Houston area?

[eschmidt14]

I'm looking for an one piece racing front end in the Houston/Dallas/Austin/San Ant. area. I called all the local shops here no luck yet I was going to get one shipped but they want $600 plus to ship and the front end is only $325.. I need it soon due to getting the full roll cage installed soon.....This has always been an issue here in texas finding good quality parts for aircooled been fighting this for over 30years most parts I buy is normally on line... if you want empi or bugpack then theres plenty of that crap here I like to buy the best one time honestly in the long run it comes out to be cheaper that way....I have tons of gene berg parts that ive swapped out with vw to vw's through the years that I purchased in the late 80's still in great working order...ok ill get off my soapbox now yes it dose get frustrating,,,,Thanks for any leads,,,,

[veeweeman]

I have a 1 piece front clip sitting in northern California I just put on Craigslist. ..asking $300, never been cut or drilled other than mounting a baja tilt bumper...2188 miles, wish I was closer to you.
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[eschmidt14]

Me too brother....I think cali is the only place that you can walk into a 7-11 store and walk out with a slurpy and drop spindles and rims lol...

[ConcreteAce]

did you try Bugoholic's in Pasadena?
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'68 Turbo Diesel Baja
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[veeweeman]

[eschmidt14]

I was at Henry's shop not to long ago didn't see any baja parts but ill call him to see what he can do...

[eschmidt14]

I was at Henry's shop not to long ago didn't see any baja parts but ill call him to see what he can do...

[veeweeman]

I'm not sure about the quality of modern day clips. ..do they still hand lay the fiberglass or is it that chopped strand method? ...my clip is over 20yrs old and you can see the matt pattern.
Anyone know is clips are still made by hand?
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[sailtexas186548]

I have one but it’s going on my Baja sorry!

Are you building to a class spec? Not many in Houston building VWs to actually race
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[eschmidt14]

Sailtexas...did you buy it here locally and is it the racing style? yes building it to race later down the road I have a thing front beam for now cause it will be used on the street about 80% of the time but later get a long travel 6over coilover beam I have all the parts for it now I just need to find the beam balljoint to link pin conversion I know there was a guy who used to build them but passed away..its so weird to go from driving tons of vws that are 1/2 inch off the ground to a bug that's 17inches off the ground...its crazy I'm struggling to get a front end I need it so I can get my bug to Bill at Ekstensive so they can get my cage built which is going to tie my bumpers into the cage...BTW Henry wasn't able to find one for me..still looking...Thanks Guys

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[sailtexas186548]

[eschmidt14]

yeah I know what you mean was looking for the front end today didn't find one but I end up buying a 83 Vanagon go figure haven't owned it no more than two hours and already bought 2k of parts online of coarse ill probably put the baja on hold until I get this vanagon running.......