Baja Fastback?

[dayunbao]

Hi,

I have a 73 Fastback with a fair amount of rust. Rather than trying to fix all the rust, I'm thinking about turning it into a Baja/rally car. Does anyone know how much of the typical Baja Beetle conversion parts or procedures would work on a late model type 3?

Thanks!

[Bashr52]

Front end is all different. The front suspension should be a set of torsion tubes, so completely different. Rear should be the same.

[mkparker]

Here is a Baja Fasty for inspiration.

There is a build there here, but all of the pics are lost. Unfortunately the fellow that built the car is no longer with us.

http://www.azbaja.com/ForumsPro/viewtopic/t=3092/finish=15/start=0.html

Most any type 1 Baja rear suspension parts will work in the the rear. The front Type 3 beam is completely different from a type 1 Beam though.

This was the original plan for the build:

"I am lopping off the front clip and going with a one piece that I have to pick up next week. The rear is getting cut right at the deck lid and will be open like a beetle baja. I am going to cut off the frame head and extend the wheels base 5 inches so I will have more tire clearance, a link pin beam will be added too. The rear will get the 3x3s I already have and the 930 CVs. It will also get a bus trans."

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Michael


Pit Boy 6163 Spec Trophy Truck

[pullstart]

That is one cool ride!
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4 seater Appletree buggy, road legal with 002 IRS, 3x3 Appletree kit, 6" over Dan's beam with 10" towers and Fox 2.0 shocks, '00 Subaru EJ25 with KEP stage 3 clutch and KEP adapter plate.

my build page: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=662104&start=0

[VolkFanJefe]

That Baja Fasty was done right.... Every time I see I want to build one!

[dustymojave]

That was BugZila's T3 Fastback. Nice Car!

Another Baja T3 was built by 57Baja (owner of Kaddieshack) for his son. There is a build on here. Another on the old SoCal Bajas forum, but I don't know if it's available since Tapatalk took over all of the Yuku forums. Btu it should still be available here in the HBBOffroad forums. It was around 2009-10 when he did it.

He got 10" of front wheel travel with the ball joint front end. The front arms are longer than T1 arms so the ball joints let the longer travel work.
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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.

[dustymojave]

Here is 57Baja's T3 build. He called it "Baja Squared" as it's a Squareback.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=360129&highlight
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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.

[Mal evolent]

this one is in my back yard. complicated story

3" body lift, prerunner for a baja team.
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73 Beetle Baja, Ghia front brakes, Type 3 rear brakes, 2220 ( 94 X 80 ), Weber Progressive, Bosch SVDA, '97 Mustang seats

Baja Bugs for Volkswagen Virgins: Index

[dustymojave]

Here is 57Baja's T3 build. He called it "Baja Squared" as it's a Squareback.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=360129&highlight
And the build on SoCalBajas:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/socalbajas/57baja-39-s-squareback-build-t174.html
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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.