Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer

[mighty-lime]

I modified the CSP bearing carrier caps to remove the brake bracket

As I was building up the axle I found the 930 hub needed clearance to the upright.

Then with the wheel fitted I found the wheel hit the chassis, so that got clearanced too.

It’s not quite right yet, but here’s what it looks like

205/50/17
225/50/17
On 17x7

[FredH17]

Looks awesome to me !!

Great job..

[dodgerodder]

Wow that looks great on wheels! Can’t wait see the body on
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=699235

[mighty-lime]

[bad91teg]

dude !

[mighty-lime]

I’ve been working on brakes. My first cheap flare tool got returned for hopefully a much better tool. But I’ve had better success with the E brake routing

I made a receiver for the E brake conduit bent end from 3/4” stainless. I opened up the bracket hole to accept the receiver. Then silver soldered it to the original E brake bracket off the new caliper. It will be powder coated.

I bent the bracket to align with the crank arm and the brake conduit slips right in. Very pleased with that

Also, I machined VW in to the hub cap and inlaid acrylic black paint.

[Rome]

This is turning out really impressive with your suspension and pan. When I saw the red springs on the rear suspension in your first photo above- the head-on one, I thought those will be overkill if they are in addition to the original torsion bars. But then I noticed in the side shot that those are the ONLY rear springs, since you removed the torsion bars.

[EVGhia]

Your suspension upgrade is looking great, mighty-lime!
PM sent

[scrivyscriv]

Man that looks really good. Nice workmanship.
Where's the thumbs up emoji???
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Robert in Memphis
Dünkelgrügen 1967 Java Green bug thread
Engine rebuild thread
If you're ever in the Memphis area, you are welcome to stop by for advice and help.

[mighty-lime]

The cold is almost done, so I got back to making things right. The spare tire well was very nasty on the inside, the inner fenders were buckled from a hit, so it all came of behind the front apron.

Not quite yard stick, but a stick to enforce 1120mm between bolts.

mostly all done, some grinding and shaping to finish it off.

One the engine side, I'm debating a stand alone engine build or just adding it here? So here's some stuff I got done: built myself a filler tube...

Got a nice box of goodies from Germany...

[mighty-lime]

Previous restoration included lots of bondo and incorrect late model rear bumper brackets. And they welded the brackets over gaping holes!
I filled those holes and put the correct bumpers on. I'm waiting on a Acetylene torch kit so I can roll that bottom lip nicely.

Also started on the fire wall, I blended the original switch recess into the new firewall.

[Lemons 4 Gigi]

Very impressive!
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1971 Super Convertible "Gigi", Lemon Yellow (Factory Zitronengelb L-11E)
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T "Jezzy", 440, 4-spd, pLuM cRaZy!
A couple of Jeeps..

[mighty-lime]

Thanks Lemons, doing my best

LH rear Wheelhouse. I trimmed too much away to start with so ended up putting some back on before grafting the new panel in. I didn't like the lack of curvature of the new panel so decided to graft the highly curved original piece back in again. RH side will streamline this procedure! I had to rebuild the lip on the luggage piece.

[mighty-lime]

I got the lower half of the shell blasted this weekend, it turned out very nice.
I'll post shell progress later this week.

Here's my Block and Orratech fan mounted.

For those that are interested in Herr Orminski's products, and he has some very well made parts, head over to Orratech (works well on Chrome as it will convert from German)

For those considering a Porsche fan conversion, or interested in what fans best suit what engines: Porsche fan or not, and if so, which one?

Here's a direct link to the 5 blade fan kit I got: ORRATECH horizontal type 4 blower 5 blades

[mighty-lime]

Here's the shell

Sabertooth Painting & Decor of Fond Du Lac did the blasting.

Both rear quarter panels are coming out, they were the work of a previous restoration.

the nasty looking bolts for rear seat belt attachment(!) are coming out.

[mighty-lime]

I fitted new Klassicfab heater channels and German crossmembers.

Then set to on the badly dented front quarter.

I cut the bad section out and straightened it before reattaching it.

The heat coloration is me shrinking the shape to match the other side.

It’s my fist time shrinking and growing a panel to make it happy. It has turned out really well.

[slayer61]

Very impressive. Well done.

[motomwo]

Your doing a great job! Those Klassicfab heater channels are great, I did a heater channel on my 66 project and used Klassicfab's and it fit so nice. Made the job a lot easier. Have fun with your bug.

Marty
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1961 Bug, 2276 cb wedge ports 44x37 11.1 comp fk10 1.5 rockers 48idf's 1 3/4" header Rancho pro street trans SAW axles Airkewld 4# narrowed beam, Koni shocks, Airkewld dis brake all around. 5.5/4.5 BRMs

1966 Bug, 2127, panchito heads, fk8, 1.3 rockers, dual 44idfs, 1 5/8 merge header, Rancho pro strt flyer, empi axles, Airkewld's 4" beam and discs all around and adjustable shocks. 4.5 & 5.5 BRMs

[mighty-lime]

Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback

I removed the old crossmember gussets and spot welded them in.

Also made some new gussets for the rear mounts.

[mighty-lime]

I modified my body-cart so the body can me tipped to access the underside.

Very happy with the driver side door fit.... I need a new passenger door, or some surgery to the existing one. The lower hinge is barely holding on, the rivets are missing! ...and there is Bondo in their place