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Post by mitchy965 on Oct 18, 2014 15:46:56 GMT -8
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Post by PICTUP on Oct 18, 2014 15:50:00 GMT -8
Nice! So clean...  |
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Post by PICTUP on Oct 19, 2014 11:40:19 GMT -8
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Post by magikbus on Oct 19, 2014 17:49:41 GMT -8
Nice....Definitely not in the same condition my 72 bug was in after 30 years of daily driver!
Stan
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Post by Volktales on Oct 19, 2014 19:25:27 GMT -8
Beautiful detailing on that VW, Mitch.
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Post by magikbus on Oct 20, 2014 7:24:37 GMT -8
I didn't dare drive something that nice when I taught my delinquents (not a pejorative term, merely factual) at my jr. high school. Any teacher who showed up with a nice ride, soon found it defaced, or damaged in some way. My poor old, but reliable bug was looked at in distain. None of the vandals ever touched it. I think they thought it would be beneath their dignity to vandalize something seemingly in such a moribund state.
Stan
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Post by PICTUP on Oct 20, 2014 7:44:14 GMT -8
Hey Mitch,
I was studying the underside pic of your Bug and noticed something I hadn't seen before. Is that an anti-hop brace I am looking at?
Also, because you are running J tubes, did you have to custom fabricate the tin piece for the sled tin to bolt to? Seems to me whenever I see J tubes, people don't use the tin, but I have seen so few, I can't be sure.
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Post by mitchy965 on Oct 20, 2014 8:50:13 GMT -8
thanks for the kind words....probably looking at the camber compensator Don. it mounts to the center of the transaxle and then a strap goes over the axle tubes to limit body sway(car originally had the z bar set up witch i foolishly removed and discarded as a teen) this ones an orig empi chromed one i found at a wrecking yard. yes the sled tin fillers a custom thing installed to keep the air flow going the direction vw intended. these ones i made out of (believe it or not) from a louvered fire wall kit!
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Post by Wongai on Oct 21, 2014 9:40:22 GMT -8
That's awesome. Quite a nice alter you have built yourself.
Well done!
Byron
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Post by magikbus on Oct 21, 2014 9:46:23 GMT -8
I think I see a large oil sump, how much does it hold?
Stan
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Post by PICTUP on Oct 21, 2014 9:51:47 GMT -8
thanks for the kind words....probably looking at the camber compensator Don. it mounts to the center of the transaxle and then a strap goes over the axle tubes to limit body sway(car originally had the z bar set up witch i foolishly removed and discarded as a teen) this ones an orig empi chromed one i found at a wrecking yard. yes the sled tin fillers a custom thing installed to keep the air flow going the direction vw intended. these ones i made out of (believe it or not) from a louvered fire wall kit! Thanks Mitch. So how does a z bar set up compare to the camber compensator in looks and function? Yes, we do silly things as teens don't we? I started learning about VW Buses and didn't realize how much there is to know  You were johnny-on-the-spot to get that compensator. My biggest find was a working early Bay clock that I found in a wrecking yard in Midway for $15 or something like that. I know it doesn't compare to a cool functional piece of hardware to help go faster safely, but for some reason I will always remember the find. Sold it along with my Westfalia before I knew better…. |
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Post by mitchy965 on Oct 21, 2014 10:30:09 GMT -8
That's awesome. Quite a nice alter you have built yourself. Well done! Byron thanks...no antifreeze allowed!!! |
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You were johnny-on-the-spot to get that compensator. My biggest find was a working early Bay clock that I found in a wrecking yard in Midway for $15 or something like that. I know it doesn't compare to a cool functional piece of hardware to help go faster safely, but for some reason I will always remember the find. Sold it along with my Westfalia before I knew better….