1961 Turkis Ragtop Build

SLIVER270 · Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:41 am Post subject: Re: 1961 Turkis Ragtop Build

Sent you a PM sir.

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lazyboy683 · Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:38 am Post subject: Re: 1961 Turkis Ragtop Build

That would be awesome! Let me if you find them I’ll happily buy them from you.

laneven28 · Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 6:53 am Post subject: Re: 1961 Turkis Ragtop Build

lazyboy683 · Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: 1961 Turkis Ragtop Build

Hey thanks for going down memory lane for me! That’s a good point I might have to source a og door card and interior piece to get a color match. Hopefully your son is still enjoying that beautiful car. I’m starting a similar one with my two oldest kids (11 and 9). My hopes is it turns out half as good as yours!

laneven28 · Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 1:16 pm Post subject: Re: 1961 Turkis Ragtop Build

Wow, it's been a long time since I was swimming in the details of this 61 ragtop. Getting hard to remember everything.

I can't remember the name of the darker green on the door panels (maybe it's hydrate green too?), but the light blue is ice blue - a hard to find color. I found a nice original door card to have the dye mixed up for the replacement door panels and ragtop. The dye was put in spray cans like spray paint, but I did not use it on the steering column, shifter, or ebrake - I had paint mixed for those using a hydrate green part I had.

The coloring of the dye is holding up really well, granted the car has been stored indoors for the past several years.

Hope that helps, good luck with your 61!
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1950 Pearl Grey Hoffman Standard Split Window
1952 Azure Blue CC Split Window
1954 Iceland Green Euro 3-Fold Oval
1956 Iris Blue Convertible
1958 Pearl White Lowlight KG Convertible
1961 Turkis Ragtop

lazyboy683 · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:56 am Post subject:

TheDon · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:16 am Post subject: Re: 1961 Turkis Ragtop Build

Wow

amazing build. Beautiful color and the wheel combo came out great and this is one of my favorite builds.
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VolkFanJefe · Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:53 am Post subject: Re: 1961 Turkis Ragtop Build

WOW! What an awesome build! You guys did an amazing job.

It has been a few years now since you completed this build, Did you guys ever get that Lowlight done?

laneven28 · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 8:19 am Post subject:

Thank you. No cam bearings in that case - the bore & surfaces were all good so no need for them.
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1950 Pearl Grey Hoffman Standard Split Window
1952 Azure Blue CC Split Window
1954 Iceland Green Euro 3-Fold Oval
1956 Iris Blue Convertible
1958 Pearl White Lowlight KG Convertible
1961 Turkis Ragtop

tigerdyr · Samba Member Joined: May 22, 2009 Posts: 35

Super cool car 👍

The engine blok You used for your okrasa engine did it have cam bearings?

laneven28 · Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 7:41 pm Post subject:

Well, end of the story here. Justin finished building, installing, and tuning the okrasa motor just in the nick of time for Wade to take the car to senior prom that night. I picked the car up from him at Blackline around noon that Saturday and Wade was off by 5 for the evening activities. The car was a big hit with his date and all his friends.

Can't thank Justin and Shayla at Blackline enough for all the hard work they did and late nights they endured to make this happen in time for Wade's big night. We've put close to 500 miles on the car since the engine was completed, and couldn't be happier with how it runs & drives.

Here's a few parting shots, including a couple of Wade's senior pictures he had taken with the car.

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1950 Pearl Grey Hoffman Standard Split Window
1952 Azure Blue CC Split Window
1954 Iceland Green Euro 3-Fold Oval
1956 Iris Blue Convertible
1958 Pearl White Lowlight KG Convertible
1961 Turkis Ragtop

laneven28 · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:47 pm Post subject:

HBH72 · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 1:38 pm Post subject:

Hi, what a very fine car you have made - and cool engine !

That VDO tach. I have never seen that. Could you provide any further details on that.. Thanks Henrik

laneven28 · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:33 am Post subject:

Jak3-719 · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 4:00 pm Post subject:

I just read through the entire thread - GREAT build! My buddy just picked up a '61 rag as well, but we arent certain what the factory color is. It's definitely a project, but it's a very clean start.

The kicker - it's serial 3300001! Very Happy

Remnance of what was left of the ragtop and interior suggest it may have been the same color as your. How would we be able to tell?

-Jake

laneven28 · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:21 pm Post subject:

Had a stroke of incredibly good luck and timing this past weekend. Since I decided to travel the okrasa route around a year ago, I've kept my eyes open for an okrasa 40hp crank, knowing they're really tough to come by. One went up on the samba several months ago, and it sold almost immediately - I missed it. With the engine now being built, I figured I'd just have to go without and was perfectly good with using a standard size NOS 40hp crank.

Well this past weekend, the famed Morris Brothers Motorsports held an open house in Salt Lake City to let Porsche & VW enthusiasts come visit the new shop that moved from Seattle, so my boys and I went up to check it out and drool over the Porsches. Beautifully restored 356's were everywhere.

I got talking with Jack Morris and mentioned that I was building a 40hp okrasa motor, and he said he thought he had a 40hp okrasa crank somewhere in his parts stash. I asked if he'd be willing to sell it, and he said yes - come back on Monday. I could barely wait for Monday to roll around, but it eventually did, and I went back.

Jack found the crank fairly quickly and we struck a reasonable deal. I took the crank immediately to Blackline which was only a couple of blocks away. Justin measured it with his dial gauge, and said it was incredibly straight and was at a point that he could still use it without much trouble or delay to the engine build. The timing of this find couldn't have been better - score for me! With this crank, my excitement and anticipation for this engine just went up a significant notch. Here's a few pictures:

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1950 Pearl Grey Hoffman Standard Split Window
1952 Azure Blue CC Split Window
1954 Iceland Green Euro 3-Fold Oval
1956 Iris Blue Convertible
1958 Pearl White Lowlight KG Convertible
1961 Turkis Ragtop

laneven28 · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:32 pm Post subject:

Stopped by Blackline today to see how the engine is coming along. Justin has been fitting oil lines, clearancing the linkage, and making sure all the parts made for a 36hp work properly with the 40hp set up. He is welding the bell crank to the fan shroud today so tins will be off to powder coat early next week. Getting closer!

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1950 Pearl Grey Hoffman Standard Split Window
1952 Azure Blue CC Split Window
1954 Iceland Green Euro 3-Fold Oval
1956 Iris Blue Convertible
1958 Pearl White Lowlight KG Convertible
1961 Turkis Ragtop

57BLITZ · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:45 pm Post subject:

laneven28 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:21 am Post subject:

vwnut1 · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:50 pm Post subject:

Nice documentation on your 3-year build, great job. The photo updates were awesome and keep us posted on the Okrasa motor. I understand those motors can run the cost of a premium paint job!
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