/4 angle from the rear

I still have to do the rear , but I’m waiting on short axles etc
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Currently:
1959 pan with a 64 body and a 63 ragtop grafted in Herbie replica
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[jitbba]

Looking good! What size tire are you running?
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My other ride is a Zildjian

[slave1pilot]

205/60R15 all the way around
They are a little fat, but I like Them
Maybe 195/60R15 next time
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Currently:
1959 pan with a 64 body and a 63 ragtop grafted in Herbie replica
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle

[jitbba]

That's what I run but I'm wanting bigger
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My other ride is a Zildjian

[richparker]

How wide are the rims? I went with a 5.5” wide with a 205/70R15 and they don’t stick out like yours do.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2616323.jpg
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Adventure thread
’65 Deluxe Build

[slave1pilot]

I went with 15x6
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Currently:
1959 pan with a 64 body and a 63 ragtop grafted in Herbie replica
Previously:
1967 Beetle
1968 Beetle
1970 Beetle