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HEY.....my name is Bill & I am new HERE!!! Been into VW's since I was 14 (now 60) Building a Class 11 off-road race car !!!

Class11Too wrote:HEY.....my name is Bill & I am new HERE!!! Been into VW's since I was 14 (now 60) Building a Class 11 off-road race car !!!

Nice to have you on the STF Class11Too. What are you building xpecs wise? Again Welcome to the STF.

kevin here from houston. just got my first bug and its a project. always been into motorcycles but always wanted a car so here is my go at it.

bandito wrote:kevin here from houston. just got my first bug and its a project. always been into motorcycles but always wanted a car so here is my go at it.

Welcome to theSTF bandito. Tell us more about your bug and post up some pics of it too.

Hello,
snowman_slayer here, got my name from building snowmen, then running them over with my sandrail.
But I am new to building a sandrail and will need help, ident. parts.
First how do I know what type trans I have, gear ratio and year of transaxle.

snowman_slayer wrote:Hello,
snowman_slayer here, got my name from building snowmen, then running them over with my sandrail.
But I am new to building a sandrail and will need help, ident. parts.
First how do I know what type trans I have, gear ratio and year of transaxle.

Welcome to the STF snowman_slayer.
To help you find out what tranny you have visit the The Transaxle Forum
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewforum.php?f=50
Look in the sticky find the code on your tranny.

Hello all,

I came across a really good deal for a beetle and had just sold another car for a nice profit so I bought it about 2 years ago. It sat as I sadly took on more hours working and I have just recently started working it thru. It was a bit of a basket case and had an engine fire at some point, but there appears to be no real rust except for a battery tray repair the PO told me about. I only have one day off a week so it's slow go, but I'll get it finished eventually. Here are a few pics since I bought it.


When I got it:











Since I started.

Looks like you have plenty to work with. Keep us posted on progress.

doc

Welcome to the STF

Thanks I found my first rust hole in the pan today , but as of now it's the size of an ink pen in diameter so I guess I shouldn't complain. I now have one door left to remove and the rear fenders. After the trunK (at the front?) and the glass I'll need to pull the body off.

My name is Ron, and I have a 1967 bug with a 1974, 1600 dual port engine in it. Her name is " Nancy" and I have had her about 6 months now. She is painted a faded pink color and when I saw her for sale outside of a restaurant, I could of sworn I heard her say, " please take me home and fix me up", so my wife was all for it and the next thing you know, she is in my garage. I have a ways to go, but it is really fun!!!! This forum is with out doubt the best I have come across.

This is my 3rd bug, the first one I won in a pool game many years ago, I think it was a 1965 and I found another one that was trashed, but had a rebuilt engine, so I swapped engines and ran the heck out of it. Then I found one a few years later and ran the heck out of that one too. I was out of the bug world for a number of years and am happy to say that I am back. Slowly, I am remembering stuff and this is really fun. What other car can you pull over and tweak the carb, hop in check it out and readjust after a couple of miles, these things are just too cool!!!! I hope to have some pics to download, soon. See ya, Ron (landrocket)

Welcome to the STF landrocket glad to see you back into bugs.

hey guys new to the forum but not to the vw world , i currently own a sand rail that i bought last march and spent a very hard 3 months getting it running in time for the bug out.
it is powered by a 1641 w/duel solex's . here are a few pics of it and the car
here is a pic of the engine when i first bought it to put in my old 73 super that i had


this was what the rail looked like when i bought it ,. it had been sitting for like 8 years befroe i saw it and just had to have it ,

the next one is the same rail after i stripped it down and painted it

and this one is on the way back together

and this running with only a few days to spare before the bugout


and the last one was me at the bugout running low 10's on the 1/8th

Welcome to STF!!

doc

hi all , 78 hightop owner type 4 bus.
only into it for 3 years, but i am in for life..
im also on FMBC and type2list. Samba...
But ill have to say i was impressed by all the technical knowledge here, so ill definitely be cruising this site often and letting others know its here.
Joe

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