Old school 61 baja project

y2kbaja · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Looks good, I like it!
What size tires are you running front and rear? What brand front tire is that?

QRP · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 9:40 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

y2kbaja · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:14 am Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Perfect, Thanks. They don't make an (affordable) A/T 215/75/15 so I've been trying to picture how a passenger tire front and A/T rear would look so seeing the visual helps a lot. Definitely need the size stagger to give the proper stance/rake to the car.

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QRP · Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

I did a test fit of the front bumper this morning and I have to be honest, I hate it !!!!
It just doesn't look right, plus it doesn't match the look of the rear.
I also dont like this big open spot near the shock tower.

Im not gonna get off easy with the front one, looks like more cut, chop and welding for me.
UGH!!

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slayer61 · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

You know... beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that... but that face looks like an unhappy frog! Crying or Very sad

Mind you, I'm not a baja guy, but I do prefer the bug eyed style you have here, rather than the wide eyed, lights in the fender look.

I wanna say that back in my youth... Rolling Eyes

when there were baja bugs every where, the front bumper on the bug eyed cars, the top tube attached to the top shock mount or somewhere there. To me, it gave the "face" a chin, or maybe a football helmet face guard.

Watching with interest.
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QRP · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

QRP · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Last week I decided to do an engine swap between my ghia and the baja.
Been having an flickering oul light issue at idle on the ghia and have a dog house setup I've been wanting to put on for a while to see if that helps.
But me being a nostalgic kinda guy I've been wanting to put the ghia long lock into the baja simply because it was the motor I built for my first baja, lucky for me I removed it before selling the car. It was always a solid little 1914cc and I couldn't let it go.
So now it back into a baja where it belongs and I couldn't be happier.
Laughing

1600cc from the baja into the ghia.

The 1914cc back where it belongs, in a baja!!

QRP · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Almost forgot this pic, last time it was refreshed. . . LOL

QRP · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 1:17 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Hello again fellow Baja owners.
Ever since I got the rear engine cage on I've been trying to figure out a way to reinforce it at the upper mounts without making it over complicate or look stupid.
I finally came up with this removable brace.
Just tacked together it made a huge difference.

I might even make a spare tire mount outta it.

I pulled it out this morning to fully weld it up.

dustymojave · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2022 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Well. Not connecting it to a roll cage, but perhaps the next best thing.
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QRP · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

QRP · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Testing out a home made manifold I peaced together from odds n ends I had laying around. I already had the fixture from a few years ago.
1-1/2 dia. from carb to end casting. Seems to be working pretty good so far.

QRP · Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2022 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Also got to try this linkage I fabed up a while ago.

QRP · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:59 am Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Been a while since my last post, been make some improvements here and there.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

First ride of 2023

Buggeee · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

I really like this build alot. It's what baja bugs were when I was a kid. Solid practical build. I especially like all the home fabrication of awesome solutions.
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QRP · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 10:49 am Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

sailtexas186548 · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

Looking good, I think the bug eye kit and black hood plus the roof paint all works together just right Cool

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dustymojave · Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project

QRP · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:38 am Post subject: Re: Old school 61 baja project


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