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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice. Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Went to Bugrun in Sweden last weekend in it.

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Had the whole family with me. ;D

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I miss the summer.... Pray Dancing

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Long time since last post... Laughing

Had stored it at the summerhouse garage over the winter...

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Been driving it occasionally during the summer and this week I finally got the new wheels in the rear.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Was out to the countryside driving with the family a few weeks ago. While the wife was checking a small fleamarket I got the opportuity to take some nice photos.. :thumbup:

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Last weekend I replaced the worn out dual Solexes with the 66 own original 1300 single carb and now it runs way much better even though the engine is a 1680cc...

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PostPosted: Fri May 16, 2014 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had to stop and take this photo on the way home from work today.. Very Happy

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:37 am    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

Not much have happened here the past years. Just been driving... Smile
But this summer there is going to be some new mods. Tired of the lowered cars all over so I decided to "unlower" this one.. Very Happy
After some research and searching I found a set of Thing spindles in Denmark. I modded one pair of type-1 lower trailingarms so I could fit the Thing lower balljoint. With this mod I have a bolt-on 3" OEM liftkit for the front.

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Also scored a 57-58 type-2 transmission from a friend of mine a few years ago. This had allready a type-1 adapterkit on it as it was sitting in a -51 beetle. He sold it all to me. I will now move the driveaxles and reductionboxes to a later transmission that will bolt-on to the -66.

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I've now got 195/80R15 and wondering if I could go for stock 4x15's or if I need wider for those?

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:50 pm    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

YESS!!! Can't wait to see it lifted! I've been thinking about raising my 66, lowered cars are overrated.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:21 am    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

So, today I started to disassemble the donor -58 transmission with reductionboxes that I bought from a somewhat weird contraption. It was taken out of a splitbeetle that some genious had built to snowmobile ages ago... Yes.. you heard right.. Very Happy

Anyhow. All seem'd good so far. When I got the first redux open I got some confused... I found Gold?? Very Happy Or bronze? Brass?

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Seems like the upper drive is "homemade"... the ratio is 21teeth on lower and 12 on upper drive.
After some reading I found this here on the forums.

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Took a closer look and I found that the lower short axle had been moved up the amount needed for the smaller upper drive. With new bearingsleeves etc... Shocked

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Took apart the other side too. The upper drive on this side was steel but otherwise identical...

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Well, took the splitcase apart and now next got to figure out what parts can be used on the -65 beetle transmission that I use for the raised transaxle combination..

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:28 pm    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

Starting to get the parts together again.

Had to make two more of the seals for the axletube mounts to get the required three per side..

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After this I could put the axletubes and reduxes on.

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PO had cut of the lower shockmounts so I decided to make my own. Made a jig from the type-1 tubes so I get them correct for type-1 shocks.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 1:02 pm    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

Stock wheels vs. New wheels!

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:56 am    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

The only way is up! Rear almost done. Looks crazy with the dropspindles at front.... Laughing

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:25 pm    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

Thing spindles mounted! Stock wheels yet at front.. Will get same A/T wheels as on rear later this week.

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Dropspindles to the left and "lift spindles" to the right... Very Happy

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:50 pm    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

While I'm a fan of stock height, I confess that this looks very good indeed. Very Happy I like that far more than lowered cars.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:48 am    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

That looks amazing, I love it!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:19 pm    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

I like the look, but It may not be so fun to drive faster than 35 mph.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:25 am    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

Honestly now after 60km driven it surprised me how well it drives. Even on streets and highways! Not for one second concidering to lower it again after this mod. Nice to be different from the mainstream beetles at the carshows.. Wink

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Lowest groundclearance below engine at 10 inches... Laughing

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:11 am    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote

Hi Hebster52

Gosh looks just like a WWII KDF style vehicle...I love the look personally...

Keep up the great work...

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:08 pm    Post subject: Re: The wife's new 66 beetle Reply with quote


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:51 am    Post subject: Re: The 1966 Geländewagen type-51 Reply with quote

End of boating season so better put the Geländewagen to show what its worth! Very Happy

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