My new 68 Beetle

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TKisner
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My new 68 Beetle

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Originally posted July 1st
Here it is I got it off ebay. It needs to interior done, but all the parts are there and the headliner was already done so I could car less. The brakes are going to be rebuilt as I ordered the parts weeks ago from Serrano's for the Ghia I was given, but they will be used on this instead. The motivation will be the 130HP 2017 that I have for sale, until it sells. A Pro-Street transmission will likely supply the gear changes. It has relatively new paint too.
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Originally posted July 13'th
I have the car home. I wanted to write about this sooner but I was too damn tired. I went to work on thursday got off at 5:30 PM. We (my brother and myself) arrived at my Dad's house by 6:30. We had the car (2004 Chevy Avalanche) all loaded up and set to go by 10:00. We tried to go to sleep but instead departed at 11. Mapquest said that this was a around a 350mile trip boy were they wrong. To make matters worse we were driving into the hurricane which was coming up the coast. We ended up arriving at 8:30 am at the gentlemans house. Some of the more memorable events of the trip were me busting my nose on the door because I was so tired I didn’t realize it wasn’t fully opened and blood going everywhere, big rigs blowing by us going 80+ in torrential rain, flash floods, and red bull. I bought the car from Gregg Hunter, if you ever have the opportunity to buy anything from him I highly suggest you do so, he is a great guy and was very helpful with getting us loaded up and ready to go back home. After a stop at IHops and the DMV we were on our way home. Coming back home was much nicer as the storm had passed us so it was smooth sailing, mostly. I was so tired I kept thinking that someone was tailgating us every time I looked in the rearview. We ended up getting home at 10:30. We drove 1,000 miles in a day through the remnants of a hurricane. I was up for 39 hours with an hour and ½ of sleep in between. My brother was up for 38 hours with about 2 ½ of sleep, and my Dad was up for 39 45minutes with 7 minutes of sleep in between.

The car was in much better shape than originally anticipated the paint needs to be touched up in a few spots but besides that its pretty much perfect. So far my brother and I have installed the body pan seal, hood handle, and the 2017 stroker motor. Which brings me to my next question.
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Here is the update. So far my progress on the car has been put in the pan body seal, put the body/pan bolts in, installed the fender beading, installed T-bars, put the 1/4 pop-out windows in, put the running boards on, and most importantly I installed a dynoed 130hp 2017cc stroker motor. I am also working on a trade for a nitrous kit so a 150 shot may be in the motor's future. Not bad for 9 days of work. Also the decklid is going back on i'm just waiting for the standoffs to arrive before I put it back on.
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Re: My new 68 Beetle

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TKisner wrote:
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that thing on your engine is so the decklid can be held in place and move up and down... don't mount it ontop of your engine ;)
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Re: My new 68 Beetle

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okay i had made a joke but i got the worng picture.


but i was making a joke about the decklid mount being on your engine and its in the wrong place.
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your ride

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it is looking good what rims are you going to fit on her
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Nice car BTW
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