AutoCraft 2783cc street engine in 61 Rag

[fastone]

Your welcome if you have any questions about auto-craft stuff just ask. You have my number.
Your car is sweet, You should post pics of under the hood and interior for the samba gang.
They love pictures

[King_vw61]

My rear fenders shipped today From David at Creative Car Craft. I got a pair of the 1.25 wider so they would match. Stopped by the painter and he said he was slow right now and to bring them over next week... Going to be damage free soon.

Here are some pictures of the inside of the car.

[fl59bug]

Wow just wow - your car looks better than new, imho. I love the wiring and upholstery, and those killer Weld wheels and MT drag radials.

[TinCanFab]

What are your plans for the board the amp sits on? Car is setup nice!
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Check out my truck brought back from the dead... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=420762&highlight=sprayed+blood

They're never really ever finished 58 rag build...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=658092

[King_vw61]

It was done but sat funny and is kinda bulky so we are going to cover it with leather or maybe a piece of stainless over the wood.

My third page of photos has a picture of the amp cover. It is backlit with blue.

[King_vw61]

Test fit the new fender from Correct Car craft. SO much nicer than the chop gun ones I had on the car, and lighter also... sending them to paint tomorrow. Kind of a pain having to remove the traction bar, bumper to get the old one off but I wanted to make sure the tire fit under them. 1.25 wider and 175.00 each + 50 shipping on each. Hand laid is purdy even underneath.

old one

New one

Hope for no rain on Sunday, Irwindale here we come. With the changes made I think we will be much lower in the 8's and mph should be up also. Watch it be slower....That would be funny.. NOT.

[TinCanFab]

[j-dub]

New fender looks great!
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[buguy]

I put a set of stock width CCC fenders on my car in 2004 and they are just as good now as they were the day I put them on.

[King_vw61]

Been raining here so board. I put Sfi padding along the top bar and side bar closest to me for Sunday. Last tech the guy said they might call me on not having it where my body can touch.

I got a new Mallory cap in the mail today. Took the old new one apart to see what happened to it. The part that rides on the rotor welded itself up into the cap from cranking the engine with the plug wires off of the spark plugs. Cooked the rotor also. Note to self “Don’t do that again”

[BYeaton]

[King_vw61]

Thanks. Didn’t see it till you said something.

Now I have time to pull the engine to have the heads done. Dave also wants my trans out to try something he is working on. All I need to do is pull the trans and let him have it for a week. I can’t say what it is but once he gives me the thumbs up I will post pictures.

April 4th is WW parking lot show/open house. Car will stay together until that.(unless that gets cancelled)

[King_vw61]

Correct car craft fenders are back from paint... much faster than I thought. 2 weeks was really 2 weeks.

Came out perfect.

Sending the traction bar and hardware to powder coat Monday. If there is a Monday

[HotStreetVw]

Looks good.

[GARRICK.CLARK]

Very nice bug. But who welded that patch on the rear bumper mount.
Just sayin

[King_vw61]

Thanks for noticing. I did. It was just to reinforce the back half of the car. It wasn’t a patch. That side needed a lot of altering to fit the valve covers. I’m obviously not a welder by trade. Just wanted sturdy butt.

[King_vw61]

Thanks to James (short dog) for loaning me the seal-gasket for the bumper brackets thru fender. No clue when I could of got them from WW since they are mail order only and not even sure if Tony will be open this week coming up. Not sure if vw parts fall under "essential services"

Before my Chinese fenders were so thick I had to silicone them on to make them look right. These are installed the same as stock fenders since the fenders are thinner.

The apron got painted also but until #4 exhaust loop gets twisted in (Tiger) and the #2 in a little also I am going to leave it off, I kinda like it off, looks meaner if that's a word.

[King_vw61]

Guess what I’m getting?? Dave is going to put this in my car. I just need to pull the engine and trans. Best of both worlds. TBD and a spool. Not sure what He will charge for this. Im getting the (I need a car to try it in deal) there will be a video on his Facebook of it working once he uploads it.

[Michael B]

You lucky dog! We were taking about this option for my VW Thing and he was still in the engineering/thinking phase.

My most recent transmission (091) that he built kicks ass

Nothing like getting full locked up two tires grabbing fun!

[Steve Arndt]

Mike Herbert at Rancho can convert your 091 or 094 into a locker as well (using the syncro diff like).
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Steve's 87 Syncro project