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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:16 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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More mock up. Tube cut to size and wires ran. Will use "cloth" covered wires for final assembly. Hope to have cylinders & heads by the weekend.
_________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 7:36 am Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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No worries. Been busy Coaching Track & working. Still fiddling with the engine intakes. But I have been enjoying the Volksrod ! Local car show, figure I would enter it and enjoy the day. Over 250 cars on display. I ended up winning a category ! Best Import ! Not bad for a Father & Sons garage build. Now I need a name for this bug.....
_________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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Got some garage time today. 1200cc dual carb intakes and bypass filter mounted up. Got the return line plumbed, waiting on oil sender block for feed side. Ended up using 2 40hp intakes to make the duals. Cut off the flanges and used the rest for bends. Took forevere to line up. Cut & measure over and over till it worked !
_________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:27 am Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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Been awhile guys. Life can throw a few curveballs ! Will post up my progress later. Got the Poor Mans Formula Vee engine done, ran great ! Built a 1641 dual carb with minor upgrades, running it now. Built a 1641 with a Holley 350 2b with a T-3 Turbo putting that in next. But here she is, all pinstriped up. Updates to follow
_________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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NJ John Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2222 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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Looks awesome. A turbo has plenty of space to fit in a volksrod engine compartment. Will be even cooler. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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So…. Here is the Stock 1200 Dual Carb aka PoorMans Formula Vee. Ran this engine for quite awhile. Ran great ! Reasons for retirement will follow, main reason for my time away.
Here it is on the bench before install. Ran well on “bench” test but real world is a different story !
Installed and ready to rip ! Tried to upload a video, no luck. Videos of it running in the Volksrod are on my Instagram. rmh2975 _________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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As you can see from the photos I messed around with air cleaners. The pods got pitched. Modified some old air cleaners I had. Worked so much better. The exhaust has a special meaning, get into that later. _________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 1:29 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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With all the engines I have been messing with I needed a stand.
Harbor Freight with the 3 arm stand from here on the Samba.
Used a junk transaxle to cut out the starter portion.
Main power disconnect, on/off ignition switch, oil psi light and remote starter switch. Works great.
Even holds a complete Type4 for my Wesy during a rebuild! _________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:02 am Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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Wife said as long as she is comfortable, she doesn’t care what I do to this Bug. Well no heat makes for a chilly ride in the fall our favorite time of year. So I added heated seats, pad on the back and bottom. Also added USB Ports for phones and auxiliary stuff. Wiring and switches are hidden.
_________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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So we rode into winter and parked the old girl. The reason for the lapse in updates is this, we lost or Oldest son Jacob 22 and his fiancé Johana 20 on 4/13/19. They went for a motorcycle ride on a beautiful day, someone took a turn wide it was instant. Not a sob story, we know the are in Gods hands. What a way to go tho. Doing something you love with someone you love ! He had a lot of hours in this car, I really walked away from it. Well a friend of mine had this old school pinstriper stop by. Got me back into playing with the car.
My initial design
All free hand
When he was done he distressed the design for the old look.
So the next thing was I had to build another engine. That PoorMans Vintage Speed was built with my son Jacob. I didn’t want to run it, seems silly. It sits by my chair in the garage. _________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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So a very good friend of mine gave me a long block 1641. He knew my feelings on the Poor Mans Vintage Speed engine and its ties to Jacob. So took some time and finished it off for the Volksrod.
Cleaning up all the parts
I made stainless fuel lines, mid mount coil, dual carbs and 40hp shroud. She runs great and looks clean. Been running this engine for awhile now. I am not easy on it at all ! _________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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Iowa Mark Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2004 Posts: 1071
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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Terrible story about the kids! My heart goes out to you. I'm not sure I could stay with a father / son project like you are. |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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At first it was hard to do. But a lot of times I use his tools and “feel” connected in a way. My other son also helps, so it’s still a father/son car. _________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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So back to the engine saga. Been running the dual carb 1641 for awhile now. Runs great, but I wanted more. So a 1641 Turbo sounds good, right ! Got it from a friend in our VW Club. It was a fresh rebuild, he never ran it. So I just had to “dress” it up. Holley 350 2 barrel with a T3 turbo draw thru. Waiting for my AEM AFR system to show up.
_________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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Busstom Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2014 Posts: 3847 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:46 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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Nice paint-tribute to Jacob. |
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rayjay Samba Member
Joined: March 26, 2008 Posts: 1506 Location: Buford GA
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:07 am Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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My condolences to the op. Almost exactly a year ago our neighbor lost there only child who was an amazing young man a few days from turning 17. Single car accident, no passengers, died instantly. They still do weekly grief counciling and I hope the op’s family is getting help. It’s an impossible situation.
I was reading this great 7 page build to keep my mind occupied while sitting in my wife’s room in the memory care wing of a senior living facility. She was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in Dec 2020. Been under hospice care for a full year.
There are a lot of us in sad situations so don’t feel alone. Heck!!! Today is the 7 year anniversary of the life altering surgery to cut a cancerous tumor from my GI tract ( now known as “the hate factory” ).
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rmh60bug Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2015 Posts: 124 Location: Northwest PA
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: rmh60bug Volksrod Build |
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Rayjay, thank you for the kind words. We are and have been getting help. In the form of running a GriefShare group thru our church. To help others out in the same situation is therapy for us. As I type this I am thinking “I need to get back to work on this car!” I think your post may have lit a fire under my butt ! _________________ 1960 Volksrod in progress
Engine… depends on the day !
6"chop, 5" drop, 10" ext
Slow & Steady is the key |
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